Fantasy Books 24

Father Brown is the protagonist in a series of mystery stories by English author G.K. Chesterton. Father Brown is described as a short, stout Catholic priest. He is originally from Essex, but now resides and works in London. The character’s detective methods are more intuitive than deductive, in contrast to Sherlock Holmes. The character has appeared in many different adaptations produced in England, Germany and Italy.

G.K. Chesterton originally debuted his Father Brown character in the short story Valentin Follows a Curious Trail in 1910. It was re-published as The Blue Cross a few months later in a different publication. The first collection to be published was The Innocence of Father Brown, which came out in 1911. Below is a list of G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown short story collections in order of wehn they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Father Brown Books