Order of P.D. James Books
P.D. James was the pen name of Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park. P.D. James was an English novelist of crime fiction, thrillers and dystopian fiction. She was best known for her detective fiction novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh, a policeman and poet. She has also written a couple of novels featuring Cordelia Gray and a few standalone novels.
P.D. James had been writing since 1962, when her first Adam Dalgliesh mystery entitled Cover Her Face was published.
P.D. James passed away on November 27th, 2014.
Below is a list of all of P.D. James’ books in order of publication and in chronological order (when necessary):
Publication Order of Adam Dalgliesh Books
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Cover Her Face |
(1962) |
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A Mind to Murder |
(1963) |
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Unnatural Causes |
(1967) |
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Shroud for a Nightingale |
(1971) |
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The Black Tower |
(1975) |
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Death of an Expert Witness |
(1977) |
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A Taste for Death |
(1986) |
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Devices and Desires |
(1989) |
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Original Sin |
(1994) |
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A Certain Justice |
(1997) |
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Death in Holy Orders |
(2001) |
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The Murder Room |
(2003) |
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The Lighthouse |
(2005) |
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The Private Patient |
(2008) |
Publication Order of Cordelia Gray Books
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman |
(1972) |
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The Skull Beneath the Skin |
(1982) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Innocent Blood / Innocent House |
(1980) |
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The Children of Men |
(1992) |
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Death Comes to Pemberley |
(2012) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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The Part-Time Job |
(2005) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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The Mistletoe Murder |
(2016) |
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Sleep No More |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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The Maul and The Pear Tree |
(1971) |
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Time To Be In Earnest |
(1999) |
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Talking About Detective Fiction |
(2009) |
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P.D. James in Her Own Words |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Faber Stories Books
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A Good Man Is Hard To Find |
(1955) |
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The Inner Room |
(1968) |
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Daughters of Passion |
(1982) |
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Giacomo Joyce |
(1983) |
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Homeland |
(1989) |
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Shanti |
(1997) |
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Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine |
(1998) |
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An Elegy for Easterly |
(2009) |
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The Shielding of Mrs Forbes |
(2011) |
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The Cheater’s Guide to Love |
(2012) |
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Mrs Fox |
(2014) |
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Mostly Hero |
(2014) |
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Mr Salary |
(2016) |
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Come Rain or Come Shine |
(2019) |
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The Victim |
(2019) |
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Dante and the Lobster |
(2019) |
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Paradise |
(2019) |
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Cosmopolitan |
(2019) |
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The Lydia Steptoe Stories |
(2019) |
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Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom |
(2019) |
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Terrific Mother |
(2019) |
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The Country Funeral |
(2019) |
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The Forester’s Daughter |
(2019) |
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Three Types of Solitude |
(2019) |
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A River in Egypt |
(2019) |
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Fairy Tales |
(2019) |
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Ghostly Stories |
(2019) |
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Intruders |
(2019) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Verdict of Thirteen |
(1979) |
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Murder in the Dark |
(1983) |
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English Country House Murders |
(1988) |
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Great Law and Order Stories |
(1990) |
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The Man Who… |
(1992) |
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The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women |
(1995) |
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The Detection Collection |
(2005) |