Order of Quiller Books
Quiller is the protagonist in a series of spy thriller novels by English author Adam Hall (Elleston Trevor). Set during the Cold War, Quiller is a British agent who is highly skilled at driving, flying, diving, languages and martial arts. The first novel in the series, The Quiller Memorandum, was made into a movie starring George Segal and Alec Guinness. There was also a British TV series starring Michael Jayston based on the series.
Adam Hall began his Quiller series in 1965 with the novel The Berlin Memorandum (aka The Quiller Memorandum). This novel received both the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere award. The series lasted 19 novels, concluding in 1996 with the novel Quiller Balalaika. Below is a list of Adam Hall’s Quiller books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Quiller Books
The Berlin Memorandum / Quiller Memorandum | (1965) | |
The 9th Directive | (1966) | |
Striker Portfolio | (1968) | |
The Warsaw Document | (1971) | |
The Tango Briefing | (1973) | |
The Mandarin Cypher | (1975) | |
Kobra Manifesto | (1976) | |
The Sinkiang Executive | (1978) | |
The Scorpion Signal | (1980) | |
Peking Target | (1981) | |
Northlight / Quiller | (1985) | |
Quiller’s Run | (1988) | |
Quiller KGB | (1989) | |
Quiller Barracuda | (1990) | |
Quiller Bamboo | (1991) | |
Quiller Solitaire | (1992) | |
Quiller Meridian | (1993) | |
Quiller Salamander | (1994) | |
Quiller Balalaika | (1996) |
Notes: The Berlin Memorandum was re-published as The Quiller Memorandum. The Pekin Target was titled The Peking Target in the USA. Northlight was also known as Quiller in the USA.