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A Staircase in Surrey is a series of contemporary novels by Scottish novelist J.I.M. Stewart (aka Michael Innes). The novels are set in a fictional college in Oxford University (where the author once studied). The “staircase” in the title refers to the students’ rooms in the college. The novels focus on Duncan Patullo, a playwright, who tells the story in first-person narration.

J.I.M Stewart began his A Staircase in Surrey quintet series in 1974 with the novel The Gaudy. The final novel of the series was Full Term, published in 1978. Below is a list of J.I.M. Stewart’s A Staircase in Surrey books in order of when they were originally published (as well as in chronological order):

Publication Order of Staircase In Surrey Books