Author · updated 2026
Michael Innes Books in Order
Every Michael Innes book in publication order — 94 in total, spanning 1936–2021.
Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Death at the President's Lodging aka Seven Suspects | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Hamlet, Revenge! | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Lament for a Maker | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Stop Pressaka The Spider Strikes | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Secret Vanguard | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  There Came Both Mist and Snow aka A Comedy of Terrors | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Appleby on Ararat | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Daffodil Affair | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  The Weight of the Evidence | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Appleby's End | 1945 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  A Night of Errors | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Operation Pax aka The Paper Thunderbolt | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  A Private View aka One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  Appleby Plays Chickenaka Death On a Quiet Day | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  The Long Farewell | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Hare Sitting Up | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  Silence Observed | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  A Connoisseur's Case aka The Crabtree Affair | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 |  The Bloody Wood | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 |  Appleby At Allington aka Death By Water | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 |  A Family Affair aka Picture of Guilt | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 |  Death at the Chase | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 |  An Awkward Lie | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 |  The Open House | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 |  Appleby's Answer | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 |  Appleby's Other Story | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 |  The Gay Phoenix | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 |  The Ampersand Papers | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 |  Sheiks and Adders | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 |  Appleby and Honeybath | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 |  Carson's Conspiracy | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 |  Appleby and the Ospreys | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Appleby Talking | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Appleby Talks | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Appleby Talks Again | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Appleby Intervenes | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Appleby File | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Appleby Talks About Crime | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Charles Honeybath Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Mysterious Commission | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Honeybath's Haven | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Lord Mullion's Secret | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Appleby and Honeybath | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Staircase In Surrey Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Young Pattullo | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Gaudy | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Memorial Service | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Madonna of The Astrolabe | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Full Term | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  From London Far aka The Unsuspected Chasm | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  What Happened At Hazlewood? | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Journeying Boy aka The Case of the Journeying Boy | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Christmas at Candleshoe | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Man from the Sea aka Death By Moonlight | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Old Hall, New Hall aka A Question of Queens | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  A Use Of Riches | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The New Sonia Wayward aka The Case of Sonia Wayward | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Acre of Grass | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Money From Holme | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  The Aylwins (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Last Tresilians | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Vanderlyn's Kingdom | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  Mungo's Dream | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Andrew and Tobias (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Going It Alone | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  A Villa in France (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  A Change of Heir | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 |  An Open Prison | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 |  The Naylors (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 |  A Palace of Art (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 |  Mark Lambert's Supper (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 |  The Man Who Won The Pools (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 |  The Guardians | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 |  Avery's Mission | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of J.I.M. Stewart Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Bridge at Arta | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  My Aunt Christina | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Parlour Four | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Cucumber Sandwiches | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Our England is a garden and other stories | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Bridge at Arta (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | My Aunt Christina (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Parlour Four (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Cucumber Sandwiches (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  James Joyce (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Thomas Love Peacock | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Eight Modern Writers (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Character and Motive in Shakespeare | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Rudyard Kipling | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Joseph Conrad (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Shakespeare's Lofty Scene | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Educating the emotions | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 94, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death at the President's Lodging aka Seven Suspects | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Hamlet, Revenge! | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Lament for a Maker | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Stop Pressaka The Spider Strikes | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Secret Vanguard | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | There Came Both Mist and Snow aka A Comedy of Terrors | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Appleby on Ararat | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Daffodil Affair | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Weight of the Evidence | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Appleby's End | 1945 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | From London Far aka The Unsuspected Chasm | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | What Happened At Hazlewood? | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | A Night of Errors | 1948 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Journeying Boy aka The Case of the Journeying Boy | 1949 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Operation Pax aka The Paper Thunderbolt | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | A Private View aka One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art | 1952 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Christmas at Candleshoe | 1953 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Appleby Talking | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Appleby Talks | 1954 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Man from the Sea aka Death By Moonlight | 1955 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Appleby Talks Again | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Old Hall, New Hall aka A Question of Queens | 1956 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Appleby Plays Chickenaka Death On a Quiet Day | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | A Use Of Riches | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | James Joyce (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Long Farewell | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Hare Sitting Up | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The New Sonia Wayward aka The Case of Sonia Wayward | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Silence Observed | 1961 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | A Connoisseur's Case aka The Crabtree Affair | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Acre of Grass | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Thomas Love Peacock | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Eight Modern Writers (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Money From Holme | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Appleby Intervenes | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Character and Motive in Shakespeare | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Bloody Wood | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The Aylwins (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Last Tresilians | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Rudyard Kipling | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Vanderlyn's Kingdom | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Appleby At Allington aka Death By Water | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Joseph Conrad (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | A Family Affair aka Picture of Guilt | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Death at the Chase | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | An Awkward Lie | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Shakespeare's Lofty Scene | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Open House | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Appleby's Answer | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Mungo's Dream | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Appleby's Other Story | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Mysterious Commission | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | The Appleby File | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Young Pattullo | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Gaudy | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Gay Phoenix | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Memorial Service | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The Madonna of The Astrolabe | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | The Ampersand Papers | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Honeybath's Haven | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Full Term | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Our England is a garden and other stories | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Andrew and Tobias (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Going It Alone | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Lord Mullion's Secret | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Sheiks and Adders | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | A Villa in France (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | The Bridge at Arta | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | The Bridge at Arta (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | Appleby and Honeybath | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | Appleby and Honeybath | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | My Aunt Christina | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | My Aunt Christina (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | Carson's Conspiracy | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | A Change of Heir | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | An Open Prison | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | The Naylors (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | Appleby and the Ospreys | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Parlour Four | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | Parlour Four (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | Appleby Talks About Crime | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | A Palace of Art (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | Cucumber Sandwiches | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Cucumber Sandwiches (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | Mark Lambert's Supper (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | The Man Who Won The Pools (As: J.I.M. Stewart) | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | The Guardians | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | Avery's Mission | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | Educating the emotions | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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