E. Phillips Oppenheim Reading Order
1 series · 189 books
E. Phillips Oppenheim was an extraordinarily prolific English novelist who dominated the early twentieth-century literary landscape with fast-paced thrillers featuring wealthy protagonists caught in webs of international espionage and adventure. His accessible, page-turning style made sophisticated tales of intrigue and danger appealing to mainstream audiences, earning him significant commercial success and a 1927 Time magazine cover. Though he authored nearly two hundred novels across his long career, Oppenheim's work is best appreciated as a body of interconnected standalone stories that collectively defined the spy thriller genre for generations of readers.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete189 books
Start with A monk of Cruta, the first of 189 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Rodd, Diviner |
| 2 | Adventures of Mr. Joseph P. Cray |
| 3 | Amazing Partnership |
| 4 | Cafe of Terror |
| 5 | Chronicles of Melhampton |
| 6 | Clowns and Criminals |
| 7 | Das deutsche gespenst in England |
| 8 | Distributors (Ghosts of Society) |
| 9 | Edward Phillips Oppenheim, Collection Novels |
| 10 | Enoch Strone |
| 11 | Expiation |
| 12 | False Evidence |
| 13 | General Besserley's second puzzle box |
| 14 | Ghosts & Gamblers |
| 15 | Gialli d'Autore E. P. Hoppenheim Vol. 1 |
| 16 | Jennerton and Co |
| 17 | Kingdom of Earth |
| 18 | MR LESSINGHAM GOES HOME. |
| 19 | Mr. Laxworthy's Adventures |
| 20 | My Religion |
| 21 | Mysteries of the Riviera |
| 22 | Mysterious, Menacing & Macabre |
| 23 | Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown |
| 24 | New Tenant |
| 25 | Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers |
| 26 | Second Classic Thriller Collection |
| 27 | Siete tabernas en Marsella |
| 28 | The Amazing Judgment / Mr. Laxworthy's Adventures |
| 29 | The Golden Beast |
| 30 | The Great Awakening |
| 31 | The Oppenheim Omnibus |
| 32 | The Oppenheim Omnibus Clowns and Criminals |
| 33 | The Oppenheim secret service omnibus, number one |
| 34 | The World's One Hundred Best Stories |
| 35 | The amazing judgment |
| 36 | The exploits of Pudgy Pete & Co |
| 37 | The peer and the woman |
| 38 | The secret |
| 39 | The terrible hobby of Sir Joseph Londe, bart |
| 40 | The works |
| 41 | Those other days |
| 42 | To Win the Love He Sought |
| 43 | Two Thrillers |
| 44 | Undiscovered Murder |
| 45 | Вендета по-английски |
| 46 | A monk of Cruta 1894 |
| 47 | A daughter of the Marionis 1895 |
| 48 | Mr. Marx's secret 1900 |
| 49 | The light beyond 1900 |
| 50 | The world's great snare 1900 |
| 51 | Master of men 1901 |
| 52 | Mysterious Mr. Sabin 1902 |
| 53 | A Prince of Sinners 1903 |
| 54 | The Yellow Crayon 1903 |
| 55 | The traitors 1903 |
| 56 | Anna the adventuress 1904 |
| 57 | The Betrayal 1904 |
| 58 | The master mummer 1904 |
| 59 | A maker of history 1905 |
| 60 | A Lost Leader 1906 |
| 61 | Mr. Wingrave, millionaire 1906 |
| 62 | The Malefactor 1906 |
| 63 | The man and his kingdom 1906 |
| 64 | A sleeping memory 1907 |
| 65 | The Great Secret 1907 |
| 66 | The missioner 1907 |
| 67 | As a man lives 1908 |
| 68 | Jeanne of the Marshes 1908 |
| 69 | The Avenger 1908 |
| 70 | The long arm of Mannister 1908 |
| 71 | The yellow house; Master of men 1908 |
| 72 | The Governors 1909 |
| 73 | Passers-by 1910 |
| 74 | The Illustrious Prince 1910 |
| 75 | The Lost Ambassador 1910 |
| 76 | The moving finger 1910 |
| 77 | To win the love he sought; The great awakening 1910 |
| 78 | Berenice 1911 |
| 79 | Havoc 1911 |
| 80 | The Falling Star 1911 |
| 81 | The double four 1911 |
| 82 | The golden web 1911 |
| 83 | The postmaster of Market Deignton 1911 |
| 84 | Peter Ruff and the Double Four 1912 |
| 85 | The Lighted Way 1912 |
| 86 | The Tempting of Tavernake 1912 |
| 87 | The court of St. Simon 1912 |
| 88 | The new tenant; A daughter of Astrea 1912 |
| 89 | The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton 1913 |
| 90 | The Mischief Maker 1913 |
| 91 | A People's Man 1914 |
| 92 | The Vanished Messenger 1914 |
| 93 | The long arm 1914 |
| 94 | Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo 1915 |
| 95 | The Double Traitor 1915 |
| 96 | The way of these women 1915 |
| 97 | An Amiable Charlatan 1916 |
| 98 | The kingdom of the blind 1916 |
| 99 | The Cinema Murder 1917 |
| 100 | The hillman 1917 |
| 101 | The Pawns Count 1918 |
| 102 | The Zeppelin's Passenger 1918 |
| 103 | The Box with Broken Seals 1919 |
| 104 | The curious quest 1919 |
| 105 | The wicked marquis 1919 |
| 106 | Ambrose Lavendale, diplomat 1920 |
| 107 | The Devil's Paw 1920 |
| 108 | The great impersonation 1920 |
| 109 | The strange case of Mr. Jocelyn Thew 1920 |
| 110 | Jacob's Ladder 1921 |
| 111 | Nobody's Man 1921 |
| 112 | The Profiteers 1921 |
| 113 | The Evil Shepherd 1922 |
| 114 | The Great Prince Shan 1922 |
| 115 | Seven Conundrums 1923 |
| 116 | The Mystery Road 1923 |
| 117 | The passionate quest 1924 |
| 118 | The wrath to come 1924 |
| 119 | Gabriel Samara, peacemaker 1925 |
| 120 | Stolen idols 1925 |
| 121 | The Inevitable Millionaires 1925 |
| 122 | Harvey Garrard's crime 1926 |
| 123 | Prodigals of Monte Carlo 1926 |
| 124 | The quest for winter sunshine 1926 |
| 125 | Madame and her twelve virgins 1927 |
| 126 | Miss Brown of X. Y. O 1927 |
| 127 | The Channay syndicate 1927 |
| 128 | The interloper 1927 |
| 129 | Matorni's vineyard 1928 |
| 130 | The fortunate wayfarer 1928 |
| 131 | Mr. Billingham, the Marquis and Madelon 1929 |
| 132 | Nicholas Goade 1929 |
| 133 | Spies and intrigues 1929 |
| 134 | The Glenlitten murder 1929 |
| 135 | The treasure house of Martin Hews 1929 |
| 136 | Slane's long shots 1930 |
| 137 | The Lion and the lamb 1930 |
| 138 | The million pound deposit 1930 |
| 139 | What happened to Forester 1930 |
| 140 | Gangsters' glory 1931 |
| 141 | Simple Peter Cradd 1931 |
| 142 | The Oppenheim Omnibus 1931 |
| 143 | Up the ladder of gold 1931 |
| 144 | Crooks in the sunshine 1932 |
| 145 | Shudders and thrills 1932 |
| 146 | Sinners beware 1932 |
| 147 | The Ostrekoff jewels 1932 |
| 148 | The man from Sing Sing 1932 |
| 149 | A daughter of Astrea 1933 |
| 150 | Murder at Monte Carlo 1933 |
| 151 | The gallows of chance 1934 |
| 152 | The man without nerves 1934 |
| 153 | The strange boarders of Palace Crescent 1934 |
| 154 | Ask Miss Mott 1935 |
| 155 | Floating peril 1935 |
| 156 | General Besserley's puzzle box 1935 |
| 157 | The Spy Paramount 1935 |
| 158 | The battle of Basinghall street 1935 |
| 159 | Advice Limited 1936 |
| 160 | The magnificent hoax 1936 |
| 161 | Envoy extraordinary 1937 |
| 162 | The dumb gods speak 1937 |
| 163 | The mayor on horseback 1937 |
| 164 | A pulpit in the grill room 1938 |
| 165 | Curious happenings to the Rooke legatees 1938 |
| 166 | The colossus of Arcadia 1938 |
| 167 | The spymaster 1938 |
| 168 | Exit a dictator 1939 |
| 169 | Sir Adam disappeared 1939 |
| 170 | The strangers' gate 1939 |
| 171 | Last train out 1940 |
| 172 | The Grassleyes Mystery 1940 |
| 173 | The Milan grill room 1941 |
| 174 | The pool of memory 1941 |
| 175 | The shy plutocrat 1941 |
| 176 | The man who changed his plea 1942 |
| 177 | Mr. Mirakel 1943 |
| 178 | Moran chambers smiled 1954 |
| 179 | A Millionaire of Yesterday 1963 |
| 180 | Ex-duke 1969 |
| 181 | The amazing quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss 1969 |
| 182 | The ex-detective 1971 |
| 183 | Michael Evil Deeds 1979 |
| 184 | Gabriel Samara, peacemaker ; Mr. Billingham, the Marquis, and Madelon 1984 |
| 185 | Conspirators 1997 |
| 186 | Secrets & Sovereigns 2004 |
| 187 | Jeremiah and the Princess 2005 |
| 188 | The Black Box 2005 |
| 189 | The Survivor 2005 |
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- E. Phillips Oppenheim has written 189 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1894 to 2005.
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