Francis King Reading Order
1 series · 53 books
Francis King was a British novelist and short-story writer whose career spanned nearly six decades, producing fifty-three works of literary fiction. Beyond his writing, he spent fifteen years with the British Council in various European and Asian posts, and later became a prominent literary voice as the Sunday Telegraph's chief book reviewer and theatre critic for decades. His novels explore complex human relationships and psychological depth with the keen observational eye of someone who spent his life studying both literature and world cultures.
Standalone Novels Series
Complete53 books
Start with To the dark tower, the first of 53 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cold snap |
| 2 | Indirect method and other stories |
| 3 | Literary Companion to Florence |
| 4 | Rod of incantation |
| 5 | The Japanese umbrella and other stories |
| 6 | The Nick of Time |
| 7 | The action |
| 8 | The dividing stream |
| 9 | The one and only |
| 10 | To the darktower |
| 11 | Twenty stories |
| 12 | Visiting Cards |
| 13 | Winter's Tales 26 |
| 14 | With My Little Eye |
| 15 | To the dark tower 1946 |
| 16 | Never again 1947 |
| 17 | An air that kills 1948 |
| 18 | The dark glasses 1950 |
| 19 | The dividing stream 1951 |
| 20 | Introducing Greece 1956 |
| 21 | The firewalkers 1956 |
| 22 | The man on the rock 1957 |
| 23 | The widow 1957 |
| 24 | So hurt and humiliated 1959 |
| 25 | The custom house 1961 |
| 26 | The last of the pleasure gardens 1965 |
| 27 | The waves behind the boat 1967 |
| 28 | The Brighton Belle 1968 |
| 29 | A domestic animal 1970 |
| 30 | Flights 1973 |
| 31 | A game of patience 1974 |
| 32 | The needle 1975 |
| 33 | Christopher Isherwood 1976 |
| 34 | Hard feelings and other stories 1976 |
| 35 | Danny Hill 1977 |
| 36 | The action 1978 |
| 37 | Indirect method and other stories 1980 |
| 38 | Florence 1982 |
| 39 | Act of darkness 1983 |
| 40 | VOICES IN AN EMPTY ROOM 1984 |
| 41 | One Is the Wanderer 1986 |
| 42 | Frozen music 1987 |
| 43 | E.M. Forster 1988 |
| 44 | The woman who was God 1988 |
| 45 | Punishments 1989 |
| 46 | The ant colony 1991 |
| 47 | Yesterday came suddenly 1993 |
| 48 | The one and only 1994 |
| 49 | A hand at the shutter 1996 |
| 50 | Ash on an Old Man's Sleeve 1996 |
| 51 | Dead letters 1997 |
| 52 | Prodigies 2001 |
| 53 | The sunlight on the garden 2005 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Francis King written?
- Francis King has written 53 books across 1 series. Their published works span from 1946 to 2005.
- Are Francis King's series complete?
- Francis King has 1 completed series.

