Michael Innes Reading Order

5 books (1979–2023)

Start with Verdict of Thirteen, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Verdict of Thirteen 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	English Country House Murders 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Murder On The Railways 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1974–1983)

Start with The Mysterious Commission, the first of 4 books in the Charles Honeybath series.

#	Title
1	The Mysterious Commission 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Honeybath's Haven 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lord Mullion's Secret 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Appleby and Honeybath 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

32 books (1936–1986)

Start with Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects, the first of 32 books in the Inspector Appleby series.

#	Title
1	Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects 1936Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Hamlet, Revenge! 1937Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lament for a Maker 1938Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Stop Press / The Spider Strikes 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Secret Vanguard 1940Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	There Came Both Mist and Snow / A Comedy of Terrors 1940Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Appleby on Ararat 1941Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Daffodil Affair 1942Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Weight of the Evidence 1943Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Appleby's End 1945Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	A Night of Errors 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Operation Pax / The Paper Thunderbolt 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	A Private View / One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art 1952Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Appleby Plays Chicken / Death On a Quiet Day 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Long Farewell 1958Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Hare Sitting Up 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Silence Observed 1961Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Connoisseur's Case / The Crabtree Affair 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Bloody Wood 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Appleby At Allington / Death By Water 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	A Family Affair / Picture of Guilt 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Death at the Chase 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	An Awkward Lie 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Open House 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Appleby's Answer 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Appleby's Other Story 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Gay Phoenix 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Ampersand Papers 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Sheiks and Adders 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Appleby and Honeybath 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Carson's Conspiracy 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Appleby and the Ospreys 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (1954–2010)

Start with Appleby Talking / Dead Man's Shoes, the first of 6 books in the Inspector Appleby Collections series.

#	Title
1	Appleby Talking / Dead Man's Shoes 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Appleby Talks 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Appleby Talks Again 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Appleby Intervenes 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Appleby File 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Appleby Talks About Crime 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1969–2011)

Start with Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories, the first of 5 books in the J.I.M. Stewart Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Bridge at Arta 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	My Aunt Christina 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Parlour Four 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Cucumber Sandwiches 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2016–2022)

Start with Murder under the Christmas Tree, the first of 7 books in the Murderous Christmas Stories series.

#	Title
1	Murder under the Christmas Tree 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Murder on Christmas Eve 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Very Murderous Christmas 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Murder at Christmas 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Murder in Midwinter 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Murder on a Winter's Night 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Murder in the Falling Snow 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1957–2021)

Start with James Joyce(As: J.I.M. Stewart), the first of 10 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	James Joyce(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Eight Modern Writers(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Thomas Love Peacock 1963Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Character and Motive in Shakespeare 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Rudyard Kipling 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Joseph Conrad(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Shakespeare's Lofty Scene 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Educating the emotions 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1969–2011)

Start with Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories(As: J.I.M. Stewart), the first of 8 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Our England is a garden and other stories 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Bridge at Arta(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	My Aunt Christina(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Parlour Four(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Cucumber Sandwiches(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1975–1979)

Start with The Gaudy, the first of 5 books in the Staircase In Surrey series.

#	Title
1	The Gaudy 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Young Pattullo 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Memorial Service 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Madonna of The Astrolabe 1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Full Term 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

25 books (1946–2012)

Start with From London Far / The Unsuspected Chasm, the first of 25 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	From London Far / The Unsuspected Chasm 1946Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	What Happened At Hazlewood? 1946Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Journeying Boy / The Case of the Journeying Boy 1949Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Christmas at Candleshoe 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Man from the Sea / Death By Moonlight 1955Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Old Hall, New Hall / A Question of Queens 1956Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Use Of Riches 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The New Sonia Wayward / The Case of Sonia Wayward 1960Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Acre of Grass 1962Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Money From Holme 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	A Change of Heir 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Last Tresilians 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Aylwins(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1966Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Vanderlyn's Kingdom 1967Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Mungo's Dream 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Andrew and Tobias(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Going It Alone 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Villa in France(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	An Open Prison 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Naylors(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	A Palace of Art(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Avery's Mission 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mark Lambert's Supper(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Guardians 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Man Who Won The Pools(As: J.I.M. Stewart) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible