Sax Rohmer Reading Order

2 books (1919–2005)

Start with Dope and read in order.

#	Title
1	Dope 1919Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Yellow Shadows 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1948–2014)

Start with Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Great Black Magic Stories 1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Graphic Classics, Volume 12: Adventure Classics 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Favourite Spy Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

16 books (1913–1987)

Start with The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu / The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu, the first of 16 books in the Fu Manchu series.

#	Title
1	The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu / The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu 1913Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu / The Devil Doctor 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Hand of Fu-Manchu / The Si-Fan Mysteries 1917Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Daughter of Fu-Manchu 1931Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Mask of Fu-Manchu 1932Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Bride of Fu-Manchu / Fu-Manchu's Bride 1933Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Trail of Fu-Manchu 1934Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	President Fu-Manchu 1936Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Drums of Fu-Manchu 1939Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Island of Fu-Manchu 1940Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Shadow of Fu-Manchu 1948Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Re-enter Fu-Manchu 1957Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Emperor Fu-Manchu 1959Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Wrath of Fu-Manchu 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Ten Years Beyond Baker Street:(By: Cay Van Ash) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Fires of Fu Manchu(By: Cay Van Ash) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1915–1943)

Start with The Yellow Claw, the first of 4 books in the Gaston Max series.

#	Title
1	The Yellow Claw 1915Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Golden Scorpion 1919Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Day the World Ended 1929Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Seven Sins 1943Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2025–2025)

3 books (1914–2007)

Start with The Romance of Sorcery and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Romance of Sorcery 1914Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Guide to Magic, Sorcery and the Paranormal 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Little Tich(With: Llittle Tich) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1920–2013)

Start with Bat Wing and read in order.

#	Title
1	Bat Wing 1920Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Fire-Tongue 1921Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Voice of Kali 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1920–2013)

Start with The Man with the Shaven Skull, the first of 9 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	The Man with the Shaven Skull 1920Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Tcheriapin 1922Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Kerry's Kid 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Daughter of Huang Chow 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The White Hat 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Mysterious Mummy 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A House Possessed 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Breath of Allah 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1914–2017)

Start with The Sins of Severac Bablon, the first of 10 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	The Sins of Severac Bablon 1914Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Tales of Secret Egypt 1918Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Dream Detective 1920Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Secret Of Holm Peel 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Tales of East and West 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Haunting of Low Fennel 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Leopard Couch 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Methods of Moris Klaw 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Tales of Chinatown 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	From Limehouse to Cairo 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

16 books (1916–1954)

Start with The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan, the first of 16 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan 1916Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Brood of the Witch Queen 1918Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Orchard of Tears 1918Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Quest of the Sacred Slipper 1919Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Green Eyes of Bast 1920Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Grey Face 1924Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Emperor of America 1927Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Moon of Madness 1927Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	She Who Sleeps 1928Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Yu'an Hee See laughs, 1932Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Bat Flies Low 1935Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	White Velvet 1936Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt / Egyptian Nights 1944Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Hangover House 1949Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Wulfheim 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Moon Is Red 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1950–2020)

Start with The Sins of Sumuru / Nude in Mink, the first of 5 books in the Sumuru series.

#	Title
1	The Sins of Sumuru / Nude in Mink 1950Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sumuru / The Slaves of Sumuru 1951Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Virgin in Flames / The Fire Goddess 1953Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Return Of Sumuru / Sand and Satin 1954Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Sinister Madonna 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible