Adam Hall Books in Order
Adam Hall has written 28 books, published between 1951 and 1996. The first book is Knight Sinister (1951) and the newest is Quiller Balalaika (1996). Publication order is the reading order below. 19 of the 28 books listed here are in the Quiller series, which has its own page: Quiller books in order.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1951–1996
- Pages on record
- 2,441 in 13 of 28 books
Adam Hall is the pen name Elleston Trevor used for his Cold War thrillers about Quiller, a British secret agent. The Quiller books begin with The Berlin Memorandum, also published as The Quiller Memorandum (1965), and run to Quiller Balalaika (1996). An earlier sequence follows Hugo Bishop through chess-piece titles, from Knight Sinister (1951) and Queen in Danger (1952) to Bishop in Check (1953). This catalogue holds 28 books; Trevor wrote over 100 across several pseudonyms and died in 1995.
How many Adam Hall books are there?
Adam Hall has 28 books, released between 1951 and 1996. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Adam Hall Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Adam Hall books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 11951102/4
- 21952102/4
- 31953102/4
- 41954–2/4
- 51955102/4
- 6Heat Wave1957 · confirmed 2/41957–2/4
- 71957–2/4
- 8The Volcanoes of San Domingo1963 · 189 pages · confirmed 2/419631892/4
- 91965–2/4
- 101966–2/4
- 11A Blaze of Arms1967 · confirmed 2/41967–2/4
- 121968–2/4
- 131971–2/4
- 141973–2/4
- 151975–2/4
- 1619762562/4
- 171978–2/4
- 1819802882/4
- 191981–2/4
- 201985–2/4
- 211988–2/4
- 2219893122/4
- 2319902612/4
- 2419913202/4
- 2519922862/4
- 261993–2/4
- 2719942472/4
- 2819962422/4
Adam Hall series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Quiller books in order 19 books
Adam Hall books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Hugo Bishop in order
6 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Adam Hall titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Adam Hall books in order?
You only need to read Adam Hall books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Adam Hall
Start with The Berlin Memorandum / Quiller Memorandum (1965), the first Quiller book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Knight Sinister (1951).
What is the newest Adam Hall book?
Quiller Balalaika (1996) is the newest Adam Hall book released so far.
Is there a new Adam Hall book coming?
No next Adam Hall book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Adam Hall at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Adam Hall title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Adam Hall books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,441 pages across the 13 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 247 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Adam Hall books, 7 of 28, were published in the 1950s.
What the Adam Hall books are about
20 of the 28 Adam Hall books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: quiller (fictitious character) is tagged on 12 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Quiller (Fictitious character) 12 of 20 books
- Quiller (fictitious character : hall) 11 of 20 books
- British 10 of 20 books
- Intelligence officers 10 of 20 books
- Great Britain 7 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 20 books
- Intelligence service 4 of 20 books
- Prevention 2 of 20 books
- Terrorism 2 of 20 books