Allan Massie Books in Order
Allan Massie has written 47 books, published between 1978 and 2015. The first book is Change And Decay In All Around I See (1978) and the newest is End Games in Bordeaux (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 47
- Published
- 1978–2015
- Pages on record
- 9,751 in 42 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 163–244 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,751 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 42 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
Allan Massie (16 October 1938 to 3 February 2026) was a Scottish journalist, columnist and sports writer for newspapers in England and Scotland. Massie wrote 40 books, over 25 of them novels. The catalogue lists 47 titles from 1978 to 2015, among them Muriel Spark (1979), The Caesars (1983), A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (1984) and Augustus (1986). Massie's series include Bordeaux, Question Of Loyalties and Dark Ages, and End Games in Bordeaux (2015) is the last listed title.
How many Allan Massie books are there?
Allan Massie has 47 books, released between 1978 and 2015. They include 4 series and 33 titles listed outside any series.
Allan Massie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 Allan Massie 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.
- 1Change And Decay In All Around I See1978 · 158 pages · confirmed 2/419781582/4
- 2Muriel Spark1979 · 99 pages · confirmed 2/41979992/4
- 3The Last Peacock1980 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/419801852/4
- 4Ill Met By Gaslight1981 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/419811812/4
- 5The Death of Men1981 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/419812532/4
- 6Edinburgh and The Borders, In Verse1983 · 97 pages · confirmed 2/41983972/4
- 7The Caesars1983 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/419832382/4
- 8A Portrait of Scottish Rugby1984 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/419841982/4
- 9One Night in Winter1984 · confirmed 2/41984–2/4
- 1019863842/4
- 11Colette1986 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/419861522/4
- 12101 Great Scots1987 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419873522/4
- 13Eisenstaedt's Aberdeen1987 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/41987962/4
- 14The Novelist's View of the Market Economy1988 · 22 pages · confirmed 2/41988222/4
- 15Byron's Travels1988 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419882242/4
- 1619894162/4
- 17Glasgow1989 · 135 pages · confirmed 2/419891352/4
- 18The Hanging Tree1990 · 345 pages · confirmed 2/419903452/4
- 19The Novel Today1990 · 97 pages · confirmed 2/41990972/4
- 2019913202/4
- 2119912562/4
- 2219932282/4
- 23These Enchanted Woods1993 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/419932072/4
- 24The Ragged Lion1994 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419942562/4
- 25Edinburgh1994 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419943202/4
- 26The History of Selkirk Merchant Company, 1694-19941994 · 72 pages · confirmed 2/41994722/4
- 27King David1995 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/419952392/4
- 2819973202/4
- 29Antony1997 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419972242/4
- 3019992862/4
- 31Nero's Heirs1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419992882/4
- 32Eric Linklater1999 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419992562/4
- 3320032922/4
- 34Caligula2003 · 279 pages · confirmed 2/420032792/4
- 35The Thistle and the Rose2005 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/420053362/4
- 36Scottish Cultural Identity2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420062562/4
- 3720092322/4
- 38Surviving2009 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420092082/4
- 3920102862/4
- 40Klaus and Other Stories2010 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/420101872/4
- 41The Royal Stuarts2010 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420103842/4
- 422012–2/4
- 43Life & Letters2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 44Klaus2014 · 143 pages · confirmed 2/420141432/4
- 452014–2/4
- 462014–2/4
- 4720152442/4
Allan Massie 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.
Bordeaux in order
4 booksImperial in order
3 booksQuestion Of Loyalties in order
3 booksDark Ages in order
3 booksSaltire in order
1 book- 3. Nevertheless
Standalone books
33 books33 Allan Massie titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Allan Massie books in order?
You only need to read Allan Massie books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Allan Massie
Start with Change And Decay In All Around I See (1978), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Allan Massie book?
End Games in Bordeaux (2015) is the newest Allan Massie book released so far.
Is there a new Allan Massie book coming?
No next Allan Massie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Allan Massie at a glance
- Died
- Allan Massie died in 2026, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Allan Massie on record dates from 2015.
- Release pace
- Allan Massie books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,751 pages across the 42 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 238 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Allan Massie books, 15 of 47, were published in the 1990s.
What the Allan Massie books are about
43 of the 47 Allan Massie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 21 of 43. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 21 of 43 books
- World War, 1939-1945 5 of 43 books
- Biography 4 of 43 books
- Historical fiction 4 of 43 books
- Scotland, history 4 of 43 books
- English fiction 3 of 43 books
- Political fiction 3 of 43 books
- Politics and government 3 of 43 books
- Scotland 3 of 43 books
- Case studies 2 of 43 books
- City and town life 2 of 43 books
- Crime 2 of 43 books