Anthony Powell Books in Order
37 books are credited to Anthony Powell, published between 1931 and 2017; 4 of them appeared after Anthony Powell's death in 2000. The first book is Afternoon Men (1931) and the newest is Anthony Powell on Wine (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1931–2017
- Pages on record
- 8,461 in 33 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 141–212 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,461 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Anthony Dymoke Powell (1905-2000) was an English novelist. A Dance to the Music of Time, his twelve-volume sequence published between 1951 and 1975, is the central work and ranks among the longest novels in English; A Question of Upbringing (1951) opens it. Powell had already published Afternoon Men (1931), Venusberg (1932), From a View to a Death (1933) and Agents and Patients (1936) in the 1930s. The catalogue of 37 books also holds the memoir To Keep The Ball Rolling and the biography John Aubrey and His Friends (1948). The Times placed Powell among the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 in its 2008 list.
How many Anthony Powell books are there?
Anthony Powell has 37 books, released between 1931 and 2017. 4 of them were published after Anthony Powell's death in 2000. They include 2 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.
Anthony Powell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Anthony Powell 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.
- 1Afternoon Men1931 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/419312672/4
- 2Venusberg1932 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/419321902/4
- 3From a View to a Death1933 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/419332132/4
- 4Agents and Patients1936 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/419362182/4
- 5What's Become of Waring1939 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/419393402/4
- 6John Aubrey and His Friends1948 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/419483522/4
- 719512142/4
- 819522402/4
- 919552142/4
- 1019572182/4
- 111960–2/4
- 1219622562/4
- 1319642842/4
- 1419662402/4
- 1519682502/4
- 16The Garden God & The Rest I'll Whistle1971 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/419711872/4
- 1719712402/4
- 1819732802/4
- 1919752522/4
- 2019762142/4
- 2119782092/4
- 2219812302/4
- 23The Strangers All Are GoneTo Keep The Ball Rolling: The Memoirs Of #41982 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419822082/4
- 24O, How the Wheel Becomes It!1983 · 136 pages · confirmed 2/419831362/4
- 2519844562/4
- 26The Empire Revisited1985 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/419852372/4
- 27The Fisher King1986 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/419862552/4
- 28Miscellaneous Verdicts1990 · 501 pages · confirmed 2/419905012/4
- 29Under Review1992 · 467 pages · confirmed 2/419924672/4
- 301994192/4
- 31Journals, 1982-861995 · confirmed 2/41995–2/4
- 32Journals, 1987-891996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419962562/4
- 33Journals, 1990-19921997 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/419972492/4
- 34A Writer's Notebook2001 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/420011692/4
- 35Some Poets, Artists & 'A Reference for Mellors'2005 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/420054002/4
- 362009–2/4
- 37Anthony Powell on Wine2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
Anthony Powell series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Anthony Powell 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.
To Keep The Ball Rolling: The Memoirs Of in order
5 booksChap in order
1 bookStandalone books
18 books18 Anthony Powell titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Anthony Powell books in order?
You only need to read Anthony Powell 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 Anthony Powell
Start with A Question of Upbringing (1951), the first Dance To The Music Of Time book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Afternoon Men (1931).
What is the newest Anthony Powell book?
Anthony Powell on Wine (2017) is the newest Anthony Powell book released so far.
Is there a new Anthony Powell book coming?
No next Anthony Powell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Anthony Powell has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Anthony Powell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize1957Won
Anthony Powell at a glance
- Died
- Anthony Powell died in 2000, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Anthony Powell are still being published after Anthony Powell's death in 2000; the newest appeared in 2017.
- Release pace
- Anthony Powell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 8,461 pages across the 33 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anthony Powell books, 6 of 37, were published in the 1990s.
What the Anthony Powell books are about
30 of the 37 Anthony Powell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 6 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 6 of 30 books
- Novelists 6 of 30 books
- Social life and customs 6 of 30 books
- Intellectual life 5 of 30 books
- Novelists, English 5 of 30 books
- Authors 4 of 30 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 30 books
- London life 4 of 30 books
- Powell, anthony, 1905-2000 4 of 30 books
- English literature 3 of 30 books
- Great Britain 3 of 30 books