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Charles Walter Williams Books in Order

Charles Walter Williams has written 51 books, published between 1917 and 2018. The first book is Poems of Conformity (1917) and the newest is The Death of Good Fortune - A Christmas Play (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
51
Published
1917–2018
Pages on record
8,105 in 39 of 51 books
Reading time
135–203 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,105 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 39 of 51 titles with a page count on record.

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Charles Walter Williams wrote supernatural novels, poetry, theology and criticism. War in Heaven, Many Dimensions, The Place of the Lion and The Greater Trumps, all published between 1930 and 1932, put occult objects and spiritual forces into contemporary English settings. Arthurian romance and Christian theology run through the rest, and the Aspects of Power series collects part of the work. The catalogue holds 51 titles from Poems of Conformity (1917) onward.

How many Charles Walter Williams books are there?

Charles Walter Williams has 51 books, released between 1917 and 2018. 7 of them belong to the Aspects of Power series.

Charles Walter Williams Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 51 Charles Walter Williams 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.

  1. Cover of Poems of Conformity by Charles Walter Williams (1917)
  2. Cover of Divorce by Charles Walter Williams (1920)
  3. Cover of Windows of Night by Charles Walter Williams (1924)
  4. Cover of Many Dimensions by Charles Walter Williams, book 2 of the Aspects of Power series (1930)
  5. Cover of The Place of the Lion by Charles Walter Williams, book 3 of the Aspects of Power series (1931)
  6. Cover of The Greater Trumps by Charles Walter Williams, book 4 of the Aspects of Power series (1932)
  7. Cover of Reason and Beauty in the Poetic Mind by Charles Walter Williams (1933)
  8. Cover of Shadows of Ecstasy by Charles Walter Williams, book 5 of the Aspects of Power series (1933)
  9. Cover of Henry VII by Charles Walter Williams (1937)
  10. Cover of The Descent of the Dove by Charles Walter Williams (1939)
  11. Cover of The Forgiveness of Sins by Charles Walter Williams (1942)
  12. Cover of The Figure of Beatrice by Charles Walter Williams (1943)
  13. Cover of All Hallows' Eve by Charles Walter Williams, book 7 of the Aspects of Power series (1945)
  14. Cover of The Image of the City by Charles Walter Williams (1958)
  15. Cover of Collected Plays by Charles Walter Williams (1963)
  16. Cover of Taliessin through Logres, The Region of the Summer Stars, and Arthurian Torso by Charles Walter Williams (1974)
  17. Cover of Outlines of Romantic Theology with Which is Reprinted, Religion & Love in Dante by Charles Walter Williams (1978)
  18. Cover of Letters to Lalage by Charles Walter Williams (1989)
  19. Cover of Charles Williams by Charles Walter Williams (1991)
  20. Cover of Essential Writings in Spirituality and Theology by Charles Walter Williams (1993)
  21. Cover of A Charles Williams Reader by Charles Walter Williams (2000)
  22. Cover of The Masques of Amen House by Charles Walter Williams (2000)
  23. Cover of The Detective Fiction Reviews of Charles Williams, 1930-1935 by Charles Walter Williams (2003)
  24. Cover of Outlines of Romantic Theology by Charles Walter Williams (2005)
  1. 1
    Poems of Conformity1917 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1917128
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  2. 2
    Divorce1920 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1920124
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  3. 3
    Windows of Night1924 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1924156
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  4. 4
    War in HeavenAspects of Power #11930 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1930256
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  5. 5
    Many DimensionsAspects of Power #21930 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1930269
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  6. 6
    Heroes & Kings1930 · confirmed 1/4
    1930–
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  7. 7
    The Place of the LionAspects of Power #31931 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1931174
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  8. 8
    The Greater TrumpsAspects of Power #41932 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1932182
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  9. 9
    Reason and Beauty in the Poetic Mind1933 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933186
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  10. 10
    Shadows of EcstasyAspects of Power #51933 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1933272
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  11. 11
    James I1934 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1934326
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  12. 12
    The New Book of English Verse1935 · 766 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935766
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  13. 13
    Rochester1935 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1935274
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  14. 14
    Henry VII1937 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1937280
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  15. 15
    Descent into HellAspects of Power #61937 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1937222
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  16. 16
    The Descent of the Dove1939 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1939256
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  17. 17
    The Forgiveness of Sins1942 · 123 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1942123
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  18. 18
    The Figure of Beatrice1943 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1943240
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  19. 19
    The Arthurian Poems of Charles Williams1944 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1944157
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  20. 20
    All Hallows' EveAspects of Power #71945 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1945184
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  21. 21
    Arthurian Torso1948 · confirmed 1/4
    1948–
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  22. 22
    The Image of the City1958 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958276
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  23. 23
    Collected Plays1963 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1963416
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  24. 24
    Taliessin Through Logres1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  25. 25
    William Tyndale1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  26. 26
    Taliessin through Logres, The Region of the Summer Stars, and Arthurian Torso1974 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974384
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  27. 27
    Outlines of Romantic Theology with Which is Reprinted, Religion & Love in Dante1978 · 113 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978113
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  28. 28
    He Came Down from Heaven1984 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984147
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  29. 29
    Letters to Lalage1989 · 89 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198989
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  30. 30
    Charles Williams1991 · 302 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991302
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Charles Walter Williams 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.

Aspects of Power in order

7 books
  1. 1. War in Heaven
  2. 2. Many Dimensions
  3. 3. The Place of the Lion
  4. 4. The Greater Trumps
  5. 5. Shadows of Ecstasy
  6. 6. Descent into Hell
  7. 7. All Hallows' Eve

Standalone books

44 books

44 Charles Walter Williams titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charles Walter Williams books in order?

You only need to read Charles Walter Williams books in order within the Aspects of Power series, which holds 7 of the 51 Charles Walter Williams books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Charles Walter Williams

Start with Poems of Conformity (1917), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charles Walter Williams book?

The Death of Good Fortune - A Christmas Play (2018) is the newest Charles Walter Williams book released so far.

Is there a new Charles Walter Williams book coming?

No next Charles Walter Williams book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Charles Walter Williams at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Charles Walter Williams title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Charles Walter Williams books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
8,105 pages across the 39 of 51 books with a recorded length, a median of 186 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charles Walter Williams books, 14 of 51, were published in the 2010s.

What the Charles Walter Williams books are about

29 of the 51 Charles Walter Williams books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 5 of 29. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.