Charles Williams Books in Order
Charles Williams has written 21 books, published between 1951 and 2020. The first book is River Girl (1951) and the newest is Snitch (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1951–2020
- Pages on record
- 2,074 in 12 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 35–52 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,074 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Charles Williams has 21 books in the catalogue, from River Girl and Big City Girl in 1951 to Snitch in 2020. Titles from the 1950s include The Hot Spot and A Touch of Death (both 1953), Scorpion Reef (1955), The Big Bite (1956) and The Diamond Bikini (1956). Subjects recorded include mystery and detective fiction, swindlers and swindling, and women thieves. Uncle Sagamore and John Ingram are the series listed for Williams.
How many Charles Williams books are there?
Charles Williams has 21 books, released between 1951 and 2020. They include 2 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.
Charles Williams Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Charles 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.
- 1River Girl1951 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/419511521/4
- 2Big City Girl1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 3The Hot Spot1953 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419531901/4
- 4Nothing In Her Way1953 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/419531521/4
- 5A Touch of Death1953 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419532241/4
- 6Go Home, Stranger1954 · confirmed 1/41954–1/4
- 7Scorpion Reef1955 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419551901/4
- 819561551/4
- 9The Big Bite1956 · confirmed 1/41956–1/4
- 10The Concrete Flamingo1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 11Man on the Run -Canc1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 12Talk of the Town1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 131959–1/4
- 1419601601/4
- 1519601802/4
- 16Finally, Sunday!1962 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419621281/4
- 1719632082/4
- 1819661482/4
- 19And the Deep Blue Sea1971 · confirmed 1/41971–1/4
- 20Man on a Leash1973 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/419731871/4
- 212020–1/4
Charles 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.
Perennial Library in order
3 booksUncle Sagamore in order
2 booksJohn Ingram in order
1 book- 1. Aground
After Dinner Conversation Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
14 books14 Charles Williams titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Charles Williams books in order?
You only need to read Charles Williams 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 Charles Williams
Start with River Girl (1951), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Charles Williams book?
Snitch (2020) is the newest Charles Williams book released so far.
Is there a new Charles Williams book coming?
No next Charles 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 Williams at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Charles Williams title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Charles Williams books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 2,074 pages across the 12 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 170 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Charles Williams books, 13 of 21, were published in the 1950s.
What the Charles Williams books are about
6 of the 21 Charles Williams books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 3 of 6 books