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Graham Greene Books in Order

80 books are credited to Graham Greene, published between 1925 and 2019; 5 of them appeared after Graham Greene's death in 1991. The first book is Babbling April (1925) and the newest is Graham Greene (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
80
Published
1925–2019
Confirmed
1 of 80 titles
Pages on record
14,657 in 67 of 80 books
Reading time
244–366 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,657 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 67 of 80 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Graham Greene, author

Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 2 October 1904 to 3 April 1991) was an English novelist and journalist. Greene gained an early reputation for two kinds of book: serious Catholic novels and thrillers, which Greene called entertainments. Across 67 years of writing, including more than 25 novels, the work examined the conflicting moral and political questions of the modern world. The catalogue begins with Babbling April (1925), then The Man Within (1929), Stamboul Train (1932), It's a Battlefield (1934) and A Gun for Sale (1936). Greene was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Subjects include travel, drama, England and Catholics.

How many Graham Greene books are there?

Graham Greene has 80 books, released between 1925 and 2019. 5 of them were published after Graham Greene's death in 1991.

Graham Greene Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 80 Graham Greene 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 The Man Within by Graham Greene (1929)
  2. Cover of Orient Express / Stamboul Train by Graham Greene (1932)
  3. Cover of It's a Battlefield by Graham Greene (1934)
  4. Cover of England Made Me / The Shipwrecked by Graham Greene (1935)
  5. Cover of Journey Without Maps by Graham Greene (1936)
  6. Cover of A Chance For Mr Lever by Graham Greene (1936)
  7. Cover of A Gun for Sale / This Gun for Hire by Graham Greene (1936)
  8. Cover of Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (1938)
  9. Cover of The Lawless Roads / Another Mexico by Graham Greene (1939)
  10. Cover of The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene (1939)
  11. Cover of The Power and the Glory / The Labyrinthine Ways by Graham Greene (1940)
  12. Cover of British Dramatists by Graham Greene (1942)
  13. Cover of The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene (1943)
  14. Cover of The Third Man by Graham Greene (1949)
  15. Cover of A Sense of Reality by Graham Greene (1950)
  16. Cover of The Lost Childhood and Other Essays by Graham Greene (1951)
  17. Cover of The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (1951)
  18. Cover of The Living Room by Graham Greene, book 2 of the Standalone Plays series (1954)
  19. Cover of The Destructors by Graham Greene (1955)
  20. Cover of The Little Steamroller by Graham Greene (1955)
  21. Cover of The Quiet American by Graham Greene (1955)
  22. Cover of Loser Takes All by Graham Greene (1955)
  23. Cover of A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene (1960)
  24. Cover of In Search of a Character by Graham Greene (1961)
  1. 1
    Babbling April1925 · confirmed 2/4
    1925–
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  2. 2
    The Man Within1929 · 195 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1929195
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  3. 3
    The Name of Action1930 · confirmed 2/4
    1930–
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  4. 4
    Rumour at Nightfall1931 · confirmed 2/4
    1931–
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  5. 5
    Orient Express / Stamboul Train1932 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1932197
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  6. 6
    It's a Battlefield1934 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1934208
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  7. 7
    The Bear Fell Free1935 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    193530
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  8. 8
    England Made Me / The Shipwrecked1935 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1935208
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  9. 9
    Journey Without Maps1936 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1936242
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  10. 10
    A Chance For Mr Lever1936 · 22 pages · confirmed 2/4
    193622
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  11. 11
    A Gun for Sale / This Gun for Hire1936 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1936184
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  12. 12
    Brighton Rock1938 · confirmed 2/4
    1938–
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  13. 13
    The Lawless Roads / Another Mexico1939 · 221 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1939221
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  14. 14
    The Confidential Agent1939 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1939208
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  15. 15
    The Power and the Glory / The Labyrinthine Ways1940 · 221 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940221
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  16. 16
    British Dramatists1942 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    194296
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  17. 17
    The Ministry of Fear1943 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1943201
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  18. 18
    The Little Train1946 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    194648
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  19. 19
    Graham Greene's Nineteen Stories1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  20. 20
    The Heart of the Matter1948 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948288
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  21. 21
    The Third Man1949 · 157 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1949157
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  22. 22
    The Little Fire Engine1950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  23. 23
    A Sense of Reality1950 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950112
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  24. 24
    The Lost Childhood and Other Essays1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  25. 25
    The End of the Affair1951 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1951192
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  26. 26
    Three EntertainmentsStandalone Plays #11952 · 606 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952606
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  27. 27
    The Little Horse Bus1952 · 46 pages · confirmed 2/4
    195246
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  28. 28
    The Living RoomStandalone Plays #21954 · 132 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1954132
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  29. 29
    Twenty-One Stories1954 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1954208
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  30. 30
    The Destructors1955 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/4
    195540
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Graham Greene 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.

Standalone Plays

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Vintage Voyages in order

1 book
  1. 1. Travels with My Aunt

Last Interview in order

1 book
  1. 27. Graham Greene

Standalone books

73 books

73 Graham Greene titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Graham Greene books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 80 Graham Greene books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Graham Greene

Start with Babbling April (1925), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Graham Greene book?

Graham Greene (2019) is the newest Graham Greene book released so far.

Is there a new Graham Greene book coming?

No next Graham Greene 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 Graham Greene has won

Wikidata records 6 awards and 12 nominations for Graham Greene. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Jerusalem Prize1981Won
  • Dos Passos Prize1980Won
  • The Grand Master1976Won
  • Shakespeare Prize1968Won
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize1948Wonfor The Heart of the Matter
  • Hawthornden Prize1941Wonfor The Power and the Glory
  • Neustadt International Prize for Literature1978Shortlisted
  • Neustadt International Prize for Literature1970Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1963Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1962Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1961Shortlisted
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1960Shortlisted

Graham Greene at a glance

Died
Graham Greene died in 1991, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Graham Greene are still being published after Graham Greene's death in 1991; the newest appeared in 2019.
Release pace
Graham Greene books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
14,657 pages across the 67 of 80 books with a recorded length, a median of 195 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Graham Greene books, 14 of 80, were published in the 1950s.

What the Graham Greene books are about

69 of the 80 Graham Greene books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 10 of 69. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.