Jan Morris Books in Order
64 books are credited to Jan Morris, published between 1957 and 2021; 2 of them appeared after Jan Morris's death in 2020. The first book is Sultan in Oman (1957) and the newest is Allegorizings (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 35 of the 64 books listed here are in the Jan Morris Travel series, which has its own page: Jan Morris Travel books in order.
- Books
- 64
- Published
- 1957–2021
- Confirmed
- 1 of 64 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,271 in 37 of 64 books
- Reading time
- 138–207 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,271 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 64 titles with a page count on record.
Jan Morris (2 October 1926 to 20 November 2020) was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer, born James Humphry Morris. Morris published under the birth name until 1972, the year of gender reassignment surgery. Morris wrote the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968 to 1978), a history of the British Empire, and portraits of cities including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. Morris was a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, which made the first confirmed ascent. The catalogue lists 64 books from Sultan in Oman (1957) and Coronation Everest (1958) to Allegorizings (2021), with Hav also among the series.
How many Jan Morris books are there?
Jan Morris has 64 books, released between 1957 and 2021. 2 of them were published after Jan Morris's death in 2020. They include 3 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.
Jan Morris Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 64 Jan Morris 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.
- 119571661/4
- 2Coronation Everest1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 31959–1/4
- 41960–1/4
- 5The Upstairs Donkey, and Other Stolen Stories1961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 6The Road to Huddersfield1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 7The Outriders1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 819633751/4
- 91965–1/4
- 101968–1/4
- 111969–1/4
- 1219721861/4
- 1319735601/4
- 141974–1/4
- 1519761551/4
- 1619785761/4
- 17The Venetian Empire1980 · confirmed 1/41980–1/4
- 181980–1/4
- 19A Venetian Bestiary1982 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/419821281/4
- 20The Spectacle of Empire1982 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/419822551/4
- 211983–1/4
- 2219841731/4
- 231984–1/4
- 2419852031/4
- 251985641/4
- 2619854101/4
- 2719861581/4
- 28Manhattan '451987 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/419872731/4
- 291988–1/4
- 3019892091/4
- 31City to City1990 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/419901731/4
- 3219901601/4
- 3319912881/4
- 3419921731/4
- 3519922561/4
- 361992–1/4
- 3719931801/4
- 38A Machynlleth Triad1994 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/419941811/4
- 3919953001/4
- 40The Princeship of Wales1995 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/41995321/4
- 411995881/4
- 4219973661/4
- 4319973841/4
- 44Building Hong Kong1998 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/419981241/4
- 4519992051/4
- 46Our First Leader2000 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/420001361/4
- 4720011601/4
- 482001–1/4
- 49A Writer's House in Wales2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 5020022561/4
- 512003–1/4
- 5220041441/4
- 532005–3/4
- 5420063011/4
- 5520081601/4
- 562008–1/4
- 572008–1/4
- 5820102021/4
- 592014–1/4
- 60Ciao, Carpaccio!2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 612018–1/4
- 6220181111/4
- 632021–1/4
- 642021–1/4
Jan Morris series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jan Morris Travel books in order 35 books
Jan Morris 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.
Biographies & Memoirs in order
7 booksPax Britannica Trilogy in order
3 booksHav in order
3 booksLonely Planet Travel Literature in order
1 bookStandalone books
15 books15 Jan Morris titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jan Morris books in order?
You only need to read Jan Morris books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jan Morris
Start with Sultan in Oman (1957), the first Jan Morris Travel book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Jan Morris book?
Allegorizings (2021) is the newest Jan Morris book released so far.
Is there a new Jan Morris book coming?
No next Jan Morris 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 Jan Morris has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 2 nominations for Jan Morris. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Heinemann Award1960Won
- Arthur C. Clarke Award2007Shortlistedfor Hav
- Booker Prize1985Shortlistedfor Last Letters from Hav
Jan Morris at a glance
- Died
- Jan Morris died in 2020, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Jan Morris are still being published after Jan Morris's death in 2020; the newest appeared in 2021.
- Release pace
- Jan Morris books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,271 pages across the 37 of 64 books with a recorded length, a median of 181 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jan Morris books, 15 of 64, were published in the 1990s.
What the Jan Morris books are about
35 of the 64 Jan Morris books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: travel is tagged on 13 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.