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Joyce Cary Books in Order

23 books are credited to Joyce Cary, published between 1938 and 2021; 12 of them appeared after Joyce Cary's death in 1957. The first book is Castle Corner (1938) and the newest is The Captive and the Free (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1938–2021
Pages on record
316 in 2 of 23 books
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Joyce Cary, born Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official who lived from 1888 to 1957. Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth (1944) stand as Cary's most notable novels. His catalogue groups novels into a First Trilogy and a Second Trilogy and holds 23 books, beginning with Castle Corner (1938). Other titles include Herself Surprised (1941), To Be a Pilgrim (1942) and Prisoner of Grace (1952).

How many Joyce Cary books are there?

Joyce Cary has 23 books, released between 1938 and 2021. 12 of them were published after Joyce Cary's death in 1957. They include 2 series and 17 titles listed outside any series.

Joyce Cary Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Joyce Cary 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 Art and Reality by Joyce Cary (1958)
  2. Cover of An American Visitor by Joyce Cary (1963)
  1. 1
    Castle Corner1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  2. 2
    Herself SurprisedFirst Trilogy #11941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  3. 3
    A House of Children1941 · confirmed 1/4
    1941–
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  4. 4
    To Be a PilgrimFirst Trilogy #21942 · confirmed 1/4
    1942–
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  5. 5
    The Case for African Freedom1944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  6. 6
    The Horse's MouthFirst Trilogy #31944 · confirmed 1/4
    1944–
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  7. 7
    The Moonlight1946 · confirmed 1/4
    1946–
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  8. 8
    A Fearful Joy1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  9. 9
    Prisoner of GraceSecond Trilogy #11952 · confirmed 1/4
    1952–
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  10. 10
    Except the LordSecond Trilogy #21953 · confirmed 1/4
    1953–
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  11. 11
    Not Honour MoreSecond Trilogy #31955 · confirmed 1/4
    1955–
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  12. 12
    Art and Reality1958 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1958192
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  13. 14
    Mister Johnson1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  14. 15
    Power in Men1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  15. 16
    An American Visitor1963 · confirmed 1/4
    1963–
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  16. 17
    Memoir of the Bobotes1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  17. 18
    Selected Essays1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  18. 19
    The Children Of Gemstone Mountain1980 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980124
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  19. 20
    The African Witch2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  20. 21
    Aissa Saved2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  21. 22
    Charley Is My Darling2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  22. 23
    The Captive and the Free2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Joyce Cary 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.

First Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Herself Surprised
  2. 2. To Be a Pilgrim
  3. 3. The Horse's Mouth

Second Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Prisoner of Grace
  2. 2. Except the Lord
  3. 3. Not Honour More

Standalone books

17 books

17 Joyce Cary titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joyce Cary books in order?

You only need to read Joyce Cary 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 Joyce Cary

Start with Castle Corner (1938), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joyce Cary book?

The Captive and the Free (2021) is the newest Joyce Cary book released so far.

Is there a new Joyce Cary book coming?

No next Joyce Cary 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 Joyce Cary has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Joyce Cary. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize1941Won

Joyce Cary at a glance

Died
Joyce Cary died in 1957, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Joyce Cary are still being published after Joyce Cary's death in 1957; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Joyce Cary books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
316 pages across the 2 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joyce Cary books, 7 of 23, were published in the 1940s.

What the Joyce Cary books are about

3 of the 23 Joyce Cary books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.