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Kingsley Amis Books in Order

60 books are credited to Kingsley Amis, published between 1947 and 2019; 5 of them appeared after Kingsley Amis's death in 1995. The first book is Bright November (1947) and the newest is Raising a Smile (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
60
Published
1947–2019
Confirmed
2 of 60 titles
Pages on record
11,023 in 45 of 60 books
Reading time
184–276 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,023 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 45 of 60 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Kingsley Amis, author

Satirical comedies are the work Sir Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) is best known for, among them Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman, Ending Up, Jake's Thing and The Old Devils. Amis worked as a novelist, poet, critic and teacher, producing over 20 novels, six poetry collections, a memoir, short fiction, radio and TV scripts and criticism. The Times placed Amis ninth among the 50 greatest British writers since 1945 in 2008. Martin Amis, also a novelist, is Kingsley Amis's son. The catalogue lists 60 titles from Bright November (1947) to Raising a Smile (2019).

How many Kingsley Amis books are there?

Kingsley Amis has 60 books, released between 1947 and 2019. 5 of them were published after Kingsley Amis's death in 1995. They include 3 series and 48 titles listed outside any series.

Kingsley Amis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 60 Kingsley Amis 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 Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, book 1 of the Jim Dixon series (1954)
  2. Cover of New Maps of Hell by Kingsley Amis (1960)
  3. Cover of Take a Girl Like You by Kingsley Amis, book 1 of the Patrick Standish and Jenny Bunn series (1960)
  4. Cover of Spectrum IV by Kingsley Amis, book 4 of the Spectrum series (1965)
  5. Cover of The Anti-Death League by Kingsley Amis (1966)
  6. Cover of Lucky Jim's Politics. by Kingsley Amis, book 4 of the Jim Dixon series (1968)
  7. Cover of I Want It Now by Kingsley Amis (1968)
  8. Cover of The Green Man by Kingsley Amis (1969)
  9. Cover of What Became of Jane Austen? by Kingsley Amis (1970)
  10. Cover of Dear Illusion by Kingsley Amis (1972)
  11. Cover of Rudyard Kipling and His World by Kingsley Amis (1975)
  12. Cover of Jake's Thing by Kingsley Amis (1978)
  13. Cover of Collected Short Stories by Kingsley Amis (1980)
  14. Cover of Russian Hide-and-Seek by Kingsley Amis (1980)
  15. Cover of How's Your Glass? by Kingsley Amis (1984)
  16. Cover of Stanley and the Women by Kingsley Amis (1984)
  17. Cover of The Great British Songbook by Kingsley Amis (1986)
  18. Cover of The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis (1986)
  19. Cover of Difficulties with Girls by Kingsley Amis, book 2 of the Patrick Standish and Jenny Bunn series (1988)
  20. Cover of Kingsley Amis in Life and Letters by Kingsley Amis (1991)
  21. Cover of We Are All Guilty by Kingsley Amis (1991)
  22. Cover of You Can't Do Both by Kingsley Amis (1994)
  23. Cover of The Biographer's Moustache by Kingsley Amis (1995)
  24. Cover of The King's English by Kingsley Amis (1996)
  1. 1
    Bright November1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947–
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  2. 2
    A Frame of Mind1953 · confirmed 2/4
    1953–
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  3. 3
    Lucky JimJim Dixon #11954 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1954272
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  4. 4
    That Uncertain FeelingJim Dixon #21955 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955256
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  5. 5
    A Case of Samples1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956–
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  6. 6
    I Like it HereJim Dixon #31958 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958188
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  7. 7
    New Maps of Hell1960 · confirmed 2/4
    1960–
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  8. 8
    Take a Girl Like YouPatrick Standish and Jenny Bunn #11960 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1960316
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  9. 9
    Spectrum ISpectrum #11961 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961320
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  10. 10
    My Enemy's Enemy1962 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962186
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  11. 11
    Spectrum IISpectrum #21962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  12. 12
    One Fat Englishman1963 · 162 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963162
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  13. 13
    Spectrum IIISpectrum #31963 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963288
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  14. 14
    The James Bond DossierJames Bond Non-Fiction #11965 · confirmed 3/4
    1965–
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  15. 15
    Spectrum IVSpectrum #41965 · 335 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965335
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  16. 16
    The Egyptologists1966 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966207
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  17. 17
    The Anti-Death League1966 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966304
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  18. 18
    A Look Around the Estate1967 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196756
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  19. 19
    Colonel SunJames Bond #11968 · confirmed 3/4
    1968–
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  20. 20
    Lucky Jim's Politics.Jim Dixon #41968 · 20 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196820
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  21. 21
    I Want It Now1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  22. 22
    The Green Man1969 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1969176
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  23. 23
    What Became of Jane Austen?1970 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970216
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  24. 24
    Girl, 201971 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971217
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  25. 25
    Tennyson1972 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1972224
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  26. 26
    On Drink1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  27. 27
    Dear Illusion1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  28. 28
    The Riverside Villas Murder1973 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973288
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  29. 29
    Ending Up1974 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974176
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  30. 30
    Rudyard Kipling and His World1975 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975128
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Kingsley Amis 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.

Jim Dixon in order

4 books
  1. 1. Lucky Jim
  2. 2. That Uncertain Feeling
  3. 3. I Like it Here
  4. 4. Lucky Jim's Politics.

Spectrum in order

4 books
  1. 1. Spectrum I
  2. 2. Spectrum II
  3. 3. Spectrum III
  4. 4. Spectrum IV

Patrick Standish and Jenny Bunn in order

2 books
  1. 1. Take a Girl Like You
  2. 2. Difficulties with Girls

James Bond Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

James Bond in order

1 book
  1. 1. Colonel Sun

Standalone books

48 books

48 Kingsley Amis titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kingsley Amis books in order?

You only need to read Kingsley Amis 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 Kingsley Amis

Start with Bright November (1947), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kingsley Amis book?

Raising a Smile (2019) is the newest Kingsley Amis book released so far.

Is there a new Kingsley Amis book coming?

No next Kingsley Amis 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 Kingsley Amis has won

Wikidata records 4 awards and 2 nominations for Kingsley Amis. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Cholmondeley Award1990Won
  • Booker Prize1986Wonfor The Old Devils
  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1977Wonfor The Alteration
  • Somerset Maugham Award1955Won
  • Booker Prize1978Shortlistedfor Jake's Thing
  • Booker Prize1974Shortlistedfor Ending Up

Kingsley Amis at a glance

Died
Kingsley Amis died in 1995, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Kingsley Amis are still being published after Kingsley Amis's death in 1995; the newest appeared in 2019.
Release pace
Kingsley Amis books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,023 pages across the 45 of 60 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kingsley Amis books, 16 of 60, were published in the 1960s.

What the Kingsley Amis books are about

47 of the 60 Kingsley Amis 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 47. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Fiction in English 10 of 47 books
  • Amis, kingsley, 1922-1995 4 of 47 books
  • England 4 of 47 books
  • English fiction 4 of 47 books
  • Man-woman relationships 4 of 47 books
  • Alcoholic beverages 3 of 47 books
  • Authors 3 of 47 books
  • British 3 of 47 books
  • College teachers 3 of 47 books
  • Critics 3 of 47 books
  • English literature 3 of 47 books
  • Novelists 3 of 47 books