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Michael Dobbs Books in Order

Michael Dobbs has written 20 books, published between 1989 and 2013. The first book is House of Cards (1989) and the newest is A Ghost at the Door (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1989–2013
Pages on record
6,053 in 15 of 20 books
Reading time
101–151 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,053 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Michael Dobbs is a British Conservative politician and author best known for the House of Cards trilogy: House of Cards (1989), To Play the King (1992) and The Final Cut (1995). Alongside the writing, Dobbs worked as a senior corporate executive at Saatchi & Saatchi and presented on television and radio, and has been nominated for an Emmy five times. Twenty books are catalogued, taking in the Winston Churchill novels from Winston's War (2002), the Thomas Goodfellowe mysteries and the Harry Jones thrillers, and ending with A Ghost at the Door (2013).

How many Michael Dobbs books are there?

Michael Dobbs has 20 books, released between 1989 and 2013. They include 4 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Michael Dobbs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Michael Dobbs 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 Last Man to Die by Michael Dobbs (1991)
  2. Cover of To Play the King by Michael Dobbs, book 2 of the House Of Cards series (1992)
  3. Cover of The Touch of Innocents by Michael Dobbs (1994)
  4. Cover of The Final Cut by Michael Dobbs, book 3 of the House Of Cards series (1995)
  5. Cover of Goodfellowe MP by Michael Dobbs, book 1 of the Thomas Goodfellowe series (1997)
  6. Cover of The Buddha of Brewer Street by Michael Dobbs, book 2 of the Thomas Goodfellowe series (1997)
  7. Cover of Whispers of Betrayal by Michael Dobbs, book 3 of the Thomas Goodfellowe series (2000)
  8. Cover of Winston's War by Michael Dobbs, book 1 of the Winston Churchill series (2002)
  9. Cover of Churchill's Triumph by Michael Dobbs, book 4 of the Winston Churchill series (2005)
  10. Cover of First Lady by Michael Dobbs (2006)
  11. Cover of The Lords' Day by Michael Dobbs, book 1 of the Harry Jones series (2007)
  12. Cover of The Edge of Madness by Michael Dobbs, book 2 of the Harry Jones series (2008)
  13. Cover of The Reluctant Hero by Michael Dobbs, book 3 of the Harry Jones series (2010)
  14. Cover of Old Enemies by Michael Dobbs, book 4 of the Harry Jones series (2011)
  15. Cover of The Sentimental Traitor by Michael Dobbs, book 5 of the Harry Jones series (2012)
  16. Cover of A Ghost at the Door by Michael Dobbs, book 6 of the Harry Jones series (2013)
  1. 1
    House of CardsHouse Of Cards #11989 · 391 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989391
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  2. 2
    Wall Games1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  3. 3
    Last Man to Die1991 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991325
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  4. 4
    To Play the KingHouse Of Cards #21992 · 315 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992315
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  5. 5
    The Touch of Innocents1994 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994352
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  6. 6
    The Final CutHouse Of Cards #31995 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995480
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  7. 7
    Goodfellowe MPThomas Goodfellowe #11997 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997352
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  8. 8
    The Buddha of Brewer StreetThomas Goodfellowe #21997 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997384
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  9. 9
    Whispers of BetrayalThomas Goodfellowe #32000 · 455 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000455
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  10. 10
    Winston's WarWinston Churchill #12002 · 579 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002579
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  11. 11
    Never SurrenderWinston Churchill #22003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  12. 12
    Churchill's HourWinston Churchill #32004 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004352
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  13. 13
    Churchill's TriumphWinston Churchill #42005 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005352
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  14. 14
    First Lady2006 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006480
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  15. 15
    The Lords' DayHarry Jones #12007 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007448
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  16. 16
    The Edge of MadnessHarry Jones #22008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  17. 17
    The Reluctant HeroHarry Jones #32010 · 468 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010468
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  18. 18
    Old EnemiesHarry Jones #42011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  19. 19
    The Sentimental TraitorHarry Jones #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    A Ghost at the DoorHarry Jones #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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Michael Dobbs series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Michael Dobbs 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.

Harry Jones in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Lords' Day
  2. 2. The Edge of Madness
  3. 3. The Reluctant Hero
  4. 4. Old Enemies
  5. 5. The Sentimental Traitor
  6. 6. A Ghost at the Door

House Of Cards in order

3 books
  1. 1. House of Cards
  2. 2. To Play the King
  3. 3. The Final Cut

Thomas Goodfellowe in order

3 books
  1. 1. Goodfellowe MP
  2. 2. The Buddha of Brewer Street
  3. 3. Whispers of Betrayal

Standalone books

4 books

4 Michael Dobbs titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael Dobbs books in order?

You only need to read Michael Dobbs books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Michael Dobbs

Start with Winston's War (2002), the first Winston Churchill book. The earliest catalogued title overall is House of Cards (1989).

What is the newest Michael Dobbs book?

A Ghost at the Door (2013) is the newest Michael Dobbs book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Dobbs book coming?

No next Michael Dobbs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Michael Dobbs at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Michael Dobbs title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Michael Dobbs books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,053 pages across the 15 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Dobbs books, 8 of 20, were published in the 2000s.

What the Michael Dobbs books are about

19 of the 20 Michael Dobbs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: politicians is tagged on 6 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.