Nicolas Freeling Books in Order
Nicolas Freeling has written 41 books, published between 1962 and 2002. The first book is Love in Amsterdam / Death in Amsterdam (1962) and the newest is The Janeites (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 41
- Published
- 1962–2002
- Pages on record
- 8,725 in 39 of 41 books
- Reading time
- 145–218 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,725 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 39 of 41 titles with a page count on record.
Nicolas Freeling (1927–2003) was a British crime novelist best known for Van der Valk, a series of Dutch police procedurals set largely in Amsterdam. Love in Amsterdam (1962) opened the catalogue, and Thames Television made Van der Valk for ITV in the 1970s, revived it in 1991 and remade it in 2020. Henri Castang, a policeman working in Belgium and France, carries Freeling's second series. 41 books are catalogued, ending with The Janeites (2002).
How many Nicolas Freeling books are there?
Nicolas Freeling has 41 books, released between 1962 and 2002. They include 2 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.
Nicolas Freeling Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 41 Nicolas Freeling 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.
- 119621892/4
- 219632282/4
- 319632492/4
- 4Valparaiso1964 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/419642172/4
- 519642282/4
- 6The Dresden Green1966 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/419662162/4
- 719662462/4
- 81966–2/4
- 919672062/4
- 10This is the Castle1968 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/419682232/4
- 1119692052/4
- 12Kitchen Book1970 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/419701922/4
- 13The Kitchen and the Cook1970 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/419703502/4
- 1419712502/4
- 1519722502/4
- 1619742522/4
- 17The Bugles Blowing / What Are The Bugles Blowing For?Henri Castang #21975 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/419752132/4
- 1819762172/4
- 19Gadget1977 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/419772432/4
- 2019782512/4
- 2119792492/4
- 2219802452/4
- 2319812372/4
- 2419822002/4
- 2519832182/4
- 2619842332/4
- 27A City Solitary1985 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/419852052/4
- 2819862242/4
- 2919882562/4
- 3019892342/4
- 311989–2/4
- 3219902122/4
- 3319922072/4
- 34Criminal Convictions1994 · 155 pages · confirmed 2/419941552/4
- 3519941852/4
- 3619942132/4
- 3719962132/4
- 38One More River1998 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/419982142/4
- 39Some Day Tomorrow2000 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/420002042/4
- 40The Village Book2001 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/420012202/4
- 41The Janeites2002 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/420021762/4
Nicolas Freeling series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Van der Valk books in order 13 books
Nicolas Freeling 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.
Henri Castang in order
16 books- 1. A Dressing of Diamond
- 2. The Bugles Blowing / What Are The Bugles Blowing For?
- 3. Sabine / Lake Isle
- 4. Night Lords
- 5. Castang's City
- 6. Wolfnight
- 7. The Back of the North Wind
- 8. No Part in Your Death
- 9. Cold Iron
- 10. Lady Macbeth
- 11. Not As Far As Velma
- 12. Those in Peril
- and 4 more in the table above
Standalone books
12 books12 Nicolas Freeling titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nicolas Freeling books in order?
You only need to read Nicolas Freeling 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 Nicolas Freeling
Start with Love in Amsterdam / Death in Amsterdam (1962), the first Van der Valk book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Nicolas Freeling book?
The Janeites (2002) is the newest Nicolas Freeling book released so far.
Is there a new Nicolas Freeling book coming?
No next Nicolas Freeling 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 Nicolas Freeling has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Nicolas Freeling. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Edgar Awards1967Won
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière1965Wonfor Gun before butter
Nicolas Freeling at a glance
- Died
- Nicolas Freeling died in 2003, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Nicolas Freeling on record dates from 2002.
- Release pace
- Nicolas Freeling books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,725 pages across the 39 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nicolas Freeling books, 11 of 41, were published in the 1960s.
What the Nicolas Freeling books are about
38 of the 41 Nicolas Freeling books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, police procedural is tagged on 21 of 38. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 21 of 38 books
- Police 20 of 38 books
- Belgium 15 of 38 books
- Castang, henri (fictitious character) 15 of 38 books
- Henri Castang (Fictitious character) 15 of 38 books
- Fiction in English 11 of 38 books
- Van der valk, piet (fictitious character) 8 of 38 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 38 books
- Van der valk, arlette (fictitious character) 6 of 38 books
- Amsterdam (netherlands) 5 of 38 books
- Netherlands 5 of 38 books
- Novelists 3 of 38 books