Noel Barber Books in Order
29 books are credited to Noel Barber, published between 1951 and 1990; 1 of them appeared after Noel Barber's death in 1988. The first book is Cities (1951) and the newest is The Daughters Of The Prince (1990). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1951–1990
- Pages on record
- 6,663 in 17 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 111–167 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,663 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Noel Barber (9 September 1909 - 10 July 1988) was a British journalist and novelist, and the son of John Barber and his Danish wife Musse; his brothers were Kenneth, a banker, and Anthony Barber, Baron Barber. As lead foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail, Barber reported from Morocco, where he was stabbed five times, and survived a Soviet sentry's gunshot to the head in Hungary in October 1956 during the revolution there. A car crash ended the reporting career, and the novels that followed, set in far-flung countries, draw on it; Tanamera made Barber a bestselling novelist in his seventies. The catalogue lists 29 titles from Cities (1951) to 1990, including The Flight of the Dalai Lama (1960) and Conversations with Painters (1964), with history and the Second World War among the subjects.
How many Noel Barber books are there?
Noel Barber has 29 books, released between 1951 and 1990. 1 of them were published after Noel Barber's death in 1988.
Noel Barber Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Noel Barber 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.
- 1Cities1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 2Fires of Spring1952 · confirmed 1/41952–1/4
- 3Strangers in the Sun1955 · confirmed 1/41955–1/4
- 4A Handful of Ashes1957 · confirmed 1/41957–1/4
- 5The White Desert1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 6Distant Places1959 · confirmed 1/41959–1/4
- 7The Flight of the Dalai Lama1960 · confirmed 1/41960–1/4
- 8Life with Titina1961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 9Adventures at Both Poles1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 10Conversations with Painters1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 11The Black Hole of Calcutta1965 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/419652541/4
- 12From the Land of Lost Content1969 · confirmed 1/41969–1/4
- 13Sinister Twilight1970 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419702881/4
- 141971961/4
- 15The War of the Running Dogs1971 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419712881/4
- 16The Lords of the Golden Horn1973 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419733041/4
- 17The Sultans1973 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419733041/4
- 18Seven Days of Freedom1974 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/419742661/4
- 19The Week France Fell1976 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419763201/4
- 20The Natives Were Friendly So We Stayed The Night1977 · 214 pages · confirmed 1/419772141/4
- 21The Fall Of Shanghai1979 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/419792511/4
- 22Tanamera1981 · 736 pages · confirmed 1/419817361/4
- 23The Singapore Story1981 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419812241/4
- 24A Farewell to France1983 · 734 pages · confirmed 1/419837341/4
- 25A Woman of Cairo1984 · 672 pages · confirmed 1/419846721/4
- 26The Weeping and the Laughter1984 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/419845121/4
- 27Sakkara1984 · confirmed 1/41984–1/4
- 28The Other Side of Paradise1986 · 672 pages · confirmed 1/419866721/4
- 29The Daughters Of The Prince1990 · 528 pages · confirmed 1/419905281/4
Noel Barber 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.
Let's Visit in order
1 bookStandalone books
28 books28 Noel Barber titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Noel Barber books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 29 Noel Barber books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Noel Barber
Start with Cities (1951), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Noel Barber book?
The Daughters Of The Prince (1990) is the newest Noel Barber book released so far.
Is there a new Noel Barber book coming?
No next Noel Barber book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Noel Barber at a glance
- Died
- Noel Barber died in 1988, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Noel Barber are still being published after Noel Barber's death in 1988; the newest appeared in 1990.
- Release pace
- Noel Barber books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,663 pages across the 17 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Noel Barber books, 9 of 29, were published in the 1970s.
What the Noel Barber books are about
17 of the 29 Noel Barber books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 9 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 9 of 17 books
- World War, 1939-1945 5 of 17 books
- Singapore, history 2 of 17 books
- Turkey, history 2 of 17 books