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Richard Hughes Books in Order

12 books are credited to Richard Hughes, published between 1922 and 1979; 2 of them appeared after Richard Hughes's death in 1976. The first book is Gipsy Night) (1922) and the newest is In the Lap of Atlas: Stories of Morocco (1979). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1922–1979
Pages on record
1,271 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
21–32 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,271 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Richard Hughes checklist

Richard Hughes, who lived from 19 April 1900 to 28 April 1976, wrote poems, short stories, novels and plays. The catalogue lists titles from 1922 onward, including A Moment of Time (1926), A High Wind in Jamaica / The Innocent Voyage (1929), The Spider's Palace (1931), In Hazard (1938), The Fox in the Attic (1961) and The Wooden Shepherdess (1973). In the Lap of Atlas: Stories of Morocco (1979) is the latest listed title. Hughes's series is Human Predicament. Subject tags include short stories, fairy tales, Welsh, Germany and World War II.

How many Richard Hughes books are there?

Richard Hughes has 12 books, released between 1922 and 1979. 2 of them were published after Richard Hughes's death in 1976. 2 of them belong to the Human Predicament series.

Richard Hughes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Richard Hughes 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 The Fox in the Attic by Richard Hughes, book 1 of the Human Predicament series (1961)
  2. Cover of Gertrude's Child by Richard Hughes (1966)
  3. Cover of The Wooden Shepherdess by Richard Hughes, book 2 of the Human Predicament series (1973)
  4. Cover of The Wonder-Dog by Richard Hughes (1977)
  5. Cover of In the Lap of Atlas: Stories of Morocco by Richard Hughes (1979)
  1. 1
    Gipsy Night)1922 · confirmed 1/4
    1922–
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  2. 2
    A Moment of Time1926 · confirmed 1/4
    1926–
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  3. 3
    A High Wind in Jamaica / The Innocent Voyage1929 · confirmed 1/4
    1929–
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  4. 4
    The Spider's Palace1931 · confirmed 1/4
    1931–
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  5. 5
    In Hazard1938 · confirmed 1/4
    1938–
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  6. 6
    Don't Blame Me!1940 · confirmed 1/4
    1940–
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  7. 7
    The Fox in the AtticHuman Predicament #11961 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1961326
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  8. 8
    Gertrude's Child1966 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196631
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  9. 9
    The Wooden ShepherdessHuman Predicament #21973 · 419 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973419
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  10. 10
    The Sisters TragedyStandalone Plays #11975 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975191
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  11. 11
    The Wonder-Dog1977 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977180
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  12. 12
    In the Lap of Atlas: Stories of Morocco1979 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979124
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Richard Hughes 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.

Human Predicament in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Fox in the Attic
  2. 2. The Wooden Shepherdess

Standalone Plays

1 book

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

Standalone books

9 books

9 Richard Hughes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Richard Hughes books in order?

You only need to read Richard Hughes books in order within the Human Predicament series, which holds 2 of the 12 Richard Hughes books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Richard Hughes

Start with Gipsy Night) (1922), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Richard Hughes book?

In the Lap of Atlas: Stories of Morocco (1979) is the newest Richard Hughes book released so far.

Is there a new Richard Hughes book coming?

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

Richard Hughes at a glance

Died
Richard Hughes died in 1976, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Richard Hughes are still being published after Richard Hughes's death in 1976; the newest appeared in 1979.
Release pace
Richard Hughes books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
1,271 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 186 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Richard Hughes books, 4 of 12, were published in the 1970s.

What the Richard Hughes books are about

4 of the 12 Richard Hughes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: germany is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.