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William Le Queux Books in Order

153 books are credited to William Le Queux, published between 1891 and 1999; 6 of them appeared after William Le Queux's death in 1927. The first book is Guilty Bonds (1891) and the newest is The Captain of the Mary Rose (1999). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
153
Published
1891–1999
Pages on record
7,875 in 33 of 153 books
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William Le Queux was a French-English journalist and writer who lived from 1864 to 1927. Le Queux wrote invasion and espionage fiction, including The Great War in England in 1897 (1894), and the catalogue records 153 titles from Guilty Bonds (1891) onward. Le Queux served as honorary consul for San Marino, officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and broadcast music from his own wireless station before radio reached the public. His accounts of his own exploits were usually exaggerated.

How many William Le Queux books are there?

William Le Queux has 153 books, released between 1891 and 1999. 6 of them were published after William Le Queux's death in 1927.

William Le Queux Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 153 William Le Queux 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 Great War in England in 1897 by William Le Queux (1894)
  2. Cover of Stolen Souls by William Le Queux (1895)
  3. Cover of The Day of Temptation by William Le Queux (1899)
  4. Cover of The Under-Secretary by William Le Queux (1902)
  5. Cover of Secrets of the Foreign Office by William Le Queux (1903)
  6. Cover of The Tickencote Treasure by William Le Queux (1903)
  7. Cover of If England Were Invaded by William Le Queux (1906)
  8. Cover of The Lady in the Car by William Le Queux (1908)
  9. Cover of Spies of the Kaiser by William Le Queux (1909)
  10. Cover of Revelations of the Secret Service by William Le Queux (1911)
  11. Cover of The Broken Thread by William Le Queux (1916)
  12. Cover of The Place of Dragons by William Le Queux (1916)
  13. Cover of Cipher Six by William Le Queux (1919)
  14. Cover of The Intriguers by William Le Queux (1920)
  15. Cover of Whither Thou Goest by William Le Queux (1920)
  16. Cover of Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo by William Le Queux (1921)
  17. Cover of The Captain of the Mary Rose by William Le Queux (1999)
  1. 1
    Guilty Bonds1891 · confirmed 1/4
    1891–
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  2. 2
    The Great War in England in 18971894 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1894330
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  3. 3
    Stolen Souls1895 · 142 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1895142
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  4. 4
    The Temptress1895 · confirmed 1/4
    1895–
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  5. 5
    Zoraida1895 · confirmed 1/4
    1895–
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  6. 6
    A Secret Service: Being strange tales of a nihilist1896 · confirmed 1/4
    1896–
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  7. 7
    The Great White Queen1896 · 102 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1896102
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  8. 8
    The Eye of Istar1897 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1897106
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  9. 9
    A Secret Sin1897 · confirmed 1/4
    1897–
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  10. 10
    Whoso Findeth a Wife1897 · confirmed 1/4
    1897–
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  11. 11
    Devil's Dice1897 · confirmed 1/4
    1897–
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  12. 12
    If Sinners Entice Thee1898 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1898324
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  13. 13
    Scribes and Pharisees1898 · confirmed 1/4
    1898–
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  14. 14
    The Veiled Man1899 · confirmed 1/4
    1899–
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  15. 15
    The Bond of Black1899 · confirmed 1/4
    1899–
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  16. 16
    England's Peril1899 · confirmed 1/4
    1899–
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  17. 17
    The Day of Temptation1899 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1899176
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  18. 18
    Secrets of Monte Carlo1900 · confirmed 1/4
    1900–
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  19. 19
    Of Royal Blood1900 · confirmed 1/4
    1900–
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  20. 20
    An Eye for an Eye1900 · confirmed 1/4
    1900–
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  21. 21
    In White Raiment1900 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1900264
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  22. 22
    The Wiles of the Wicked1900 · 136 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1900136
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  23. 23
    Her Majesty's Minister1901 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1901232
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  24. 24
    The Sign of the Seven Sins1901 · confirmed 1/4
    1901–
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  25. 25
    The Gambler1901 · confirmed 1/4
    1901–
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  26. 26
    The Under-Secretary1902 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1902246
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  27. 27
    On the Polar Star in the Arctic Sea1903 · 786 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1903786
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  28. 28
    Secrets of the Foreign Office1903 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1903248
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  29. 29
    The Seven Secrets1903 · confirmed 1/4
    1903–
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  30. 30
    The Tickencote Treasure1903 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1903192
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William Le Queux 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.

Standalone books

153 books

153 William Le Queux titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read William Le Queux books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 153 William Le Queux books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with William Le Queux

Start with Guilty Bonds (1891), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William Le Queux book?

The Captain of the Mary Rose (1999) is the newest William Le Queux book released so far.

Is there a new William Le Queux book coming?

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

William Le Queux at a glance

Died
William Le Queux died in 1927, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to William Le Queux are still being published after William Le Queux's death in 1927; the newest appeared in 1999.
Release pace
William Le Queux books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
7,875 pages across the 33 of 153 books with a recorded length, a median of 219 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William Le Queux books, 57 of 153, were published in the 1910s.

What the William Le Queux books are about

18 of the 153 William Le Queux books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 7 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.