Winston Graham Books in Order

Winston Graham has written 48 books, published between 1934 and 2003. The first book is The House with the Stained Glass Windows (1934) and the newest is Memoirs of a Private Man (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
48
Published
1934–2003
Pages on record
12,198 in 33 of 48 books
Reading time
203–305 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,198 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 48 titles with a page count on record.

Winston Graham (30 June 1908 to 10 July 2003) was an English novelist, born Winston Grime, who took the name Graham by deed poll on 7 May 1947. The Poldark historical novels, set in Cornwall, are the best-known Graham work, and Ross Poldark and the Napoleonic Wars appear in the subject headings. Graham also wrote contemporary thrillers, period novels, short stories, plays and non-fiction, and held an OBE. The 48 catalogued books run from The House with the Stained Glass Windows (1934) to Memoirs of a Private Man (2003).

How many Winston Graham books are there?

Winston Graham has 48 books, released between 1934 and 2003. 13 of them belong to the Poldark Saga series.

Winston Graham Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 48 Winston Graham 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. 11934
  2. 2
    Keys of Chance1934 · confirmed 2/4
    1934
  3. 3
    Into the Fog1935 · confirmed 2/4
    1935
  4. 4
    The Riddle of John Rowe1935 · confirmed 2/4
    1935
  5. 5
    Without Motive1936 · confirmed 2/4
    1936
  6. 6
    The Dangerous Pawn1937 · confirmed 2/4
    1937
  7. 7
    The Giant's Chair / Woman in the Mirror1938 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1938205
  8. 8
    Strangers Meeting1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939
  9. 9
    No Exit1940 · confirmed 2/4
    1940
  10. 10
    Night Journey1941 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1941192
  11. 11
    Cameo / My Turn Next1942 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1942240
  12. 12
    The Merciless Ladies1944 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1944257
  13. 13
    Ross PoldarkPoldark Saga #11945 · 393 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1945393
  14. 14
    The Forgotten Story1945 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1945224
  15. 15
    DemelzaPoldark Saga #21946 · 422 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1946422
  16. 16
    Take My Life1947 · confirmed 2/4
    1947
  17. 17
    Jeremy PoldarkPoldark Saga #31950 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950295
  18. 18
    Night Without Stars1950 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1950360
  19. 19
    WarlegganPoldark Saga #41953 · confirmed 2/4
    1953
  20. 20
    Fortune Is a Woman1953 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1953240
  21. 21
    The Little Walls / Bridge to Vengeance1955 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955252
  22. 22
    The Sleeping Partner1956 · confirmed 2/4
    1956
  23. 23
    Greek Fire1958 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958252
  24. 24
    The Wreck of the Grey Cat1958 · confirmed 2/4
    1958
  25. 25
    The Tumbled House1959 · confirmed 2/4
    1959
  26. 26
    Marnie1961 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961352
  27. 27
    The Grove of Eagles1963 · 656 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963656
  28. 28
    Cordelia1963 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1963448
  29. 29
    After the Act1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965
  30. 30
    The Walking Stick1967 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1967304

Winston Graham characters in order

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

Winston Graham books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Poldark Saga books in order

13 books by Winston Graham
  1. 1. Ross Poldark
  2. 2. Demelza
  3. 3. Jeremy Poldark
  4. 4. Warleggan
  5. 5. The Black Moon
  6. 6. The Four Swans
  7. 7. The Angry Tide
  8. 8. The Stranger from The Sea
  9. 9. The Miller's Dance
  10. 10. Poldark's Cornwall
  11. 11. The Loving Cup
  12. 12. The Twisted Sword
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Standalone books

35 books

35 Winston Graham titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Winston Graham books in order?

You only need to read Winston Graham books in order within the Poldark Saga series, which holds 13 of the 48 Winston Graham books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Winston Graham

Start with Ross Poldark (1945), the first Poldark book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The House with the Stained Glass Windows (1934).

What is the newest Winston Graham book?

Memoirs of a Private Man (2003) is the newest Winston Graham book released so far.

Is there a new Winston Graham book coming?

No next Winston Graham 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 Winston Graham has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Winston Graham. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Gold Dagger1955Wonfor The Little Walls

Winston Graham at a glance

Died
Winston Graham died in 2003, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Winston Graham on record dates from 2003.
Release pace
Winston Graham books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
12,198 pages across the 33 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Winston Graham books, 9 of 48, were published in the 1950s.

What the Winston Graham books are about

28 of the 48 Winston Graham books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cornwall (england : county) is tagged on 11 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.