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Albert Campion Books in Order

Albert Campion contains 37 books, published between 1929 and 2022. The first book is The Crime at Black Dudley / The Black Dudley Murder (1929) and the newest is Mr. Campion's Mosaic (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
37
Published
1929–2022
Pages on record
5,980 in 23 of 37 books
Reading time
100–150 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,980 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 37 titles with a page count on record.

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Albert Campion is a private investigator in English mystery fiction by Margery Allingham, with 37 catalogued books dated from 1929 to 2022. The Crime at Black Dudley / The Black Dudley Murder (1929) comes first, followed by Mystery Mile (1930), Look to the Lady (1931) and Police at the Funeral (1931). Later titles include Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Short Stories (1973), The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories (1989) and Campion at Christmas (2018). From 2014, 10 books are credited to Mike Ripley, and Mr. Campion's Mosaic (2022) is the newest.

How many Albert Campion books are there?

Albert Campion has 37 books, released between 1929 and 2022.

Albert Campion Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 37 Albert Campion 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 Mr. Campion and Others by Margery Allingham, book 1 of the Albert Campion series (1939)
  2. Cover of Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham, book 2 of the Albert Campion series (1930)
  3. Cover of Look to the Lady / The Gyrth Chalice Mystery by Margery Allingham, book 3 of the Albert Campion series (1931)
  4. Cover of The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories by Margery Allingham, book 3 of the Albert Campion series (1989)
  5. Cover of Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham, book 4 of the Albert Campion series (1931)
  6. Cover of The Danger Point and Other Mysteries by Margery Allingham, book 4 of the Albert Campion series (2012)
  7. Cover of Traitor's Purse by Margery Allingham, book 11 of the Albert Campion series (1940)
  8. Cover of Coroner's Pidgin / Pearls Before Swine by Margery Allingham, book 12 of the Albert Campion series (1945)
  9. Cover of More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham, book 13 of the Albert Campion series (1948)
  10. Cover of The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham, book 14 of the Albert Campion series (1952)
  11. Cover of The Beckoning Lady / The Estate of the Beckoning Lady by Margery Allingham, book 15 of the Albert Campion series
  12. Cover of The Mind Readers by Margery Allingham, book 18 of the Albert Campion series (1965)
  13. Cover of Mr. Campion's Fox by Mike Ripley, book 23 of the Albert Campion series (2015)
  14. Cover of Mr. Campion's Fault by Mike Ripley, book 24 of the Albert Campion series (2016)
  15. Cover of Mr Campion's War by Mike Ripley, book 26 of the Albert Campion series (2018)
  16. Cover of Mr Campion's Seance by Mike Ripley, book 28 of the Albert Campion series (2020)
  17. Cover of Mr. Campion's Wings by Mike Ripley, book 30 of the Albert Campion series (2022)
  1. 1
    The Crime at Black Dudley / The Black Dudley Murder1929 · confirmed 2/4
    1929–
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  2. 1
    Mr. Campion and Others1939 · confirmed 2/4
    1939–
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  3. 2
    Mystery Mile1930 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1930256
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  4. 2
    Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Short Stories1973 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973240
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  5. 3
    Look to the Lady / The Gyrth Chalice Mystery1931 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1931274
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  6. 3
    The Return of Mr. Campion: Uncollected Stories1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  7. 4
    Police at the Funeral1931 · 201 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1931201
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  8. 4
    The Danger Point and Other Mysteries2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  9. 5
    Sweet Danger / The Fear Sign1933 · confirmed 2/4
    1933–
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  10. 5
    Campion at Christmas2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  11. 6
    Death of a Ghost1934 · confirmed 2/4
    1934–
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  12. 6
    The Case Book of Mr. Campion2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  13. 7
    Flowers for the Judge1936 · confirmed 2/4
    1936–
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  14. 8
    The Case of the Late Pig1937 · 209 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1937209
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  15. 9
    Dancers in Mourning / Who Killed Chloe?1937 · 337 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1937337
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  16. 10
    The Fashion in Shrouds1938 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1938304
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  17. 11
    Traitor's Purse1940 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1940240
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  18. 12
    Coroner's Pidgin / Pearls Before Swine1945 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1945270
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  19. 13
    More Work for the Undertaker1948 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1948270
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  20. 14
    The Tiger in the Smoke1952 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952336
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  21. 15
    The Beckoning Lady / The Estate of the Beckoning Lady1955 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1955259
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  22. 16
    Hide My Eyes / Tether's End1958 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1958242
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  23. 17
    The China Governess1962 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1962275
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  24. 18
    The Mind Readers1965 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1965256
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  25. 19
    Cargo of Eagles1968 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968227
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  26. 20
    Mr. Campion's Farthing1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  27. 21
    Mr. Campion's Quarry / Falcon1970 · confirmed 2/4
    1970–
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  28. 22
    Mr. Campion's Farewell2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  29. 23
    Mr. Campion's Fox2015 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015258
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  30. 24
    Mr. Campion's Fault2016 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016256
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  31. 25
    Mr. Campion's Abdication2017 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017243
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  32. 26
    Mr Campion's War2018 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018243
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  33. 27
    Mr Campion's Visit2019 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019256
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  34. 28
    Mr Campion's Seance2020 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020272
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  35. 29
    Mr Campion's Coven2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  36. 30
    Mr. Campion's Wings2022 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022256
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  37. 31
    Mr. Campion's Mosaic2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Albert Campion Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Albert Campion books run from The Crime at Black Dudley / The Black Dudley Murder (1929) to Mr. Campion's Mosaic (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Albert Campion in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Albert Campion books in order?

You should read the Albert Campion books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Albert Campion book also stands alone.

Where to start with Albert Campion

Start with The Crime at Black Dudley / The Black Dudley Murder (1929), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Albert Campion book?

Mr. Campion's Mosaic (2022) is the newest Albert Campion book released so far.

Is there a new Albert Campion book coming?

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

Albert Campion at a glance

Paused
No new Albert Campion title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Albert Campion books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,980 pages across the 23 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Albert Campion books, 10 of 37, were published in the 1930s.
Attribution
Of the 37 titles, 27 are credited to Margery Allingham and 10 to Mike Ripley.

What the Albert Campion books are about

34 of the 37 Albert Campion books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: campion, albert (fictitious character) is tagged on 29 of 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.