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Joan Kahn-Harper Books in Order

Joan Kahn-Harper by Julian Symons contains 8 books, published between 1967 and 1995. The first book is The Man Who Killed Himself (1967) and the newest is The Man Who Hated Television / Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule? (1995). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1967–1995
Pages on record
1,775 in 7 of 8 books
Reading time
30–44 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,775 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

See all 8 books in order Printable Joan Kahn-Harper checklist

Joan Kahn-Harper collects 8 crime novels by Julian Symons, published between 1967 and 1995. The Man Who Killed Himself (1967) is the earliest and The Man Who Hated Television, also listed as Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule? (1995), the latest. The Man Whose Dreams Came True (1968), The Players and The Game (1972), The Plot Against Roger Rider (1973), The Man Who Lost His Wife (1977), Sweet Adelaide (1980) and The Detling Murders / The Detling Secret (1982) fill the run. Subjects record murder, psychopaths and English detective and mystery stories. Volumes run to about 240 pages.

How many Joan Kahn-Harper books are there?

Joan Kahn-Harper has 8 books, released between 1967 and 1995.

Joan Kahn-Harper Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Joan Kahn-Harper 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 Man Whose Dreams Came True by Julian Symons, book 2 of the Joan Kahn-Harper series (1968)
  2. Cover of The Players and The Game by Julian Symons, book 3 of the Joan Kahn-Harper series (1972)
  3. Cover of The Plot Against Roger Rider by Julian Symons, book 4 of the Joan Kahn-Harper series (1973)
  4. Cover of The Man Who Lost His Wife by Julian Symons, book 5 of the Joan Kahn-Harper series (1977)
  5. Cover of The Man Who Hated Television / Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule? by Julian Symons (1995)
  1. 1
    The Man Who Killed Himself1967 · 202 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1967202
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  2. 2
    The Man Whose Dreams Came True1968 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968274
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  3. 3
    The Players and The Game1972 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972238
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  4. 4
    The Plot Against Roger Rider1973 · 185 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973185
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  5. 5
    The Man Who Lost His Wife1977 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977240
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  6. 6
    Sweet Adelaide1980 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980384
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  7. 7
    The Detling Murders / The Detling Secret1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  8. 8
    The Man Who Hated Television / Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule?1995 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995252
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Is there a chronological order for Joan Kahn-Harper?

No separate chronological order is on record for Joan Kahn-Harper, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Joan Kahn-Harper books in order?

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

Where to start with Joan Kahn-Harper

Start with The Man Who Killed Himself (1967), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joan Kahn-Harper book?

The Man Who Hated Television / Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule? (1995) is the newest Joan Kahn-Harper book released so far.

Is there a new Joan Kahn-Harper book coming?

No next Joan Kahn-Harper book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Joan Kahn-Harper at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Joan Kahn-Harper title on record dates from 1995, 31 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Joan Kahn-Harper books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,775 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 240 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joan Kahn-Harper books, 3 of 8, were published in the 1970s.

What the Joan Kahn-Harper books are about

7 of the 8 Joan Kahn-Harper books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Julian Symons

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Julian Symons

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