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Mrs. Pollifax Books in Order

Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman contains 14 books, published between 1966 and 2000. The first book is The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1966) and the newest is Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1966–2000
Pages on record
2,716 in 13 of 14 books
Reading time
45–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,716 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Mrs. Pollifax is Dorothy Gilman's spy series about Emily Pollifax, an American woman who works for the intelligence service. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1966) opens the sequence, which gathers 14 books and ends at Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled in 2000. Assignments take Pollifax abroad, to the settings named in Mrs. Pollifax on Safari, Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station and Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha. Volumes are short, at a median of 215 pages.

How many Mrs. Pollifax books are there?

Mrs. Pollifax has 14 books, released between 1966 and 2000.

Mrs. Pollifax Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Mrs. Pollifax 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 Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, book 1 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1966)
  2. Cover of The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, book 2 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1970)
  3. Cover of The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, book 3 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1971)
  4. Cover of A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, book 4 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1973)
  5. Cover of Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman, book 5 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1976)
  6. Cover of Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman, book 6 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1983)
  7. Cover of Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha by Dorothy Gilman, book 7 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1985)
  8. Cover of Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman, book 8 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1988)
  9. Cover of Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief by Dorothy Gilman, book 10 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1993)
  10. Cover of Mrs. Pollifax Pursued by Dorothy Gilman, book 11 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (1995)
  11. Cover of Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman, book 14 of the Mrs. Pollifax series (2000)
  1. 1
    The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax1966 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966192
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  2. 2
    The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax1970 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970176
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  3. 3
    The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax1971 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971208
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  4. 4
    A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax1973 · 191 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973191
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  5. 5
    Mrs. Pollifax on Safari1976 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976223
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  6. 6
    Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station1983 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983216
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  7. 7
    Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha1985 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985217
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  8. 8
    Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle1988 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988199
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  9. 9
    Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish1990 · confirmed 2/4
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  10. 10
    Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief1993 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993197
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  11. 11
    Mrs. Pollifax Pursued1995 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995240
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  12. 12
    Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer1996 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996218
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  13. 13
    Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist1997 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997215
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  14. 14
    Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled2000 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000224
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Mrs. Pollifax Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Mrs. Pollifax books run from The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1966) to Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (2000), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Mrs. Pollifax in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Mrs. Pollifax books in order?

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

What order should you read Mrs. Pollifax books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1966), the earliest published title. After it come The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax (1970), The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax (1971), A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (1973) and Mrs. Pollifax on Safari (1976); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Mrs. Pollifax book?

Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (2000) is the newest Mrs. Pollifax book released so far.

Is there a new Mrs. Pollifax book coming?

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

Mrs. Pollifax at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mrs. Pollifax title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mrs. Pollifax books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,716 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 215 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mrs. Pollifax books, 5 of 14, were published in the 1990s.

What the Mrs. Pollifax books are about

13 of the 14 Mrs. Pollifax books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women spies is tagged on 13 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Dorothy Gilman

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