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Quiller Books in Order

Quiller by Adam Hall contains 19 books, published between 1965 and 1996. The first book is The Berlin Memorandum / Quiller Memorandum (1965) and the newest is Quiller Balalaika (1996). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1965–1996
Pages on record
2,212 in 8 of 19 books
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Quiller is the British intelligence agent at the centre of Adam Hall's spy novels. The Berlin Memorandum (1965), also published as The Quiller Memorandum, opens a run of 19 books that ends with Quiller Balalaika in 1996. Codename-style titles carry the series: The 9th Directive, Striker Portfolio, The Warsaw Document, The Tango Briefing, The Mandarin Cypher, Kobra Manifesto and The Scorpion Signal. Intelligence services, spies and counter-terrorism supply the material.

How many Quiller books are there?

Quiller has 19 books, released between 1965 and 1996.

Quiller Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Quiller 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 9th Directive by Adam Hall, book 2 of the Quiller series (1966)
  2. Cover of The Scorpion Signal by Adam Hall, book 9 of the Quiller series (1980)
  3. Cover of Quiller's Run by Adam Hall, book 12 of the Quiller series (1988)
  4. Cover of Quiller KGB by Adam Hall, book 13 of the Quiller series (1989)
  5. Cover of Quiller Bamboo by Adam Hall, book 15 of the Quiller series (1991)
  6. Cover of Quiller Solitaire by Adam Hall, book 16 of the Quiller series (1992)
  7. Cover of Quiller Salamander by Adam Hall, book 18 of the Quiller series (1994)
  8. Cover of Quiller Balalaika by Adam Hall, book 19 of the Quiller series (1996)
  1. 1
    The Berlin Memorandum / Quiller Memorandum1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965–
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  2. 2
    The 9th Directive1966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  3. 3
    Striker Portfolio1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  4. 4
    The Warsaw Document1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  5. 5
    The Tango Briefing1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  6. 6
    The Mandarin Cypher1975 · confirmed 2/4
    1975–
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  7. 7
    Kobra Manifesto1976 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1976256
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  8. 8
    The Sinkiang Executive1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  9. 9
    The Scorpion Signal1980 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980288
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  10. 10
    Peking Target1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
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  11. 11
    Northlight / Quiller1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  12. 12
    Quiller's Run1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  13. 13
    Quiller KGB1989 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989312
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  14. 14
    Quiller Barracuda1990 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990261
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  15. 15
    Quiller Bamboo1991 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991320
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  16. 16
    Quiller Solitaire1992 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992286
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  17. 17
    Quiller Meridian1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  18. 18
    Quiller Salamander1994 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994247
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  19. 19
    Quiller Balalaika1996 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996242
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Is there a chronological order for Quiller?

No separate chronological order is on record for Quiller, 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 Quiller books in order?

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

Where to start with Quiller

Start with The Berlin Memorandum / Quiller Memorandum (1965), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Quiller book?

Quiller Balalaika (1996) is the newest Quiller book released so far.

Is there a new Quiller book coming?

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

Quiller at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Quiller title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Quiller books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,212 pages across the 8 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 274 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Quiller books, 6 of 19, were published in the 1990s.

What the Quiller books are about

15 of the 19 Quiller books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: british is tagged on 10 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Adam Hall

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