Order of Anthony Powell Books

Anthony Powell (1905-2000) was an English author. He is best known for his Dance to the Music of Time series. Aside from novels, he also wrote, memoirs, plays, poetry, and essays on writing. His work has been adapted to television and radio. He was named one of the Greatest British Writers Since 1945 by The Times newspaper in 2008.

Anthony Powell made his debut as a novelist in 1931 with the standalone title Afternoon Men. Below is a list of Anthony Powell’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of A Dance to the Music of Time Books

A Question of Upbringing	(1951)
A Buyer's Market	(1952)
The Acceptance World	(1955)
At Lady Molly's	(1957)
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant	(1960)
The Kindly Ones	(1962)
The Valley of Bones	(1964)
The Soldier's Art	(1966)
The Military Philosophers	(1968)
Books Do Furnish a Room	(1971)
Temporary Kings	(1973)
A Dance to the Music of Time	(1975)
Hearing Secret Harmonies	(1975)

Publication Order of To Keep the Ball Rolling: The Memoirs of Books

Infants of the Spring	(1976)
Messengers of Day	(1978)
Faces in My Time	(1981)
The Strangers All Are Gone	(1982)
To Keep the Ball Rolling	(1984)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Afternoon Men	(1931)
Venusberg	(1932)
From a View to a Death	(1933)
Agents and Patients	(1936)
What's Become of Waring	(1939)
O, How the Wheel Becomes It!	(1983)
The Fisher King	(1986)

Publication Order of Plays

The Garden God & The Rest I'll Whistle

(1971)

Publication Order of Chapbooks

Reference For Mellors

(1994)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

John Aubrey and His Friends	(1948)
Miscellaneous Verdicts	(1990)
Under Review	(1992)
Journals, 1982-86	(1995)
Journals, 1987-89	(1996)
Journals, 1990-1992	(1997)
A Writer's Notebook	(2001)
Some Poets, Artists & 'A Reference for Mellors'	(2005)
Anthony Powell on Wine	(2017)

If You Like Anthony Powell Books, You’ll Love…

• Thomas Pynchon
• Graham Greene
• Henry James

Anthony Powell Synopsis: In A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell (book 1 of the Dance to the Music of Time series), Nick Jenkins is introduced to what it’s like living at a boarding school in the 1920s, alongside his friends: Peter Templer, Charles Stringham, and Kenneth Widmerpool. Though their days are filled with visits from relatives and typical pranks, usually at the expense of their housemaster Le Bas, a disastrous trip in Templer’s car threatens their new friendship. As the school year nears its conclusion, the young men are faced with the prospects of adulthood, and with finding their place in the world.