Order of Colin Dexter Books
Colin Dexter is an English author of crime fiction, featuring his main character Inspector Morse. Dexter began writing on a family holiday in North Wales when it rained on a Saturday. With nothing else to do, Dexter sat down at the kitchen table and started writing a detective novel. Before becoming a published author, Dexter taught and worked as a secretary at Oxford.
Colin Dexter made his literary debut at 1975 with his first Inspector Morse novel, Last Bus to Woodstock. Below is a list of Colin Dexter’s books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Morse Books
| Last Bus to Woodstock | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Last Seen Wearing | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Service of All the Dead | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dead of Jericho | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Riddle of the Third Mile | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Secret of Annexe 3 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wench Is Dead | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Jewel That Was Ours | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Way Through The Woods | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Daughters of Cain | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death Is Now My Neighbor | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Remorseful Day | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Inspector Morse Collections
| Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Evans Tries an O-Level | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Other Half | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Chambers Morse Crosswords | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cracking Cryptic Crosswords | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Winter's Crimes 9 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crime Story Collection | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Detection Collection | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |