Order of C.P. Snow Books
C.P. Snow (1905-1980) was an English author of literary fiction. Besides being a novelist, Snow was a physicist. He served in several positions with the British Civil Service as well as in the government. Snow was made a life peer by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957, giving him the title of Baron Snow. His series, Strangers and Brothers, follows narrator Lewis Eliot. The series took over 30 years to write. He married fellow novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson, who he had one son with.
C.P. Snow made his debut as a published author in 1932 with the novel Death Under Sail. Below is a list of C.P. Snow’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Strangers and Brothers Books
| George Passant | (1940) |    |
| The Light and the Dark | (1947) | |
| Time of Hope | (1949) | |
| The Masters | (1951) | |
| The New Men | (1954) | |
| Homecomings | (1956) | |
| The Conscience of the Rich | (1958) | |
| The Affair | (1960) | |
| Corridors of Power | (1964) | |
| The Sleep of Reason | (1969) | |
| Last Things | (1970) | |
Chronological Order of Strangers and Brothers Books
| Time of Hope | (1949) | |
| George Passant | (1940) | |
| The Conscience of the Rich | (1958) | |
| The Light and the Dark | (1947) | |
| The Masters | (1951) | |
| The New Men | (1954) | |
| Homecomings | (1956) | |
| The Affair | (1960) | |
| Corridors of Power | (1964) | |
| The Sleep of Reason | (1969) | |
| Last Things | (1970) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Death Under Sail | (1932) | |
| The Search | (1932) | |
| The Malcontents | (1972) | |
| In Their Wisdom | (1974) | |
| A Coat of Varnish | (1979) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution | (1959) | |
| Science and Government | (1961) | |
| The Two Cultures/A Second Look | (1963) | |
| Variety of Men | (1967) | |
| The State of Siege | (1969) | |
| Public Affairs | (1971) | |
| Trollope | (1975) | |
| The Realists | (1978) | |
| The Physicists | (1981) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Writing in America | (1962) | |
Note: George Passant was originally titled Strangers and Brothers.
If You Like C.P. Snow Books, You’ll Love…
C.P. Snow Synopses: Death Under Sail is a standalone title by C.P. Snow. Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his six guests find him at the tiller of his yacht with a smile on his face and a gunshot through his heart, all six fall under suspicion.
The Search is a standalone novel by C.P. Snow. This story told in the first person starts with a child’s interest in the night sky. A telescope starts a lifetime’s interest in science. The narrator goes up to King’s College, London to study. As a fellow at Cambridge he embarks on love affairs and searches for love at the same time as career success. Finally, contentment in love exhausts his passion for research.