Order of G.K. Chesterton Books
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1885-1936) was an English author of mystery, fantasy, poetry and non-fiction. He is best known for his detective/priest character Father Brown. He is well known for his Christian and Catholic apologetics. He was born into the Church of England, but converted to Roman Catholicism when he was 48. Chesterton died of congestive heart failure at home. He was 62.
G.K. Chesterton became a published author with the poetry collection Greybeards at Play. His first novel was The Napoleon of Notting Hill, published in 1904. Below is a list of G.K. Chesterton’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Father Brown Collections
| The Innocence of Father Brown | (1911) |
  
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| The Wisdom of Father Brown | (1914) |
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| The Incredulity of Father Brown | (1926) |
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| The Secret of Father Brown | (1927) |
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| The Scandal of Father Brown | (1935) |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Napoleon of Notting Hill | (1904) |
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| The Man Who Was Thursday | (1908) |
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| The Ball and the Cross | (1910) |
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| Manalive | (1912) |
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| The Flying Inn | (1914) |
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| The Return of Don Quixote | (1927) |
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| Basil Howe: A Story of Young Love | (2001) |
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Publication Order of Short Stories
| The Club of Queen Trades | (1905) |
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| The Trees of Pride | (2004) |
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Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| Magic: A Fantastic Comedy | (1913) |
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| The Judgement of Dr. Johnson | (1928) |
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| The Surprise | (1952) |
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Greybeards at Play | (1900) |
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| The Wild Knight and Other Poems | (1900) |
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| The Ballad of the White Horse | (1911) |
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| Poems | (1915) |
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| Wine, Water and Song | (1915) |
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| The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Verses | (1922) |
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| The Man Who Knew Too Much | (1922) |
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| Tales of the Long Bow | (1925) |
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| The Queen of Seven Swords | (1926) |
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| Short Stories To-Day and Yesterday | (1928) |
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| The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale | (1929) |
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| Four Faultless Felons | (1930) |
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| Stories, Essays and Poems | (1935) |
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| The Man Who Was Chesterton: The Best Essasy, Stories, Poems and Other Writings of G.K. Chesterton | (1937) |
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| The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond | (1937) |
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| The Coloured Lands | (1937) |
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| The Spirit of Christmas: Stories, Poems and Essays | (1984) |
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| The Bodley Head | (1985) |
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| Daylight and Nightmare: Uncollected Stories and Fables | (1986) |
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| Collected Nonsense and Light Verse | (1987) |
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| Seven Suspects | (1990) |
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Publication Order of Picture Books
| The Shop of Ghosts | (1994) |
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Publication Order of Chesterton’s Biographies Non-Fiction Books
| Robert Louis Stevenson | (1902) |
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| Thomas Carlyle | (1902) |
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| Charles Dickens | (1903) |
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| Leo Tolstoy | (1903) |
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| Robert Browning | (1903) |
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| Tennyson | (1903) |
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| Thackeray | (1903) |
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| G.F. Watts | (1904) |
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| George Bernard Shaw | (1909) |
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| William Blake | (1910) |
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| St. Francis of Assisi | (1923) |
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| William Cobbett | (1925) |
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| Chaucer | (1932) |
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| St. Thomas Aquinas | (1933) |
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Lord Kitchener | (1917) |
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| A Short History of England | (1917) |
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| The New Jerusalem | (1920) |
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Notes: Robert Louis Stevenson was co-authored by W. Robertson Nicoll. Thomas Carlyle was co-authored by J.E. Hodder Williams. Charles Dickens was co-authored by F.G. Kitton Leo Tolstoy was co-authored by Edward Garnett and G.H. Perris. Tennyson was co-authored by Richard Garnett. Thackeray was co-authored by Lewis Melville.
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G.K. Chesterton Synopses: Manalive by G.K. Chesterton is a light-hearted novel about Mr. Innocent Smith, who has been accused of murder and repeatedly marrying his wife. He must teach a group of disillusioned young people that life is worth living.
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