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 Books
| The Innocence of Father Brown | (1911) |    |
| The Wisdom of Father Brown | (1914) | |
| The Incredulity of Father Brown | (1923) | |
| The Secret of Father Brown | (1927) | |
| The Scandal of Father Brown | (1935) | |
Publication Order of Father Brown Collections
| Father Brown Mysteries the Innocence of Father Brown | (1911) | |
| Father Brown Stories | (1927) | |
| Favorite Father Brown Stories | (1935) | |
| The Best of Father Brown | (1935) | |
| The Puffin Father Brown Stories | (1935) | |
| Father Brown: The Essential Tales | (1935) | |
| Father Brown: A Selection | (1935) | |
| Father Brown of the Church of Rome | (1936) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Napoleon of Notting Hill | (1904) | |
| The Man Who Was Thursday | (1908) | |
| The Ball and the Cross | (1909) | |
| Manalive | (1912) | |
| The Flying Inn | (1914) | |
| The Return of Don Quixote | (1927) | |
| Basil Howe: A Story of Young Love | (2001) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories Books
| The Club of Queer Trades | (1905) | |
| The Blue Cross | (1910) | |
| The Invisible Man | (1911) | |
| The Queer Feet | (1911) | |
| The Trees of Pride | (1922) | |
| The Oracle of the Dog | (2004) | |
| The Strange Crime Of John Boulnois | (2011) | |
| The Wrong Shape | (2012) | |
| The Sins of Prince Saradine | (2017) | |
| The Honour of Israel Gow | (2018) | |
| The Flying Stars | (2018) | |
| The Eye of Apollo | (2018) | |
| The Three Tools of Death | (2018) | |
| The Absence of Mr. Glass | (2018) | |
| The Secret Garden | (2018) | |
| The Hammer of God | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| Magic: A Fantastic Comedy | (2018) | |
| Judgement of Dr. Johnson | (2020) | |
| The Surprise | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Heretics | (1905) | |
| The Ballad of the White Horse | (1911) | |
| The Wild Knight and Other Poems | (1914) | |
| Wine, Water, and Song | (1915) | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | (1922) | |
| The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Verses | (1922) | |
| The Poet and the Lunatics | (1929) | |
| The Paradoxes of Mr Pond | (1936) | |
| Stories, Essays and Poems | (1936) | |
| The Coloured Lands | (1938) | |
| The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton | (1980) | |
| The Spirit of Christmas | (1984) | |
| Collected Nonsense and Light Verse | (1987) | |
| Seven Suspects | (1990) | |
| The Wild Knight | (2000) | |
| Tales of the Long Bow | (2001) | |
| G.K. Chesterton's Sherlock Holmes | (2003) | |
| The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Vol. I | (2008) | |
| The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton Vol. II | (2008) | |
| Greybeards at Play | (2008) | |
| The G.K. Chesterton Calendar | (2015) | |
| Poems | (2016) | |
| G.K. Chesterton - Four Faultless Felons | (2016) | |
| The Queen of Seven Swords | (2020) | |
| Short Stories of To-Day and Yesterday | (2020) | |
| The Man Who Was Chesterton | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| The Shop of Ghosts | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction Books
| Robert Louis Stevenson | (1902) | |
| Thomas Carlyle | (1902) | |
| Tennyson | (1903) | |
| Thackeray | (1903) | |
| G.F. Watts | (1904) | |
| Charles Dickens | (1906) | |
| William Blake | (1909) | |
| Saint Francis of Assisi | (1923) | |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | (1933) | |
| George Bernard Shaw | (1935) | |
| William Cobbett | (2001) | |
| Chaucer | (2016) | |
| Leo Tolstoy | (2017) | |
| Robert Browning | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Orthodoxy | (1908) | |
| A Short History of England | (1917) | |
| The Everlasting Man | (1925) | |
| The New Jerusalem | (2004) | |
| Lord Kitchener | (2008) | |
Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books
| Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | (2016) | |
| Murder on Christmas Eve | (2017) | |
| A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season | (2018) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Floating Admiral | (1931) | |
| Thrillers | (1994) | |
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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