Order of Sax Rohmer Books
Sax Rohmer was the pen name of English author Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883-1959), who was best known for his Fu Manchu series. Rohmer had a working class background, growing up in Birmingham, England. He worked as a poet, songwriter and comedy sketch writer for music hall performers prior to becoming a novelist.
Sax Rohmer made his debut as a published author in 1910, with an anonymously published book entitled Pause! (long since out of print). His debut as Sax Rohmer came in 1913 with the novel The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu. Below is a list of Sax Rohmer’s book in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Fu Manchu Books
| The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu / The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu | (1913) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu / The Devil Doctor | (1916) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Hand of Fu-Manchu / The Si-Fan Mysteries | (1917) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Daughter of Fu-Manchu | (1931) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mask of Fu-Manchu | (1932) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bride of Fu-Manchu / Fu-Manchu's Bride | (1933) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trail of Fu-Manchu | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| President Fu-Manchu | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Drums of Fu-Manchu | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Island of Fu-Manchu | (1940) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shadow of Fu-Manchu | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Re-enter Fu-Manchu | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Emperor Fu-Manchu | (1959) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wrath of Fu-Manchu | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Gaston Max Books
| The Yellow Claw | (1915) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Scorpion | (1919) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Day the World Ended | (1929) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Seven Sins | (1943) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Paul Harley Books
| Bat Wing | (1920) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fire-Tongue | (1921) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Voice of Kali | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of "Red" Kerry Books
| Dope | (1919) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Yellow Shadows | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sumuru Books
| The Sins of Sumuru / Nude in Mink | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sumuru / The Slaves of Sumuru | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Virgin in Flames / The Fire Goddess | (1953) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Return Of Sumuru / Sand and Satin | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sinister Madonna | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Exploits of Captain O'Hagan | (1916) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Brood of the Witch Queen | (1918) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Orchard of Tears | (1918) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Quest of the Sacred Slipper | (1919) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Green Eyes of Bast | (1920) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Grey Face | (1924) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Emperor of America | (1927) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Moon of Madness | (1927) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| She Who Sleeps | (1928) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Yu'an Hee See laughs, | (1932) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bat Flies Low | (1935) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| White Velvet | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt / Egyptian Nights | (1944) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hangover House | (1949) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wulfheim | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Moon Is Red | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Man with the Shaven Skull | (1920) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tcheriapin | (1922) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Daughter of Huang Chow | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Kerry's Kid | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The White Hat | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mysterious Mummy | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A House Possessed | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Breath of Allah | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Sins of Severac Bablon | (1914) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Secret Egypt | (1918) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dream Detective | (1920) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Secret Of Holm Peel | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of East and West | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Haunting of Low Fennel | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Leopard Couch | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Methods of Moris Klaw | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Chinatown | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| From Limehouse to Cairo | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Romance of Sorcery | (1914) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Guide to Magic, Sorcery and the Paranormal | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Little Tich | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction | (1948) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Great Black Magic Stories | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Graphic Classics, Volume 12: Adventure Classics | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Favourite Spy Stories | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pulp Adventures #33 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu was also published as The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu. The Devil Doctor is also known as The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu. The Si-Fan Mysteries is also titled The Hand of Fu-Manchu. Fu Manchu’s Bride was also published under the title The Bride of Fu Manchu. Re-Enter Fu Manchu is also known as Re-Enter Dr. Fu Manchu.
Nude in Mink was also published as Sins of Sumuru. Sumuru is also known as Slaves of Sumuru. Virgin in Flames is also known as The Fire Goddess. Return of Sumura was also published as Sand and Satin. Egyptian Nights is also known as Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt. Wulfheim was written as Michael Furey. Little Tich was ghostwritten as Little Tich.
If You Like Sax Rohmer Books, You’ll Love…
Sax Rohmer Synopsis: In Brood of the Witch Queen by Sax Rohmer, Robert Cairn is suspicious of the son of his father’s friend. The son’s name is Anthony Ferrara and he is murdered at the beginning of the book. The horrifying events start from there and most of them take place in an inner secret chamber inside a pyramid in Egypt. Summoned elements, burned corpses, women forced to prey upon their own husbands… Brood of the Witch Queen is one of the scariest novels ever written!