Susan Hill
Susan Hill is an English author of gothic fiction, fantasy novels, crime fiction and children’s books. She is the author of the Simon Serrailler series. She became interested in literature as well as theatre while attending Scarborough Convent School. She is the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award (for I’m the King of the Castle in 1971), the Whitbread Novel Award (for The Bird of Night in 1972) and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (for The Albatross, also in 1972), among other awards.

She wrote her first novel, The Enclosure, while still in university. It was published in 1961. The novel was criticized in The Daily Mail, which felt its sexual content was inappropriate for a “schoolgirl.” Below is a list of Susan Hill’s books in order of when they were originally published:

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Publication Order of Simon Serrailler Books

The Various Haunts of Men(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pure in Heart(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Risk of Darkness(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Vows of Silence(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shadows in the Street(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Betrayal of Trust(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Question of Identity(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Breach of Security(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Soul of Discretion(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hero(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Old Haunts(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Comforts of Home(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Revenge(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Benefit of Hindsight(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Change of Circumstance(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of The Woman in Black Books

(with Martyn Waites)

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story(1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (By: Martyn Waites)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Enclosure(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Do Me a Favour(1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gentleman and Ladies(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Change for the Better(1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strange Meeting(1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bird of Night(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
In the Springtime of the Year(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Air and Angels(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mist in the Mirror(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mrs. deWinter(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Service of Clouds(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man in the Picture(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Beacon(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Battle for Gullywith(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Small Hand(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Kind Man(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dolly Signed(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Heart(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Albatross and Other Stories(1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Bit of Singing and Dancing and Other Stories(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Cold Country, And Other Plays For Radio(1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stories from Codling Village(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Christmas Collection(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Listening to the Orchestra(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read and Other Stories(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Farthing House and Other Stories(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Woman in Black and Other Ghost Stories(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Bag and Other Ghostly Stories(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Walter & Florence and Other Stories(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Children's Books

I'm The King Of The Castle(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Glass Angels(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Friends Next Door(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Very Special Birthday(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Picture Books

One Night at a Time / Go Away Bad Dreams(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mother's Magic(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Can It Be True?(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Suzy's Shoes(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I Won't Go There Again(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Septimus Honeydew(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pirate Poll(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beware Beware(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
King of Kings(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Magic Apple Tree(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Through the Kitchen Window(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Through the Garden Gate(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lighting of the Lamps(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shakespeare Country(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lanterns Across the Snow(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spirit of the Cotswolds(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Family(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spirit of Britain(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reflections from a Garden(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Howards End is on the Landing(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

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Notes: The picture book One Night at a Time was also published using the title Go Away Bad Dreams. New Stories 5 was co-edited with Isabel Quigly.

If You Like Susan Hill Books, You’ll Love…

Susan Hill Synopses: A Bit of Singing and Dancing and Other Stories by Susan Hill contains a series of stories about an individual’s struggle for hope. Each story is a fresh look at the sinister side of life and death – who will survive and who will be destroyed?

The Christmas Collection by Susan Hill is a collection of four stories and one poem – all holiday-themed. Illustrated by John Lawrence.

The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read and Other Stories is a short story collection. The title story involves an illiterate beekeeper who only knows the tools of his trade and a boy who can read and write. Each one teaches the other what they know.

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One Response to “Order of Susan Hill Books”

  1. Mongoose218: 6 years ago

    I absolutely love the Simon Serailler series of crime novels….it is an unusual series. The main character is a police detective, but the books are just as much about his extended family as they are about the crimes. Yet this is NOT a “cozy” series. It is unique, in my opinion.

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