Order of Modesty Blaise Books

Modesty Blaise is a fictional character created by British novelist and comic strip writer Peter O’Donnell. Modesty Blaise is a female action hero who has been featured in comic strips, novels, short story collections, graphic novels and three films. She is young, extremely talented and has a criminal past. She works as a freelance spy for the British SIS. Modesty also has a Willie Garvin, who himself has a shady past.

The Modesty Blaise character was created in 1963 and appeared in her first novel in 1965, appropriately titled Modesty Blaise. Below is a list of Peter O’Donnell’s Modesty Blaise books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Books

Modesty Blaise	(1965)
Sabre-Tooth	(1966)
I, Lucifer	(1967)
A Taste for Death	(1969)
The Impossible Virgin	(1971)
The Silver Mistress	(1973)
Last Day in Limbo	(1977)
Dragon's Claw	(1978)
The Xanadu Talisman	(1981)
The Night of Morningstar	(1982)
Dead Man's Handle	(1985)

Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Collections

Pieces of Modesty	(1972)
Cobra Trap	(1996)

Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Comic Strip Books

The Black Pearl	(1978)
The Hell-Makers	(1986)
The Gabriel Set-Up	(1986)
Death of a Jester	(1987)
The Warlords of Phoenix	(1987)
The Puppet Master	(1987)
Uncle Happy	(1990)
The Iron God	(1996)
Live Bait	(2002)
Lady in the Dark	(2003)
Mister Sun	(2004)
Top Traitor	(2004)
Bad Suki	(2005)
The Green-Eyed Monster	(2005)
The Gallows Bird	(2006)
Cry Wolf	(2006)
The Inca Trail	(2007)
Death Trap	(2007)
Yellowstone Booty	(2008)
Green Cobra	(2008)
The Lady Killers	(2009)
The Scarlet Maiden	(2009)
Death in Slow Motion	(2009)
Sweet Caroline	(2010)
The Double Agent	(2011)
Million Dollar Game	(2011)
The Girl in the Iron Mask	(2013)
The Young Mistress	(2013)
The Grim Joker	(2014)
The Killing Distance	(2015)
Ripper Jax	(2015)
The Murder Frame	(2016)
The Children of Lucifer	(2017)
The Killing Game	(2017)

Publication Order of Modesty Blaise Non-Fiction Books

The Art of Modesty Blaise

(2014)

Publication Order of Modesty Blaise First American Graphic Novels

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One Response to “Order of Modesty Blaise Books”

1. john lewis: 5 years ago

   whitch book does modesty meed willie

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