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Colin Dexter Books in Order

5 series including Inspector Morse Series, Inspector Morse Collections and more

5 series 23 books Latest: The Other Half (Short Story) (2015)

The earliest Colin Dexter book we track dates to 1975, and the catalogue now runs to 23 books. The work is organised into 5 series; the longest is Inspector Morse at 13 books. The most recent release we track is The Other Half (2015).

Reading Order

5 series · 23 books
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Last Bus to Woodstock 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Last Seen Wearing 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Service of All the Dead 1979 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Dead of Jericho 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The Riddle of the Third Mile 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Secret of Annexe 3 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Wench Is Dead 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 The Jewel That Was Ours 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Way Through The Woods 1992 🏆 Gold Dagger 1992Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Daughters of Cain 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Death Is Now My Neighbor 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 The Remorseful Day 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Inspector Morse Collections

0 of 1 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Colin Dexter Short Stories/Novellas

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Evans Tries an O-Level (Short Story) 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Other Half (Short Story) 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Colin Dexter Non-Fiction Books

0 of 2 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Chambers Morse Crosswords 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Cracking Cryptic Crosswords 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Colin Dexter Anthologies

0 of 5 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Winter's Crimes 9 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Crime Story Collection 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Detection Collection 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. His characters spawned a sequel series, Lewis, from 2006 to 2015, and a prequel series, Endeavour, from 2012 to 2023.

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