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Faber Stories

by P D James

28 books Started 1955 Latest 2019
Publication Reading Order

The Faber Stories is a Crime Fiction series by P D James, comprising 28 books published between 1955 and 2019. Books are listed in publication order, which is the recommended reading sequence.

# Title Year Buy
1 A Good Man Is Hard To Find ( By: Flannery O'Connor) 1955 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Inner Room (Short Story) ( By: Robert Aickman) 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Daughters of Passion (Short Story) ( By: Julia O'Faolain) 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Giacomo Joyce (Short Story) ( By: Richard Ellmann) 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Homeland ( By: Barbara Kingsolver) 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Shanti (Short Story) ( By: Vikram Chandra) 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine ( By: Thom Jones) 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 An Elegy for Easterly (Short Story) ( By: Petina Gappah) 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Shielding of Mrs Forbes (Short Story) ( By: Alan Bennett) 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Cheater's Guide to Love (Short Story) ( By: Junot Díaz) 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Mrs Fox (Short Story) ( By: Sarah Hall) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Mostly Hero (Short Story) ( By: Anna Burns) 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Mr Salary (Short Story) ( By: Sally Rooney) 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Come Rain or Come Shine (Short Story) ( By: Kazuo Ishiguro) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 The Victim (Short Story) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Dante and the Lobster (Short Story) ( By: Samuel Beckett) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Paradise (Short Story) ( By: Edna O'Brien) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Cosmopolitan (Short Story) ( By: Akhil Sharma) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 The Lydia Steptoe Stories (Short Story) ( By: Djuna Barnes) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom ( By: Sylvia Plath) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 Terrific Mother (Short Story) ( By: Lorrie Moore) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 The Country Funeral (Short Story) ( By: John McGahern) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 The Forester's Daughter (Short Story) ( By: Claire Keegan) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 Three Types of Solitude (Short Story) ( By: Brian W. Aldiss) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 A River in Egypt (Short Story) ( By: David Means) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Fairy Tales (Short Story) ( By: Marianne Moore) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 Ghostly Stories (Short Story) ( By: Celia Fremlin) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 Intruders (Short Story) ( By: Adrian Tomine) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
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About P D James

Phyllis Dorothy James, known by her pen name P. D. James, was a renowned British crime writer, poet, and dramatist. Born in 1920 in Oxford, James began her writing career while working as a civil servant for the National Health Service. Her breakthrough came in 1962 with the publication of her first novel, "Cover Her Face," featuring Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh. Over the following decades, James published 14 Dalgliesh novels, establishing herself as a master of the crime genre. Her works were praised for their complex plots, psychological depth, and exploration of social issues. Among her many accolades, James received the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award four times, the Edgar Award, and the Cartier Diamond Dagger. She was also awarded a CBE and a DBE for her contributions to literature. P. D. James's critical success and enduring popularity lie in her ability to create intricate and suspenseful mysteries that transcended the genre and resonated with readers on a deeper level.

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