Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Flight into Danger / Runway Zero-Eight | 1958 | Buy |
| The Final Diagnosis | 1959 | Buy |
| In High Places | 1961 | Buy |
| Hotel | 1965 | Buy |
| Airport | 1968 | Buy |
| Wheels | 1971 | Buy |
| The Moneychangers | 1975 | Buy |
| Overload | 1978 | Buy |
| Strong Medicine | 1984 | Buy |
| The Evening News | 1990 | Buy |
| Detective | 1997 | Buy |
Arthur Hailey was a British-born Canadian novelist who made his career writing meticulously researched novels set within single institutions or industries. Each book immersed readers in a specific world — a hotel, an airport, an automobile company, a bank, a power utility — and wove together multiple plotlines involving the people who worked there.
Hailey’s method was straightforward: he spent roughly a year researching each industry, interviewing workers at every level, then crafted a novel that turned that world’s inner workings into drama. His breakthrough came with Hotel (1965), followed by the massive success of Airport (1968), which sold over twelve million copies and spawned a film and sequels. He continued producing bestsellers through the 1970s and 1980s with Wheels, The Moneychangers, Overload, and Strong Medicine. His final novel, Detective, appeared in 1997.