Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prague | 2002 | Arthur Phillips | Buy |
| 2 | The Egyptologist | 2004 | Arthur Phillips | Buy |
| 3 | Angelica | 2007 | Arthur Phillips | Buy |
| 4 | The Song Is You | 2009 | Arthur Phillips | Buy |
| 5 | The Tragedy of Arthur | 2011 | Arthur Phillips | Buy |
| 6 | The King at the Edge of the World | 2020 | Arthur Phillips | Buy |
Arthur Phillips’ six standalone novels each take a different approach to the relationship between stories and truth. Prague uses a city its characters have never visited as a symbol of dissatisfaction. The Egyptologist builds competing unreliable narratives across time. Angelica rewrites a Victorian ghost story from multiple angles. The Song Is You follows an obsessive music lover. The Tragedy of Arthur includes a complete fake Shakespeare play. The King at the Edge of the World uses Elizabethan espionage to explore faith and identity.
Published between 2002 and 2020, Phillips’ novels reward readers who enjoy fiction that questions its own premises and treats form as part of the story’s meaning.