Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Confusing Friendship | 1924 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 2 | The Master Criminal | 1924 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 3 | Uninvited Guests | 1925 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 4 | The Crooks’ Shadow | 1925 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 5 | Little Things That Happen | 1925 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 6 | At the Green Dragon / The Green Dragon | 1926 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 7 | The House of Disappearance | 1928 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 8 | More Little Happenings | 1928 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 9 | Shadows by the Sea | 1928 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 10 | Mystery Underground / Underground | 1928 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 11 | The Appointed Date | 1929 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 12 | The Person Called Z | 1929 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 13 | The 5:18 Mystery | 1929 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 14 | Following Footsteps | 1930 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 15 | The Mystery on the Moor | 1930 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 16 | The Z Murders | 1931 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 17 | The House Opposite | 1931 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 18 | Trunk Call / The Trunk Call Mystery | 1932 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 19 | Old Man Mystery | 1933 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 20 | Death in Fancy Dress / Fancy Dress Ball | 1933 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 21 | The Mystery of the Creek / The House on the Marsh | 1933 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 22 | Sinister Inn | 1934 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 23 | The Mystery of Dead Man’s Heath / Dead Man’s Heath | 1934 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 24 | Holiday Express | 1935 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 25 | The Golden Singer | 1935 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 26 | His Lady Secretary | 1935 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 27 | Mountain Mystery | 1935 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 28 | The Adventure of Edward | 1936 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 29 | Dangerous Beauty | 1936 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 30 | Mystery in White | 1937 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 31 | Holiday at Half Mast | 1937 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 32 | Yellow Devil | 1937 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 33 | The Compleat Smuggler | 1938 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 34 | Dark Lady | 1938 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 35 | End of An Author / Death in the Inkwell | 1938 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 36 | Thirteen Guests | 1938 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 37 | Seven Dead | 1939 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 38 | Exit John Horton / Friday the 13th | 1939 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 39 | Aunt Sunday Takes Command / Aunt Sunday Sees It Through | 1940 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 40 | Room Number Six | 1941 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 41 | Interrupted Honeymoon | 1941 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 42 | The Third Victim | 1941 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 43 | The Judge Sums Up | 1942 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 44 | The House of Shadows | 1943 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 45 | Murder at a Police Station | 1943 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 46 | Greenmask | 1944 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 47 | November the Ninth at Kersea | 1944 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 48 | Black Castle | 1944 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 49 | Rona Runs Away | 1945 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 50 | Peril in the Pyrenees | 1946 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 51 | The Oval Table | 1946 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 52 | Back to Victoria | 1947 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 53 | The Works of Smith Minor | 1947 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 54 | The Adventure at Eighty | 1948 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 55 | Benelogues | 1948 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 56 | Death of a World | 1948 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 57 | Prelude to Crime | 1948 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 58 | The Llewellyn Jewel Mystery | 1948 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 59 | The Disappearances of Uncle David | 1949 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 60 | The Impossible Guest | 1949 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 61 | The Lone House Mystery | 1949 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 62 | The Shadow of Thirteen | 1949 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 63 | Cause Unknown | 1950 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 64 | Change with Me | 1950 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 65 | Mother Goes Gay | 1950 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 66 | Adventure for Nine | 1951 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 67 | The House Over the Tunnel | 1951 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 68 | Mystery on Wheels | 1951 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 69 | Money Walks | 1953 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 70 | The Mystery of the Map | 1953 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 71 | The Double Crime | 1953 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 72 | Castle of Fear | 1954 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
| 73 | Bob Hits the Headlines | 1954 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | Buy |
| 74 | The Caravan Adventure | 1955 | Joseph Jefferson Farjeon | N/A |
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon wrote 74 standalone novels over a span of more than three decades, from The Confusing Friendship in 1924 to The Caravan Adventure in 1955. Since these are independent works, they can be read in any order. Many of the titles lean toward mystery and crime fiction, with names like The Z Murders, Seven Dead, Murder at a Police Station, and The House of Disappearance appearing throughout the catalog.
Farjeon was remarkably productive through the late 1920s and into the 1940s, often publishing multiple novels per year. The 1930s alone account for roughly twenty titles, including Mystery in White (1937) and Thirteen Guests (1938). His output continued into the early 1950s, with later works such as The Double Crime (1953) and Castle of Fear (1954). Some of the novels carry alternate titles, reflecting different editions or markets.