Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson Falcon Prose Classics | 1949 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 2 | The 31st Of February | 1950 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 3 | The Clue in the Book | 1952 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 4 | The Broken Penny | 1953 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 5 | The Paper Chase / Bogue’s Fortune | 1956 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 6 | The Colour Of Murder | 1957 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 7 | The Progress of a Crime | 1960 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 8 | The Killing Of Francie Lake / The Plain Man | 1962 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 9 | Carlyle: Selected Works, Reminiscences and Letters | 1963 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 10 | The End of Solomon Grundy | 1964 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 11 | The Belting Inheritance | 1965 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 12 | Death’s Darkest Face | 1966 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 13 | CRIME A Pictorial History of Crime 1840 to the Present | 1966 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 14 | Critical Occasions | 1966 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 15 | The Blackheath Poisonings | 1978 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 16 | The Modern Crime Story | 1980 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 17 | Agatha Christie Cover Story | 1982 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 18 | The Name of Annabel Lee | 1983 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 19 | Crime and Detection Quiz | 1983 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 20 | The Remarkable Daniel Dunglas Home | 1983 | Julian Symons | N/A |
| 21 | 1948 and 1984: The second Orwell memorial lecture | 1984 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 22 | Dashiell Hammett | 1985 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 23 | The Criminal Comedy of the Contented Couple / A Criminal Comedy | 1986 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 24 | The General Strike | 1987 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 25 | Mortal Consequences | 1987 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 26 | Conan Doyle: Portrait of an Artist | 1989 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 27 | The Thirties and the Nineties | 1990 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 28 | Something Like a Love Affair | 1993 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 29 | Criminal Practices | 1994 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 30 | Playing Happy Families | 1995 | Julian Symons | Buy |
| 31 | A Sort Of Virtue | 1996 | Julian Symons | Buy |
Julian Symons’ 31 standalone works range from crime fiction to literary criticism to biography. His mystery novels include The Colour of Murder (1957), which won the Edgar Award; The Progress of a Crime (1960); and The Blackheath Poisonings (1978), a Victorian-set thriller that remains one of his most admired works.
His non-fiction standalones include studies of Dashiell Hammett, Conan Doyle, and the broader culture of crime and detection.