Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhododendron Pie | 1930 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 2 | Fanfare for Tin Trumpets | 1932 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 3 | The Nymph and the Nobleman | 1932 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 4 | The Flowering Thorn | 1933 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 5 | Sophy Cassmajor | 1934 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 6 | Four Gardens | 1935 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 7 | The Nutmeg Tree | 1937 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 8 | The Stone of Chastity | 1940 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 9 | Cluny Brown | 1944 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 10 | Harlequin House | 1944 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 11 | Britannia Mews | 1946 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 12 | The Foolish Gentlewoman | 1948 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 13 | Lise Lillywhite | 1951 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 14 | The Gypsy in the Parlour | 1953 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 15 | The Tigress on the Hearth | 1956 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 16 | Something Light | 1960 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 17 | Melisande | 1960 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 18 | Lost at the Fair | 1965 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 19 | The Sun In Scorpio | 1965 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 20 | In Pious Memory | 1967 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 21 | Rosa | 1970 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 22 | The Innocents | 1972 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 23 | The Magical Cockatoo | 1974 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 24 | The Children Next Door | 1974 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 25 | The Faithful Servants | 1975 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
| 26 | Summer Visits | 1977 | Margery Sharp | Buy |
Margery Sharp’s standalone novels cover a remarkable span, from her debut Rhododendron Pie in 1930 through Summer Visits in 1977. Her early novels like Fanfare for Tin Trumpets (1932) and The Flowering Thorn (1933) established her reputation for witty social observation and unconventional heroines.
The Nutmeg Tree (1937) brought her wide readership, followed by wartime novels including The Stone of Chastity (1940) and Cluny Brown (1944). Her postwar work continued with Britannia Mews (1946) and Lise Lillywhite (1951), maintaining her dry comic voice while exploring shifting social dynamics in mid-century Britain. Later novels like The Innocents (1972) and The Faithful Servants (1975) showed a writer still at work with sharp observation, even as literary fashions changed around her.