Order of John Mortimer Books

Sir John Mortimer was an English lawyer and author renowned for his Rumpole series of books. In his youth, he aspired to be an actor and later a writer, but his father urged him to pursue a career in law. Throughout his legal career, he defended several high-profile obscenity cases, including representing the editor of Gay News against charges of blasphemous libel and Virgin Records regarding their use of the term “bollocks” for the iconic Sex Pistols album. Mortimer's most significant contribution was the character of barrister Horace Rumpole, inspired by his father, who first appeared in a BBC Play for Today portrayed by Leo McKern. The short was so successful that it eventually evolved into its own series.

John Mortimer became a published novelist in 1947 with the novel Charade. Below is a list of John Mortimer's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Rumpole of the Bailey Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Rumpole of the Bailey	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole��s Return	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Trials of Rumpole	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Regina V. Rumpole	(1981)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole for the Defence	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Golden Thread	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole for the Prosecution	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole's Last Case	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Age of Miracles	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Age for Retirement	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole a La Carte	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole on Trial	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best of Rumpole	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Younger Generation	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Angel of Death	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole Rests His Case	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Primrose Path	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Anti-Social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole / Rumpole Misbehaves	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rumpole at Christmas / A Rumpole Christmas	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Forever Rumpole	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Rapstone Chronicles Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Paradise Postponed	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Titmuss Regained	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sound of Trumpets	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Charade	(1947)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Like Men Betrayed	(1953)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Narrowing Stream	(1954)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Summer's Lease	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dunster	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Felix In The Underworld	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Quite Honestly	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Chapbooks Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Scales of Justice	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Plays Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Voyage Round My Father. John Mortimer	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Fear Of Heaven	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Clinging to the Wreckage	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Character Parts	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Oxford Book of Villains	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murderers and Other Friends	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Summer of a Dormouse	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Where There's a Will	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Zerah Colburn - Spirit of Darkness	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In Other Words	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Great Law and Order Stories	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fanfare: Fourteen Stories on a Musical Theme	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder Most Merry	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Midsummer Nights	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Christmas Anthology	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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