Anthony Berkeley

Anthony Berkeley was a mystery writer and the founder of the Detection Club, one of the most recognized fiction innovators. He also wrote under the pseudonym Francis Iles, and wrote over twenty mystery stories in his lifetime. Anthony is also known to be the first writer to predict the evolution of psychological crime stories.

The best place to start is the Roger Sheringham Cases series, the earliest of Anthony Berkeley's multi-book series: it opens with The Layton Court Mystery (1925) and runs to 11 books across 1925–2004, ending with The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham's Casebook (2004).

Anthony Berkeley has 128 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1862 and 2024. 113 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Roger Sheringham Cases series with 11 books — and 15 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Anthony Berkeley's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Roger Sheringham Cases (1925–2004, 11 books).

This guide splits Anthony Berkeley's 128 books into 2 named series and 15 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Roger Sheringham Cases (11 books, 1925–2004); British Library Crime Classics (102 books, 1862–2024).