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ⓘ About Charles Williams
Arguably, one of the most renown writers of American crime fiction is a man called Charles Williams. Charles Williams was born and bred in San Angelo, Texas. He attended school but quit at tenth grade to serve in the US Merchant Marine, where he committedly served for a decade before he quit to marry his sweetheart, Lasca Foster. In his years of service with the US Merchant Marine, Charles Williams trained and gained invaluable experience as a radioman. This training helped him to get a job as an electronics inspector for a number of entities. First, he worked with RCA in Galveston, Texas before offering his services at the Puget Sound Navy Yard situated in Washington State. He served there until the end of World War II.
All Book Series by Charles Williams
Uncle Sagamore and His Girls
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1959
The Wrong Venus aka Don't Just Stand There
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 1966
You Can't Go Home Again
Series opener · book 1 of 29 · published 1940 Anthology · Thomas Wolfe
The Religions of Man / The World's Religions
Book 3 of 29 · published 1958 Anthology · Huston Smith
Great Short Works Of Jack London
Book 7 of 29 · published 1965 Anthology · Jack London
The Ecological Citizen
Book 9 of 29 · published 1971 Anthology · Dirck Van Sickle
R. D. Laing & Anti-psychiatry
Book 10 of 29 · published 1971 Anthology · Robert Boyers
Abortion, Baseball & Weed
Book 12 of 29 · published 1973 Anthology · Roger LeRoy Miller,Douglass C. North
Great Presidential Decisions
Book 13 of 29 · published 1973 Anthology · Richard B. Morris
They Came Here First
Book 14 of 29 · published 1975 Anthology · D'Arcy McNickle
The Gestalt Therapy Primer
Book 15 of 29 · published 1976 Anthology · Daniel Rosenblatt
Your Life Is A Mess: And What To Do About It
Book 16 of 29 · published 1976 Anthology · Daniel Rosenblatt
Dick Gregory's Bible Tales
Book 18 of 29 · published 1978 Anthology · Dick Gregory
East And West
Book 20 of 29 · published 1980 Anthology · Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Book 21 of 29 · published 1980 Anthology · C.W. Grafton
The Other Side Of Silence
Book 22 of 29 · published 1981 Anthology · Ted Allbeury
An Unsuitable Attachment
Book 24 of 29 · published 1982 Anthology · Barbara Pym
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Book 26 of 29 · published 1985 Anthology · Harriet Lerner
Chronology Of Boston Red Sox Records
Book 27 of 29 · published 1989 Anthology · John A. Mercurio
Scarne's Encyclopedia Of Card Games
Latest in the series · book 29 of 29 · published 1994 Anthology · John Scarne
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Charles Williams?
Arguably, one of the most renown writers of American crime fiction is a man called Charles Williams. Charles Williams was born and bred in San Angelo, Texas. He attended school but quit at tenth grade to serve in the US Merchant Marine, where he committedly served for a decade before he quit to marry his sweetheart, Lasca Foster.
Which Charles Williams series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Perennial Library series, the earliest of Charles Williams's multi-book series: it opens with You Can't Go Home Again (1940) and runs to 29 books across 1940–1994, ending with Scarne's Encyclopedia Of Card Games (1994).
How many books has Charles Williams written?
Charles Williams has 47 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1940 and 1994. 32 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Perennial Library series with 29 books — and 15 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Charles Williams's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Charles Williams's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Perennial Library (1940–1994, 29 books), Uncle Sagamore (1956–1959, 2 books) and John Ingram (1960, 1 book).
How are Charles Williams's books organised into series?
This guide splits Charles Williams's 47 books into 3 named series and 15 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Perennial Library (29 books, 1940–1994); Uncle Sagamore (2 books, 1956–1959); John Ingram (1 book, 1960).