Christianna Brand

Christianna Brand is a bestselling author, known for their extensive body of work spanning 8 book series with over 41 titles.

The best place to start is the Inspector Cockrill series, the earliest of Christianna Brand's multi-book series: it opens with Heads You Lose (1941) and runs to 9 books across 1941–2025, ending with The Three-Cornered Halo (2025). Christianna Brand's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Christianna Brand has 143 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1862 and 2025. 119 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Inspector Cockrill series with 9 books — and 24 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. Christianna Brand's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Inspector Cockrill (1941–2025, 9 books), Inspector Charlesworth (1941–1979, 2 books) and Inspector Chucky (1950–1977, 2 books), plus 1 more.

This guide splits Christianna Brand's 143 books into 5 named series and 24 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Inspector Cockrill (9 books, 1941–2025); Nurse Matilda (4 books, 1964–2005); Inspector Charlesworth (2 books, 1941–1979); Inspector Chucky (2 books, 1950–1977); British Library Crime Classics (102 books, 1862–2024).