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Joyce Cary

7 Series • 45 Books

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45
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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of The First Trilogy Books
Start with: Herself Surprised (1941)
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Publication Order of The Second Trilogy Books
Start with: Prisoner of Grace (1952)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Castle Corner (1938)

All Book Series by Joyce Cary

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Herself Surprised

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1941

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1941
2
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To Be a Pilgrim

Book 2 of 3 · published 1942

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1942
3
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The Horse's Mouth

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1944

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1944
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Prisoner of Grace

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1952

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1952
2
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Except the Lord

Book 2 of 3 · published 1953

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1953
3
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Not Honour More

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1955

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1955
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Castle Corner

Series opener · book 1 of 30 · published 1938

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1938
2
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A House of Children

Book 2 of 30 · published 1941

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1941
3
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The Moonlight

Book 3 of 30 · published 1946

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1946
4
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A Fearful Joy

Book 4 of 30 · published 1949

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1949
5
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Mister Johnson

Book 5 of 30 · published 1961

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1961
6
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An American Visitor

Book 6 of 30 · published 1963

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1963
7
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The African Witch

Book 7 of 30 · published 2016

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2016
8
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Aissa Saved

Book 8 of 30 · published 2016

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2016
9
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Charley Is My Darling

Book 9 of 30 · published 2021

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2021
10
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The Captive and the Free

Book 10 of 30 · published 2021

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2021
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The American visitor

Book 11 of 30 · published 1933

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1933
12

Herself Surprsed

Book 12 of 30 · published 1941

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1941
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The Case for African freedom, and other writings on Africa

Book 13 of 30 · published 1941

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1941
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Process of real freedom

Book 15 of 30 · published 1943

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1943
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Marching soldier

Book 17 of 30 · published 1945

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1945
18

Britain and West Africa

Book 18 of 30 · published 1946

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1946
20

The drunken sailor

Book 20 of 30 · published 1947

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1947
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Joyce Cary - Writers And Their Work No. 41

Book 23 of 30 · published 1953

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1953
25

Illustrations by Joyce Cary for The old strife at Plant's

Book 25 of 30 · published 1956

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1956
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The old strife at Plant's

Book 26 of 30 · published 1956

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1956
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Art and Reality ways of the creative process

Book 28 of 30 · published 1958

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1958
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First trilogy: Herself surprised

Book 29 of 30 · published 1958

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1958
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Spring song

Book 23 of 30 · published 1960

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1960
24
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the horses mouth

Book 24 of 30 · published 1965

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1965
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Cock Jarvis

Book 25 of 30 · published 1974

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1974
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Joyce Cary Selected Essays

Book 26 of 30 · published 1976

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1976
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The Breakout

Book 27 of 30 · published 1978

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1978
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Triptych

Book 28 of 30 · published 1985

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1985
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The Short Story and You

Book 29 of 30 · published 2002

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2002
30

A chair on the boulevard. With an introduction by A. Neil Lyons.

Latest in the series · book 30 of 30

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Spring Song, And Other Stories

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1960

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1960
2
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Selected Essays

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1976

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1976
1
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The Children Of Gemstone Mountain

Single-title series · published 1980

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1980
1
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The Case for African Freedom

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1944

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1944
2
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Art and Reality

Book 2 of 4 · published 1958

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1958
3
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Power in Men

Book 3 of 4 · published 1963

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1963
4
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Memoir of the Bobotes

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 1964

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1964
1
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Contemporary British Short Stories I

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1971

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1971
2
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Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories!

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 1987

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1987

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Joyce Cary?

Joyce Cary has 45 books catalogued in this guide spanning 1933–2021, across 2 named series.

Which Joyce Cary series should I start with?

The best place to start is The First Trilogy series, the earliest of Joyce Cary's multi-book series: it opens with Herself Surprised (1941) and runs to 3 books across 1941–1944, ending with The Horse's Mouth (1944). Joyce Cary's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Joyce Cary written?

Joyce Cary has 45 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1933 and 2021. 6 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being The First Trilogy series with 3 books — and 39 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Joyce Cary's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Joyce Cary's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The First Trilogy (1941–1944, 3 books) and The Second Trilogy (1952–1955, 3 books).

How are Joyce Cary's books organised into series?

This guide splits Joyce Cary's 45 books into 2 named series and 39 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The First Trilogy (3 books, 1941–1944); The Second Trilogy (3 books, 1952–1955).