Julian Symons

Julian Symons was a published author of fiction and a poet. He is known for writing novels in the crime genre. The British author was born on May 30, 1912.

The best place to start is the Julian Symons Poems series, the earliest of Julian Symons's multi-book series: it opens with Poem (1938) and runs to 12 books across 1938–1973, ending with A Reflection on Auden (1973). Julian Symons's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Julian Symons has 270 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1862 and 2024. 140 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Julian Symons Poems series with 12 books — and 130 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. Julian Symons's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Julian Symons Poems (1938–1973, 12 books), Inspector Bland (1945–1949, 3 books) and Inspector Crambo (1954–1958, 2 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Julian Symons's 270 books into 9 named series and 130 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Julian Symons Poems (12 books, 1938–1973); Joan Kahn-Harper (8 books, 1967–1995); Francis Quarles (3 books, 1961–2006); Inspector Bland (3 books, 1945–1949); Inspector Crambo (2 books, 1954–1958), plus 4 further series.