List of books by Graham Greene
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Novels

  • The Man Within
    The Man Within
    The Man Within is the first novel by author Graham Greene. It tells the story of Francis Andrews, a reluctant smuggler, who betrays his colleagues and the aftermath of his betrayal...

    (1929)
  • The Name of Action (1930) (repudiated by author, never re-published)
  • Rumour at Nightfall
    Rumour at Nightfall
    Rumour at Nightfall is the third novel by Graham Greene, published in 1931. Like his second novel it failed to repeat the success of The Man Within; Greene was to disown both....

    (1931) (repudiated by author, never re-published)
  • Stamboul Train
    Stamboul Train
    Stamboul Train is a novel by author Graham Greene. A thriller set on an Orient Express train, it was renamed Orient Express when it was published in the United States.-Plot introduction:...

    (1932) (also published as Orient Express)
  • It's a Battlefield
    It's a Battlefield
    It's a Battlefield is an early novel by Graham Greene, first published in the year 1934. Graham Greene later described it as his "first overtly political novel"...

    (1934)
  • England Made Me
    England Made Me (novel)
    England Made Me or The Shipwrecked is an early novel by Graham Greene. It was first published in 1935, and was republished as "The Shipwrecked" in 1953....

    (1935) (also published as The Shipwrecked)
  • The Bear Fell Free (1935)
  • A Gun for Sale
    A Gun for Sale
    A Gun for Sale is a 1936 novel by Graham Greene.This novel was made into a film in 1941 and renamed This Gun for Hire, which was also the title of the book's U.S. edition. Alan Ladd was cast as Raven in the film....

    (1936) (also published as This Gun for Hire)
  • Brighton Rock (1938)
  • The Confidential Agent
    The Confidential Agent
    The Confidential Agent is a thriller novel by British author Graham Greene. Fueled by Benzedrine, Greene wrote it in six weeks. To avoid distraction while working, he rented a room in Bloomsbury from a landlady who lived in an apartment below him. He used that apartment in the novel and had an...

    (1939)
  • The Power and the Glory
    The Power and the Glory
    The Power and the Glory is a novel by British author Graham Greene. The title is an allusion to the doxology often added to the end of the Lord's Prayer: "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now and forever , amen." This novel has also been published in the US under the name The...

    (1940) (also published as The Labyrinthine Ways)
  • The Ministry of Fear
    The Ministry of Fear
    The Ministry of Fear is a 1943 novel written by Graham Greene. It was first published in Britain by William Heinemann. It was made into the 1944 film Ministry of Fear, starring Ray Milland.It revolves around the relationship between Love and Fear...

    (1943)
  • The Heart of the Matter
    The Heart of the Matter
    The Heart of the Matter , a novel by the English author Graham Greene, won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. During World War II, Greene worked for the Secret Intelligence Service in Sierra Leone, the setting for his novel...

    (1948)
  • The Third Man
    The Third Man
    The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Many critics rank it as a masterpiece, particularly remembered for its atmospheric cinematography, performances, and unique musical score...

    (1949) (novella, as a basis for the screenplay)
  • The End of the Affair
    The End of the Affair
    The End of the Affair is a novel by British author Graham Greene, as well as the title of two feature films that were adapted for the screen based on the novel....

    (1951)
  • The Quiet American
    The Quiet American
    The Quiet American is an anti-war novel by British author Graham Greene, first published in United Kingdom in 1955 and in the United States in 1956. It was adapted into films in 1958 and 2002. The book draws on Greene's experiences as a war correspondent for The Times and Le Figaro in French...

    (1955)
  • Loser Takes All
    Loser Takes All
    Loser takes all is a 1955 novel by British author Graham Greene.-Plot summary:Mr. Bertram and Cary are about to get married. An unambitious assistant accountant, Bertram's plans for marriage are not particularly exciting...

    (1955)
  • Our Man in Havana
    Our Man in Havana
    Our Man In Havana is a novel by British author Graham Greene, where he makes fun of intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants....

    (1958)
  • A Burnt-Out Case
    A Burnt-Out Case
    -Plot summary:The plot concerns Querry, who is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference, he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper colony overseen by Catholic missionaries, he is diagnosed - by Dr Colin, the resident doctor - as the mental...

    (1960)
  • The Comedians
    The Comedians (novel)
    The Comedians is a novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1966. Set in Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tontons Macoute, The Comedians tells the story of a tired hotel owner, Brown, and his increasing fatalism as he watches Haiti descend into...

    (1966)
  • Travels with My Aunt
    Travels with My Aunt
    Travels with My Aunt is a novel written by English author Graham Greene.The novel follows the travels of Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric Aunt Augusta as they find their way across Europe, and eventually even further afield...

    (1969)
  • The Honorary Consul
    The Honorary Consul
    The Honorary Consul is a British thriller novel by Graham Greene, published in 1973. It was one of the author's favourite works.- Plot summary :...

    (1973)
  • The Human Factor
    The Human Factor
    The Human Factor is an espionage novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into a 1979 film, directed by Otto Preminger using a screenplay by Tom Stoppard.-Plot summary:...

    (1978)
  • Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party
    Doctor Fischer of Geneva
    Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The bomb party , is a novel by the English novelist Graham Greene.-Plot summary:The story is narrated by Alfred Jones, a translator for a large chocolate company in Switzerland. Jones, in his 50s, lost his left hand while working as a fireman during The Blitz. Jones is a...

    (1980)
  • Monsignor Quixote
    Monsignor Quixote
    Monsignor Quixote is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1982. The book is a pastiche of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes with many moments of hilarious comedy, but also offers reflection on matters such as life after a dictatorship, Communism, and the Catholic...

    (1982)
  • The Tenth Man (1985)
  • The Captain and the Enemy (1988)
  • No Man's Land (2005)

Autobiography

  • A Sort of Life (1971)
  • Ways of Escape (1980)
  • Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement (1984)
  • A World of My Own: A Dream Diary (1992)

Travel books

  • Journey Without Maps
    Journey Without Maps
    Journey Without Maps is a travel account by Graham Greene, about a 350-mile, 4-week walk through the interior of Liberia in 1935. It was Greene's first trip outside of Europe. He hoped to leave civilization and find the "heart of darkness" in Africa...

    (1936)
  • The Lawless Roads
    The Lawless Roads
    The Lawless Roads is a travel account by Graham Greene, based on his 1938 trip to Mexico, to see the effects of the government's campaign of forced anti-Catholic secularisation and how the inhabitants had reacted to the brutal anticlerical purges of President Plutarco Elías Calles.A Catholic and...

    (1939) (also published as Another Mexico)
  • In Search of a Character: Two African Journals (1961)

Plays

  • The Living Room (1953)
  • The Potting Shed
    The Potting Shed
    The Potting Shed is a play by Graham Greene. The psychological drama centers on a secret held by the Callifer family for nearly thirty years....

    (1957)
  • The Complaisant Lover (1959)
  • Carving a Statue (1964)
  • The Return of A.J.Raffles (1975)
  • The Great Jowett (1981)
  • Yes and No (1983)
  • For Whom the Bell Chimes (1983)

Screenplays

  • The Future's in the Air (1937)
  • The New Britain (1940)
  • 21 Days
    21 Days
    21 Days, also known as 21 Days Together in the U.S., is a 1940 British drama film based on the short play The First and the Last by John Galsworthy. It was directed by Basil Dean and stars Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks...

    (1940) (based on the novel The First and The Last by John Galsworthy
    John Galsworthy
    John Galsworthy OM was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter...

    )
  • Brighton Rock (1947)
  • The Fallen Idol (1948)
  • The Third Man
    The Third Man
    The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir, directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Many critics rank it as a masterpiece, particularly remembered for its atmospheric cinematography, performances, and unique musical score...

    (1949)
  • Loser Takes All
    Loser Takes All
    Loser takes all is a 1955 novel by British author Graham Greene.-Plot summary:Mr. Bertram and Cary are about to get married. An unambitious assistant accountant, Bertram's plans for marriage are not particularly exciting...

    (1956)
  • Saint Joan
    Saint Joan (1957 film)
    Saint Joan is a 1957 British-American film adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play of the same title about the life of Joan of Arc. The restructured screenplay by Graham Greene, directed by Otto Preminger, begins with the play's last scene, which then becomes the springboard for a long flashback,...

    (1957) (based on the play
    Saint Joan (play)
    Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts...

     by George Bernard Shaw
    George Bernard Shaw
    George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...

    )
  • Our Man in Havana
    Our Man in Havana
    Our Man In Havana is a novel by British author Graham Greene, where he makes fun of intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants....

    (1959)
  • The Comedians
    The Comedians (novel)
    The Comedians is a novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1966. Set in Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his secret police, the Tontons Macoute, The Comedians tells the story of a tired hotel owner, Brown, and his increasing fatalism as he watches Haiti descend into...

    (1967)

Short stories

  • Twenty-One Stories
    Twenty-One Stories
    Twenty-One Stories is a collection of short stories by Graham Greene. All but the last four stories appeared in his earlier 1947 collection Nineteen Stories -Stories:...

    (1954) (originally "Nineteen Stories" [1947], the collection usually presents the stories in reverse chronological order)
  1. "The End of the Party" (1929)
  2. "The Second Death" (1929)
  3. "Proof Positive
    Proof Positive (Greene story)
    -Publication:It appeared in Harper's Magazine in October 1947 and in Greene's 1947 collection Nineteen Stories.-Inspiraion:It is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Facts in the Case of M...

    " (1930)
  4. "I Spy" (1930)
  5. "A Day Saved" (1935)
  6. "Jubilee" (1936)
  7. "Brother" (1936)
  8. "A Chance For Mr Lever" (1936)
  9. "The Basement Room" (1936) (adapted by the author as The Fallen Idol, a film directed by Carol Reed
    Carol Reed
    Sir Carol Reed was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out , The Fallen Idol , The Third Man and Oliver!...

    )
  10. "The Innocent" (1937)
  11. "A Drive in the Country" (1937)
  12. "Across the Bridge
    Across the Bridge
    Across the Bridge is a short story by Graham Greene.The story is told first-person by an unnamed narrator who reveals little about himself, other than that he is a wandering stranger stranded in a small Mexican border village. The narrator is fascinated by Joseph Calloway, a famous con-man believed...

    " (1938)
  13. "A Little Place Off the Edgware Road" (1939)
  14. "The Case for the Defence
    The Case for the Defence
    The Case for the Defence is a well-written thriller by Graham Greene, a famous English novelist, which deals with a strange murder trial. The defendant, guilty of murder of a woman and having four eye-witnesses to testify against him is thought of standing no chance of acquittal. Yet, a twist in...

    " (1939)
  15. "Alas, Poor Maling
    Alas, Poor Maling
    "Alas, Poor Maling" is a short story by Graham Greene. It was first published in 1940.- Plot summary :The story is told in first person by an unnamed narrator who has a friend named Maling. Maling is afflicted with an unusual medical affliction which his doctors label "borborygmi" and his friends...

    " (1940)
  16. "Men at Work" (1940)
  17. "Greek Meets Greek" (1941)
  18. "The Hint of an Explanation" (1948)
  19. "The Blue Film
    The Blue Film
    "The Blue Film" is a short story by the English novelist Graham Greene. The story is set in a "Greeneland", to be more specific: in Thailand....

    " (1954)
  20. "Special Duties" (1954)
  21. "The Destructors
    The Destructors
    "The Destructors" is a 1954 short story about teenagers who destroy a house, written by Graham Greene. The story is ironic—showing how destruction is allegedly a form of creation....

    " (1954)
    • A Sense of Reality (1963)
"Under the Garden"
"A Visit to Morin"
"Dream of a Strange Land"
"A Discovery in the Woods"
"Church Militant" (1956)
"Dear Dr Falkenheim" (1963)
"The Blessing" (1966)
  • May We Borrow Your Husband? (1967)
"May We Borrow Your Husband?"
"Beauty"
"Chagrin in Three Parts"
"The Over-night Bag"
"Mortmain"
"Cheap in August"
"A Shocking Accident
A Shocking Accident
A Shocking Accident is a 1982 short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. It won an Academy Award in 1983 for Best Short Subject.-Cast:* Rupert Everett - Jerome and Mr...

"
"The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen
The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen
- Plot :The story takes place in Bentley's, a restaurant in London . The narrator is sitting at a table, seemingly alone, and observes a group of eight Japanese gentlemen having dinner together, and beyond them a young British couple...

"
"Awful When You Think of It"
"Doctor Crombie"
"The Root of All Evil"
"Two Gentle People"
  • The Last Word and Other Stories (1990)
"The Last Word"
"The News in English"
"The Moment of Truth"
"The Man Who Stole the Eiffel Tower"
"The Lieutenant Died Last"
"A Branch of the Service"
"An Old Man's Memory"
"The Lottery Ticket"
"The New House"
"Work Not in Progress"
"Murder for the Wrong Reason"
"An Appointment With the General"

Children's books

  • The Little Train (1946, illus. Dorothy Craigie; 1973, illus. Edward Ardizzone)
  • The Little Fire Engine (1950, illus. Dorothy Craigie; 1973, illus. Edward Ardizzone)
  • The Little Horse Bus (1952, illus. Dorothy Craigie; 1974, illus. Edward Ardizzone)
  • The Little Steamroller (1955, illus. Dorothy Craigie; 1974, illus. Edward Ardizzone)

Other

  • The Old School: Essays by Divers Hands (ed. Greene, 1934)
  • British Dramatists (1942)
  • Why Do I Write? An Exchange of Views between Elizabeth Bowen
    Elizabeth Bowen
    Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen, CBE was an Irish novelist and short story writer.-Life:Elizabeth Bowen was born on 7 June 1899 at 15 Herbert Place in Dublin, Ireland and was baptized in the nearby St Stephen's Church on Upper Mount Street...

    , Graham Greene and V.S. Pritchett
    (1948)
  • The Lost Childhood and Other Essays
    The Lost Childhood and Other Essays
    The Lost Childhood and Other Essays is a collection of essays and book reviews by Graham Greene published in 1951. Two of its four parts, Personal Prologue and Personal Postscript, comprise seven invaluable pieces of autobiography.The part Novels and Novelists collects Greene's more or less...

    (1951)
  • The Spy's Bedside Book (ed. with Hugh Greene
    Hugh Greene
    Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE was a British journalist and television executive. He was the Director-General of the BBC from 1960―1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955.-Early life and work:Hugh was born...

    , 1957)
  • Introduction to My Silent War, by Kim Philby
    Kim Philby
    Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a spy for and later defected to the Soviet Union...

    , 1968, British Intelligence double agent
    Double agent
    A double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on the target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization oneself. They...

    , mole for Soviets
  • Collected Essays (1969)
  • Lord Rochester's Monkey: Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (1974)
  • An Impossible Woman: The Memories of Dottoressa Moor of Capri (ed. Greene, 1975)
  • The Pleasure-Dome: The Collected Film Criticism, 1935–40 (ed. John Russell Taylor, 1980)
  • J'Accuse: The Dark Side of Nice (1982)
  • Yours, etc.: Letters to the Press (1989)
  • Why the Epigraph? (1989)
  • Reflections (1991)
  • The Graham Greene Film Reader: Reviews, Essays, Interviews and Film Stories (ed. David Parkinson, 1993)
  • Articles of Faith: The Collected Tablet Journalism of Graham Greene (ed. Ian Thomson, 2006)
  • Graham Greene: A Life in Letters (ed. Richard Greene, 2007)
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