C.P. Snow / Charles Percy Snow

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1949
  • Latest Book:
    January 2010
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Full Series List in Order

Strangers and Brothers

1 - George Passant (Dec-2000)
2 - The Light and the Dark (Dec-2000)
3 - Time Of Hope (Jan-1949)
4 - The Masters (Sep-1976)
5 - The New Men (Dec-2000)
6 - Homecomings (Jan-1956)
7 - Conscience of the Rich (Jun-1958)
8 - Affair (Jun-1960)
10 - The Sleep of Reason (Jul-2002)
11 - Last Things (Dec-2000)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Time Of Hope

    Strangers and Brothers - 3

    A young man resolves to rise above his humble beginnings in the series praised as a “masterwork . . . a panorama of middle and upper-middle class English society” (The New York Times). Nine-year-old Lewis Eliot learns that his fath...

  • Homecomings

    Strangers and Brothers - 6

    An emotionally devastated widower is drawn to a married woman in this “impressive” novel set in wartime England (Kirkus Reviews). Lewis Eliot has lost his deeply troubled wife, Sheila, under tragic circumstances. While her suicide has shaken Lewi...

  • Conscience of the Rich

    Strangers and Brothers - 7

    An emotional gulf forms between a young Jewish barrister and his father in a “wise, beautifully controlled and deeply moving novel” set in prewar England (The New York Times Book Review). The scion of a wealthy Anglo-Jewish family, Charles March,...

  • Affair

    Strangers and Brothers - 8

    An academic is accused of fraud in this novel set in 1950s England by “an extremely shrewd observer of men and society” (Commentary). At Lewis Eliot’s Cambridge college, Dr. Donald Howard is not well liked. Some believe his research to be subpa...

  • Death Under Sail

    Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his six guests find him at the tiller of his yacht with a smile on his face and a gunshot through his heart, all six fall under suspicion in this, C P S...

  • The Masters

    Strangers and Brothers - 4

    Winner of the James Tait Black Prize: An “engrossing” novel of power, politics, and academic rivalry in 1930s England (The New York Times). In 1937, the dark cloud of Nazi Germany hangs over Europe. Meanwhile, barrister Lewis Eliot is comfortably...

  • Strangers and Brothers

  • The Realists; Eight Portraits

    In this series of portraits of Stendhal, Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Galdos, James, and Proust, Snow assesses the influences of personality and experiences on their choice of subjects and literary style...

  • A Coat of Varnish

    Humphrey Leigh, retired resident of Belgravia, pays a social visit to an old friend, Lady Ashbrook. She is waiting for her test results, fearing cancer. When Lady Ashbrook gets the all clear she has ten days to enjoy her new lease of life. And the...



  • George Passant

    Strangers and Brothers - 1

    A wise, moving novel about a mentor and his protégé: “The central character . . . is immensely appealing . . . a peculiarly haunting and sympathetic figure.” -- The New York Times In late 1920s England, Lewis Elio...

  • Last Things

    Strangers and Brothers - 11

    A brush with death may finally bring a father and son together, in the conclusion to the award-winning, decades-spanning series. Sir Lewis Eliot has made his way from a deprived childhood to knighthood, but when he experiences cardiac arrest during ...

  • The Light and the Dark

    Strangers and Brothers - 2

    A gifted young academic in 1930s England falls prey to a dangerous mindset in this novel by “a master craftsman” (The New York Times). Roy Calvert is young, well-liked, and financially secure. He is also a brilliant scholar at Cambridge, engaged ...

  • The New Men

    Strangers and Brothers - 5

    Winner of the James Tait Black Prize: Two brothers find themselves at odds amid Britain’s quest for an atomic weapon, in this vivid historical novel. As the Second World War begins to rage, Britain’s brightest minds put their efforts into the dev...

  • The Sleep of Reason

    Strangers and Brothers - 10

    With England on the brink of disruptive social change, a man revisits his past -- and confronts a monstrous crime -- in this novel of “clarity and perceptiveness” (The Atlantic). In his late middle age, semi-retired Lewis Eliot, accompanied by hi...

  • In Their Wisdom

    Economic storm clouds gather as bad political weather is forecast for the nation. Three elderly peers look on from the sidelines of the House of Lords and wonder if it will mean the end of a certain way of life. Against this background is set a cour...

  • The Search

    This story told in the first person starts with a child’s interest in the night sky. A telescope starts a lifetime’s interest in science. The narrator goes up to King’s College, London to study. As a fellow at Cambridge he embarks on love aff...

  • The Malcontents

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    Thomas Freer is a prosperous solicitor who is also the Registrar, responsible for his cathedral’s legal business. His son Stephen is one of a secret group of young men and women known as the core. When Stephen’s group activities land them in te...

  • The Realists: Eight Portraits

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    In this series of portraits of Stendhal, Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Galdos, James, and Proust, Snow assesses the influences of personality and experiences on their choice of subjects and literary style...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

C.P. Snow / Charles Percy Snow has published 18 books.

C.P. Snow / Charles Percy Snow does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Search, was published in January 2010.

The first book by C.P. Snow / Charles Percy Snow, Time Of Hope, was published in January 1949.

Yes. C.P. Snow / Charles Percy Snow has 1 series.
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