Pamela Hansford Johnson

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books
  • First Book:
    June 1974
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • An Avenue of Stone

  • A summer to decide

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  • Unspeakable Skipton

    'Witty, satirical and deftly malicious' Anthony Burgess Described by the New York Times upon her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', delve into the sparkling and satirical world of Pamela Hansford Johnson with this wickedly funny tragic...

  • An Error of Judgement

    Setter, an eminent Harley Street consultant, is trusted and admired by his circle of friends, devoting himself to the rehabilitation of the lonely and the misunderstood. But deep within himself Setter recognizes a latent streak of sadistic cruelty w...

  • An Impossible Marriage

    'As her work reappears, another missing jigsaw piece is replaced' Independent Described by the New York Times upon her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', plunge yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this story of se...

  • The Survival of the Fittest

    An epic novel following a group of friends from their youth in the 1930s through middle age in the 1960s, The Survival of the Fittest unties the intertwined threads of politics, history, love and literature which link the group. Their coming of age...

  • Cork Street, Next to the Hatter's

    Cork Street, Next To The Hatter's is part of Pamela Hansford Johnson's 'Dorothy Merlin Trilogy', along with The Unspeakable Skipton and Night and Silence, Who Is Here? Described as 'A novel in bad taste', the story follows a reluctant don, Tom Hariot...

  • The Good Husband

    On the eve of his thirtieth birthday, Toby Roberts has very good prospects, boundless confidence and few commitments. Behind him stretches a life which has flowed almost undisturbed in its smooth course. In front of him lies a meeting with Ann Thorol...

  • The Good Listener

    Toby is a very plausible young scoundrel: good at winning confidences - and also at staving off troublesome emotions. On the point of leaving Cambridge, he meets Maisie, who is beautiful, tense and vulnerable.

    She falls in love. He does not. H...



  • The Holiday Friend

    'A powerful tragedy' Independent Described by the New York Times upon her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', plunge yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this story of seduction and marriage, perfect for fans of Eli...

  • Too Dear for My Possessing

    Bruges, bedecked with stiff Madonnas . . . London, going wild in the Twenties . . . Paris, where white powdered faces gleam from cafe tables . . .

    Against these backdrops unfolds the life of Claud Pickering as he describes his boyhood, dominat...

  • A Bonfire

    An acute and socially aware novel about relationships through good times and bad, A Bonfire was Pamela Hansford Johnson's final - and possibly most personal - book, written in 1981, the year of her death.

    It tells the story of Emma, from her n...

  • The Honours Board

    The Honours Board is set in an English Preparatory School for boys whose parents intend them later to serve a four to five year stretch at a traditional English Public School. But this brilliant novel is only incidentally about the boys at Downs Par...

  • The Humbler Creation

    Maurice Fisher is a London parish priest in an unfashionable quarter of Kensington. He has a wife whose frigid vanity, shirking of any household or parish duties, and despairing egotism is shrouded-like her beauty-in such pathetic and frightful self-...

  • The Last Resort

    'A very cool and intelligent writer' TLS Described by the New York Times upon her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', plunge yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson in this story of seduction and marriage, perfect for fan...

  • Night and Silence, Who Is Here?

    Following his appearance in The Unspeakable Skipton, Matthew Pryar returns as the hero of Pamela Hansford Johnson's novel, Night and Silence, Who is Here?

    On any count, Pryar is a memorable character, and his experiences as a Visiting Fellow o...

  • The Philistines

    In The Philistines, Pamela Hansford Johnson tells the story of a young woman who, on impulse, marries into surroundings not her own. Despite the boredom of the surburban world in which she finds herself, she remains content with life until, during th...

  • The Trojan Brothers

    London, 1920s. Sid Nichols is one half of the comedy duo, The Trojan Brothers, one of the city's most celebrated shows. His role is as the back-end of a pantomime horse with his dear friend, Benny, leading from the front. Every night they take the mu...

  • This Bed Thy Centre

    'Striking first novel . . . qualities of vitality and humour which set it apart.' New York Times Described by the New York Times upon her death as 'one of Britain's best-known novelists', plunge yourself into the wry world of Pamela Hansford Johnson...



  • Catherine Carter

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Pamela Hansford Johnson has published 20 books.

Pamela Hansford Johnson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Catherine Carter, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Pamela Hansford Johnson, An Avenue of Stone, was published in June 1974.

No. Pamela Hansford Johnson does not write books in series.
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