G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) is perhaps best remembered as the creator of detective-priest Father Brown, although he wrote only five volumes of Father Brown stories. (The Father Brown Omnibus is a compilation of the first four volumes.) Chesterton's mystery output consists almost entirely of short stories; he wrote only one mystery novel, The Man Who Was Thursday. (He also contributed a chapter to the novel The Floating Admiral.)
Like Dorothy L. Sayers, Chesterton wrote mostly scholarly works; his mystery stories are only a small fraction of his total body of work, which also includes essays on literature, politics, economics and theology, as well as a number of poems.
Short Story Collections
Featuring Father Brown
1911 | |
1914 | |
1926 | |
1927 | |
1929 | |
1935 |
Other Short Story Collections
1905 | |
1912 | |
1922 | |
1925 | |
1929 | |
1930 | |
1937 |
Novels
1907 | |
1931 |