The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 10 books · 1936 to 1978

Graham Greene

Crime and mysteryThriller and suspenseLiterary and generalNoir and hardboiledSpy and espionageLiterary fiction

Graham Greene wrote about faith, betrayal and moral failure in places he called "Greeneland": a teenage gangster in Brighton, a whisky priest in Mexico, a naive American in Saigon, a vacuum-cleaner salesman recruited as a spy in Havana.

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Graham Greene books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Novels

10 booksLiterary fictionSpy and espionageNoir and hardboiled
  1. 1A Gun for Sale1936With Raven · Set in the fictional Nottwich, EnglandBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Brighton Rock1938With Pinkie Brown · Set in BrightonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Power and the Glory1940With The whisky priest · Set in Tabasco, MexicoBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Heart of the Matter1948With Major Scobie · Set in FreetownBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Third Man1950With Holly Martins · Set in ViennaBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The End of the Affair1951With Maurice Bendrix · Set in LondonBuy on Amazon
  7. 7The Quiet American1955With Thomas Fowler · Set in SaigonBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Our Man in Havana1958With Jim Wormold · Set in HavanaBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Travels with My Aunt1969With Henry Pulling · Set in various placesBuy on Amazon
  10. 10The Human Factor1978With Maurice Castle · Set in LondonBuy on Amazon

Characters

15 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads