page_title: List of books about Oxford
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: List of books about Oxford / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Von 1930 bis 1947 lebten die Tolkiens in der Northmoor Road 20 in Oxford (England). English: Photograph of the building at 20 Northmoor Road, Oxford, England, former home of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1930 - 1947). Español: Fotografía del edificio del 20 de Northmoor Road, en Oxford (Inglaterra), hogar del escritor J. R. R. Tolkien de 1930 a 1947.
context_page_description: Below is a list of books about Oxford or written in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The city of Oxford has generated and inspired much literature. Many authors have lived in Oxford, especially associated with the University. It has also been a setting in many.
context_section_description: Before 1900
  Reginald Dalton (John Gibson Lockhart, 1823)
  Loss and Gain (John Henry Newman, 1848)
  The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green (Cuthbert M. Bede, in three parts: 1850s)
  The Old Parish Church: with the Ghost of Merton Hall (John Gibbs, 1861)
  Tom Brown at Oxford (Thomas Hughes, 1861)
  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll, 1865)
  Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll, 1871)
  Cripps the Carrier (Richard Doddridge Blackmore, 1876) – author of Lorna Doone
  Robert Elsmere (Mrs Humphry Ward, 1888)
  Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome, 1889) – a journey on the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford
  A Young Oxford Maid (Sarah Tytler, 1890)
  Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy, 1895) – Oxford is called "Christminster"
  1900-1949
  A Clerk of Oxford (E. Everett-Green, 1900)
  Red Paint at Oxford ("Pish" and "Tush", 1904)
  The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame, 1908) – Grahame is buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, beside his son, for whom the book was written
  With the King at Oxford: A Tale of the Great Rebellion (Rev. Alfred J. Church, 1909)
  Zuleika Dobson (Max Beerbohm, 1911)
  Sinister Street (Compton Mackenzie, 1913–14)
  The Charm of Oxford (Joseph Wells, 1920) – Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
  Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh, 1928)
  The Oxford Murders ('Adam Broome' (Godfrey James), 1929)
  A Storm in Oxford (E. Tangye Lean, 1932)
  Testament of Youth (Vera Brittain, 1933)
  Death on the Cherwell (Mavis Doriel Hay, 1935)
  Gaudy Night (Dorothy L. Sayers, 1935)
  Death at the President's Lodgings (Michael Innes, 1936)
  The Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937) – written at 20 Northmoor Road, North Oxford
  An Oxford University Chest (John Betjeman, 1938)
  Towers in the Mist (Elizabeth Goudge, 1938)
  Michaelmas Term at St Bride's (Philip Larkin, 1943)
  The Case of the Gilded Fly (Edmund Crispin, 1944)
  The Silent Traveller in Oxford (Chiang Yee, 1944)
  Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh, 1945)
  Folly Bridge: A Romantic Tale (David Leslie Murray, 1945)
  The Notion Club Papers (J. R. R. Tolkien, written 1945/46, published 1992) – written in Oxford and set there
  Jill (Philip Larkin, 1946)
  The Moving Toyshop (Edmund Crispin, 1946)
  1950-89
  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis, 1950) – first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series
  Fred of Oxford (Fred Bickerton, 1953)
  The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien, three volumes: 1954–55; also film series) — mostly written at 20 Northmoor Road
  Landscape with Dead Dons (Robert Robinson, 1956)
  Oxford Folly (Louis McIntosh, 1956)1960s
  Summoned by Bells (John Betjeman, 1960) – verse autobiography
  Dame's Delight (Margaret Forster, 1964)
  Accident (Nicholas Mosley), 1965
  The Game (A. S. Byatt, 1967)
  Last Boat to Folly Bridge (Eric C. Hiscock, 1970)
  The House in Norham Gardens (Penelope Lively, 1974) – set in Norham Gardens, North Oxford
  A Staircase in Surrey (J. I. M. Stewart, 1974–78) – a five-novel series
  Last Bus to Woodstock (Colin Dexter, 1977) – first book in the Inspector Morse series
  The Alchemists (Margaret Doody, 1980)
  Death of a Don (Howard Shaw, 1981)
  The Book and the Brotherhood (Iris Murdoch, 1983)
  Oxford Blood (Antonia Fraser, 1985)
  Where the Rivers Meet (John Wain, 1988)
  1990s
  Dirty Tricks (Michael Dibdin, 1991)
  The Children of Men (P. D. James, 1992)
  Doomsday Book (Connie Willis, 1992)
  The Men and the Girls (Joanna Trollope, 1992)
  Afternoon Raag (Amit Chaudhuri, 1993)
  Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (Sue Townsend, 1993)
  You'll Never Be Here again (Mark Blackaby, 1993)
  Dancing to the Pipers (Kate Fenton, 1993)
  Juggling (Barbara Trapido, 1994)
  Oxford Exit (Veronica Stallwood, 1994)
  His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman, trilogy: 1995, 1997, 2000)
  Dangerous Games (Jodie Sinclair, 1997)
  The Devil's Hunt (Paul Doherty, 1997)
  An Instance of the Fingerpost (Iain Pears, 1997)
  The Poison Tree (Tony Strong, 1997)
  To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis, 1997)
  The Greatest Sorrow (Keith Ovenden, 1998)
  The Travelling Hornplayer (Barbara Trapido, 1998)
  The Significance of Bluebells (Cilla Lancelyn Green, 1999)
  Oxford Shift (Veronica Stallwood, 1999)
  2000s
  The Remorseful Day (Colin Dexter, 2000) – last boo
caption: 20 Northmoor Road, where Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and most of The Lord of the Rings.
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