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Dennis Wheatley (1) (1897–1977)

Author of The Devil Rides Out

For other authors named Dennis Wheatley, see the disambiguation page.

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Series

Works by Dennis Wheatley

The Devil Rides Out (1934) 434 copies, 6 reviews
To the Devil, a Daughter (1953) 325 copies, 4 reviews
The Satanist (1960) 233 copies, 4 reviews
The Haunting of Toby Jugg (1948) 233 copies, 6 reviews
The Ka of Gifford Hillary (1956) 181 copies, 2 reviews
Strange Conflict (1941) 160 copies
They Used Dark Forces (1964) 156 copies, 4 reviews
The Devil and all his works (1971) 139 copies, 1 review
Gateway to Hell (1970) 135 copies
The Launching of Roger Brook (1947) 122 copies
The Irish Witch (1973) 119 copies, 1 review
They Found Atlantis (1961) 104 copies, 1 review
Murder Off Miami (1936) 103 copies, 6 reviews
The Forbidden Territory (1933) 95 copies, 2 reviews
The Shadow of Tyburn Tree (1948) 89 copies
The White Witch of the South Seas (1968) 88 copies
The Prisoner in the Mask (1957) 78 copies
The Dark Secret of Josephine (1955) 75 copies
Who Killed Robert Prentice? (1937) 74 copies, 4 reviews
The Island Where Time Stands Still (1954) 73 copies, 1 review
Faked Passports (1940) 72 copies, 1 review
The Rape of Venice (1959) 71 copies
The Eunuch of Stamboul (1935) 65 copies, 1 review
Unchartered Seas (1938) 65 copies
The Man Who Killed the King (1951) 64 copies
The Scarlet Imposter (1940) 63 copies
The Malinsay Massacre (1938) 63 copies, 2 reviews
Star of Ill-Omen (1971) 62 copies, 1 review
The Sultan's Daughter (1963) 60 copies
The Rising Storm (1949) 59 copies
The Black Baroness (1940) 58 copies
Unholy Crusade (1967) 57 copies
The Quest of Julian Day (1939) 56 copies, 1 review
Curtain of Fear (1967) 56 copies, 1 review
Such Power is Dangerous (1962) 56 copies, 1 review
Traitor's Gate (1958) 55 copies
Three Inquisitive People (1940) 55 copies, 1 review
Herewith the Clues (1939) 54 copies, 1 review
Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts (1943) 54 copies
Codeword Golden Fleece (1965) 54 copies
Vendetta in Spain (1963) 53 copies, 1 review
V for vengeance (1942) 53 copies
Evil in a Mask (1969) 53 copies
Black August (1934) 52 copies
The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware (1971) 50 copies, 1 review
The Second Seal (1950) 49 copies
The Wanton Princess (1966) 49 copies
Contraband (1936) 48 copies, 2 reviews
Come into my parlour (1946) 47 copies
Mayhem in Greece (1962) 45 copies
Dangerous Inheritance (1970) 45 copies
The Golden Spaniard (1938) 44 copies
The Sword of Fate (1941) 44 copies
Desperate Measures (1974) 44 copies, 1 review
Bill for the Use of a Body (1964) 43 copies
The Secret War (1937) 41 copies, 1 review
The Fabulous Valley (1953) 41 copies, 1 review
The Man Who Missed the War (1964) 36 copies
Classic Black Magic from Dennis Wheatley: The Devil Rides Out, To the Devil a Daughter, Gateway to Hell (2011) 28 copies
The Devil Rides Out; The Haunting of Toby Jugg; Gateway to Hell; To the Devil - a Daughter (1977) 26 copies
Sixty Days to Live (1966) 26 copies, 1 review
Mediterranean Nights (1965) 26 copies
The Strange Story of Linda Lee (1972) 24 copies
Satanism and Witches (1974) — Editor — 23 copies
A century of horror stories (1971) 20 copies
Stranger Than Fiction (1959) 17 copies
Red Eagle: A Story of the Russian Revolution and of Klementy Efremovitch Voroshilov (1964) 17 copies
Old Rowley: Very Private Life of Charles II (1933) 15 copies
Shafts of Fear (1965) 15 copies
Quiver of Horror (1968) 14 copies
The time has come - : the memoirs of Dennis Wheatley. Drink and ink 1919-1977 (1979) 13 copies
Uncanny Tales 2 (1974) — Editor — 12 copies
Uncanny Tales 1 (1974) — Editor — 12 copies
The Deception Planners: My Secret War (1980) 11 copies
The Black Magic Omnibus (1956) 11 copies
The Devil Rides Out / Gateway to Hell (2005) 9 copies
The time has come: The memoirs of Dennis Wheatley (1981) 9 copies
Uncanny Tales 3 (1975) — Editor — 9 copies
The Time Has Come -: Officer and Temporary Gentleman : 1914-1919: The Memoirs of Dennis Wheatley (1978) 7 copies
A CENTURY OF SPY STORIES (1902) 7 copies
The Time Has Come: The Young Man Said, 1897-1914 v. 1 (1977) 7 copies
More of Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors (1976) 5 copies
Roger Brook in the French Revolution (1957) 4 copies
1749-1965 the eight ages of Justerinis 4 copies
Death in the sunshine 4 copies
The Black Magic Series Starter (2016) 4 copies, 1 review
Worlds far from here ... Containing Unchartered Seas, The Man who missed the War, They found Atlantis (1952) 3 copies
The Case of the Red-Headed Women [Neils Orsen] 3 copies
The Early Adventures of Roger Brook (2016) 3 copies
The seven ages of Justerini's, 1749-1949 (1949) 3 copies
The Snake [short fiction] 2 copies
Saturdays with Bricks (1961) 2 copies
The Case Of The Haunted Chateau 2 copies
Into the unknown (1960) 2 copies
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS (1962) 2 copies
The Duke de Richleau Series (2014) 2 copies
Plot and counterplot (1959) 2 copies
A Life for a Life [Short Story] (1935) 2 copies
The Gregory Sallust series (2014) 1 copy
The Works of Dennis Wheatley. 18 volume set. Heron edition (1973) 1 copy
Those modern musketeers 1 copy
The Duke de Richleau Series Starter (2016) 1 copy
The Gregory Sallust Series Starter (2016) 1 copy
The Black Magic Series (2014) 1 copy, 1 review
Julie's Lovers 1 copy
An Unpublished Miscellany 1 copy
The Roger Brook series (2014) 1 copy
A Catalogue of Books from the Library of Dennis Wheatley 1 copy
The Works of Dennis Wheatley. 30 volume set. Heron edition (1973) 1 copy
The Red Verdun 1 copy
The Sideboard 1 copy
Love Trap 1 copy
The Deserving Poor 1 copy
The Born Actor 1 copy
When The Reds Seized The City Of Gold 1 copy
The Fugitive King 1 copy
The Case of the Long-Dead Lord 1 copy
In The Underground 1 copy
Special Leave 1 copy
Orchids On Monday 1 copy
The Case Of the Thing That Whimpered 1 copy
Mannen som dödade kungen. D. 1 1 copy
Mannen som dödade kungen. D. 2 1 copy
In the Fog 1 copy
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War in Heaven (1930) — Introduction, some editions — 815 copies, 11 reviews
Moonchild (1929) — Introduction, some editions — 671 copies, 8 reviews
Darker Than You Think (1940) — Introduction, some editions — 644 copies, 19 reviews
Carnacki: The Ghost Finder (1947) — Introduction, some editions — 583 copies, 15 reviews
The Greater Trumps (1932) — Introduction, some editions — 554 copies, 7 reviews
Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Magic (1971) — Introduction, some editions — 487 copies, 7 reviews
The Queen's Necklace (1985) — Introduction, some editions — 431 copies, 11 reviews
The Spy's Bedside Book (1957) — Contributor — 361 copies, 1 review
The Werewolf of Paris (1933) — Introduction, some editions — 302 copies, 10 reviews
Voodoo in Haiti (1959) — Introduction, some editions — 286 copies, 2 reviews
The Ghost Pirates (1909) — Introduction, some editions — 278 copies, 9 reviews
Brood of the Witch-Queen (1918) — Introduction, some editions — 208 copies, 2 reviews
Winged Pharaoh (1937) — Introduction, some editions — 197 copies, 1 review
The Gap in the Curtain (1932) — Introduction, some editions — 178 copies, 5 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories (2007) — Contributor — 140 copies, 4 reviews
Studies in Occultism (1910) — Introduction, some editions — 103 copies, 1 review
The Necromancers (1909) — Introduction, some editions — 97 copies
The Black Art (1936) — Introduction, some editions — 96 copies
The Curse of the Wise Woman (1933) — Introduction, some editions — 88 copies, 3 reviews
65 Great Spine Chillers (1982) — Contributor — 87 copies, 2 reviews
Black Magic (1909) — Introduction, some editions — 83 copies, 2 reviews
Morwyn (1937) — Introduction, some editions — 68 copies
The Prisoner in the Opal (1928) — Introduction, some editions — 67 copies, 2 reviews
The Witch of Prague (1891) — Introduction, some editions — 67 copies, 2 reviews
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979) — Contributor — 62 copies, 4 reviews
Dark Ways to Death (1968) — Introduction, some editions — 54 copies, 1 review
The Affair of the Poisons: Louis XIV, Madame De Montespan and One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries (1969) — Introduction, some editions — 53 copies, 1 review
Realms of Darkness (1985) — Contributor — 46 copies, 1 review
The Witch and the Priest (1956) — Introduction, some editions — 42 copies
Horror at Fontenay (1849) — Introduction, some editions — 40 copies
Return of the Magi (1930) — Introduction, some editions — 40 copies, 2 reviews
The Mighty Atom (1896) — Introduction, some editions — 38 copies, 1 review
The Necromancers: Best of Black Magic and Witchcraft (1971) — Contributor — 36 copies
The Evil People (1968) — Contributor — 35 copies
The Devil Rides Out [1968 film] (1968) — Original novel — 33 copies
The Hell-Fire Club (1958) — Introduction, some editions — 31 copies, 1 review
The Sorcery Club (1912) — Introduction, some editions — 30 copies, 2 reviews
The Dennis Wheatley Library Of The Occult: Harry Price Ghost Hunter (1950) — Introduction, some editions — 27 copies
The Unspeakable People (1969) — Contributor — 25 copies
The Devil's Mistress (1915) — Introduction, some editions — 25 copies
65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Contributor — 22 copies
Great Murder Mysteries (1985) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Ghost's Companion (1975) — Contributor — 16 copies
You and Your Hand (1932) — Introduction, some editions — 15 copies
The king is a witch (1965) — Introduction, some editions — 14 copies, 1 review
Death by Enchantment: Examination of Ancient and Modern Witchcraft (1971) — Introduction, some editions — 14 copies
The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1977) — Contributor — 13 copies
The Gourmet Crook Book (1976) — Contributor — 13 copies
Interprétez vos rêves : La clé des songes et des rêves (1971) — Introduction, some editions — 13 copies, 1 review
The Mummy: Stories of the Living Corpse (1988) — Contributor — 11 copies
The 7th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1972) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Lost Continent [1968 film] (1968) — Writer — 9 copies
Jesus of the spirits (1966) — Introduction, some editions — 8 copies
Fortune Telling by Cards (1899) — Introduction, some editions — 8 copies
Best Secret Service Stories (1960) — Contributor — 8 copies
The Black Magic Omnibus (1976) — Prologue — 8 copies
The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 1 (1976) — Prologue — 6 copies
Spøgelseshistorier fra hele verden (1959) — Contributor — 6 copies, 2 reviews
Stories of Horror and Suspense: An Anthology (1977) — Contributor — 2 copies
My Most Exciting Story: A Collection of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors (1936) — Contributor — 1 copy
Best Crime Stories 2 — Contributor — 1 copy
Stories of the Macabre (1976) — Contributor — 1 copy
Creasey Mystery Magazine (Vol. 4, Issue 7) (1956) — Contributor — 1 copy

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The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley
Written in the sober prose typical for the inter-war years with a plot that’s clinical and analytic yet curiously manages to produce characters of some emotional depth, Dennis Whitley’s The Devil
 
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