Hilton's Books
- Catherine Herself, 1920
- Storm Passage, 1922
- The Passionate Year, 1924
- Dawn Of Reckoning (Rage In Heaven), 1925
- Meadows Of The Moon, 1926
- Terry, 1927
- The Silver Flame (Three Loves Had Margaret), 1928
- Murder at School (U.S. title: Was It Murder?), published under the pen-name Glen Trevor, 1931
- And Now Goodbye, 1931
- Contango (Ill Wind), 1932
- Knight Without Armour (Without Armor), 1933
- Lost Horizon, 1933
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1934
- We Are Not Alone, 1937
- To You, Mr Chips, 1938
- Random Harvest, 1941
- The Story Of Dr. Wassell, 1944
- So Well Remembered, 1945
- Nothing So Strange, 1947
- Twilight Of The Wise, 1949
- Morning Journey, 1951
- Time And Time Again, 1953
Hilton's books are sometimes dismissed as sentimental celebrations of English virtues. This is true of Mr. Chips, but some of his novels had a darker side. Flaws in the English society of his time — particularly narrow-mindedness and class-consciousness — were frequently his targets. His novel We Are Not Alone, despite its inspirational-sounding title, is a grim story of legally approved lynching brought on by wartime hysteria in Britain.
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