With many of the Saint's formative adventures debuting in magazines such as Thriller it was inevitable that these stories would be collected into book form. And with the Saint rapidly becoming a bestseller and there being so many Saint books available in a relatively short space of time it was only to be expected that Leslie Charteris' enterprising publishers would want to put together a "best of" compilation to see if they can attract new readers. And then of course there was the American publishers wanting to do something similar, and the French...

 

Wanted for Murder (Nov. 1931)
(aka The Saint: Wanted For Murder)
Stories from Featuring the Saint and Alias the Saint

The First Saint Omnibus (October 1939)
(aka Arrest the Saint)
Stories from Enter the Saint, Featuring the Saint, Alias the Saint, The Brighter Buccaneer, The Saint versus Scotland Yard, The Saint and Mr Teal, The Saint in London, The Saint Intervenes, The Saint Goes On, The Ace of Knaves and Follow the Saint

Les Compagnons du Saint (1940)
Stories from: Once More the Saint, The Saint and Mr Teal and Enter the Saint

The Saint: Two in One (May 1942)
Stories from The Ace of Knaves and The Happy Highwayman

The Saint at Large (1943)
Stories from The Saint Intervenes, The Brighter Buccaneer and The Happy Highwayman

Paging the Saint (July 1945)
A story from Featuring the Saint and Alias the Saint or, if you like, two stories from Wanted for Murder

Le Saint s'en va-t-en guerre (1945)
Stories from: Featuring the Saint and The Saint Goes On

Le Saint conduit le Bal (1948)
Stories from: The Saint Goes On and The Saint Goes West

The Second Saint Omnibus (1952)
Stories from The Happy Highwayman, The Saint Goes West, The Saint on Guard, Call for the Saint and Saint Errant

Le Saint s'amuse (1956)
Stories from: The Brighter Buccaneer, The Saint Intervenes, and The Happy Highwayman

Concerning the Saint (1958)
Stories from The Saint Goes On and The Ace of Knaves

The Saint Cleans Up (1959)
Stories from The Brighter Buccaneer, The Happy Highwayman and The Saint on the Spanish Main

Les atouts du Saint (1962)
Stories from: The Brighter Buccaneer,The Saint Intervenes and The Happy Highwayman

La Marque du Saint (1965)
Stories from: Enter the Saint and Featuring the Saint

Saints Alive (July 1974)
Stories from Alias the Saint, The Saint vs. Scotland Yard, The Saint in London, The Saint on Guard, Follow the Saint, and The Saint and Mr Teal

The Saint: Good as Gold (1979)
Stories from The Saint in Trouble and Send for the Saint

The Fantastic Saint (1982)
Stories with a 'fantastic' nature from The Saint and Mr Teal, The Saint Intervenes, The Happy Highwayman, The Saint on the Spanish Main, Saint Errant and Trust the Saint

The Saint: Five Complete Novels (1983)
Stories from Enter the Saint, The Saint Closes the Case, The Avenging Saint and The Saint vs. Scotland Yard.