Oppenheim tampil di sampul Time tanggal 12 September 1927. Ia menganggap dirinya "pangeran pencerita". Ia mengarang sekitar 150 novel, kebanyakan beralur tegang dan intrik internasional, tetapi ada juga romansa, komedi, dan parabel kehidupan sehari-hari. Ia adalah penulis fiksi mata-mata pertama dan perintis aliran petualangan tegang "Rogue Male" yang kelak digunakan oleh John Buchan dan Geoffrey Household.
Karyanya yang paling terkenal adalah The Great Impersonation. Tulisannya ini diangkat ke layar lebar tiga kali. Film terakhirnya diwujudkan dalam bentuk propaganda perang yang kuat. Mungkin tokoh karangan Oppenheim yang paling diingat adalah General Besserley, tokoh protagonis di General Besserley's Puzzle Box dan General Besserley's New Puzzle Box (salah satu karya terakhirnya). one of his last works). Banyak karya Oppenheim yang memiliki karisma eskapis unik, menampilkan protagonis penggemar makanan Epicurean, barang-barang mewah, dan praktik kriminal yang berjalan pasti di dua sisi hukum.
Koleksi cerita pendekP. G. Wodehouse, 'Very Good, Jeeves', yang diterbitkan tahun 1930 didedikasikan kepada Oppenheim.
Bacaan lanjutan
Otobiografi, The Pool of Memory (1941)
Biografi tunggal Oppenheim adalah Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim karya Robert Standish, pseudonim Digby George Gerahty. London: Peter Davies 1957.
Daftar pustaka
Oppenheim telah membuat lebih dari 100 novel sejak 1887 sampai 1943.
Novel
Expiation (1887)
The Peer and the Woman (1895)
A Daughter of the Marionis (1895)
False Evidence (1896)
A Modern Prometheus (1896)
The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1896)
The Wooing of Fortune (1896)
The Postmaster of Market Deighton (1897)
The Amazing Judgment (1897)
Mysterious Mr. Sabin (1898)
A Daughter of Astrea (1898)
As a Man Lives (1898)
Mr. Marx's Secret (1899)
The Man and His Kingdom (1899)
The World's Great Snare (1900)
A Millionaire of Yesterday (1900)
The Survivor (1901)
Enoch Strone [aka A Master of Men] (1901)
A Sleeping Memory [aka The Great Awakening] (1902)
The Traitors (1902)
A Prince of Sinners (1903)
The Yellow Crayon (1903)
The Betrayal (1904)
Anna the Adventuress (1904)
A Maker of History (1905)
The Master Mummer (1905)
A Lost Leader (1906)
The Tragedy of Adrea [aka A Monk of Cruta] (1906)
The Malefactor [aka Mr. Wingrave, Millionaire] (1906)
Berenice (1907)
The Avenger [aka The Conspirators] (1907)
The Great Secret [aka The Secret] (1908)
The Governor (1908)
The Distributors [aka Ghosts of Society] (1908) (dengan pseudonim Anthony Partridge)
The Missioner (1908)
The Kingdom of Earth [aka The Black Watcher] (1909) (dengan pseudonim Anthony Partridge)
Jeanne of the Marshes (1909)
The Illustrious Prince (1910)
Passers By (1910) (as Anthony Partridge)
The Lost Ambassador [aka The Missing Delora] (1910)
The Golden Web (1911) (as Anthony Partridge)
The Moving Finger [aka A Falling Star] (1911)
Havoc (1911)
The Court of St. Simon (1912) (dengan pseudonim Anthony Partridge)
The Lighted Way (1912)
The Tempting of Tavernake (1912)
The Mischief Maker (1913)
The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton (1913)
The Way of These Women (1914)
A People's Man (1914)
The Vanished Messenger (1914)
The Black Box (1915)
The Double Traitor (1915)
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (1915)
The Kingdom of the Blind (1916)
The Hillman (1917)
The Cinema Murder [aka The Other Romilly] (1917)
The Pawns Count (1918)
The Zeppelin's Passenger [aka Mr. Lessingham Goes Home] (1918)
The Wicked Marquis (1919)
The Box with Broken Seals [aka The Strange Case of Mr. Jocelyn Thew] (1919)
The Curious Quest [aka The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss] (1919)
The Man from Sing Sing [aka Moran Chambers Smiled] (1932)
The Ostrekoff Jewels (1932)
Murder at Monte Carlo (1933)
The Ex-Detective (1933)
Jeremiah and the Princess (1933)
The Gallows of Chance (1934)
The Man without Nerves [aka The Bank Manager] (1934)
The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent (1934)
The Spy Paramount (1934)
The Battle of Basinghall Street (1935)
Floating Peril [aka The Bird of Paradise] (1936)
The Magnificent Hoax [aka Judy of Bunter's Buildings] (1936)
The Dumb Gods Speak (1937)
Envoy Extraordinary (1937)
The Mayor on Horseback (1937)
The Colossus of Arcadia (1938)
The Spymaster (1938)
And Still I Cheat the Gallows (1939)
Sir Adam Disappeared (1939)
Exit a Dictator (1939)
The Strangers' Gate (1939)
Last Train Out (1940)
The Shy Plutocrat (1941)
Koleksi cerita pendek
Dari 37 koleksi cerita pendek berikut, 26 di antaranya telah diterbitkan dalam bentuk buku di Amerika Serikat. Sebagian besar volumnya adalah seri dengan alur tetap dan sekelompok tokohnya muncul di berbagai cerita.
The Long Arm of Mannister [aka The Long Arm]. 1908
Peter Ruff and the Double-Four [aka The Double Four]. 1912
For the Queen. 1912
Those Other Days. 1912
Mr. Laxworthy's Adventures. 1913
The Amazing Partnership. 1914
An Amiable Charlatan [aka The Game of Liberty]. 1915
The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent, dengan judul Strange Boarders (1936)
The Amazing Quest of Mr Ernest Bliss, dengan judul Amazing Adventure (1937) dan Romance and Riches, and Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (dibintangi Cary Grant)
