New York Times Bestsellers
Dorothy L Sayers has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 10 weeks on the charts.
Gaudy Night
Lord Peter Wimsey Series
8 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #4 · debuted Mar 1936
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Busman's Honeymoon
Lord Peter Wimsey Series
2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Mar 1937
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Reading Order
9 series · 58 books
Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Series
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Thrones, Dominations | 1998 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | A Presumption of Death | 2002 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Attenbury Emeralds | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Late Scholar | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dorothy L Sayers Other Novels
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Documents In The Case | 1930 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dorothy L Sayers Short Stories/Novellas
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Wimsey Papers (Short Story) | 1939 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Lost Tools of Learning (Short Story) | 1947 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dorothy L Sayers Short Story Collections
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | A Treasury of Sayers Stories | 1958 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Two Plays about God and Man | 1985 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories | 2002 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dorothy L Sayers Chapbooks
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| 1 | The Emperor Constantine | 1951 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dorothy L Sayers Other Plays
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| 1 | The Man Born to Be King | 1943 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dorothy L Sayers Non-Fiction Books
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Mind of the Maker | 1941 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Unpopular Opinions | 1946 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Creed or Chaos? (Short Story) | 1947 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Further Papers on Dante with Barbara Reynolds | 1957 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Are Women Human? | 1959 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Days of Christ's Coming | 1960 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study | 1977 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | The Whimsical Christian | 1987 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Spiritual Writings | 1993 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 | 1996 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 | 1998 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 | 1999 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 | 2000 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time | 2002 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Dorothy L Sayers Anthologies
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About the Author
Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( SAIRZ; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first-class honours in medieval French.