Reading Order
9 series · 58 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Whose Body? | 1923 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Clouds of Witness | 1926 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Unnatural Death | 1927 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Lord Peter Views the Body | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club | 1928 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Strong Poison | 1930 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Five Red Herrings | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Have His Carcase | 1932 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Hangman's Holiday | 1933 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Murder Must Advertise | 1933 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Nine Tailors | 1934 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Gaudy Night | 1935 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Busman's Honeymoon | 1937 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | In the Teeth of the Evidence | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Striding Folly | 1973 | Buy from Amazon |
Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Series with Jill Paton Walsh
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| 1 | Thrones, Dominations | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | A Presumption of Death | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Attenbury Emeralds | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Late Scholar | 2013 | Buy from Amazon |
Dorothy L Sayers Other Novels
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| 1 | The Documents In The Case | 1930 | Buy from Amazon |
Dorothy L Sayers Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | The Wimsey Papers (Short Story) | 1939 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Lost Tools of Learning (Short Story) | 1947 | Buy from Amazon |
Dorothy L Sayers Short Story Collections
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| 1 | A Treasury of Sayers Stories | 1958 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Two Plays about God and Man | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
Dorothy L Sayers Chapbooks
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| 1 | The Emperor Constantine | 1951 | Buy from Amazon |
Dorothy L Sayers Other Plays
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| 1 | The Man Born to Be King | 1943 | Buy from Amazon |
Dorothy L Sayers Non-Fiction Books
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| 1 | The Mind of the Maker | 1941 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Unpopular Opinions | 1946 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Creed or Chaos? (Short Story) | 1947 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Further Papers on Dante ( With: Barbara Reynolds) | 1957 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Are Women Human? | 1959 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | The Days of Christ's Coming | 1960 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Whimsical Christian | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Spiritual Writings | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time | 2002 | Buy from Amazon |
Dorothy L Sayers Anthologies
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| 1 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Floating Admiral | 1931 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Ask a Policeman | 1933 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | More Anatomy of Murder | 1936 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction | 1948 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Human And Inhuman Stories | 1963 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Nine Detective Stories | 1964 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | The Scoop and Behind the Screen | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Double Death | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | English Country House Murders | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Crime Never Pays | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Best Crime Stories Ever Told | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Murder On The Railways | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Plough Quarterly No. 18 - The Art of Community | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays | 2019 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, and scholar. Born into a clerical family, she excelled in academics and language from a young age. Sayers' most famous creation is Lord Peter Wimsey, an aristocratic detective featured in over a dozen mystery novels and short stories. Her characterization, wit, and exploration of social issues in her works gained critical acclaim. Notable works include "Clouds of Witness" (1926) and "The Nine Tailors" (1934). She also wrote several plays, including "Busman's Honeymoon" (1936) and "The Man Born to Be King" (1941), which depicted the life of Jesus Christ. Sayers' literary achievements earned her an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford. Her works continue to be widely read and adapted for film and television, cementing her legacy as one of the greatest mystery writers of all time.