Author guide
Matthew Sweet Books in Order
Matthew Sweet is an English journalist, broadcaster, cultural historian, novelist, and audio-drama writer. He has written nonfiction about Victorian culture, British cinema, London hotels during the Second World War, and Vietnam-era deserters, as well as historical mystery fiction and scripts for Doctor Who and Jago & Litefoot audio dramas.
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Start with one of these
Inventing the Victorians
Best starting point for Sweet's cultural-history nonfiction.
Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema
Best starting point for his work on British cinema.
Bookish
Accessible starting point for his historical mystery fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
audio · ongoing
Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
Big Finish full-cast audio adventures featuring Doctor Who.
audio · ongoing
Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures
Big Finish full-cast audio adventures featuring the Sixth Doctor.
audio · ongoing
Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures
Big Finish full-cast audio adventures featuring the Fourth Doctor.
- 13 Doctor Who: The Caged AssassinAmazon ↗
Book 13.4 · audio-play · 2024
audio · ongoing
Bernice Summerfield
Big Finish audio adventures featuring archaeologist Bernice Summerfield.
- 1 Bernice Summerfield: The Diet of WormsAmazon ↗
Book 1 · audio-play · 2010
audio · complete
Jago & Litefoot
Big Finish audio adventures featuring Victorian investigators Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot.
- 3
Jago & Litefoot: The Man at the End of the GardenAmazon ↗Book 3.2 · audio-play · 2011
- 4 Jago & Litefoot: The Lonely ClockAmazon ↗
Book 4.3 · audio-play · 2012
- 6 Jago & Litefoot: Return of the RepressedAmazon ↗
Book 6.2 · audio-play · 2013
- 11 Jago & Litefoot: MauriceAmazon ↗
Book 11.2 · audio-play · 2015
- 13 Jago & Litefoot: How the Other Half LivesAmazon ↗
Book 13.3 · audio-play · 2017
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (6)
- Inventing the VictoriansAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2001
- Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British CinemaAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2005
- The West End Front: The Wartime Secrets of London's Grand HotelsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2011
- Operation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers, and ThemselvesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2018
- BookishAmazon ↗
novel · 2025
- The New Forest MurdersAmazon ↗
novel · 2026