Book Series Guide

Dorothy L. Sayers · detective-fiction

Lord Peter Wimsey books in order

Dorothy L. Sayers’s detective fiction featuring the aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, including authorized posthumous continuations.

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Publication order

  1. 1 Cover of Whose Body?
    Whose Body?

    Book 1 · novel · 1923

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  2. 2 Cover of Clouds of Witness
    Clouds of Witness

    Book 2 · novel · 1926

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  3. 3 Cover of Unnatural Death
    Unnatural Death

    Book 3 · novel · 1927

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  4. 4 Cover of Lord Peter Views the Body
    Lord Peter Views the Body

    Book 4 · short-story-collection · 1928 Optional

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  5. 5 Cover of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
    The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

    Book 5 · novel · 1928

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  6. 6 Cover of Strong Poison
    Strong Poison

    Book 6 · novel · 1930

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  7. 7 Cover of The Five Red Herrings
    The Five Red Herrings

    Book 7 · novel · 1931

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  8. 8 Cover of Have His Carcase
    Have His Carcase

    Book 8 · novel · 1932

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  9. 9 Cover of Hangman's Holiday
    Hangman's Holiday

    Book 9 · short-story-collection · 1933 Optional

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  10. 10 Cover of Murder Must Advertise
    Murder Must Advertise

    Book 10 · novel · 1933

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  11. 11 Cover of The Nine Tailors
    The Nine Tailors

    Book 11 · novel · 1934

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  12. 12 Cover of Gaudy Night
    Gaudy Night

    Book 12 · novel · 1935

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  13. 13
    Busman's Honeymoon: A Detective Comedy in Three Acts

    Book 13 · play · 1936 Optional

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  14. 14
    Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

    Book 14 · novel · 1937

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  15. 15 Cover of In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Mysteries
    In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Mysteries

    Book 15 · short-story-collection · 1939 Optional

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  16. 16 Cover of Striding Folly
    Striding Folly

    Book 16 · short-story-collection · 1972 Optional

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  17. 17 Cover of Thrones, Dominations
    Thrones, Dominations

    Book 17 · collaborative-novel · 1998 Optional

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  18. 18 Cover of A Presumption of Death
    A Presumption of Death

    Book 18 · collaborative-novel · 2002 Optional

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  19. 19
    The Attenbury Emeralds

    Book 19 · collaborative-novel · 2011 Optional

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  20. 20
    The Late Scholar

    Book 20 · collaborative-novel · 2014 Optional

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