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Dorothy L. Sayers Books in Order
Every Dorothy L. Sayers book in publication order — 42 in total, spanning 1923–2013.
Publication Order of Lord Peter Wimsey Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Whose Body? | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Clouds of Witness | 1926 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Unnatural Death | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Lord Peter Views the Body | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Strong Poison | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Five Red Herrings | 1931 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Have His Carcase | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Hangman's Holiday | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Murder Must Advertise | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  The Nine Tailors | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Gaudy Night | 1935 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Busman's Honeymoon | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  In the Teeth of the Evidence | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Striding Folly | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thrones, Dominations | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  A Presumption of Death | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Attenbury Emeralds | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Late Scholar | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Documents In The Case | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Treasury of Sayers Stories | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Two Plays about God and Man | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Chapbooks
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Emperor Constantine | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Man Born to Be King | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Mind of the Maker | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Unpopular Opinions | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Creed or Chaos? | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Further Papers on Dante | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Are Women Human? | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Days of Christ's Coming | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  The Whimsical Christian | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Spiritual Writings | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ask a Policeman | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Human And Inhuman Stories | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 42, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whose Body? | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Clouds of Witness | 1926 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Unnatural Death | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Lord Peter Views the Body | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Strong Poison | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Documents In The Case | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Five Red Herrings | 1931 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Have His Carcase | 1932 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Hangman's Holiday | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Murder Must Advertise | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Ask a Policeman | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Nine Tailors | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Gaudy Night | 1935 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Busman's Honeymoon | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | In the Teeth of the Evidence | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Mind of the Maker | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Man Born to Be King | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Unpopular Opinions | 1946 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Creed or Chaos? | 1947 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Emperor Constantine | 1951 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Further Papers on Dante | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | A Treasury of Sayers Stories | 1958 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Are Women Human? | 1959 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Days of Christ's Coming | 1960 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Human And Inhuman Stories | 1963 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Striding Folly | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Two Plays about God and Man | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Whimsical Christian | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Spiritual Writings | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Thrones, Dominations | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | A Presumption of Death | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Attenbury Emeralds | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Late Scholar | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
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