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Donna Leon Books in Order

4 series including Guido Brunetti and more

★ 14 NYT bestsellers 4 series 40 books Latest: A Refiner’s Fire (2024)

Donna Leon's writing career reaches back to 1992 and spans 40 books. The catalogue splits into 4 series, with Guido Brunetti the most substantial at 33 books. The most recent release we track is A Refiner’s Fire (2024).

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1 Guido Brunetti 2 Guido Brunetti Non-Fiction 3 Donna Leon Other Novels 4 Donna Leon Non-Fiction

New York Times Bestsellers

14 books

Donna Leon has placed 14 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 21 weeks on the charts.

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By Its Cover
Guido Brunetti Series

2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #7 · debuted Apr 2014 · 3 weeks across 2 NYT lists

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Falling in Love
Guido Brunetti Series

1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Apr 2015 · 2 weeks across 2 NYT lists

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Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Donna Leon’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

4 series · 40 books

Guido Brunetti Series

0 of 33 read
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1 Death at La Fenice 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Death in a Strange Country 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Anonymous Venetian / Dressed for Death 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Venetian Reckoning / Death and Judgment 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Acqua Alta / Death in High Water 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Death of Faith / Quietly in Their Sleep 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 A Noble Radiance 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Fatal Remedies 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Friends in High Places 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 A Sea of Troubles 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Wilful Behaviour 2002 🏆 Corine Internationaler Buchpreis 2003Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Uniform Justice 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Doctored Evidence 2004 Gumshoe Award 2005Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 Blood from a Stone 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Through a Glass, Darkly 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Suffer the Little Children 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 The Girl of His Dreams 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 About Face 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 A Question of Belief 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Drawing Conclusions 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 Beastly Things 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 The Golden Egg 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 By its Cover 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 Falling in Love 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 The Waters of Eternal Youth 2016 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Earthly Remains 2017 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 The Temptation of Forgiveness 2018 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 Unto Us a Son Is Given 2019 Gold Dagger 2019Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 Trace Elements 2020 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
30 Transient Desires 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
31 Give Unto Others 2022 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
32 So Shall You Reap 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
33 A Refiner’s Fire 2024 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Guido Brunetti Non-Fiction

0 of 1 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Brunetti's Cookbook 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donna Leon Other Novels

0 of 1 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Jewels of Paradise 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Donna Leon Non-Fiction

0 of 5 read
✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Handel's Bestiary: In Search of Animals in Handel's Operas 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Venetian Curiosities 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 My Venice and Other Essays 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Gondola 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Wandering Through Life: A Memoir 2023 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

American crime novelist (born 1942)

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