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Dorothy L Sayers Books in Order

9 series including Lord Peter Wimsey, Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Series with Jill Paton Walsh and more

★ 2 NYT bestsellers 9 series 58 books Latest: Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays (2019)

Since 1923, Dorothy L Sayers has published 58 books. The work is organised into 9 series; the longest is Lord Peter Wimsey at 15 books. Their latest title in our catalogue is Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays, from 2019.

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1 Lord Peter Wimsey 2 Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Series with Jill Paton Walsh 3 Dorothy L Sayers Other Novels 4 Dorothy L Sayers Short Stories/Novellas 5 Dorothy L Sayers Short Story Collections 6 Dorothy L Sayers Chapbooks 7 Dorothy L Sayers Other Plays 8 Dorothy L Sayers Non-Fiction Books 9 Dorothy L Sayers Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

2 books

Dorothy L Sayers has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 10 weeks on the charts.

Cover of Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night
Lord Peter Wimsey Series

8 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #4 · debuted Mar 1936

Full chart history →
Cover of Busman's Honeymoon
Busman's Honeymoon
Lord Peter Wimsey Series

2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Mar 1937

Full chart history →

Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Dorothy L Sayers’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

9 series · 58 books

Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Series with Jill Paton Walsh

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1 Thrones, Dominations 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 A Presumption of Death 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Attenbury Emeralds 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Late Scholar 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Dorothy L Sayers Other Novels

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1 The Documents In The Case 1930 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Dorothy L Sayers Short Stories/Novellas

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1 The Wimsey Papers (Short Story) 1939 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Lost Tools of Learning (Short Story) 1947 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Dorothy L Sayers Short Story Collections

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1 A Treasury of Sayers Stories 1958 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Two Plays about God and Man 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Dorothy L Sayers Chapbooks

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1 The Emperor Constantine 1951 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Dorothy L Sayers Other Plays

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1 The Man Born to Be King 1943 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Dorothy L Sayers Non-Fiction Books

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1 The Mind of the Maker 1941 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Unpopular Opinions 1946 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Creed or Chaos? (Short Story) 1947 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Further Papers on Dante ( With: Barbara Reynolds) 1957 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Are Women Human? 1959 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 The Days of Christ's Coming 1960 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study 1977 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Whimsical Christian 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Spiritual Writings 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Dorothy L Sayers Anthologies

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1 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Floating Admiral 1931 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Ask a Policeman 1933 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 More Anatomy of Murder 1936 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction 1948 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Human And Inhuman Stories 1963 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Nine Detective Stories 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 The Scoop and Behind the Screen 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Double Death 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 English Country House Murders 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Crime Never Pays 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Best Crime Stories Ever Told 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Murder On The Railways 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Plough Quarterly No. 18 - The Art of Community 2018 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

An English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist.

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