New York Times Bestsellers
Dorothy L Sayers has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 10 weeks on the charts.
Gaudy Night
Lord Peter Wimsey Series
8 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #4 · debuted Mar 1936
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Busman's Honeymoon
Lord Peter Wimsey Series
2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Mar 1937
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Reading Order
9 series · 58 booksLord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Series with Jill Paton Walsh
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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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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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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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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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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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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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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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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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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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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Dorothy L Sayers Anthologies
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About the Author
Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( SAIRZ; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first-class honours in medieval French.