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Dorothy L. Sayers Complete Bibliography

Browse books by Dorothy L. Sayers in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 70 books / 9 series

British author best known for the Lord Peter Wimsey detective series. A master of the golden age mystery, her works are celebrated for their wit and intellectual depth, with several adapted for BBC television. This page provides the Dorothy L. Sayers books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by Dorothy L. Sayers in Publication Order

1923 Whose Body? POoLPWB / 1 Buy
1926 Clouds of Witness POoLPWB / 2 Buy
1927 Unnatural Death POoLPWB / 3 Buy
1928 Lord Peter Views the Body POoLPWB / 4 Buy
1928 The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club POoLPWB / 5 Buy
1930 The Documents In The Case POoSN / 1 Buy
1930 Strong Poison POoLPWB / 6 Buy
1931 Five Red Herrings POoLPWB / 7 Buy
1932 Have His Carcase POoLPWB / 8 Buy
1933 Hangman's Holiday POoLPWB / 9 Buy
1933 Murder Must Advertise POoLPWB / 10 Buy
1934 The Nine Tailors POoLPWB / 11 Buy
1935 Gaudy Night POoLPWB / 12 Buy
1937 Busman's Honeymoon POoLPWB / 13 Buy
1939 The Wimsey Papers POoSS / 1 Buy
1939 In the Teeth of the Evidence POoLPWB / 14 Buy
1941 The Mind of the Maker POoNB / 1 Buy
1943 The Man Born to Be King POoSP / 1 Buy
1946 Unpopular Opinions POoNB / 2 Buy
1947 The Lost Tools of Learning POoSS / 2 Buy
1947 Creed or Chaos? POoNB / 3 Buy
1951 The Emperor Constantine POoC / 1 Buy
1957 Further Papers on Dante(With: Barbara Reynolds) POoNB / 4 Buy
1958 A Treasury of Sayers Stories POoSSC / 1 Buy
1959 Are Women Human? POoNB / 5 Buy
1960 The Days of Christ's Coming POoNB / 6 Buy
1973 Striding Folly POoLPWB / 15 Buy
1977 Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study POoNB / 7 Buy
1985 Two Plays about God and Man POoSSC / 2 Buy
1987 The Whimsical Christian POoNB / 8 Buy
1993 Spiritual Writings POoNB / 9 Buy
1996 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 POoNB / 10 Buy
1998 Thrones, Dominations POoLPW&HVB / 1 Buy
1998 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 POoNB / 11 Buy
1999 The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 POoNB / 12 Buy
2000 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 POoNB / 13 Buy
2002 A Presumption of Death POoLPW&HVB / 2 Buy
2002 Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories POoSSC / 3 Buy
2002 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time POoNB / 14 Buy
2005 The Philosophy of Film Noir POoTPoPCB / 1 Buy
2007 The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film POoTPoPCB / 2 Buy
2007 The Philosophy of Neo-Noir POoTPoPCB / 3 Buy
2007 Basketball and Philosophy POoTPoPCB / 4 Buy
2007 Basketball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Paint POoTPoPCB / 5 Buy
2007 The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick POoTPoPCB / 6 Buy
2007 The Philosophy of Martin Scorsese POoTPoPCB / 7 Buy
2008 Football and Philosophy: Going Deep POoTPoPCB / 8 Buy
2008 The Philosophy of The X-Files POoTPoPCB / 9 Buy
2008 Steven Spielberg and Philosophy: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Book POoTPoPCB / 10 Buy
2010 The Attenbury Emeralds POoLPW&HVB / 3 Buy
2010 The Philosophy of Horror POoTPoPCB / 11 Buy
2010 The Philosophy of the Western POoTPoPCB / 12 Buy
2010 Golf and Philosophy: Lessons from the Links POoTPoPCB / 13 Buy
2011 The Philosophy of David Lynch POoTPoPCB / 14 Buy
2011 The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman POoTPoPCB / 15 Buy
2011 The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh POoTPoPCB / 16 Buy
2011 The Philosophy of Spike Lee POoTPoPCB / 17 Buy
2011 The Philosophy of Joss Whedon POoTPoPCB / 18 Buy
2012 The Philosophy of David Cronenberg POoTPoPCB / 19 Buy
2012 The Olympics and Philosophy POoTPoPCB / 20 Buy
2012 The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes POoTPoPCB / 21 Buy
2013 The Late Scholar POoLPW&HVB / 4 Buy
2013 The Philosophy of Ang Lee POoTPoPCB / 22 Buy
2014 The Philosophy of Clint Eastwood POoTPoPCB / 23 Buy
2014 The Philosophy of Michael Mann POoTPoPCB / 24 Buy
2014 The Philosophy of Tim Burton POoTPoPCB / 25 Buy
2014 The Philosophy of J.J. Abrams POoTPoPCB / 26 Buy
2015 The Philosophy of War Films POoTPoPCB / 27 Buy
2021 Tennis and Philosophy: What the Racket is All About POoTPoPCB / 28 Buy
2024 Education's Not the Point(With: John Taylor Gatto,Elizabeth Y Hanson) POoNB / 15 Buy

Complete Dorothy L. Sayers Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 Thrones, Dominations 1998 Buy
02 A Presumption of Death 2002 Buy
03 The Attenbury Emeralds 2010 Buy
04 The Late Scholar 2013 Buy
Lord Peter Wimsey Reading Order 15 books / 1923-1973
01 Whose Body? 1923 Buy
02 Clouds of Witness 1926 Buy
03 Unnatural Death 1927 Buy
04 Lord Peter Views the Body 1928 Buy
05 The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club 1928 Buy
06 Strong Poison 1930 Buy
07 Five Red Herrings 1931 Buy
08 Have His Carcase 1932 Buy
09 Hangman's Holiday 1933 Buy
10 Murder Must Advertise 1933 Buy
11 The Nine Tailors 1934 Buy
12 Gaudy Night 1935 Buy
13 Busman's Honeymoon 1937 Buy
14 In the Teeth of the Evidence 1939 Buy
15 Striding Folly 1973 Buy
01 The Wimsey Papers 1939 Buy
02 The Lost Tools of Learning 1947 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 1 book / 1930
01 The Documents In The Case 1930 Buy
01 A Treasury of Sayers Stories 1958 Buy
02 Two Plays about God and Man 1985 Buy
03 Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories 2002 Buy
01 The Man Born to Be King 1943 Buy
Chapbooks Reading Order 1 book / 1951
01 The Emperor Constantine 1951 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 15 books / 1941-2024
01 The Mind of the Maker 1941 Buy
02 Unpopular Opinions 1946 Buy
03 Creed or Chaos? 1947 Buy
04 Further Papers on Dante(With: Barbara Reynolds) 1957 Buy
05 Are Women Human? 1959 Buy
06 The Days of Christ's Coming 1960 Buy
07 Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study 1977 Buy
08 The Whimsical Christian 1987 Buy
09 Spiritual Writings 1993 Buy
10 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 1996 Buy
11 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 1998 Buy
12 The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 1999 Buy
13 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 2000 Buy
14 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time 2002 Buy
15 Education's Not the Point(With: John Taylor Gatto,Elizabeth Y Hanson) 2024 Buy

Where to start with Dorothy L. Sayers

What is the best order to read Dorothy L. Sayers books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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