Order of Dorothy L. Sayers Books
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) was an English author of crime fiction novels, poetry, plays, essays, translations and Christian humanism. Sayers is considered part of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. She is best known for her mystery novels featuring Peter Wimsey, an amateur sleuth. Sayers has influenced many different major authors, including Stieg Larsson and Diana Gabaldon.
Dorothy L. Sayers made her debut as a novelist in 1923 with Whose Body?, the beginning of her Peter Wimsey detective series. Below is a list of Dorothy L. Sayers’ books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Lord Peter Wimsey Books
| Whose Body? | (1923) |    |
| Clouds of Witness | (1926) | |
| Unnatural Death | (1927) | |
| Lord Peter Views the Body | (1928) | |
| The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club | (1928) | |
| Strong Poison | (1930) | |
| Five Red Herrings | (1931) | |
| Have His Carcase | (1932) | |
| Hangman's Holiday | (1933) | |
| Murder Must Advertise | (1933) | |
| The Nine Tailors | (1934) | |
| Gaudy Night | (1935) | |
| Busman's Honeymoon | (1937) | |
| In the Teeth of the Evidence | (1939) | |
| Striding Folly | (1973) | |
Publication Order of Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Books
(with Jill Paton Walsh)
| Thrones, Dominations | (1998) | |
| A Presumption of Death | (2002) | |
| The Attenbury Emeralds | (2010) | |
| The Late Scholar | (2013) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Documents In The Case | (1930) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| A Treasury of Sayers Stories | (1958) | |
| Two Plays about God and Man | (1985) | |
| Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Chapbooks
| The Emperor Constantine | (1951) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| The Man Born to Be King | (1943) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Mind of the Maker | (1941) | |
| Unpopular Opinions | (1946) | |
| Creed or Chaos? | (1947) | |
| Further Papers on Dante | (1957) | |
| Are Women Human? | (1959) | |
| The Days of Christ's Coming | (1960) | |
| Wilkie Collins a Critical and Biographical Study | (1977) | |
| The Whimsical Christian | (1987) | |
| Spiritual Writings | (1993) | |
| The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936 | (1996) | |
| The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 2, 1937-1943 | (1998) | |
| The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 3, 1944-1950 | (1999) | |
| The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1951-1957 | (2000) | |
| The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Child and Woman of Her Time | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Alfred Hitchcock Presents Books
(with Donald E Westlake, Ellis Peters, Robert Bloch, , , Shirley Jackson, , , Ray Bradbury, , Robert Arthur, Richard Matheson, , , F. Scott Fitzgerald, Michael Gilbert, Roald Dahl, , , , , , , , Carter Dickson, , , , Julian May, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Richard Stark)
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night | (1940) | |
| Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | (1957) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents 13 More Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | (1957) | |
| 12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | (1957) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories for Late at Night | (1961) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories for Late at Night [Unabridged] | (1962) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock's A Hangman's Dozen | (1962) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me | (1963) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous | (1965) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month Of Mystery | (1970) | |
| Down by the Old Blood Stream | (1971) | |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master's Choice. | (1979) | |
| Stories That Go Bump In The Night: V. 1 | (1982) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Ask a Policeman | (1933) | |
| Human And Inhuman Stories | (1963) | |
| Crime Never Pays | (2001) | |
| The Best Crime Stories Ever Told | (2002) | |
Notes: Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane is co-authored by Jill Paton Walsh. Ask a Policeman is co-authored by Anthony Berkeley and Milward Kennedy.
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Also, if you like Dorothy Sayers, be sure to see the four books written by Jill Paton Walsh that continue the Peter Wimsey story and do it in the same vein as Sayers.