Order of Louise Penny Books
Louise Penny is a Canadian novelist of mystery novels, featuring Inspector Armand Gamache and set in Quebec. She is a multiple time Agatha Award winner. Her novels are British-styled whodunit mysteries inspired by authors such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Before becoming a published author, Louise worked for CBC as a radio host and journalist.
Penny tried her hand at historical fiction, which she was unable to finish, before writing in the mystery genre she became famous for. Her first published novel was the beginning of the Inspector Gamache series, Still Life, which was published in 2005. Below is a list of all of Louise Penny’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Gamache Books
| Still Life | (2005) |    |
| Dead Cold / A Fatal Grace | (2006) | |
| The Cruellest Month | (2007) | |
| A Rule Against Murder / Muder Stone | (2008) | |
| The Brutal Telling | (2009) | |
| Bury Your Dead | (2010) | |
| A Trick of the Light | (2011) | |
| The Beautiful Mystery | (2012) | |
| How the Light Gets In | (2013) | |
| The Long Way Home | (2014) | |
| The Nature of the Beast | (2015) | |
| A Great Reckoning | (2016) | |
| Glass Houses | (2017) | |
| Kingdom of the Blind | (2018) | |
| A Better Man | (2019) | |
| All the Devils Are Here | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Inspector Gamache Short Stories/Novellas
| The Hangman | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 | (2018) | |
Notes: Dead Cold was also published as A Fatal Grace. A Rule Against Murder is also known as The Murder Stone.
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