Order of Peter Wimsey Books
Lord Peter Wimsey is a fictional character created by British novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, featured in a series of detective novels. Wimsey is an amateur sleuth who solves mysteries that usually involve murders. The character’s hobbies include playing the piano, fashion and collecting cars.
The Lord Peter Wimsey character debuted in 1923 with Whose Body?. Below is a list of Dorothy L. Sayers’ Peter Wimsey novels and short story collections in order of publication and in chronological order:
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
(By: Dorothy L Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh)
| Thrones, Dominations | (1998) | |
| A Presumption of Death | (2002) | |
| The Attenbury Emeralds | (2010) | |
| The Late Scholar | (2013) | |
Notes: The Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane series is co-authored by Jill Patton Walsh.