Amelia Peabody books in order
Amelia Peabody is a series of 19 books by Elizabeth Peters: 5,263 pages in the 13 with a known length, about 96 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 19
- books
- 5,263
- pages in 13 of them
- 96 hours
- to read those 13
- 193 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Crocodile on the Sandbank 5.3 h 2 
The Curse of the Pharaohs 6.6 h 3 
The Mummy Case 6.0 h 4 
Lion in the Valley 6.6 h 5 
The Deeds of the Disturber 6.5 h 
The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog 7.9 h 8 
The Hippopotamus Pool 7.0 h 9 
Seeing a Large Cat 8.7 h 10 
The Ape Who Guards the Balance 7.5 h 
The Falcon at the Portal 8.7 h 15 
He Shall Thunder in the Sky 12.0 h 
Children of the Storm 7.3 h 19 
The Serpent on the Crown 6.4 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
Crocodile on the Sandbank 1975 5.3 h
Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well.
- 2
The Curse of the Pharaohs 1981 6.6 h
One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe of Crocodile on the Sandbank.
- 3
The Mummy Case 1985 6.0 h
Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses" -- and at Mazghunah he demonstrates…
- 4
Lion in the Valley 1986 6.6 h
The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband Emerson, and their wild and precocious eight-year-old son Ramses.
- 5
The Deeds of the Disturber 1988 6.5 h
Returning from the winter events of Dahshoor (Lion in the valley), the Emersons are confronted with murder in the Egyptian wing of the British Museum, a murder attributed to a…
- 6
The Last Camel Died at Noon 1991 length not known
- 7
The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog 1992 7.9 h
The delightful seventh adventure for popular heroine Amelia Peabody.
- 8
The Hippopotamus Pool 1996 7.0 h
A masked stranger offers to reveal an Egyptian queen's lost tomb...and Amelia Peabody and her irascible archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are intrigued, to say the least.
- 9
Seeing a Large Cat 1997 8.7 h
No villain is safe in 1903 Egypt as feisty archaeologist Amelia Peabody embarks on her ninth adventure.According to an ancient Egyptian papyrus, dreaming of a large cat means good…
- 10
The Ape Who Guards the Balance 1998 7.5 h
The Valley of the Kings, 1907.
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Amelia Peabody's Egypt 2003 length not known
- 11
Guardian of the Horizon 2004 length not known
- 13
The Falcon at the Portal 1999 8.7 h
In the newest "Amelia Peabody Mystery", the intrepid Egyptologist risks life, limb, and her second-best hat in 1915 Cairo.
- 15
He Shall Thunder in the Sky 2000 12.0 h
"The pursuit of knowledge must never be deterred by Man's folly.
- 16
Lord of the Silent 2001 length not known
- 17
The Golden One 2002 length not known
- 18
Children of the Storm 2003 7.3 h
The Great War has ended -- no longer must archaeologist Amelia Peabody fear for her family.
- 19
The Serpent on the Crown 2005 6.4 h
- 20
Tomb of the Golden Bird 2006 length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, Crocodile on the Sandbank | about 91 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, The Curse of the Pharaohs | about 85 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, The Mummy Case | about 79 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, Lion in the Valley | about 72 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, The Deeds of the Disturber | about 66 hours left, not counting 6 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, The Last Camel Died at Noon | about 66 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog | about 58 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 8, The Hippopotamus Pool | about 51 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 9, Seeing a Large Cat | about 42 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After book 10, The Ape Who Guards the Balance | about 35 hours left, not counting 5 books of unknown length |
| After Amelia Peabody's Egypt | about 35 hours left, not counting 4 books of unknown length |
| After book 11, Guardian of the Horizon | about 35 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 13, The Falcon at the Portal | about 26 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 15, He Shall Thunder in the Sky | about 14 hours left, not counting 3 books of unknown length |
| After book 16, Lord of the Silent | about 14 hours left, not counting 2 books of unknown length |
| After book 17, The Golden One | about 14 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
| After book 18, Children of the Storm | about 6 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 96 hours 29 minutes
13 of 19 books, 5,263 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
193 days (about 28 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.