Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries books in order
Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries is a series of 21 books by Dorothy L. Sayers: 2,861 pages in the 9 with a known length, about 52 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.
- 21
- books
- 2,861
- pages in 9 of them
- 52 hours
- to read those 9
- 105 days
- at 30 minutes a day
Whose Body? 3.9 h 
Unnatural Death 5.3 h 4 
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club 4.7 h 
Lord Peter Views the Body 5.3 h 5 
Strong Poison 4.8 h 
Have His Carcase 6.4 h 
The Nine Tailors 6.2 h 10 
Gaudy Night 8.6 h 11 
Busman's Honeymoon 7.3 h Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.
The books
- 1
Whose Body? 1923 3.9 h
The first of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, in which the suave and witty gentleman foregoes a rare-book auction to investigate the presence of a bespectacled nude body in an…
- 2
Clouds of Witness 1926 length not known
- 3
Unnatural Death 1927 5.3 h
- 4
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club 1928 4.7 h
On Armistice day, an elderly gentleman is found dead in his chair at his club.
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Lord Peter Views the Body 1928 5.3 h
Consists of the following short stories - "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers": An artist's jealous nature leads to an investigation of his mistress'…
- 5
Strong Poison 1930 4.8 h
This is the first in the Lord Peter Wimsey series of stories that includes Harriet Vane.
- 6
Five Red Herrings 1931 length not known
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The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey 1931 length not known
- 7
Have His Carcase 1932 6.4 h
Lord Peter Wimsey is trying to find the murderer of a local artists, but he finds that there are six main suspects, five who are being set up, and one who has created the perfect…
- 8
Murder Must Advertise 1933 length not known
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The Image in the Mirror 1933 length not known
- 9
The Nine Tailors 1934 6.2 h
When his sexton finds a corpse in the wrong grave, the rector of Fenchurch St Paul asks Lord Peter Wimsey to find out who the dead man was and how he came to be there.
- 10
Gaudy Night 1935 8.6 h
Harriet Vane attends her Gaudy (reunion) at Oxford to find a mystery brewing.
- 11
Busman's Honeymoon 1937 7.3 h
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Lord Peter 1972 length not known
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Striding Folly 1972 length not known
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Thrones, Dominations 1998 length not known
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Hangman's Holiday length not known
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In the Teeth of the Evidence length not known
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The Wimsey Family length not known
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The Wimsey Papers length not known
How much is left
| After book 1, Whose Body? | about 49 hours left, not counting 12 books of unknown length |
| After book 2, Clouds of Witness | about 49 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length |
| After book 3, Unnatural Death | about 43 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length |
| After book 4, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club | about 39 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length |
| After Lord Peter Views the Body | about 33 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length |
| After book 5, Strong Poison | about 29 hours left, not counting 11 books of unknown length |
| After book 6, Five Red Herrings | about 29 hours left, not counting 10 books of unknown length |
| After The Incredible Elopement of Lord Peter Wimsey | about 29 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 7, Have His Carcase | about 22 hours left, not counting 9 books of unknown length |
| After book 8, Murder Must Advertise | about 22 hours left, not counting 8 books of unknown length |
| After The Image in the Mirror | about 22 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
| After book 9, The Nine Tailors | about 16 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
| After book 10, Gaudy Night | about 7 hours left, not counting 7 books of unknown length |
Reading the whole series
About 52 hours 27 minutes
9 of 21 books, 2,861 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.
105 days (about 15 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.