Alys Clare Books in Order
Alys Clare has written 39 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is Fortune Like the Moon (1999) and the newest is The Thief and the Labyrinth (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Confirmed
- 39 of 39 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,783 in 22 of 39 books
- Reading time
- 96–145 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,783 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 39 titles with a page count on record.
Alys Clare is the pen name Elizabeth Harris uses for English historical whodunnits, most of them set in medieval times. The Hawkenlye Mysteries pair the Abbess Helewise with Josse d'Acquin and begin with Fortune Like the Moon in 1999. Three further runs follow: the Aelf Fen Mysteries, the Gabriel Taverner Mystery novels and the World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery books. Harris grew up in the countryside near the Hawkenlye setting, went to school in Tonbridge and read English at the University of Keele. The catalogue stands at 39 titles, the newest being The Thief and the Labyrinth in 2026.
How many Alys Clare books are there?
Alys Clare has 39 books, released between 1999 and 2026. They include 4 separate series.
Alys Clare Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Alys Clare books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119992423/4
- 220002723/4
- 320002303/4
- 420012563/4
- 520023053/4
- 720042723/4
- 820053203/4
- 920063683/4
- 1020073443/4
- 112008–3/4
- 122008–3/4
- 132009–3/4
- 142010–3/4
- 152010–3/4
- 162011–3/4
- 172011–3/4
- 1820122403/4
- 192013–3/4
- 202014–3/4
- 2120152303/4
- 2220152323/4
- 2320162513/4
- 242016–3/4
- 2520172313/4
- 2620182403/4
- 2720182333/4
- 28The Woman Who Spoke to SpiritsWorld’s End Bureau Victorian Mystery #12019 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/420192403/4
- 292019–3/4
- 3020202563/4
- 3120202563/4
- 3220212563/4
- 332022–3/4
- 3420222503/4
- 352023–3/4
- 362024–3/4
- 372024–3/4
- 382025–3/4
- 392026–3/4
Alys Clare characters in order
Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Hawkenlye books in order 17 books
- Aelf Fen books in order 10 books
Alys Clare books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Hawkenlye Mysteries in order
17 books- 1. Fortune Like the Moon
- 2. Ashes of the Elements
- 3. The Tavern in the Morning
- 4. The Chatter of the Maidens
- 5. The Faithful Dead
- 6. A Dark Night Hidden
- 7. Whiter Than the Lily
- 8. Girl in a Red Tunic
- 9. Heart of Ice
- 10. The Enchanter's Forest
- 11. The Paths of the Air
- 12. The Joys of My Life
- and 5 more in the table above
Aelf Fen Mysteries in order
10 booksGabriel Taverner Mystery in order
6 booksWorld’s End Bureau Victorian Mystery in order
5 booksAlys Clare Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Alys Clare books in order?
You only need to read Alys Clare books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Alys Clare
Start with the first book of the Alys Clare series you want to read: Hawkenlye starts with Fortune Like the Moon (1999) and Aelf Fen starts with Out of the Dawn Light (2009). The earliest catalogued title overall is Fortune Like the Moon (1999).
What is the newest Alys Clare book?
The Thief and the Labyrinth (2026) is the newest Alys Clare book released so far.
Is there a new Alys Clare book coming?
No next Alys Clare book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alys Clare at a glance
- Still publishing
- Alys Clare published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Alys Clare books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,783 pages across the 22 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alys Clare books, 16 of 39, were published in the 2010s.
What the Alys Clare books are about
31 of the 39 Alys Clare books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, historical is tagged on 12 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, historical 12 of 31 books
- History 9 of 31 books
- Crime 8 of 31 books
- England 8 of 31 books
- Great Britain 8 of 31 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 31 books
- Abbess Helewise (Fictitious character) 7 of 31 books
- Josse D'Acquin (Fictitious character) 7 of 31 books
- English literature 5 of 31 books
- Social life and customs 5 of 31 books
- Christian Abbesses 3 of 31 books
- Investigation 3 of 31 books