Barbara Cleverly Books in Order
Barbara Cleverly has written 22 books, published between 2001 and 2019. The first book is The Last Kashmiri Rose (2001) and the newest is Invitation to Die (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2001–2019
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,920 in 18 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 99–148 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,920 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Historical crime is Barbara Cleverly's field. The British author, a former teacher from Yorkshire, has 22 books catalogued between 2001 and 2019. Her Detective Joe Sandilands mysteries run to thirteen titles and open with The Last Kashmiri Rose (2001), a New York Times Notable Book; India is among their settings. The Laetitia Talbot novels and the Detective John Redfyre mysteries form two further sequences, with women archaeologists, police investigation and period detail as the standing material. Cleverly took the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger in 2004, and Invitation to Die (2019) is her most recent title.
How many Barbara Cleverly books are there?
Barbara Cleverly has 22 books, released between 2001 and 2019. They include 3 separate series.
Barbara Cleverly Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Barbara Cleverly 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.
- 120012763/4
- 220023533/4
- 320032463/4
- 420033043/4
- 520043523/4
- 620053203/4
- 720063203/4
- 820073843/4
- 92007–3/4
- 1020084013/4
- 1120103973/4
- 122010–3/4
- 132011–3/4
- 1420121523/4
- 1520123623/4
- 1620133463/4
- 1720143583/4
- 1820152303/4
- 192015–3/4
- 2020163873/4
- 2120183723/4
- 2220193603/4
Barbara Cleverly 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.
Detective Joe Sandilands in order
13 books- 1. The Last Kashmiri Rose
- 2. Ragtime in Simla
- 3. The Damascened Blade
- 4. The Palace Tiger
- 5. The Bee's Kiss
- 6. Tug of War
- 7. Folly du Jour
- 8. Strange Images of Death
- 9. The Blood Royal
- 10. Not My Blood
- 11. A Spider in the Cup
- 12. Enter Pale Death
- and 1 more in the table above
Laetitia Talbot in order
3 booksBarbara Cleverly Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara Cleverly Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Detective John Redfyre Mystery in order
2 booksDo you have to read Barbara Cleverly books in order?
You only need to read Barbara Cleverly books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Barbara Cleverly
Start with The Last Kashmiri Rose (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Barbara Cleverly book?
Invitation to Die (2019) is the newest Barbara Cleverly book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Cleverly book coming?
No next Barbara Cleverly book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Barbara Cleverly at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Barbara Cleverly title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Barbara Cleverly books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,920 pages across the 18 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Cleverly books, 12 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
What the Barbara Cleverly books are about
18 of the 22 Barbara Cleverly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: joe sandilands (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Joe Sandilands (Fictitious character) 8 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 18 books
- History 6 of 18 books
- Police 6 of 18 books
- Sandilands, joe (fictitious character) 6 of 18 books
- Crime 5 of 18 books
- Murder 5 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 5 of 18 books
- Investigation 4 of 18 books
- Historical fiction 3 of 18 books
- India 3 of 18 books
- Laetitia Talbot (Fictitious character) 3 of 18 books