David Wishart Books in Order
David Wishart has written 28 books, published between 1995 and 2020. The first book is I, Virgil (1995) and the newest is Dead Mens Sandals (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1995–2020
- Pages on record
- 7,000 in 23 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 117–175 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,000 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Marcus Corvinus, an investigator in ancient Rome, carries David Wishart's historical mystery series. The early titles take Roman figures as their subjects: I, Virgil (1995), Ovid (1995), Nero (1996), Germanicus (1997), Sejanus (1998). Later books turn to cases, among them Old Bones (2000), Last Rites (2001) and White Murder (2002). An Angus series sits beside the Roman run, with whiskey among its subjects. The catalogue holds 28 books reaching Dead Mens Sandals (2020), at a median of 294 pages.
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How many David Wishart books are there?
David Wishart has 28 books, released between 1995 and 2020. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
David Wishart Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 David Wishart 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 November 2026.
- 1I, Virgil1995 · 337 pages · confirmed 2/419953372/4
- 219952382/4
- 3Nero1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/419963842/4
- 419973202/4
- 519982882/4
- 619982942/4
- 7The Horse Coin1999 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419993202/4
- 820003562/4
- 920013392/4
- 1020026242/4
- 1120033682/4
- 1220042762/4
- 1320052952/4
- 1420073042/4
- 1520083042/4
- 162010–2/4
- 172011–2/4
- 182012–2/4
- 1920122032/4
- 202013–2/4
- 2120142112/4
- 2220162242/4
- 2320162352/4
- 2420172802/4
- 25Whisky Classified2018 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420182722/4
- 2620182402/4
- 27World of Whisky2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420192882/4
- 282020–2/4
David Wishart 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.
Marcus Corvinus in order
21 books- 1. Ovid
- 2. Germanicus
- 3. Sejanus
- 4. The Lydian Baker
- 5. Old Bones
- 6. Last Rites
- 7. White Murder
- 8. A Vote for Murder
- 9. Parthian Shot
- 10. Food for the Fishes
- 11. In at the Death
- 12. Illegally Dead
- and 9 more in the table above
Angus in order
2 books- 1. Hexagon
- 2. Jaeger's Howe
Standalone books
5 books5 David Wishart titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read David Wishart books in order?
You only need to read David Wishart books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with David Wishart
Start with I, Virgil (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Wishart book?
Dead Mens Sandals (2020) is the newest David Wishart book released so far.
Is there a new David Wishart book coming?
No next David Wishart book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David Wishart at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest David Wishart title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- David Wishart books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,000 pages across the 23 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Wishart books, 12 of 28, were published in the 2010s.
When David Wishart books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when David Wishart titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 12 titles.
28 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the David Wishart books are about
18 of the 28 David Wishart books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 12 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 12 of 18 books
- Rome 9 of 18 books
- Marcus Corvinus (Fictitious character) 8 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 18 books
- Historical fiction 6 of 18 books
- Investigation 5 of 18 books
- Murder 5 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 3 of 18 books
- Whiskey 2 of 18 books