Elizabeth George Books in Order
Elizabeth George has written 36 books, published between 1988 and 2025. The first book is A Great Deliverance (1988) and the newest is A Slowly Dying Cause (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 22 of the 36 books listed here are in the Inspector Lynley series, which has its own page: Inspector Lynley books in order.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 1988–2025
- Confirmed
- 36 of 36 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,986 in 25 of 36 books
- Reading time
- 233–350 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,986 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 36 titles with a page count on record.
British police procedurals are Elizabeth George's main line of work, centred on Inspector Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers investigating murders across Great Britain. The catalogue holds 36 books from A Great Deliverance (1988) to A Slowly Dying Cause in 2025. George also wrote the Saratoga Woods and Abandonment of Hannah Armstrong titles, short stories and non-fiction. At a median of 576 pages these are long novels, and the series remains ongoing.
The Inspector Lynley series follows Thomas Lynley, a British detective from a wealthy background, and his sergeant Barbara Havers as they investigate murder cases. The books focus on the dynamic between the two detectives as well as their personal lives, contrasting Lynley's polished manner with Havers' rougher edges.
How many Elizabeth George books are there?
Elizabeth George has 36 books, released between 1988 and 2025. They include 4 separate series.
Elizabeth George Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Elizabeth George books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119884324/4
- 219894324/4
- 319894324/4
- 41991–4/4
- 519924424/4
- 619925674/4
- 719946754/4
- 819966234/4
- 919977164/4
- 1019992164/4
- 1119997184/4
- 1220012564/4
- 13200110064/4
- 1420037824/4
- 15Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing LifeElizabeth George Non-Fiction #12004 · 288 pages · confirmed 4/420042884/4
- 1620056304/4
- 1720067224/4
- 1820087524/4
- 192010–4/4
- 202011–4/4
- 212012–4/4
- 2220137194/4
- 23The Mysterious Disappearance of the Reluctant Book FairyDeath Sentences: Stories To Die For #12014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 2420144404/4
- 2520144474/4
- 2620155764/4
- 2720163894/4
- 2820187044/4
- 2920203184/4
- 3020227044/4
- 312024–4/4
- 322024–4/4
- 332024–4/4
- 342024–4/4
- 352024–4/4
- 362025–4/4
Elizabeth George series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Inspector Lynley books in order 22 books
Elizabeth George 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.
Abandonment of Hannah Armstrong in order
5 booksSaratoga Woods in order
4 booksElizabeth George Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Elizabeth George Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Death Sentences: Stories To Die For in order
1 bookElizabeth George Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Elizabeth George books run from A Great Deliverance (1988) to A Slowly Dying Cause (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Elizabeth George in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Elizabeth George books in order?
You only need to read Elizabeth George 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 Elizabeth George
Start with A Great Deliverance (1988), the first Inspector Lynley book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Elizabeth George book?
A Slowly Dying Cause (2025) is the newest Elizabeth George book released so far.
Is there a new Elizabeth George book coming?
No next Elizabeth George book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Elizabeth George has won
Wikidata records 4 awards for Elizabeth George. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- MIMI1990Won
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière1990Wonfor A Great Deliverance
- Anthony Award for Best First Novel1989Wonfor A Great Deliverance
- Agatha Award for Best First Novel1988Won
Elizabeth George at a glance
- Still publishing
- Elizabeth George published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Elizabeth George books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,986 pages across the 25 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 576 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elizabeth George books, 10 of 36, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 35 of the 36 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Elizabeth George books are about
27 of the 36 Elizabeth George books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: barbara havers (fictitious character) is tagged on 15 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Barbara Havers (Fictitious character) 15 of 27 books
- Thomas Lynley (Fictitious character) 12 of 27 books
- Police 11 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 27 books
- Abandoned children 4 of 27 books
- Great Britain 4 of 27 books
- Investigation 4 of 27 books
- Murder 4 of 27 books
- Secrets 4 of 27 books
- Crimes against 3 of 27 books
- Lynley, thomas (fictitious character) 3 of 27 books
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