Ellis Peters Books in Order
21 books are credited to Ellis Peters, published between 1952 and 2020; 1 of them appeared after Ellis Peters's death in 1995. The first book is Holiday with Violence (1952) and the newest is Fair Young Phoenix (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
Ellis Peters is the pen name of Edith Pargeter. Edith Pargeter books in order are published under that pen name.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1952–2020
- Confirmed
- 20 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,742 in 17 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 62–94 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,742 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Ellis Peters was a pen name of Edith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 to 14 October 1995), an English writer across many categories, especially history and historical fiction. Pargeter also received honours for translating Czech classics. Murder mysteries set in both medieval and modern times include The Cadfael Chronicles, featuring Brother Cadfael, and books with George Felse. The site lists 21 books from Holiday with Violence (1952) to Fair Young Phoenix (2020), including Death Mask (1959) and Flight of a Witch (1964).
In the Cadfael Chronicles, Brother Cadfael is a former soldier who became a Benedictine monk at Shrewsbury Abbey, and draws on his knowledge of herbs to help solve cases in medieval England.
How many Ellis Peters books are there?
Ellis Peters has 21 books, released between 1952 and 2020. 1 of them were published after Ellis Peters's death in 1995.
Ellis Peters Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Ellis Peters 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.
- 119523523/4
- 21958–3/4
- 319581673/4
- 419591923/4
- 519602563/4
- 619612184/4
- 719621923/4
- 819642324/4
- 919651964/4
- 1019672204/4
- 1119681924/4
- 1219691924/4
- 1319741823/4
- 1419762563/4
- 151981–4/4
- 1619812234/4
- 1719921683/4
- 1819931843/4
- 191993–3/4
- 20Eyewitness to Irish History1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419933201/4
- 212020–3/4
Ellis Peters 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.
Ellis Peters Standalone Novels
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Inspector Felse in order
6 booksChronicles of Brother Cadfael in order
3 booksEllis Peters Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ellis Peters Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Ellis Peters title here is not listed as part of any series.
Ellis Peters Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Ellis Peters books run from Holiday with Violence (1952) to Fair Young Phoenix (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ellis Peters in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Ellis Peters books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 21 Ellis Peters books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Ellis Peters
Start with Holiday with Violence (1952), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ellis Peters book?
Fair Young Phoenix (2020) is the newest Ellis Peters book released so far.
Is there a new Ellis Peters book coming?
No next Ellis Peters 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 Ellis Peters has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Ellis Peters. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Cartier Diamond Dagger1993Won
- Edgar Awards1963Wonfor Death and the Joyful Woman
Ellis Peters at a glance
- Died
- Ellis Peters died in 1995, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Ellis Peters are still being published after Ellis Peters's death in 1995; the newest appeared in 2020.
- Release pace
- Ellis Peters books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,742 pages across the 17 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 196 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ellis Peters books, 8 of 21, were published in the 1960s.
- Corroboration
- 8 of the 21 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 20 in at least three.
What the Ellis Peters books are about
15 of the 21 Ellis Peters books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: felse, george (fictitious character) is tagged on 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Felse, george (fictitious character) 6 of 15 books
- England 5 of 15 books
- George Felse (Fictitious character) 5 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 5 of 15 books
- Police 5 of 15 books
- History 4 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 15 books
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