Elsa Hart Books in Order
Elsa Hart has written 4 books, published between 2015 and 2020. The first book is Jade Dragon Mountain (2015) and the newest is The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2015–2020
- Total pages
- 1,381 across 4 books
- Reading time
- 23–35 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,381 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Elsa Hart writes historical mysteries. The Li Du novels put a librarian into murder investigations in China: Jade Dragon Mountain in 2015, The White Mirror in 2016 and City of Ink in 2018. The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne followed in 2020. Four books stand in the catalogue, which is recorded as likely complete.
How many Elsa Hart books are there?
Elsa Hart has 4 books, released between 2015 and 2020. 3 of them belong to the Li Du series.
Elsa Hart Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Elsa Hart 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.
- 120153682/4
- 220163202/4
- 320183412/4
- 4The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/420203522/4
Elsa Hart 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.
Li Du in order
3 booksStandalone books
1 book1 Elsa Hart title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Elsa Hart books in order?
You only need to read Elsa Hart books in order within the Li Du series, which holds 3 of the 4 Elsa Hart books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Elsa Hart
Start with Jade Dragon Mountain (2015), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Elsa Hart book?
The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne (2020) is the newest Elsa Hart book released so far.
Is there a new Elsa Hart book coming?
No next Elsa Hart book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Elsa Hart at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Elsa Hart title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Elsa Hart books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,381 pages across all 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 346 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Elsa Hart books, 3 of 4, were published in the 2010s.
What the Elsa Hart books are about
3 of the 4 Elsa Hart books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: librarians is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Librarians 3 of 3 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 3 of 3 books
- China 2 of 3 books
- History 1 of 3 books
- Investigation 1 of 3 books
- Murder 1 of 3 books