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Gary Corby Books in Order

Gary Corby has written 7 books, published between 2010 and 2017. The first book is The Pericles Commission (2010) and the newest is Death on Delos (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2010–2017
Pages on record
2,039 in 6 of 7 books
Reading time
34–51 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,039 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

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Gary Corby is an Australian author of historical mysteries set in Classical Greece. The invented detective Nicolaos leads, Diotima the priestess of Mantinea is the heroine, and historical figures including Socrates and Pericles recur. The Athenian Mysteries run to seven books, from The Pericles Commission (2010) through The Ionia Sanction (2011), Sacred Games (2013), The Marathon Conspiracy (2014) and Death Ex Machina (2015) to Death on Delos (2017).

How many Gary Corby books are there?

Gary Corby has 7 books, released between 2010 and 2017.

Gary Corby Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Gary Corby 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.

  1. Cover of The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby, book 1 of the Athenian Mysteries series (2010)
  2. Cover of The Ionia Sanction by Gary Corby, book 2 of the Athenian Mysteries series (2011)
  3. Cover of Sacred Games by Gary Corby, book 3 of the Athenian Mysteries series (2013)
  4. Cover of The Marathon Conspiracy by Gary Corby, book 4 of the Athenian Mysteries series (2014)
  5. Cover of Death Ex Machina by Gary Corby, book 5 of the Athenian Mysteries series (2015)
  6. Cover of Death on Delos by Gary Corby, book 7 of the Athenian Mysteries series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Pericles CommissionAthenian Mysteries #12010 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010335
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  2. 2
    The Ionia SanctionAthenian Mysteries #22011 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011335
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  3. 3
    Sacred GamesAthenian Mysteries #32013 · 350 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013350
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  4. 4
    The Marathon ConspiracyAthenian Mysteries #42014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  5. 5
    Death Ex MachinaAthenian Mysteries #52015 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015322
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  6. 6
    The Singer from MemphisAthenian Mysteries #62016 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016368
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  7. 7
    Death on DelosAthenian Mysteries #72017 · 329 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017329
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Gary Corby 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.

Athenian Mysteries in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Pericles Commission
  2. 2. The Ionia Sanction
  3. 3. Sacred Games
  4. 4. The Marathon Conspiracy
  5. 5. Death Ex Machina
  6. 6. The Singer from Memphis
  7. 7. Death on Delos

Do you have to read Gary Corby books in order?

You only need to read Gary Corby books in order within the Athenian Mysteries series, which holds 7 of the 7 Gary Corby books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Gary Corby

Start with The Pericles Commission (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gary Corby book?

Death on Delos (2017) is the newest Gary Corby book released so far.

Is there a new Gary Corby book coming?

No next Gary Corby book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Gary Corby at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Gary Corby title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Gary Corby books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,039 pages across the 6 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 335 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gary Corby books, 7 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Gary Corby books are about

All 7 Gary Corby books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.