Gwendoline Butler Books in Order

How many Gwendoline Butler books are there?

Gwendoline Butler has 76 books, released between 1956 and 2023. 2 of them were published after Gwendoline Butler's death in 2013. They include 3 series and 18 titles listed outside any series.

Gwendoline Butler Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 76 Gwendoline Butler 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.

Gwendoline Butler series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

• John Coffin Mystery books in order 33 books
• Charmian Daniels books in order 22 books
• John Coffin books in order 33 books

Gwendoline Butler 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.

Do you have to read Gwendoline Butler books in order?

You only need to read Gwendoline Butler books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Gwendoline Butler

Start with the first book of the Gwendoline Butler series you want to read: John Coffin Mystery starts with Receipt for Murder (1956), Charmian Daniels starts with Come Home and Be Killed (1964) and John Coffin starts with Receipt for Murder (1956). The earliest catalogued title overall is Receipt for Murder (1956).

What is the newest Gwendoline Butler book?

Hand in Glove (As: Jennie Melville) (2023) is the newest Gwendoline Butler book released so far.

Is there a new Gwendoline Butler book coming?

No next Gwendoline Butler 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 Gwendoline Butler has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Gwendoline Butler. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Romantic Novelists' Association Awards1981Won

Gwendoline Butler at a glance

Died

Gwendoline Butler died in 2013, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Gwendoline Butler are still being published after Gwendoline Butler's death in 2013; the newest appeared in 2023.

Release pace

Gwendoline Butler books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

11,928 pages across the 51 of 76 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Gwendoline Butler books, 23 of 76, were published in the 1990s.

What the Gwendoline Butler books are about

51 of the 76 Gwendoline Butler books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 28 of 51. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Police 28 of 51 books
• England 21 of 51 books
• John Coffin (Fictitious character) 18 of 51 books
• Mystery & detective, police procedural 16 of 51 books
• Coffin, john (fictitious character) 15 of 51 books
• London (England) 15 of 51 books
• Policewomen 13 of 51 books
• Charmian Daniels (Fictitious character) 11 of 51 books
• Daniels, charmian (fictitious character) 11 of 51 books
• Mystery & detective, women sleuths 7 of 51 books
• Mystery & detective 6 of 51 books
• Fiction in English 5 of 51 books