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Ian Sansom Books in Order

Ian Sansom has written 15 books, published between 2002 and 2019. The first book is The Truth About Babies: From A-Z (2002) and the newest is The Sussex Murder (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2002–2019
Pages on record
3,173 in 10 of 15 books
Reading time
53–79 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,173 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Ian Sansom checklist

Ian Sansom's catalogue contains 15 books, from The Truth About Babies: From A-Z (2002) to The Sussex Murder (2019). Sansom writes the Mobile Library Mystery and County Guides series. The Case of the Missing Books (2005), Mr. Dixon Disappears (2006) and The Bad Book Affair (2010) appear in the list, as do The Norfolk Mystery (2011) and Death in Devon (2015). Subjects include librarians, traveling libraries, Northern Ireland and humorous crime.

How many Ian Sansom books are there?

Ian Sansom has 15 books, released between 2002 and 2019. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Ian Sansom Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Ian Sansom 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 Truth About Babies: From A-Z by Ian Sansom (2002)
  2. Cover of Ring Road by Ian Sansom (2004)
  3. Cover of The Impartial Recorder by Ian Sansom (2004)
  4. Cover of The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom, book 1 of the Mobile Library Mystery series (2005)
  5. Cover of Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom, book 2 of the Mobile Library Mystery series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Delegates Choice / The Book Stops Here by Ian Sansom, book 3 of the Mobile Library Mystery series (2008)
  7. Cover of The Bad Book Affair by Ian Sansom, book 4 of the Mobile Library Mystery series (2010)
  8. Cover of The Norfolk Mystery by Ian Sansom, book 1 of the County Guides series (2011)
  9. Cover of Paper: An Elegy by Ian Sansom (2012)
  10. Cover of Death in Devon by Ian Sansom, book 2 of the County Guides series (2015)
  11. Cover of Essex Poison by Ian Sansom, book 4 of the County Guides series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Truth About Babies: From A-Z2002 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002352
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  2. 2
    Ring Road2004 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004432
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  3. 3
    The Impartial Recorder2004 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004354
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  4. 4
    The Case of the Missing BooksMobile Library Mystery #12005 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005336
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  5. 5
    Mr. Dixon DisappearsMobile Library Mystery #22006 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006240
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  6. 6
    The Delegates Choice / The Book Stops HereMobile Library Mystery #32008 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008307
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  7. 7
    The Bad Book AffairMobile Library Mystery #42010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    The Norfolk MysteryCounty Guides #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    Paper: An Elegy2012 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012230
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  10. 10
    Death in DevonCounty Guides #22015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  11. 11
    Westmorland AloneCounty Guides #32016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  12. 12
    Essex PoisonCounty Guides #42017 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017282
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  13. 13
    December Stories 12018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  14. 14
    September 1, 1939: A Biography of a Poem2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019320
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  15. 15
    The Sussex MurderCounty Guides #52019 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019320
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Ian Sansom 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.

County Guides in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Norfolk Mystery
  2. 2. Death in Devon
  3. 3. Westmorland Alone
  4. 4. Essex Poison
  5. 5. The Sussex Murder

Mobile Library Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Case of the Missing Books
  2. 2. Mr. Dixon Disappears
  3. 3. The Delegates Choice / The Book Stops Here
  4. 4. The Bad Book Affair

Standalone books

6 books

6 Ian Sansom titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ian Sansom books in order?

You only need to read Ian Sansom books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ian Sansom

Start with The Truth About Babies: From A-Z (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ian Sansom book?

The Sussex Murder (2019) is the newest Ian Sansom book released so far.

Is there a new Ian Sansom book coming?

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

Ian Sansom at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ian Sansom title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ian Sansom books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,173 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ian Sansom books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ian Sansom books are about

All 15 Ian Sansom books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 6 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.