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Judith Flanders Books in Order

Judith Flanders has written 15 books, published between 2001 and 2024. The first book is A Circle of Sisters (2001) and the newest is Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2001–2024
Pages on record
4,824 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
80–121 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,824 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Judith Flanders checklist

Judith Flanders is a historian, journalist and author based in London, born in 1959, and the Victorian period is the centre of the work. The Victorian House (2003), Consuming Passions (2006), The Invention of Murder (2011), The Victorian City (2012), The Making of Home (2014) and Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain (2024) carry the history; Sam Clair, a book editor, is the detective of a parallel mystery series that opens with A Murder of Magpies (2014). Fifteen titles are catalogued from A Circle of Sisters (2001) onward.

How many Judith Flanders books are there?

Judith Flanders has 15 books, released between 2001 and 2024. 4 of them belong to the Sam Clair series.

Judith Flanders Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Judith Flanders 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 A Circle of Sisters by Judith Flanders (2001)
  2. Cover of Consuming Passions by Judith Flanders (2006)
  3. Cover of The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders (2011)
  4. Cover of The Victorian City by Judith Flanders (2012)
  5. Cover of A Murder of Magpies / Writers' Block by Judith Flanders, book 1 of the Sam Clair series (2014)
  6. Cover of A Bed of Scorpions by Judith Flanders, book 2 of the Sam Clair series (2016)
  7. Cover of A Cast of Vultures by Judith Flanders, book 3 of the Sam Clair series (2017)
  8. Cover of Christmas: A Biography / Christmas: A History by Judith Flanders (2017)
  9. Cover of A Place for Everything by Judith Flanders (2020)
  1. 1
    A Circle of Sisters2001 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001392
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  2. 2
    Sharp Practice2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  3. 3
    The Victorian House / Inside the Victorian Home2003 · 476 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003476
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  4. 4
    The Discovery of Neverland2005 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005352
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  5. 5
    Consuming Passions2006 · 604 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006604
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  6. 6
    The Invention of Murder2011 · 556 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011556
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  7. 7
    The Victorian City2012 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012544
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  8. 8
    A Murder of Magpies / Writers' BlockSam Clair #12014 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014277
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  9. 9
    The Making of Home2014 · 346 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014346
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  10. 10
    A Bed of ScorpionsSam Clair #22016 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016310
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  11. 11
    A Cast of VulturesSam Clair #32017 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017320
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  12. 12
    Christmas: A Biography / Christmas: A History2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  13. 13
    A Howl of WolvesSam Clair #42018 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018295
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  14. 14
    A Place for Everything2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020352
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  15. 15
    Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Judith Flanders 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.

Sam Clair in order

4 books
  1. 1. A Murder of Magpies / Writers' Block
  2. 2. A Bed of Scorpions
  3. 3. A Cast of Vultures
  4. 4. A Howl of Wolves

Standalone books

11 books

11 Judith Flanders titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Judith Flanders books in order?

You only need to read Judith Flanders books in order within the Sam Clair series, which holds 4 of the 15 Judith Flanders books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Judith Flanders

Start with A Circle of Sisters (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Judith Flanders book?

Death and Mourning in Victorian Britain (2024) is the newest Judith Flanders book released so far.

Is there a new Judith Flanders book coming?

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

Judith Flanders at a glance

Still publishing
Judith Flanders published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Judith Flanders books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,824 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Judith Flanders books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Judith Flanders books are about

14 of the 15 Judith Flanders books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 6 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.