Paul Torday Books in Order
10 books are credited to Paul Torday, published between 2005 and 2016; 2 of them appeared after Paul Torday's death in 2013. The first book is The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce / Bordeaux (2005) and the newest is The Death of an Owl (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2005–2016
- Pages on record
- 344 in 1 of 10 books
Paul Torday (1 August 1946 – 18 December 2013) was a British writer. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a comic novel, won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing in 2007 and the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008; BBC Radio 4 serialised the novel, and a 2011 feature film of the same name starred Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt. Ten books are catalogued, from The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce / Bordeaux (2005) to The Death of an Owl (2016), taking in The Girl on the Landing (2009), The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall (2011), Theo (2012) and Light Shining In The Forest (2013).
How many Paul Torday books are there?
Paul Torday has 10 books, released between 2005 and 2016. 2 of them were published after Paul Torday's death in 2013.
Paul Torday Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Paul Torday 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.
- 1The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce / Bordeaux2005 · confirmed 1/42005–1/4
- 2Salmon Fishing in the Yemen2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 3The Girl on the Landing2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 4The Hopeless Life Of Charlie Summers2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 5More Than You Can Say2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 6The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 7Theo2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 8Light Shining In The Forest2013 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/420133441/4
- 9Two Eerie Tales of Suspense2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 10The Death of an Owl2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
Paul Torday 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.
Standalone books
10 books10 Paul Torday titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Paul Torday books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 10 Paul Torday books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Paul Torday
Start with The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce / Bordeaux (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Paul Torday book?
The Death of an Owl (2016) is the newest Paul Torday book released so far.
Is there a new Paul Torday book coming?
No next Paul Torday book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Paul Torday at a glance
- Died
- Paul Torday died in 2013, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Paul Torday are still being published after Paul Torday's death in 2013; the newest appeared in 2016.
- Release pace
- Paul Torday books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 344 pages across the 1 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Paul Torday books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the Paul Torday books are about
1 of the 10 Paul Torday books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Civil service 1 of 1 books
- Missing children 1 of 1 books