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Penny Vincenzi Books in Order

Penny Vincenzi has written 22 books, published between 1977 and 2017. The first book is The Compleat Liar (1977) and the newest is At the Heart of It / A Question of Trust (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1977–2017
Pages on record
9,935 in 17 of 22 books
Reading time
166–248 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,935 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

See all 22 books in order Printable Penny Vincenzi checklist

Penny Vincenzi wrote long sagas of wealth, publishing and London society. The British novelist, born in 1939 and died in 2018, has 22 catalogued titles published between 1977 and 2017, from The Compleat Liar (1977) to At the Heart of It (2017). Spoils Of Time is her one catalogued series, and the Lytton family, rich people, married life and adultery run through the subject headings. Her novels are long, at a median of about 640 pages, and sales had passed seven million copies by 2014.

How many Penny Vincenzi books are there?

Penny Vincenzi has 22 books, released between 1977 and 2017. 3 of them belong to the Spoils Of Time series.

Penny Vincenzi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Penny Vincenzi books in the order they were released, 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 Wicked Pleasures by Penny Vincenzi (1992)
  2. Cover of An Outrageous Affair by Penny Vincenzi (1993)
  3. Cover of Another Woman by Penny Vincenzi (1994)
  4. Cover of Forbidden Places by Penny Vincenzi (1995)
  5. Cover of Windfall by Penny Vincenzi (1997)
  6. Cover of Almost a Crime by Penny Vincenzi (1999)
  7. Cover of No Angel by Penny Vincenzi, book 1 of the Spoils Of Time series (2000)
  8. Cover of Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi, book 2 of the Spoils Of Time series (2001)
  9. Cover of Into Temptation by Penny Vincenzi, book 3 of the Spoils Of Time series (2002)
  10. Cover of Sheer Abandon by Penny Vincenzi (2003)
  11. Cover of An Absolute Scandal by Penny Vincenzi (2007)
  12. Cover of The Best of Times by Penny Vincenzi (2009)
  13. Cover of The Decision / More Than You Know by Penny Vincenzi (2011)
  14. Cover of Love in the Afternoon and Other Delights by Penny Vincenzi (2013)
  15. Cover of A Perfect Heritage by Penny Vincenzi (2014)
  16. Cover of At the Heart of It / A Question of Trust by Penny Vincenzi (2017)
  1. 1
    The Compleat Liar1977 · 92 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197792
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  2. 2
    There's One Born Every Minute1984 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984124
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  3. 3
    Taking Stock1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  4. 4
    Old Sins1989 · 992 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989992
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  5. 5
    Wicked Pleasures1992 · 662 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992662
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  6. 6
    An Outrageous Affair1993 · 639 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993639
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  7. 7
    Another Woman1994 · 509 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994509
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  8. 8
    Forbidden Places1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  9. 9
    The Glimpses1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  10. 10
    The Dilemma1996 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996672
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  11. 11
    Windfall1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  12. 12
    Almost a Crime1999 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999672
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  13. 13
    No AngelSpoils Of Time #12000 · 626 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000626
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  14. 14
    Something DangerousSpoils Of Time #22001 · 736 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001736
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  15. 15
    Into TemptationSpoils Of Time #32002 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002672
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  16. 16
    Sheer Abandon2003 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003640
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  17. 17
    An Absolute Scandal2007 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007608
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  18. 18
    The Best of Times2009 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009608
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  19. 19
    The Decision / More Than You Know2011 · 896 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011896
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  20. 20
    Love in the Afternoon and Other Delights2013 · 193 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013193
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  21. 21
    A Perfect Heritage2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  22. 22
    At the Heart of It / A Question of Trust2017 · 594 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017594
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Penny Vincenzi 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.

Spoils Of Time in order

3 books
  1. 1. No Angel
  2. 2. Something Dangerous
  3. 3. Into Temptation

Standalone books

19 books

19 Penny Vincenzi titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Penny Vincenzi Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Penny Vincenzi books run from The Compleat Liar (1977) to At the Heart of It / A Question of Trust (2017), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Penny Vincenzi in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Penny Vincenzi books in order?

You only need to read Penny Vincenzi books in order within the Spoils Of Time series, which holds 3 of the 22 Penny Vincenzi books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Penny Vincenzi

Start with The Compleat Liar (1977), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Penny Vincenzi book?

At the Heart of It / A Question of Trust (2017) is the newest Penny Vincenzi book released so far.

Is there a new Penny Vincenzi book coming?

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

Penny Vincenzi at a glance

Died
Penny Vincenzi died in 2018, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Penny Vincenzi on record dates from 2017.
Release pace
Penny Vincenzi books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
9,935 pages across the 17 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 639 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Penny Vincenzi books, 8 of 22, were published in the 1990s.

What the Penny Vincenzi books are about

All 22 Penny Vincenzi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: publishers and publishing is tagged on 4 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.