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Sarah Dunant Books in Order

Sarah Dunant has written 16 books, published between 1984 and 2025. The first book is Exterminating Angels (1984) and the newest is The Marchesa (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1984–2025
Pages on record
4,614 in 15 of 16 books
Reading time
77–115 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,614 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Sarah Dunant is a British novelist, journalist, broadcaster and critic, born in 1950. Two strands run through her 16 catalogued books: crime fiction, in which the private investigator Hannah Wolfe appears, and historical fiction whose subject headings name Italy, nobility and the Borgias. The catalogue spans 1984 to 2025, from Exterminating Angels (1984) to The Marchesa (2025).

How many Sarah Dunant books are there?

Sarah Dunant has 16 books, released between 1984 and 2025. They include 3 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.

Sarah Dunant Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Sarah Dunant 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 Birth Marks by Sarah Dunant, book 1 of the Hannah Wolfe series (1991)
  2. Cover of Fatlands by Sarah Dunant, book 2 of the Hannah Wolfe series (1993)
  3. Cover of The War of the Words by Sarah Dunant (1994)
  4. Cover of Under My Skin by Sarah Dunant, book 3 of the Hannah Wolfe series (1995)
  5. Cover of The Age of Anxiety by Sarah Dunant (1996)
  6. Cover of Transgressions by Sarah Dunant (1997)
  7. Cover of Mapping the Edge by Sarah Dunant (1999)
  8. Cover of The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (2003)
  9. Cover of In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant (2006)
  10. Cover of Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant (2008)
  11. Cover of Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant, book 1 of the Borgias series (2013)
  12. Cover of In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant, book 2 of the Borgias series (2017)
  1. 1
    Exterminating AngelsMaria Masterson #11984 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984192
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  2. 2
    Intensive CareMaria Masterson #21986 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986248
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  3. 3
    Birth MarksHannah Wolfe #11991 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991230
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  4. 4
    FatlandsHannah Wolfe #21993 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993240
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  5. 5
    The War of the Words1994 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994188
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  6. 6
    Snow Storms In A Hot Climate1995 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995249
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  7. 7
    Under My SkinHannah Wolfe #31995 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995272
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  8. 8
    The Age of Anxiety1996 · 203 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996203
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  9. 9
    Transgressions1997 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997254
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  10. 10
    Mapping the Edge1999 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999320
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  11. 11
    The Birth of Venus2003 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003448
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  12. 12
    In the Company of the Courtesan2006 · 385 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006385
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  13. 13
    Sacred Hearts2008 · 415 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008415
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  14. 14
    Blood & BeautyBorgias #12013 · 506 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013506
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  15. 15
    In the Name of the FamilyBorgias #22017 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017464
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  16. 16
    The Marchesa2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Sarah Dunant 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.

Hannah Wolfe in order

3 books
  1. 1. Birth Marks
  2. 2. Fatlands
  3. 3. Under My Skin

Maria Masterson in order

2 books
  1. 1. Exterminating Angels
  2. 2. Intensive Care

Borgias in order

2 books
  1. 1. Blood & Beauty
  2. 2. In the Name of the Family

Standalone books

9 books

9 Sarah Dunant titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sarah Dunant books in order?

You only need to read Sarah Dunant 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 Sarah Dunant

Start with Exterminating Angels (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sarah Dunant book?

The Marchesa (2025) is the newest Sarah Dunant book released so far.

Is there a new Sarah Dunant book coming?

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

Sarah Dunant at a glance

Still publishing
Sarah Dunant published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Sarah Dunant books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,614 pages across the 15 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sarah Dunant books, 8 of 16, were published in the 1990s.

What the Sarah Dunant books are about

14 of the 16 Sarah Dunant 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 5 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.