Sulari Gentill Books in Order

Sulari Gentill has written 18 books, published between 2010 and 2025. The first book is A Few Right Thinking Men / A House Divided (2010) and the newest is Five Found Dead (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 18 books listed here are in the Rowland Sinclair series, which has its own page: Rowland Sinclair books in order.

Books
18
Published
2010–2025
Pages on record
4,794 in 12 of 18 books
Reading time
80–120 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,794 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

Sri Lankan-born and Australian, Sulari Gentill writes historical mystery and fantasy, publishing some work as S. D. Gentill. The Rowland Sinclair mysteries place an artist from a wealthy family among murder, crime and the politics of fascism, opening with A Few Right Thinking Men (2010). Gentill also wrote the Hero Trilogy. Crossing the Lines won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction. Eighteen books reach Five Found Dead (2025).

How many Sulari Gentill books are there?

Sulari Gentill has 18 books, released between 2010 and 2025. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Sulari Gentill Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Sulari Gentill 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. 12010323
  2. 2
    Chasing OdysseusHero Trilogy #12011 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011370
  3. 3
    A Decline in ProphetsRowland Sinclair #22011 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011496
  4. 4
    Miles Off CourseRowland Sinclair #32012 · 494 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012494
  5. 5
    Paving the New RoadRowland Sinclair #42012 · 608 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012608
  6. 6
    Gentlemen Formerly DressedRowland Sinclair #52013 · 516 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013516
  7. 7
    A Murder UnmentionedRowland Sinclair #62014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  8. 8
    Give the Devil His DueRowland Sinclair #72015 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015400
  9. 9
    Tag, You're Dead2016 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016323
  10. 10
    The Prodigal SonRowland Sinclair #82016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  11. 11
    After She Wrote Him / Crossing the Lines2017 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017256
  12. 12
    A Dangerous LanguageRowland Sinclair #92017 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017400
  13. 132019
  14. 142020
  15. 15
    Where There's a WillRowland Sinclair #122020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  16. 16
    The Woman in the Library2022 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022288
  17. 17
    The Mystery Writer2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024
  18. 18
    Five Found Dead2025 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025320

Sulari Gentill series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Sulari Gentill 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.

Hero Trilogy in order

1 book
  1. 1. Chasing Odysseus

Standalone books

5 books

5 Sulari Gentill titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sulari Gentill books in order?

You only need to read Sulari Gentill 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 Sulari Gentill

Start with A Few Right Thinking Men / A House Divided (2010), the first Rowland Sinclair book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Sulari Gentill book?

Five Found Dead (2025) is the newest Sulari Gentill book released so far.

Is there a new Sulari Gentill book coming?

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

Sulari Gentill at a glance

Still publishing
Sulari Gentill published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Sulari Gentill books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,794 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 385 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sulari Gentill books, 13 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sulari Gentill books are about

11 of the 18 Sulari Gentill books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english literature is tagged on 9 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.