W.J. Burley Books in Order
W.J. Burley has written 29 books, published between 1968 and 2000. The first book is Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy (1968) and the newest is Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000). Publication order is the reading order below. 23 of the 29 books listed here are in the Wycliffe series, which has its own page: Wycliffe books in order.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1968–2000
- Confirmed
- 29 of 29 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,259 in 24 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 88–131 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,259 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Charles Wycliffe is the detective in most of W.J. Burley's crime fiction, a police procedural run set largely in Cornwall. The catalogue holds 29 books dated 1968 to 2000, at a median of 192 pages, from Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy to Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine. The 1970s is the heaviest decade, taking in Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi (1971), Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat (1975) and Wycliffe and the School Bullies (1976). A Henry Pym series and a set of standalone novels complete the listing.
How many W.J. Burley books are there?
W.J. Burley has 29 books, released between 1968 and 2000. They include 2 separate series.
W.J. Burley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 W.J. Burley 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.
- 119682403/4
- 219702243/4
- 319712243/4
- 419732243/4
- 519744003/4
- 619742243/4
- 71975–3/4
- 819761913/4
- 919762403/4
- 1019771753/4
- 111978–3/4
- 121978–3/4
- 1319791733/4
- 1419801923/4
- 151981–3/4
- 1619821763/4
- 1719831923/4
- 1819831923/4
- 1919851823/4
- 2019861923/4
- 2119871923/4
- 2219881923/4
- 2319903203/4
- 2419912213/4
- 2519921923/4
- 261994–3/4
- 2719951923/4
- 2819971893/4
- 2920003203/4
W.J. Burley series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Wycliffe books in order 23 books
W.J. Burley 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.
W J Burley Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Henry Pym in order
2 booksDo you have to read W.J. Burley books in order?
You only need to read W.J. Burley 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 W.J. Burley
Start with Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy (1968), the first Wycliffe book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest W.J. Burley book?
Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000) is the newest W.J. Burley book released so far.
Is there a new W.J. Burley book coming?
No next W.J. Burley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
W.J. Burley at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest W.J. Burley title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- W.J. Burley books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,259 pages across the 24 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most W.J. Burley books, 12 of 29, were published in the 1970s.
What the W.J. Burley books are about
27 of the 29 W.J. Burley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: charlie wycliffe (fictitious character) is tagged on 17 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Charlie Wycliffe (Fictitious character) 17 of 27 books
- Wycliffe, charles (fictitious character) 17 of 27 books
- Police 16 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective 11 of 27 books
- England 10 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 9 of 27 books
- Investigation 4 of 27 books
- Murder 4 of 27 books
- Cornwall (England : county) 3 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 2 of 27 books