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Erast Fandorin Books in Order

Boris Akunin has written 15 Erast Fandorin books, published between 1998 and 2023. The first book is The Winter Queen (1998) and the newest is Pit (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1998–2023
Pages on record
2,834 in 8 of 15 books
Reading time
47–71 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,834 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Erast Fandorin is Boris Akunin's investigator, the centre of a run of historical mysteries that move between Moscow, the wider Russian empire and Paris. The Winter Queen (1998) introduces him, and The Turkish Gambit, Murder on the Leviathan, The Death of Achilles, The State Counsellor and The Coronation follow. Fifteen books close with Pit (2023).

How many Erast Fandorin books are there?

Erast Fandorin has 15 books, released between 1998 and 2023.

Erast Fandorin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Erast Fandorin 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 The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin, book 1 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (1998)
  2. Cover of The Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin, book 2 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (1998)
  3. Cover of Murder on the Leviathan / Leviathan by Boris Akunin, book 3 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (1998)
  4. Cover of The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin, book 4 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (1998)
  5. Cover of The Jack of Spades by Boris Akunin, book 5 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (2007)
  6. Cover of The Coronation by Boris Akunin, book 8 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (2009)
  7. Cover of She Lover of Death by Boris Akunin, book 9 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (2009)
  8. Cover of He Lover of Death by Boris Akunin, book 10 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (2010)
  9. Cover of The Diamond Chariot by Boris Akunin, book 11 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (2011)
  10. Cover of All The World's a Stage by Boris Akunin, book 12 of the Erast Fandorin Mysteries series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Winter QueenErast Fandorin Mysteries #11998 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998256
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  2. 2
    The Turkish GambitErast Fandorin Mysteries #21998 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998240
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  3. 3
    Murder on the Leviathan / LeviathanErast Fandorin Mysteries #31998 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998240
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  4. 4
    The Death of AchillesErast Fandorin Mysteries #41998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  5. 5
    The Jack of SpadesErast Fandorin Mysteries #52007 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007352
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  6. 6
    The State CounsellorErast Fandorin Mysteries #72008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  7. 7
    The CoronationErast Fandorin Mysteries #82009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    She Lover of DeathErast Fandorin Mysteries #92009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    He Lover of DeathErast Fandorin Mysteries #102010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    The Diamond ChariotErast Fandorin Mysteries #112011 · 514 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011514
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  11. 11
    All The World's a StageErast Fandorin Mysteries #122017 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017432
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  12. 12
    Black CityErast Fandorin Mysteries #132018 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018368
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  13. 13
    Not Saying GoodbyeErast Fandorin Mysteries #142019 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019432
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  14. 14
    Just MasaErast Fandorin Mysteries #152020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  15. 15
    PitErast Fandorin Mysteries #162023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Do you have to read Erast Fandorin books in order?

You should read the Erast Fandorin books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Erast Fandorin book also stands alone.

Where to start with Erast Fandorin

Start with The Winter Queen (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Erast Fandorin book?

Pit (2023) is the newest Erast Fandorin book released so far.

Is there a new Erast Fandorin book coming?

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

Erast Fandorin at a glance

Paused
No new Erast Fandorin title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Erast Fandorin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,834 pages across the 8 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Erast Fandorin books, 5 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Erast Fandorin books are about

13 of the 15 Erast Fandorin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 9 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Boris Akunin

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.