Guido Brunetti Books in Order
Donna Leon has written 35 Guido Brunetti books, published between 1992 and 2024: 33 in the Guido Brunetti series and 2 related titles. The first book is Death at La Fenice (1992) and the newest main-line book is A Refiner’s Fire (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1992–2024
- Confirmed
- 35 of 35 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,901 in 27 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 132–198 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,901 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Guido Brunetti is a police detective working in Venice, and Donna Leon's novels follow Brunetti's cases through the city. Death at La Fenice (1992) opens the run, and 35 catalogued books reach A Refiner's Fire in 2024. Murder investigation and Venetian life supply the material, with a companion volume beside the novels.
How many Guido Brunetti books are there?
Guido Brunetti has 35 books, released between 1992 and 2024. 33 of them belong to the Guido Brunetti series, and 2 related titles sit outside it: companion books.
Guido Brunetti Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Guido Brunetti 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.
- 119922704/4
- 219933733/4
- 31994–3/4
- 419953263/4
- 51996–3/4
- 619972583/4
- 719982564/4
- 81999–3/4
- 920002553/4
- 1020013363/4
- 1120023203/4
- 1220032593/4
- 1320042723/4
- 1420053203/4
- 1520062724/4
- 1620073163/4
- 1720082723/4
- 1820092763/4
- 1920092783/4
- 2020102623/4
- 2120112603/4
- 2220122963/4
- 2320133953/4
- 2420142373/4
- 2520152643/4
- 2620162923/4
- 2720173083/4
- 282018–3/4
- 292019–3/4
- 3020193203/4
- 312020–3/4
- 3220212883/4
- 3320223204/4
- 342023–3/4
- 352024–3/4
Do you have to read Guido Brunetti books in order?
You should read the Guido Brunetti series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (companion books) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Guido Brunetti book also stands alone.
Where to start with Guido Brunetti
Start with Death at La Fenice (1992), the earliest published book in the Guido Brunetti series.
What is the newest Guido Brunetti book?
A Refiner’s Fire (2024) is the newest book in the Guido Brunetti series.
Is there a new Guido Brunetti book coming?
No next Guido Brunetti book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Guido Brunetti at a glance
- Still running
- Guido Brunetti is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Guido Brunetti books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,901 pages across the 27 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 278 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Guido Brunetti books, 11 of 35, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 4 of the 35 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Guido Brunetti books are about
30 of the 35 Guido Brunetti books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 26 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 26 of 30 books
- Brunetti, guido (fictitious character) 12 of 30 books
- Investigation 8 of 30 books
- Murder 8 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 8 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 30 books
- Venice (italy) 7 of 30 books
- Crimes against 6 of 30 books
- Crime 3 of 30 books
- American literature 2 of 30 books
More books by Donna Leon
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Donna Leon books in order 42 books