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Maisie Dobbs Books in Order

Jacqueline Winspear has written 19 Maisie Dobbs books, published between 2003 and 2024: 18 in the Maisie Dobbs series and 1 related title. The first book is Maisie Dobbs (2003) and the newest main-line book is The Comfort of Ghosts (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2003–2024
Confirmed
19 of 19 titles
Pages on record
5,179 in 16 of 19 books
Reading time
86–129 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,179 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

See all 19 books in order Printable Maisie Dobbs checklist

Maisie Dobbs is a mystery series by Jacqueline Winspear following a woman working as a private investigator, with cases set against the First and Second World Wars. Maisie Dobbs (2003) opens the sequence and 19 books follow, through The Comfort of Ghosts (2024). Murder and missing persons supply most of the investigations.

How many Maisie Dobbs books are there?

Maisie Dobbs has 19 books, released between 2003 and 2024. 18 of them belong to the Maisie Dobbs series, and 1 related title sit outside it: non-fiction.

Maisie Dobbs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Maisie Dobbs books in the order they were released, 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 Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, book 1 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2003)
  2. Cover of Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear, book 2 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2004)
  3. Cover of Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear, book 3 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2005)
  4. Cover of Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear, book 4 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2006)
  5. Cover of An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear, book 5 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2008)
  6. Cover of Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear, book 6 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2009)
  7. Cover of The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear, book 7 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2010)
  8. Cover of A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear, book 8 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2011)
  9. Cover of Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear, book 9 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2012)
  10. Cover of Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear, book 10 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2013)
  11. Cover of A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear, book 11 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2015)
  12. Cover of Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear, book 12 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2016)
  13. Cover of To Die but Once by Jacqueline Winspear, book 14 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2018)
  14. Cover of The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear, book 15 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2019)
  15. Cover of The Consequences of Fear by Jacqueline Winspear, book 16 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2021)
  16. Cover of A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear, book 17 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2022)
  17. Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear, book 18 of the Maisie Dobbs series (2024)
  1. 1
    Maisie DobbsMaisie Dobbs #12003 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003294
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  2. 2
    Birds of a FeatherMaisie Dobbs #22004 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004336
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  3. 3
    Pardonable LiesMaisie Dobbs #32005 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005384
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  4. 4
    Messenger of TruthMaisie Dobbs #42006 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006336
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  5. 5
    An Incomplete RevengeMaisie Dobbs #52008 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008320
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  6. 6
    Among the MadMaisie Dobbs #62009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    The Mapping of Love and DeathMaisie Dobbs #72010 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010338
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  8. 8
    A Lesson in SecretsMaisie Dobbs #82011 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011323
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  9. 9
    Elegy for EddieMaisie Dobbs #92012 · 335 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012335
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  10. 10
    Leaving Everything Most LovedMaisie Dobbs #102013 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013339
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  11. 11
    A Dangerous PlaceMaisie Dobbs #112015 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015309
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  12. 12
    Journey to MunichMaisie Dobbs #122016 · 287 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016287
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  13. 13
    In This Grave HourMaisie Dobbs #132017 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017352
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  14. 14
    To Die but OnceMaisie Dobbs #142018 · 325 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018325
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  15. 15
    What Would Maisie Do?Maisie Dobbs Non-Fiction #12019 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019176
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  16. 16
    The American AgentMaisie Dobbs #152019 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019384
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  17. 17
    The Consequences of FearMaisie Dobbs #162021 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021341
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  18. 18
    A Sunlit WeaponMaisie Dobbs #172022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  19. 19
    The Comfort of GhostsMaisie Dobbs #182024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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Maisie Dobbs Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the books of the Maisie Dobbs series run from Maisie Dobbs (2003) to The Comfort of Ghosts (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Maisie Dobbs in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Maisie Dobbs books in order?

You should read the Maisie Dobbs series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (non-fiction) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Maisie Dobbs book also stands alone.

What order should you read Maisie Dobbs books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Maisie Dobbs (2003), the earliest published book in the Maisie Dobbs series. After it come Birds of a Feather (2004), Pardonable Lies (2005), Messenger of Truth (2006) and An Incomplete Revenge (2008); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Maisie Dobbs book?

The Comfort of Ghosts (2024) is the newest book in the Maisie Dobbs series.

Is there a new Maisie Dobbs book coming?

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

Awards Maisie Dobbs has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Maisie Dobbs. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Printable Maisie Dobbs Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 19 books in publication order is on the Maisie Dobbs reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Maisie Dobbs at a glance

Still running
Maisie Dobbs is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Maisie Dobbs books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,179 pages across the 16 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Maisie Dobbs books, 10 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
2 of the 19 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Maisie Dobbs books are about

18 of the 19 Maisie Dobbs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women private investigators is tagged on 8 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jacqueline Winspear

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