Aunt Dimity Books in Order
Aunt Dimity by Nancy Atherton contains 25 books, published between 1992 and 2022. The first book is Aunt Dimity's Death (1992) and the newest is Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1992–2022
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,779 in 22 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 96–144 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,779 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Aunt Dimity is Nancy Atherton's traditional English mystery series, built on a ghost story premise: Aunt Dimity is dead and not entirely departed, and Lori Shepherd consults her about the strange things that happen nearby. In one entry, Lori's five-year-old twins start school and bring home a report of a cloaked figure with bloodstained lips in the woods. Twenty-five books run from Aunt Dimity's Death (1992) to Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage in 2022, and nothing has followed since.
How many Aunt Dimity books are there?
Aunt Dimity has 25 books, released between 1992 and 2022.
Aunt Dimity Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Aunt Dimity 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.
- 1Aunt Dimity's Death1992 · 244 pages · confirmed 3/419922443/4
- 2Aunt Dimity and the Duke1994 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/419943043/4
- 3Aunt Dimity's Good Deed1996 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/419962763/4
- 4Aunt Dimity Digs In1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/419982883/4
- 5Aunt Dimity's Christmas1999 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419992243/4
- 6Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil2000 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/420002563/4
- 7Aunt Dimity: Detective2001 · 229 pages · confirmed 3/420012293/4
- 8Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday2003 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/420032243/4
- 9Aunt Dimity: Snowbound2004 · 257 pages · confirmed 3/420042573/4
- 10Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin2005 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420052883/4
- 11Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea2006 · 322 pages · confirmed 3/420063223/4
- 12Aunt Dimity Goes West2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/420073043/4
- 13Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/420083043/4
- 14Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon2009 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420092883/4
- 15Aunt Dimity Down Under2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 16Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree2010 · confirmed 3/42010–3/4
- 17Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch2012 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420122883/4
- 18Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince2013 · 246 pages · confirmed 3/420132463/4
- 19Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well2014 · 278 pages · confirmed 3/420142783/4
- 20Aunt Dimity and the Summer King2015 · 228 pages · confirmed 3/420152283/4
- 21Aunt Dimity and the Buried Treasure2016 · 231 pages · confirmed 3/420162313/4
- 22Aunt Dimity and the Widow's Curse2017 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/420172403/4
- 23Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom2018 · 232 pages · confirmed 3/420182323/4
- 24Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold2019 · 228 pages · confirmed 3/420192283/4
- 25Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage2022 · confirmed 3/42022–3/4
Aunt Dimity Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Aunt Dimity books run from Aunt Dimity's Death (1992) to Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Aunt Dimity in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Aunt Dimity books in order?
You should read the Aunt Dimity books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Aunt Dimity book also stands alone.
Where to start with Aunt Dimity
Start with Aunt Dimity's Death (1992), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Aunt Dimity book?
Aunt Dimity and the Enchanted Cottage (2022) is the newest Aunt Dimity book released so far.
Is there a new Aunt Dimity book coming?
No next Aunt Dimity book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Printable Aunt Dimity Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 25 books in publication order is on the Aunt Dimity reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Aunt Dimity at a glance
- Paused
- No new Aunt Dimity title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Aunt Dimity books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,779 pages across the 22 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Aunt Dimity books, 10 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
What the Aunt Dimity books are about
All 25 Aunt Dimity books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dimity, aunt (fictitious character) is tagged on 15 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Dimity, aunt (fictitious character) 15 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 14 of 25 books
- England 6 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 25 books
- Ghosts 4 of 25 books
- Cornwall (England : county) 3 of 25 books
- Cotswold hills (england) 3 of 25 books
- Inheritance and succession 3 of 25 books
More books by Nancy Atherton
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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