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Flavia de Luce Books in Order

Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley contains 13 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009) and the newest is Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2009–2026
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,918 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
49–73 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,918 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Flavia de Luce is Alan Bradley's mystery series, named for the girl who investigates its murders in an English setting. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009) opens a run of 13 books that reaches Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers (2026). Sisters and a motherless family sit in the subject tags alongside murder and detection. The series is ongoing.

How many Flavia de Luce books are there?

Flavia de Luce has 13 books, released between 2009 and 2026.

Flavia de Luce Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Flavia de Luce 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 Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley, book 1 of the Flavia de Luce series (2009)
  2. Cover of The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley, book 2 of the Flavia de Luce series (2010)
  3. Cover of A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley, book 3 of the Flavia de Luce series (2011)
  4. Cover of I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley, book 4 of the Flavia de Luce series (2011)
  5. Cover of Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley, book 5 of the Flavia de Luce series (2012)
  6. Cover of The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley, book 6 of the Flavia de Luce series (2014)
  7. Cover of As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley, book 8 of the Flavia de Luce series (2015)
  8. Cover of Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley, book 9 of the Flavia de Luce series (2016)
  9. Cover of The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley, book 10 of the Flavia de Luce series (2017)
  10. Cover of The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley, book 11 of the Flavia de Luce series (2019)
  1. 1
    The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie2009 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009400
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  2. 2
    The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag2010 · 364 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010364
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  3. 3
    A Red Herring Without Mustard2011 · 399 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011399
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  4. 4
    I Am Half-Sick of Shadows2011 · 297 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011297
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  5. 5
    Speaking from Among the Bones2012 · 378 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012378
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  6. 6
    The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches2014 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014336
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  7. 7
    The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse2014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  8. 8
    As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust2015 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015392
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  9. 9
    Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd2016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    The Grave's a Fine and Private Place2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  11. 11
    The Golden Tresses of the Dead2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019352
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  12. 12
    What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust2024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers2026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Flavia de Luce Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Flavia de Luce books run from The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009) to Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Flavia de Luce in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Flavia de Luce books in order?

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

Where to start with Flavia de Luce

Start with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Flavia de Luce book?

Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers (2026) is the newest Flavia de Luce book released so far.

Is there a new Flavia de Luce book coming?

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

Flavia de Luce at a glance

Still running
Flavia de Luce is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Flavia de Luce books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,918 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 371 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Flavia de Luce books, 10 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
1 of the 13 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Flavia de Luce books are about

9 of the 13 Flavia de Luce books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Alan Bradley

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