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Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Books in Order

Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane by Jill Paton Walsh contains 4 books, published between 1998 and 2013. The first book is Thrones, Dominations (1998) and the newest is The Late Scholar (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
1998–2013
Confirmed
4 of 4 titles
Pages on record
1,064 in 3 of 4 books
Reading time
18–27 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,064 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.

See all 4 books in order Printable Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane checklist

Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane is Jill Paton Walsh's mystery series, pairing the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey with Harriet Vane. Four books are catalogued: Thrones, Dominations (1998), A Presumption of Death (2002), The Attenbury Emeralds (2010) and The Late Scholar (2013). The Second World War, the Women's Land Army and London figure among the subjects, at a median length of 368 pages.

How many Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books are there?

Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane has 4 books, released between 1998 and 2013.

Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane 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 Thrones, Dominations by Jill Paton Walsh, book 1 of the Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane series (1998)
  2. Cover of A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh, book 2 of the Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane series (2002)
  3. Cover of The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh, book 3 of the Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane series (2010)
  1. 1
    Thrones, Dominations1998 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998312
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  2. 2
    A Presumption of Death2002 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002384
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  3. 3
    The Attenbury Emeralds2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  4. 4
    The Late Scholar2013 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013368
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Is there a chronological order for Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane?

No separate chronological order is on record for Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books in order?

You should read the Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane book also stands alone.

Where to start with Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane

Start with Thrones, Dominations (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane book?

The Late Scholar (2013) is the newest Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane book released so far.

Is there a new Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane book coming?

No next Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
1,064 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books are about

All 4 Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: harriet vane (fictitious character) is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jill Paton Walsh

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

Characters in the Lord Peter Wimsey & Harriet Vane books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.