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Wycliffe Books in Order

Wycliffe by W.J. Burley contains 23 books, published between 1968 and 2000. The first book is Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy (1968) and the newest is Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1968–2000
Confirmed
23 of 23 titles
Pages on record
4,319 in 20 of 23 books
Reading time
72–108 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,319 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Wycliffe is Charles Wycliffe, an English police detective working Cornwall, and W.J. Burley wrote 23 books about his cases. Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy (1968) opens the run and Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000) closes it, through Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat (1970), Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place (1973), Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat (1975) and Wycliffe and the School Bullies (1976). Murder investigation and traditional detective fiction are where the subjects place the series.

How many Wycliffe books are there?

Wycliffe has 23 books, released between 1968 and 2000.

Wycliffe Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Wycliffe 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 Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy by W.J. Burley, book 1 of the Wycliffe series (1968)
  2. Cover of Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat by W.J. Burley, book 2 of the Wycliffe series (1970)
  3. Cover of Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi by W.J. Burley, book 3 of the Wycliffe series (1971)
  4. Cover of Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place by W.J. Burley, book 4 of the Wycliffe series (1973)
  5. Cover of Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street by W.J. Burley, book 5 of the Wycliffe series (1974)
  6. Cover of Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat by W.J. Burley, book 6 of the Wycliffe series (1975)
  7. Cover of Wycliffe And The Schoolgirls by W.J. Burley, book 7 of the Wycliffe series (1976)
  8. Cover of Wycliffe and the School Bullies by W.J. Burley, book 8 of the Wycliffe series (1976)
  9. Cover of Wycliffe in Paul's Court by W.J. Burley, book 10 of the Wycliffe series (1980)
  10. Cover of Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase by W.J. Burley, book 11 of the Wycliffe series (1982)
  11. Cover of Wycliffe and the Beales by W.J. Burley, book 12 of the Wycliffe series (1983)
  12. Cover of Wycliffe and the Four Jacks by W.J. Burley, book 13 of the Wycliffe series (1985)
  13. Cover of Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin by W.J. Burley, book 14 of the Wycliffe series (1986)
  14. Cover of Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue by W.J. Burley, book 15 of the Wycliffe series (1987)
  15. Cover of Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death by W.J. Burley, book 17 of the Wycliffe series (1990)
  16. Cover of Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist by W.J. Burley, book 18 of the Wycliffe series (1991)
  17. Cover of Wycliffe and the Last Rites by W.J. Burley, book 19 of the Wycliffe series (1992)
  18. Cover of Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery by W.J. Burley, book 20 of the Wycliffe series (1994)
  19. Cover of Wycliffe and the House of Fear by W.J. Burley, book 21 of the Wycliffe series (1995)
  20. Cover of Wycliffe and the Redhead by W.J. Burley, book 22 of the Wycliffe series (1997)
  21. Cover of Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine by W.J. Burley, book 23 of the Wycliffe series (2000)
  1. 1
    Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy1968 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1968240
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    Wycliffe and How to Kill a Cat1970 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1970224
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  3. 3
    Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi1971 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1971224
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  4. 4
    Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place1973 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1973224
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    Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street1974 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1974224
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  6. 6
    Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat1975 · confirmed 3/4
    1975–
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    Wycliffe And The Schoolgirls1976 · 191 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1976191
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  8. 8
    Wycliffe and the School Bullies1976 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1976240
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  9. 9
    Wycliffe and the Scapegoat1978 · confirmed 3/4
    1978–
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    Wycliffe in Paul's Court1980 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1980192
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    Wycliffe's Wild Goose Chase1982 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1982176
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    Wycliffe and the Beales1983 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1983192
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    Wycliffe and the Four Jacks1985 · 182 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985182
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  14. 14
    Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin1986 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1986192
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    Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue1987 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987192
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    Wycliffe And The Tangled Web1988 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988192
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    Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death1990 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990320
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    Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist1991 · 221 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991221
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    Wycliffe and the Last Rites1992 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992192
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  20. 20
    Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery1994 · confirmed 3/4
    1994–
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  21. 21
    Wycliffe and the House of Fear1995 · 192 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995192
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  22. 22
    Wycliffe and the Redhead1997 · 189 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997189
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    Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000320
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Wycliffe Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Wycliffe books run from Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy (1968) to Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Wycliffe in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Wycliffe books in order?

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

Where to start with Wycliffe

Start with Wycliffe and the Three Toed Pussy (1968), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Wycliffe book?

Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine (2000) is the newest Wycliffe book released so far.

Is there a new Wycliffe book coming?

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

Wycliffe at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Wycliffe title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Wycliffe books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,319 pages across the 20 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Wycliffe books, 8 of 23, were published in the 1970s.

What the Wycliffe books are about

22 of the 23 Wycliffe 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 16 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by W.J. Burley

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