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Flavia de Luce Mysteries Books in Order

by Alan BradleyMystery, Thriller & Suspense

11 books so far (book 12 is due November 3, 2026). They run from The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (2009) to What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (2024). Rated 4.5 across 20,670 listener reviews.

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  1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

    Book 1 2009 4.3 (5.8k)

    In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison.

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  2. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

    Book 2 2000 4.5 (2.2k)

    From Dagger Award–winning and internationally bestselling author Alan Bradley comes this utterly beguiling mystery starring one of fiction’s most remarkable sleuths: Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant eleven-year-old with a passion…

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  3. A Red Herring Without Mustard

    Book 3 2011 4.6 (1.9k)

    Award-winning author Alan Bradley returns with another beguiling novel starring the insidiously clever and unflappable eleven-year-old sleuth Flavia de Luce.

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  4. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

    Book 4 2011 4.6 (1.6k)

    It’s Christmastime, and the precocious Flavia de Luce—an eleven-year-old sleuth with a passion for chemistry and a penchant for crime-solving—is tucked away in her laboratory, whipping up a concoction to ensnare Saint Nick.

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  5. Speaking from Among the Bones

    Book 5 2012 4.7 (1.5k)

    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as “one of the most…

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  6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

    Book 6 2014 4.7 (1.6k)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Don’t miss Flavia de Luce in the upcoming major motion picture Flavia Girl Detective! On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the…

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  7. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust

    Book 7 2015 4.6 (1.6k)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Flavia de Luce—“part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” (The New York Times Book Review)—takes her remarkable sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly…

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  8. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd

    Book 8 2016 4.6 (1.5k)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Hailed as “a combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes” by The Boston Globe, Flavia de Luce returns in a Christmas mystery from award-winning author Alan Bradley.

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  9. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place

    Book 9 2018 4.6 (1.4k)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth” (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty mystery novel from award-winning author Alan Bradley.

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  10. The Golden Tresses of the Dead

    Book 10 2019 4.6 (1.2k)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A finger in a wedding cake is only the beginning in this deliciously shocking mystery featuring Flavia de Luce, “the world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth” (The Seattle Times).

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  11. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust

    Book 11 2024 4.7 (428)

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers a secret that brings the greatest shock of her life.

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  12. Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers

    Book 12 Out November 3, 2026

    A nun’s corpse leads beloved amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce to uncover decades-old secrets in this charming final novel in the New York Times bestselling series.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Flavia de Luce Mysteries is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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