Books in order

Ellis Peters books in order

Ellis Peters's Brother Cadfael series has 20 main books, starting with A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977). Here they are in reading order, with page counts and reading times.

Brother Cadfael

20 books · 1977–1994
  1. #1A Morbid Taste for Bones1977
  2. #2One Corpse Too Many1979
  3. #3Monk's Hood1980
  4. #4Saint Peter's Fair1981
  5. #5The Leper of Saint Giles1981
  6. #6The Virgin in the Ice1982
  7. #7The Sanctuary Sparrow1983
  8. #8The Devil's Novice1983
  9. #9Dead Man's Ransom1984
  10. #10The Pilgrim of Hate1984
  11. #11An Excellent Mystery1985
  12. #12The Raven in the Foregate1986
  13. #13The Rose Rent1986
  14. #14The Hermit of Eyton Forest1987
  15. #15The Confession of Brother Haluin1988
  16. #16The Heretic's Apprentice1989
  17. #17The Potter's Field1989
  18. #18The Summer of the Danes1991
  19. #19The Holy Thief1992
  20. #20Brother Cadfael's Penance1994
  21. CompanionA Rare Benedictine1988
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Reading Ellis Peters

What order should I read Ellis Peters's books in?
Read Brother Cadfael in its numbered order, starting with A Morbid Taste for Bones.
Which Ellis Peters book should I read first?
Most readers start with the first book of the earliest series: A Morbid Taste for Bones (1977), book 1 of Brother Cadfael.