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Amelia Peabody Reading Order
Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters has 20 main books (1975–2017). Start with Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975) and read the numbered books in order.
By Elizabeth Peters with Joan Hess
Amelia Peabody books in order
Your reading speed
- 4 h 55 min
- 6 h 15 min
- 5 h 36 min
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- 6 h 18 min
- 6 h 10 min
- 6 h 10 min
- 7 h 34 min
- 6 h 43 min
- 8 h 16 min
- 7 h 9 min
- 6 h 42 min
- 9 h 15 min
- 8 h 20 min
- 8 h 3 min
- 7 h
- 7 h 36 min
- 6 h 8 min
- 10 h 5 min
- 6 h 4 min
- 8 h 7 min
Main books together: 8,136 pages, about 142 h 26 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Amelia Peabody: common questions
- How many books are in the Amelia Peabody series?
- There are 20 main books in Amelia Peabody. The most recent main book listed here is The Painted Queen (2017).
- What order should I read Amelia Peabody in?
- Read Amelia Peabody in its numbered order: Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Curse of the Pharaohs, The Mummy Case, Lion in the Valley, and so on. The Painted Queen was completed by Joan Hess after Peters' death.
- What is the first Amelia Peabody book?
- The first book is Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters, published in 1975.
- How long does it take to read the whole Amelia Peabody series?
- The 20 main books add up to about 8,136 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 142½ hours of reading, or about 285 days at 30 minutes a day.