Reading order · Mystery & thriller
Inspector Lynley Reading Order
Inspector Lynley by Elizabeth George has 22 main books (1988–2025). Start with A Great Deliverance (1988) and read the numbered books in order.
Inspector Lynley books in order
Your reading speed
- 5 h 36 min
- 6 h 43 min
- 8 h 7 min
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- 7 h 50 min
- 7 h 44 min
- 9 h 56 min
- 12 h 11 min
- 10 h 57 min
- 12 h 26 min
- 12 h 34 min
- 15 h 8 min
- 10 h 59 min
- 13 h 44 min
- 12 h 18 min
#15
Careless in Red
2008
—#16
This Body of Death
2010
—- 11 h 29 min
- 12 h 36 min
- 13 h 10 min
- 12 h 19 min
- 10 h 39 min
#22
A Slowly Dying Cause
2025
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Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Inspector Lynley: common questions
- How many books are in the Inspector Lynley series?
- There are 22 main books in Inspector Lynley. The most recent main book listed here is A Slowly Dying Cause (2025).
- What order should I read Inspector Lynley in?
- Read Inspector Lynley in its numbered order: A Great Deliverance, Payment in Blood, Well-Schooled in Murder, A Suitable Vengeance, and so on.
- What is the first Inspector Lynley book?
- The first book is A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George, published in 1988.