Order of Flavia De Luce Books
Flavia de Luce is the central character in a series of mystery novels by Canadian novelist Alan Bradley. Flavia is an 11 year-old girl who is fascinated by chemistry. Also known as The Buckshaw Chronicles, the series is set in 1950s England. The television rights to the series have been optioned by Sam Mendes.
Alan Bradley debuted his Flavia de Luce character in 2009 with the novel The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. The series concluded with the tenth book in the series, The Golden Tresses of the Dead, in 2019. Below is a list of Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce series in order, sorted by date of publication:
Publication Order of Flavia de Luce Books
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie | (2009) | |
The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag | (2010) | |
A Red Herring Without Mustard | (2011) | |
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows | (2011) | |
Speaking from Among the Bones | (2012) | |
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches | (2014) | |
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse | (2014) | |
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust | (2015) | |
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d | (2016) | |
The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place | (2017) | |
The Golden Tresses of the Dead | (2019) | |
What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust | (2024) |