Reading Order
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Start with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Book 1 by Alan Bradley
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Flavia De Luce reading order
Ends with What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
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Book 1:The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan Bradley
Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.
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Book 2:The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
Alan Bradley • 2010
A traveling puppeteer’s van breaks down in Bishop’s Lacey, leading to a village show that ends in a shocking onstage electrocution. Flavia, fascinated by both puppets and poisons, suspects murder tied to a child’s dea...
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Book 3:A Red Herring Without Mustard
Alan Bradley • 2011
After accidentally setting a gypsy’s tent on fire at a church fete, Flavia tries to make amends, only to find the woman attacked and a local ne’er do well murdered with de Luce silver. Her hunt exposes missing childre...
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Book 4:I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Alan Bradley • 2011
To rescue the family finances, Buckshaw is rented to a film crew just before Christmas, trapping stars and villagers together in a snowstorm. When the leading actress is found strangled with a strip of film, Flavia mu...
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Book 5:Speaking from Among the Bones
Alan Bradley • 2012
The five hundredth anniversary of Saint Tancred’s death brings plans to open his tomb, but the celebration stops when the church organist’s body is found hidden inside. Flavia follows clues through choir lofts, crypts...
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Book 6:The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
Alan Bradley • 2014
As her long missing mother’s body is brought home by special train, a stranger whispers a warning in Flavia’s ear and then falls beneath the wheels. Investigating his message pulls her deep into de Luce history, warti...
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Book 7:The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse
Alan Bradley • 2014
Summoned by a desperate note that reads simply Murder, come at once, Flavia cycles to her father’s old boarding school and finds a corpse in a bathtub, its skin turned eerily copper. In this short case, every clue and...
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Book 8:As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust
Alan Bradley • 2015
Banished from Buckshaw to her late mother’s Canadian boarding school, Flavia barely settles into Miss Bodycote’s before a charred, mummified body drops out of a chimney. Between vanished students and secretive teacher...
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Book 9:Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd
Alan Bradley • 2016
Returning from Canada to a household shadowed by her father’s illness, Flavia agrees to deliver a message to a reclusive woodcarver and instead finds him hanging dead. The trail leads from carved saints and cats to vi...
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Book 10:The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
Alan Bradley • 2017
Reeling from family loss, Flavia escapes on a quiet river trip with Dogger and her sisters, only to snag a corpse with her dangling fingers. The dead man is linked to a vicar who once poisoned his parishioners, and se...
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Book 11:The Golden Tresses of the Dead
Alan Bradley • 2019
At her sister’s wedding reception, Flavia cuts into the towering cake and discovers a severed finger baked inside. Launching a detective agency with Dogger, she traces the embalmed clue through missing letters, dubiou...
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Book 12:What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust
Alan Bradley • 2024
Now mentoring her troublesome young cousin Undine at Buckshaw, Flavia is thrilled when a former hangman dies after a mushroom breakfast and their cook is blamed. Clearing Mrs Mullet’s name reveals buried crimes and a...
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Flavia De Luce FAQ
What is the best order to read the Flavia De Luce series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.
How many books are in the Flavia De Luce series?
There are 12 books currently listed in the Flavia De Luce series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Flavia De Luce series?
New readers should start with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Flavia De Luce series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears possibly ongoing and spans releases from 2010 to 2024.