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Peter Tremayne Reading Order

9 series · 94 books

Historical FictionMystery & ThrillerNon-Fiction

Peter Tremayne is the pen name of prolific British author Peter Berresford Ellis, whose career spanning five decades has produced nearly a hundred books blending historical fiction with mystery and scholarly research. He is best known for the Sister Fidelma series, which combines seventh-century Irish history with detective fiction and has achieved international bestseller status. Ellis also works extensively in short fiction, anthologies, and non-fiction biography, establishing himself as both a creative storyteller and serious historian of medieval Ireland and Celtic culture.

Anthologies Series

Complete

19 books (1979–2018)

Start with Irish Masters of Fantasy / The Wondersmith and Other Macabre Tales, the first of 19 books in the Anthologies series.

Start this series with Irish Masters of Fantasy / The Wondersmith and Other Macabre Tales

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Irish Masters of Fantasy / The Wondersmith and Other Macabre Tales
1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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3
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Halloween Horrors
1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
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Gaslight & Ghosts
1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
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The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
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Historical Whodunits
1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
The Giant Book of Zombies
1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
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The Mammoth Book of Zombies
1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9
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The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein
1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10
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The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men / The Mammoth Book of Werewolves
1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
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Shakespearean Whodunnits
1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12
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Dark Detectives
1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13
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Royal Whodunnits
1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14
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The Chronicles of the Round Table
1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15
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...And the Dying is Easy
2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16
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Phantoms of Venice
2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17
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My Sherlock Holmes
2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18
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Death By Dickens
2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19
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Flight or Fright
2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Dracula Lives Series

Complete

3 books (1977–1980)

Start with Dracula Unborn / Bloodright and read in order.

Start this series with Dracula Unborn / Bloodright

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Dracula Unborn / Bloodright
1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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The Revenge of Dracula
1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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Dracula, My Love
1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Lan-Kern Series

Complete

3 books (1980–1984)

Start with The Fires of Lan-Kern and read in order.

Start this series with The Fires of Lan-Kern

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The Fires of Lan-Kern
1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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The Destroyers of Lan-Kern
1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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The Buccaneers of Lan-Kern
1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Non-Fiction Series

Complete

2 books (1974–1997)

Start with The Cornish Language and its Literature(As: Peter Berresford Ellis) and read in order.

Start this series with The Cornish Language and its Literature(As: Peter Berresford Ellis)

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The Cornish Language and its Literature(As: Peter Berresford Ellis)
1974Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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The Un-Dead: The Legend of Bram Stoker and Dracula(With: Peter Haining)
1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Short Stories/Novellas Series

Complete

1 book (2005–2005)

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Murder in the Air
2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Short Story Collections Series

Ongoing

4 books (1987–2024)

Start with My Lady of Hy-Brasil and Other Stories, the first of 4 books in the Short Story Collections series.

Start this series with My Lady of Hy-Brasil and Other Stories

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My Lady of Hy-Brasil and Other Stories
1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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Aisling and Other Irish Tales of Terror
1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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An Ensuing Evil and Others
2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
Made for Murders
2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Sister Fidelma Series

Ongoing

37 books (1994–2026)

Start with Absolution by Murder, the first of 36 books in the Sister Fidelma series.

Start this series with Absolution by Murder

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Absolution by Murder
1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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Shroud for the Archbishop
1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
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Suffer Little Children
1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
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The Subtle Serpent
1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
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The Spider's Web
1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
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Valley of the Shadow
1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7
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Act of Mercy
1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
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The Monk Who Vanished
1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9
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Our Lady Of Darkness
2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10
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Smoke in the Wind
2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11
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The Haunted Abbot
2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12
Badger's Moon
2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13
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The Leper's Bell
2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14
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Master of Souls
2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15
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A Prayer for the Damned
2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16
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Dancing with Demons
2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17
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The Council of the Cursed
2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18
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The Dove of Death
2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19
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The Chalice of Blood
2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20
Behold a Pale Horse
2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21
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The Seventh Trumpet
2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22
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Atonement of Blood
2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23
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The Devil's Seal
2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24
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The Second Death
2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25
The Spiteful Shadow
2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26
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Penance of the Damned
2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27
The Lair of the White Fox
2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28
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Night of the Lightbringer
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29
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30
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Blood in Eden
2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31
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The Shapeshifter's Lair
2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32
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The House of Death
2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33
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Death of a Heretic
2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34
Revenge of the Stormbringer
2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35
Prophet of Blood
2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36
Grave of the Lawgiver
2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37
Blood on the Wind
2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Sister Fidelma Collections Series

Complete

2 books (2000–2004)

Start with Hemlock at Vespers and read in order.

Start this series with Hemlock at Vespers

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Hemlock at Vespers
2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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Whispers of the Dead
2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Standalone Novels Series

Complete

23 books (1977–2017)

Start with Hound of Frankenstein, the first of 23 books in the Standalone Novels series.

Start this series with Hound of Frankenstein

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1
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Hound of Frankenstein
1977Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2
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The Vengeance of She
1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3
The Ants are Coming / The Ants
1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4
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The Curse of Loch Ness
1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5
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The Return of Raffles
1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6
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7
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The Morgow Rises!
1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8
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9
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Airship(By: Peter MacAlan)
1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10
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Kiss of the Cobra
1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11
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Raven of Destiny
1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12
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13
Cover of Swamp!
14
Cover of The Confession(By: Peter MacAlan)
The Confession(By: Peter MacAlan)
1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15
Kitchener's Gold(By: Peter MacAlan)
1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16
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17
The Valkyrie Directive(By: Peter MacAlan)
1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18
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19
Ravenmoon / Bloodmist
1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20
Fireball(By: Peter MacAlan)
1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21
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Island of Shadows
1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22
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The Windsor Protocol(By: Peter MacAlan)
1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23
The Doomsday Decree(By: Peter MacAlan)
2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Peter Tremayne written?
Peter Tremayne has written 94 books across 9 series. Their published works span from 1974 to 2026.
What is the first book in each Peter Tremayne series?
Here are the first books in Peter Tremayne's series: Anthologies: Irish Masters of Fantasy / The Wondersmith and Other Macabre Tales; Dracula Lives: Dracula Unborn / Bloodright; Lan-Kern: The Fires of Lan-Kern; Non-Fiction: The Cornish Language and its Literature(As: Peter Berresford Ellis); Short Story Collections: My Lady of Hy-Brasil and Other Stories.
What order should I read Peter Tremayne's books?
We recommend reading Peter Tremayne's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
Is Peter Tremayne still writing new books?
Yes, Peter Tremayne has 2 ongoing series: Short Story Collections, Sister Fidelma.

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