If you are seeking the Louise Penny’s books in order it’s because you fancy reading a great mystery novels, and Inspector Gamache is actually a great choice. Are you Looking for a thriller? then the story of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache written by the Canadian author Louise Penny is what you are looking for. Here you will find all Louise Penny novels in order for her Inspector Gamache books.
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Louise Penny books in order for Inspector Gamache series: chronological and publication
The best order to read Louise Penny’s books is the publication order, which is at the same time the chronological order.
Here you have all books by Louise Penny in chronological order . If you want to check out any of the Inspector Gamache books, just click on the their cover, the link will take you to Amazon so you can check it out (don’t worry, it will open in a new tab):
1. Still Life
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2. A Fatal Grace
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3.The Cruelest Month
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4. A Rule Against Murder
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5. The Brutal Telling
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6. Bury Your Dead
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7. A Trick of the Light
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8. The Hangman
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9. The Beautiful Mystery
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10. How the Light Gets In
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11. The Long Way Home
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12. The Nature of the Beast
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13. A Great Reckoning
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14. Glass Houses
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15. Kingdom of the Blind
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16. A Better Man
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Now that you have all Louise Penny books in order of publication would like to get a cool Inspector Gamache book set?
In case that after having all Louise Penny novels in order you decided you wanted to get more than one, here you have three different amazing book sets that collects the books in the Inspector Gamache series:
List with all books by Louise Penny in chronological order
In case you would rather have a list, here you have all Louise Penny books in order of publication for her Inspector Gamache series (remember that it equas to the chronological order):
Inspector Gamache books in order
Publisher:
- Minotaur Books
Reading order:
- Still Life (Inspector Gamache book 1)
- A Fatal Grace -Alternate title in Canada: Dead Cold- (Inspector Gamache book 2)
- The Cruelest Month (Inspector Gamache book 3)
- A Rule Against Murder (Inspector Gamache book 4)
- The Brutal Telling (Inspector Gamache book 5)
- Bury Your Dead (Inspector Gamache book 6)
- A Trick of the Light (Inspector Gamache book 7)
- The Hangman (Inspector Gamache book 8)
- The Beautiful Mystery (Inspector Gamache book 9)
- How the Light Gets In (Inspector Gamache book 10)
- The Long Way Home (Inspector Gamache book 11)
- The Nature of the Beast (Inspector Gamache book 12)
- A Great Reckoning (Inspector Gamache book 13)
- Glass Houses (Inspector Gamache book 14)
- Kingdom of the Blind (Inspector Gamache book 15)
- A Better Man (Inspector Gamache book 16)
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Also, notice that while you can read Louise Penny’s books in order of publication or chronologically, you can read any of the Inspector Gamache novels as a stand alone since each of the books in this series are self conclussive.
Want to know a bit more about Inspector Gamache?
These novels narrate the story of Armand Gamache, an inspector in charge of the homicide department of the Sûreté du Québec. The plot centers in murders taking place in the province of Quebec, in which Armand Gamache will have to use all his wit to solve the crimes. As it’s usual in the mystery genre, the disclosure of the murderer is shown in the last pages of the book, gripping the tension until the very end.
Louise Penny has won several awards for her Inspector Gamache novels, including the Agatha Award for the best mystery novel of the year five times (four of them in consecutive years!). So yes, if you like mystery novels this series is a must-read!
There you have Inspector Gamache in order! as you can see it’s a long series, the last novel, A Better Man, was published in 2019 and Louise Penny has published a new Inspector Gamache novel every year consecutively since 2007. So you can expect a new Inspector Gamache novel soon!
Now that you have a list of Louise penny books in chronological order will you start reading them just right now or will you put this series on your to be read list? don’t forget to comment and share with us!
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Have you read any of the books in this series? if so, just leave a comment telling us why did you enjoy this series. If this is the first time to get one of the books by Louise Penny then tell us how you discovered this mystery series.
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Detectivesque stories are the best, and this one looks great, let’s give it a chance
I love inspector Gamache, such a cool detective.
Thank you for this list, it’s not easy to find Louise Penny’s books easily…
More than grateful for this list.
Hellen.
My mother read these books when I was a child and I got curious, now I think it’s my turn to read them. Thank you.
Lovely series, Gamache is an amazing character.
I just started reading Louise Penny and have devoured the stories, taking big gulps at a time and finishing in record time. Really love these characters! I’m a life-long James Patterson fan, too, so now I have another author to follow. Hooray!