Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Fire of London | 1982 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 2 | The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde | 1983 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 3 | Hawksmoor | 1985 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 4 | Chatterton | 1987 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 5 | First Light | 1989 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 6 | English Music | 1992 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 7 | The House of Doctor Dee | 1993 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 8 | Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem / The Trial of Elizabeth Cree / The Limehouse | 1994 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 9 | Milton in America | 1996 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 10 | The Plato Papers | 1999 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 11 | The Clerkenwell Tales | 2003 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 12 | The Lambs of London | 2004 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 13 | The Fall of Troy | 2006 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 14 | The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein | 2008 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 15 | The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling | 2009 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 16 | The Death of King Arthur | 2010 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 17 | The Mystery of Charles Dickens | 2012 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 18 | Three Brothers | 2013 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
| 19 | Mr. Cadmus | 2020 | Peter Ackroyd | Buy |
Peter Ackroyd’s standalone novels span nearly four decades, from The Great Fire of London (1982) to Mr. Cadmus (2020). His fiction is almost always set in London and frequently involves the collision of historical periods, with past and present bleeding into each other.
Hawksmoor (1985) remains his most celebrated novel, while The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983) won the Somerset Maugham Award. Later novels like The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein (2008) and The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling (2009) show his continued interest in reimagining classic stories. Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem (1994) was adapted into a 2016 film.