My Favorite Author

Books by Georgette Heyer

If you like Jane Austen, try one of the Historical Romances. I've sorted them here into My Favorites, and Others. The Others are good, but they just don't "sparkle" like my favorites and I don't feel they are the best representation of her writings.

If you like Agatha Christie, try one of the Mysteries!

Historical Romances
My Favorites
Arabella
Bath Tangle
Beauvallet (Elizabethan era)
Black Sheep
Charity Girl
Cotillion
Devil’s Cub
False Colors
Faro’s Daughter
Frederica
Friday’s Child
Lady of Quality
Pistols for Two (short stories)
Powder and Patch
Regency Buck
Sprig Muslin
Sylvester
The Corinthian
The Foundling
The Grand Sophy
The Masqueraders
The Nonesuch
The Quiet Gentleman
The Reluctant Widow
The Talisman Ring
The Toll-Gate
The Unknown Ajax
These Old Shades

Other Historical Romances – worth reading, better than any contemporary author, but not quite as “sparkling” as the ones above (in my opinion)
A Civil Contract
April Lady
Cousin Kate
Simon the Coldheart (medieval)
The Black Moth
The Convenient Marriage

Historical Novels, not as much “storyline”.
Don't pick up one of these hoping for a Jane Austen-type experience...
An Infamous Army
The Great Roxhythe
My Lord John
Royal Escape
Spanish Bride
The Conqueror

Contemporary Mysteries (30s England)
A Blunt Instrument
Behold, Here's Poison
Death in The Stocks ( or Merely Murder)
Detection Unlimited
Duplicate Death
Envious Casca
Footsteps in The Dark
No Wind of Blame
Penhallow
The Unfinished Clue
They Found Him Dead
Why Shoot a Butler?

"Contemporary" Romances (written when she was much younger, probably not interesting unless you’re a fan collecting Heyer books)
Barren Corn
Helen
Instead of the Thorn
Pastel

One of the biggest accomplishments of my life: I own every single one of these books except My Lord John.