Georgette Heyer/Works

Georgette Heyer was extremely prolific, publishing at least 58 novels beginning at the age of nineteen until her death in 1974 at 71 years of age.

A few of Heyer's works are now in the public domain and have been made into freely downloadable ebooks at Project Gutenberg. Many works are available to borrow from public libraries, and the ebook version may be freely borrowable at OverDrive. Most of her novels have been reprinted and are available as paperbacks and/or ebooks from bookstores.

Novels set in the pre-Regency Georgian period (8)

No.	Title	Year	Plot summary	Notes
1	The Black Moth	1921		ebook at Project Guterberg
2	The Transformation of Philip Jettan	1923		ebook at Project Gutenberg; later published as "Powder and Patch"
3	These Old Shades	1926		ebook at OverDrive
4	The Masqueraders	1928		ebook at OverDrive
5	Devil's Cub	1932		ebook at OverDrive; some characters also in "These Old Shades"
6	The Convenient Marriage	1934		ebook at OverDrive
7	The Talisman Ring	1936
8	Faro's Daughter	1941		ebook at OverDrive

Novels set in the Regency period (26)

No.	Title	Year	Plot summary	Notes
1	Regency Buck	1935
2	An Infamous Army	1937
3	The Spanish Bride	1940
4	The Corinthian	1940
5	Friday's Child	1944
6	The Reluctant Widow	1946
7	The Foundling	1948
8	Arabella	1949
9	Regency Buck	1935
10	The Quiet Gentleman	1951
11	Cotillion	1953
12	The Toll-Gate	1954
13	Bath Tangle	1955
14	Sprig Muslin	1956
15	April Lady	1957
16	Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle	1957
17	Venetia	1958
18	The Unknown Ajax	1959
19	A Civil Contract	1961	A modest nobleman, whose deceased father bankrupted the estate, becomes guardian to three younger siblings. Forced to break a betrothal to a beautiful noblewoman, he allows the lady's father to introduce him to a wealthy merchant who aspires to a noble husband for his daughter. With full awareness by all parties, the arranged marriage is quickly accomplished. How will the new couple fare when their lives continue to intersect with that of the husband's erstwhile fiancee?	ebook at OverDrive
20	The Nonesuch	1962
21	False Colours	1963
22	Frederica	1965	A wealthy bachelor's affluent sisters, whom he dislikes, lobby him to give a ball at his own expense for their daughters' come-out. A distant cousin also asks him to introduce her attractive younger sister to the ton. To the astonishment of all, he agrees to give the ball on condition that his encroaching sisters share it with their unknown cousins. His sisters assume he must be under the spell of the beautiful younger cousin, whereas it is the seemingly unremarkable older cousin who has caught his carefully concealed interest.	ebook at OverDrive
23	Black Sheep	1966
24	Cousin Kate	1968
25	Charity Girl	1970
26	Lady of Quality	1972

Other historical novels (6)

No.	Title	Year	Plot summary	Notes
1	The Great Roxhythe	1922
2	Simon the Coldheart	1925
3	Beauvallet	1929
4	The Conquerer	1931
5	Royal Escape	1938
6	My Lord John	1975

Contemporary novels (4)

No.	Title	Year	Plot summary	Notes
1	Instead of the Thorn	1923
2	Helen	1928
3	Pastel	1929
4	Barren Corn	1930

Detective novels (12)

No.	Title	Year	Plot summary	Notes
1	Footsteps in the Dark	1932
2	Why Shoot a Butler?	1933
3	The Unfinished Clue	1934
4	Death in the Stocks	1935
5	Behold, Here's Poison	1936
6	They Found Him Dead	1937
7	A Blunt Instrument	1938
8	No Wind of Blame	1939
9	Envious Casca	1941
10	Penhallow	1942
11	Duplicate Death	1951
12	Detection Unlimited	1953

Essays (2)

There are two of these from 1954, to be added.

Short stories (26)

There are six stories, and two books containing 11 and 9 stories each, to be added.

Attribution

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The basic list of works was obtained from Wikipedia (with all the references and publisher information left behind). A few plot summaries may be similar to those in Wikipedia because I wrote them first here.Pat Palmer (talk) 13:56, 5 January 2023 (CST)