Georgette Heyer is one of those authors who very much suffers from my habit of buying so many of an author’s books at once that I never actually read them all. I have had lots of her books (mainly as ratty paperbacks) for many years, but I’ve only read a small portion of them. Thanks to an ebook sale at Sourcebooks for Heyer’s 109th birthday, I now own all but six of them as ebooks (and those six will all have been published by the end of January 2011). Therefore, an author read is called for.
Heyer published 57 books over her life (although she later suppressed publication of five of them, dropping the total to 52. All the same, that’s a lot of books and I expect this Author Read to be a slow one. But a very enjoyable one.
Heyer’s books have been published most recently by Arrow in the UK and Sourcebooks in the US. I can never decide which covers I think are the prettiest (I suspect Arrow wins by a nose), but I do like the trade paperback format of the Arrow books (I have several on my physical bookshelf downstairs) which are very nice, satisfying books to hold and read. Upon reflection, I’ve decided to do this Author Read with the Sourcebooks covers and a Dream Library entry with the Arrow editions as, if I was adding paper copies to my dream library, I would choose to buy the Arrow books.
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I’m including the five suppressed books in this list, not because I plan to read them (since they are near impossible to find) but because the completest in me can’t bear to have a supposedly comprehensive list and leave out several books.
 The Black Moth |
 The Great Roxhythe |
 Instead of the Thorn |
 Powder and Patch |
| 1921 READ Own in ebook |
1923 Unavailable Suppressed by Heyer |
1923 Unavailable Suppressed by Heyer |
1923 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
 Simon the Coldheart |
 These Old Shades |
 Helen |
 The Masqueraders |
| 1925 Unread Own in ebook |
1926 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1928 Unavailable Suppressed by Heyer |
1928 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
 Beauvallet |
 Pastel |
 Barren Corn |
 The Conqueror |
| 1929 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1929 Unavailable Suppressed by Heyer |
1930 Unavailable Suppressed by Heyer |
1931 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
 Devil's Cub |
 Footsteps in the Dark |
 Why Shoot a Butler? |
 The Convenient Marriage |
| 1932 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1932 Unread Own in ebook |
1933 Unread Own in ebook |
1934 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
 The Unfinished Clue |
 Regency Buck |
 Death in the Stocks |
 The Talisman Ring |
| 1934 Unread Own in ebook |
1935 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1935 Unread Own in ebook |
1936 Unread Own in ebook |
 Behold, Here's Poison |
 An Infamous Army |
 They Found Him Dead |
 Royal Escape |
| 1936 Unread Own in ebook |
1937 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1937 Unread Own in ebook |
1938 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
 A Blunt Instrument |
 No Wind of Blame |
 The Corinthian |
 The Spanish Bride |
| 1938 Unread Own in ebook |
1939 Unread Own in ebook |
1940 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1940 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
 Faro's Daughter |
 Envious Casca |
 Penhallow |
 Friday's Child |
| 1941 Unread Own in ebook |
1941 Unread Own in ebook |
1942 Unread Own in ebook |
1944 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
 The Reluctant Widow |
 The Foundling |
 Arabella |
 The Grand Sophy |
| 1946 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
1948 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1949 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1950 Unread Own in ebook |
 The Quiet Gentleman |
 Duplicate Death |
 Cotillion |
 Detection Unlimited |
| 1951 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
1951 Unread Own in ebook |
1953 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
1953 Unread Own in ebook |
 The Toll-Gate |
 Bath Tangle |
 Sprig Muslin |
 April Lady |
| 1954 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
1955 Unread Own in ebook |
1956 Unread No ebook available |
1957 Unread Own in paper No ebook available |
 Sylvester |
 Venetia |
 The Unknown Ajax |
 Pistols for Two |
| 1957 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
1958 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
1959 Unread Own in ebook |
1960 Unread No ebook available |
 A Civil Contract |
 The Nonesuch |
 False Colours |
 Frederica |
| 1961 Read Previously Own in paper No ebook available |
1962 Unread Own in ebook |
1963 Unread Own in ebook |
1965 Read Previously Own in paper, ebook |
 The Black Sheep |
 Cousin Kate |
 Charity Girl |
 Lady of Quality |
| 1966 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
1968 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
1970 Unread Own in ebook |
1972 Unread Own in paper, ebook |
 My Lord John |
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| 1975 Unread Own in ebook |
Posted by Kris on 19th August, 2011 at 10:43 am
I was so excited to see four of her crime novels that I don’t have, but they are all ones that she suppressed.
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