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There are twenty Amelia Peabody mysteries and only one order that works: publication order, which is also chronological order, because the Emerson family ages in real time. A child born in book three is a young man solving cases by book nine and married by book twelve, and the running jokes, feuds and romances all accumulate.

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There are twenty Amelia Peabody mysteries and only one order that works: publication order, which is also chronological order, because the Emerson family ages in real time. A child born in book three is a young man solving cases by book nine and married by book twelve, and the running jokes, feuds and romances all accumulate.
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A strong starting point is The ape who guards the balance by Elizabeth Peters. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.
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Once you have the fundamentals, explore closely related subjects like J.M. Coetzee, Michael Ondaatje.

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