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Vigil
Please don't go out of your way to read in chronological order; it's not only not necessary at all, but if you read the wrong thing first you might never get around to trying P.G. Wodehouse again (his wittiness and overall quality were rather inconsistent) and that would be a tragedy. This is a great book and a great place to start.
John Burns
While you don't have to read them in order, the characters and settings develop over the course of the series and you get lots of references to events in previous books. You can read them higgledy-piggledy if you like but it is more rewarding to read them in order. I would skip books 1 and 3 because they're a bit weak and go from there.
J Austill
There are references to the events of the previous books, but having read them is not at all necessary. Rather, the references just make you desire to go read those adventures. Pelham is quite skilled at giving just enough information to make the current book not rely on the previous ones while not so much as to bore the reader if they have.
Guillermina
Yes, you should read them in chronological order. The plots reference each other endlessly, and many characters reappear so if you start halfway you'll lose a lot, plus spoiling yourself the resolution of the previous books.
But this one in particular is horrible if you like Bertie and you don't like seeing nice people being treated like shit for no reason. I'd suggest skipping it altogether.
But this one in particular is horrible if you like Bertie and you don't like seeing nice people being treated like shit for no reason. I'd suggest skipping it altogether.
James
You can read them in any order. They are like the Bond books or Sherlock Holmes stories in this regard.
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