Book Discussion

Dunnett reviews and articles on other websites

Many writers and book bloggers have written reviews and articles about Dorothy's work. I've tried to trace as many of them as I can.

If you know of any others then I'd be happy to hear from you via the contact page.

 

Type Site Name Author/reviewer Article name and link Date Description
Article NPR Alaya Dawn Johnson All The Writers You Love Probably Love Dorothy Dunnett 27 Dec 2014  
Article Alys West Alys West Five things I've learnt about writing from reading Dorothy Dunnett 11 Nov 2017  
Article Marie Brennan Writing Epic Fantasy the Historical Fiction Way: Lessons from Dorothy Dunnett's The Game of Kings 25 Aug 2017  
Article Yvonne Seale Yvonne Seale The Women of the Lymond Chronicles 14 May 2019  
Article Prue Batten M.M. Bennetts How Dorothy Dunnett's legacy lives on… 15 Apr 2014  
Article   Jane G. Harlond A Tribute to Dorothy Dunnett 31 Jan 2018  
Article Times Literary Supplement Rohan Amanda Maitzen The grim prerequisite - The myriad pleasures of Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles 10 Nov 2017 Requires a TLS account
Article Novel Readings Rohan Amanda Maitzen Weekend Reading: Dorothy Dunnett via Buffy 12 Jun 2016  
Article Salatheel Dorothy Dunnett, a writer's masterclass 2017  
  lindagillard.co.uk Linda Gillard And my favourite reading? ... THE LYMOND CHRONICLES by Dorothy Dunnett   Final section of her Bookshelf page
Article Shelf Love Jenny BBAW: Recognizing Dorothy Dunnett 13 Sep 2012  
Article The Guardian Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles: far more than sex and swords 19 Oct 2017  
Article Books from Scotland   Rediscovering: Dorothy Dunnett    
Article Series Book Lover   Ten Things I loved about The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett    
Article Textualities Marjorie Leithead Been There, Dunnett 2005  
Article Substack Jonathan Crain The Architects of Outcome: Women in Dorothy Dunnett's "Lymond Chronicles" 30 Dec 2025  
Article Medium Ronald Boothe Professor Emeritus, Emory University Dorothy Dunnett's Writing Style 2 May 2023  
Article Fictorians Gregory D. Little The Darts He Suffers Are His Own 7 May 2014  
Article setyourmuseonfire.com Jana Van der Veer 7 Lessons for Writers from Dorothy Dunnett's The Game of Kings Oct 2021  
  New York Times Archive Anne Malcolm Dorothy Dunnett's Excellent Adventures 2000  
           
           
  Archive of Our Own   The Game of Kings in Fifteen Minutes 2015 A wonderfully funny extreme condensation of GK
           
Video Discussion Youtube   The Lymond Book Club 2020 A series of video discussions
Video Review Youtube lonely reader Game of Kings: Opening Gambit 2024 The first of a series of videos
           
Discussion Goodreads   Dorothy Dunnett fans discussion
Lymond Chronicles > The Game of Kings		    
Discussion Reddit   https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/ Lymond_chronicles_by_dorothy_dunnett    
           
Review BookLust King Hereafter and Queen Once Again 25 Apr 2013  
Review The Idle Woman   In praise of Dorothy Dunnett 7 Aug 2011  
Review The Idle Woman   The Game of Kings (1961): Dorothy Dunnett 13 Jun 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Queens' Play (1964): Dorothy Dunnett 29 Jun 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   The Disorderly Knights (1966): Dorothy Dunnett 10 Jul 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Pawn in Frankincense (1969): Dorothy Dunnett 17 Jul 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   The Ringed Castle (1971): Dorothy Dunnett 21 Jul 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Checkmate (1975): Dorothy Dunnett 23 Jul 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Niccolò Rising (1986): Dorothy Dunnett 25 Sep 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   The Spring of the Ram (1987): Dorothy Dunnett 9 Oct 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Race of Scorpions (1989): Dorothy Dunnett 16 Oct 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Scales of Gold (1991): Dorothy Dunnett 22 Oct 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   The Unicorn Hunt (1993): Dorothy Dunnett 26 Oct 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   To Lie with Lions (1995): Dorothy Dunnett 30 Oct 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Caprice and Rondo (1997): Dorothy Dunnett 4 Nov 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   Gemini (2000): Dorothy Dunnett 6 Nov 2012  
Review The Idle Woman   King Hereafter (1976): Dorothy Dunnett 14 Jun 2013  
Review Novel Readings Rohan Amanda Maitzen Dorothy Dunnett, The Game of Kings and Queens' Play 19 Feb 2007  
Review Novel Readings Rohan Amanda Maitzen "On some book my name will be written": Dorothy Dunnett, King Hereafter 10 Jul 2014  
           
Review Compulsive Overreader Trudy Morgan-Cole The Lymond Chronicles, by Dorothy Dunnett 9 Mar 2016  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Historical Musings #40: Reading Dorothy Dunnett 15 Jul 2018  
Review She Reads Novels Helen The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett 25 Feb 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett 12 Mar 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett 24 Mar 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett 9 Apr 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Thoughts on finishing the Lymond Chronicles 22 Apr 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Niccolò Rising by Dorothy Dunnett 7 Jun 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett 13 Aug 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Race of Scorpions by Dorothy Dunnett 12 Sep 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Scales of Gold by Dorothy Dunnett 18 Oct 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett 15 Nov 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen To Lie with Lions by Dorothy Dunnett 26 Dec 2012  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Caprice and Rondo by Dorothy Dunnett 7 Jan 2013  
Review She Reads Novels Helen Gemini by Dorothy Dunnett 26 Jan 2013  
Review She Reads Novels Helen King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett 5 Jun 2013  
Review Staircase Wit Constance Niccolò Rising by Dorothy Dunnett – 14/20 Books of Summer 28 Aug 2025  
Review Staircase Wit Constance The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett 16 Sep 2025  
Review Well RedReviews   Literally my favourite book - Ever. 10 May 2021  
Review The History Lady Geri They (mostly) don't write 'em like this anymore! Dorothy Dunnett's "The Game of Kings" 3 Oct 2012  
Review a discount ticket to everywhere   An Epic Undertaking – the Lymond Saga by Dorothy Dunnett    
Review a discount ticket to everywhere   The Disorderly Knights – Lymond, Part Three    
Review a discount ticket to everywhere   Pawn in Frankincense (Lymond, Book 4) 13 Mar 2013  
Review a discount ticket to everywhere   The Ringed Castle, Lymond Book 5 10 May 2013  
Review a discount ticket to everywhere   Checkmate: Conclusion of the Lymond Saga 16 Aug 2013  
Review Henry Kisor Henry Kisor Reviews The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett 6 May 2024  
Review A Striped Armchair Eva The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett (thoughts) 12 Jun 2012  
Review   Alexander Fiske-Harrison My Times Literary Supplement review of Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond    
Review I enthuse   Review: Checkmate (Dorothy Dunnett)    
Review All About Romance Jo Beverley Checkmate By Dorothy Dunnett    
Review Series Book Lover   The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett- Review of a series that fantasy fans should read ( if they haven't already). 3 Aug 2021  
Review Series Book Lover   The Game of Kings, Book one of the Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett- Book review and discussion 16 Aug 2021  
Review Series Book Lover   Queens' Play by Dorothy Dunnett- Book review and Discussion 26 Aug 2021  
Review Series Book Lover   The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett- book review/discussion 12 Sep 2021  
Review Series Book Lover   Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett – Book review 23 Sep 2021  
Review Series Book Lover   The Ringed Castle by Dorothy Dunnett- Book review 14 Oct 2021  
Review Series Book Lover   Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett- Book review 2 Dec 2021  
Review Rebekah's Readings and Watchings   The Game of Kings (#1 of The Lymond Chronicles) 17 Jul 2025  
Review Rebekah's Readings and Watchings   Queen's Play (# 2 ofThe Lymond Chronicles) 1 Aug 2025  
Review Rebekah's Readings and Watchings   The Disorderly Knights (#3 of The Lymond Chronicles) 11 Sep 2025  
Review Rebekah's Readings and Watchings   Pawn in Frankincense (#4 in the Lymond Chronicles) 26 Sep 2025  
Review Rebekah's Readings and Watchings   The Ringed Castle (#5 in The Lymond Chronicles) 20 Oct 2025  
Review Rebekah's Readings and Watchings   Checkmate (#6 in the Lymond Chronicles) 6 Dec 2025  
Review IGC Publishing Lloyd Earickson Checkmate Review    
Review thebookbag.co.uk Jill Murphy Queen's Play by Dorothy Dunnett    
Review Library Thing   Reviews - Dorothy Dunnett   Large collection of reviews
Review HISTORICAL ROMANCE REVIEW   Dorothy Dunnett's THE GAME OF KINGS – Brilliant Storytelling in a Complicated Plot!    
Review thestorygraph.com   351 reviews for: The Game of Kings   Large collection of short reviews
Review thestorygraph.com   113 reviews for: Queens' Play   Large collection of short reviews
Review thestorygraph.com   99 reviews for: The Disorderly Knights   Large collection of short reviews
           
  Kate Lance   Talk by Dorothy Dunnett in Melbourne, Australia, 9 March 2000