Orczy did not publish her Pimpernel stories as a strict chronological series, and in fact, the settings of the books in their publication sequence may vary forward or backward in time by months or centuries. While some readers enjoy following the author's development of the Pimpernel character as it was realised, others prefer to read the stories in historical sequence. Taking into account occasional discrepancies in the dates of events (real and fictional) referred to in the stories, the following is an approximate chronological listing of Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel novels and short stories:
| Book Title | Setting | Published | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Laughing Cavalier | January 1624 | 1914 | |
| The First Sir Percy | March 1624 | 1921 | |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | September–October 1792 | 1905 | |
| Sir Percy Leads the Band | January 1793 | 1936 | |
| Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel | 1793 | 1929 | each short story is set in a different month of 1793. |
| The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel | July 1793 | 1919 | |
| A Child of the Revolution | July 1793–July 1794 | 1932 | |
| I Will Repay | August–September 1793 | 1906 | |
| The Elusive Pimpernel | September–October 1793 | 1908 | |
| Lord Tony's Wife | November–December 1793 | 1917 | |
| The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel | late 1793 | 1933 | concurrent with preceding 2 or 3 novels |
| Eldorado | January 1794 | 1913 | |
| Mam'zelle Guillotine | January 1794 | 1940 | concurrent with Eldorado |
| The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel | April–July 1794 | 1922 | |
| Sir Percy Hits Back | May–June 1794 | 1927 | |
| In the Rue Monge (short story) | 1790s | 1931 | unknown when set as no dates are mentioned |
| Pimpernel and Rosemary | 1922–1924 | 1924 |
