Carolyn G. Hart Reading Order

17 books (1990–2010)

Start with Sisters in Crime 2, the first of 17 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Sisters in Crime 2 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Deadly Allies 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	Partners in Crime 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	Crimes of the Heart 1995Buy 🇺🇸
7	Malice Domestic 4 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	First Cases, Volume 2 1997Buy 🇺🇸
9	Funny Bones: 15 New Tales of Murder and Mayhem 1997Buy 🇺🇸
10	Love and Death 2000Buy 🇺🇸
11	Magnolias and Mayhem 2000Buy 🇺🇸
12	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸
13	Motherhood Is Murder 2003Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Sunken Sailor 2004Buy 🇺🇸
15	Murder Across the Map 2005Buy 🇺🇸
16	Crimes by Moonlight 2010Buy 🇺🇸
17	Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing 2010Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (2008–2021)

Start with Ghost at Work, the first of 10 books in the Bailey Ruth series.

#	Title
1	Ghost at Work 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Merry, Merry Ghost 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ghost in Trouble 2010Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ghost Gone Wild 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Ghost Wanted 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	Ghost to the Rescue 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	Ghost Times Two 2016Buy 🇺🇸
8	Ghost on the Case 2017Buy 🇺🇸
9	Ghost Ups Her Game 2020Buy 🇺🇸
10	Ghost Blows a Kiss 2021Buy 🇺🇸

32 books (1991–2020)

Start with Fowl Prey(By: Mary Daheim), the first of 32 books in the Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Fowl Prey(By: Mary Daheim) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Just Desserts(By: Mary Daheim) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Holy Terrors(By: Mary Daheim) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	Bantam of the Opera(By: Mary Daheim) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dune to Death(By: Mary Daheim) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Fit of Tempera(By: Mary Daheim) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	Major Vices(By: Mary Daheim) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	Murder, My Suite(By: Mary Daheim) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	Auntie Mayhem(By: Mary Daheim) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
10	Nutty as a Fruitcake(By: Mary Daheim) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
11	September Mourn(By: Mary Daheim) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
12	Legs Benedict(By: Mary Daheim) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
13	Snow Place to Die(By: Mary Daheim) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
14	Wed and Buried(By: Mary Daheim) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	Creeps Suzette(By: Mary Daheim) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
16	A Streetcar Named Expire(By: Mary Daheim) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
17	Suture Self(By: Mary Daheim) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
18	Silver Scream(By: Mary Daheim) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	Hocus Croakus(By: Mary Daheim) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
20	This Old Souse(By: Mary Daheim) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
21	Dead Man Docking(By: Mary Daheim) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
22	Saks & Violins(By: Mary Daheim) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	Scots on the Rocks(By: Mary Daheim) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
24	Vi Agra Falls(By: Mary Daheim) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
25	Loco Motive(By: Mary Daheim) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
26	All the Pretty Hearses(By: Mary Daheim) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Wurst Is Yet to Come(By: Mary Daheim) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
28	Gone with the Win(By: Mary Daheim) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
29	Clam Wake(By: Mary Daheim) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Here Comes the Bribe(By: Mary Daheim) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
31	A Case of Bier(By: Mary Daheim) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
32	Lady MacDeath(By: Mary Daheim) 2020Buy 🇺🇸

40 books (2012–2022)

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

#	Title
1	An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
11	Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
19	What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
22	From the Queen 2015Buy 🇺🇸
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
26	Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
32	Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2005–2009)

Start with Cooks' Books and read in order.

#	Title
1	Cooks' Books 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Much Depends on Dinner 2008Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Feast of Cooks 2009Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2009–2009)

#	Title
1	Your Turn 2009Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1999–2002)

Start with Crime on Her Mind and read in order.

#	Title
1	Crime on Her Mind 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Secrets and Other Stories of Suspense 2002Buy 🇺🇸

18 books (1964–2018)

Start with The Secret of the Cellars, the first of 18 books in the Carolyn G. Hart Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Secret of the Cellars 1964Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dangerous Summer 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	No Easy Answers 1970Buy 🇺🇸
4	Rendezvous in Veracruz 1970Buy 🇺🇸
5	Danger High Explosives! 1972Buy 🇺🇸
6	Flee From the Past 1975Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Settling of Accounts 1976Buy 🇺🇸
8	Escape from Paris 1982Buy 🇺🇸
9	Castle Rock 1983Buy 🇺🇸
10	Death by Surprise 1983Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Rich Die Young 1983Buy 🇺🇸
12	Brave Hearts 1987Buy 🇺🇸
13	Skulduggery 2000Buy 🇺🇸
14	Letter From Home 2003Buy 🇺🇸
15	Cry in the Night 2012Buy 🇺🇸
16	Cliff's Edge 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	High Stakes 2015Buy 🇺🇸
18	Peril Off Padre 2018Buy 🇺🇸

27 books (1987–2017)

Start with Death On Demand, the first of 27 books in the Death On Demand series.

#	Title
1	Death On Demand 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Design For Murder 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Honeymoon with Murder 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	Something Wicked 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	A Little Class on Murder 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Deadly Valentine 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Christie Caper 1991Buy 🇺🇸
8	Southern Ghost 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	Mint Julep Murder 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	Yankee Doodle Dead 1998Buy 🇺🇸
11	White Elephant Dead 1999Buy 🇺🇸
12	Sugarplum Dead 2000Buy 🇺🇸
13	April Fool Dead 2001Buy 🇺🇸
14	Engaged to Die 2003Buy 🇺🇸
15	Murder Walks the Plank 2004Buy 🇺🇸
16	Death of the Party 2005Buy 🇺🇸
17	Dead Days of Summer 2006Buy 🇺🇸
18	Death Walked In 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	Dare to Die 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	Laughed 'Til He Died 2010Buy 🇺🇸
21	Dead by Midnight 2011Buy 🇺🇸
22	Death Comes Silently 2012Buy 🇺🇸
23	Dead, White, and Blue 2013Buy 🇺🇸
24	Death at the Door 2014Buy 🇺🇸
25	Don't Go Home 2015Buy 🇺🇸
26	From the Queen 2015Buy 🇺🇸
27	Walking on My Grave 2017Buy 🇺🇸

19 books (1979–1988)

Start with Castle Malice(By: Marilyn Ross), the first of 19 books in the Harlequin Gothic Romance series.

#	Title
1	Castle Malice(By: Marilyn Ross) 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Seventh Gate(By: Dolores Holliday) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Ravens of Rockhurst(By: Marian Martin) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Satyr Ring(By: Alison Quinn) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
5	An Innocent Madness(By: Dulcie Hollyock) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
6	Castle At Jade Cove(By: Helen B. Hicks) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
7	Restless Obsession(By: Jane Toombs) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
8	Double Masquerade(By: Dulcie Hollyock) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
9	Legacy Of Raven's Rise(By: Helen B. Hicks) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Fourth Letter(By: Alison Quinn) 1985Buy 🇺🇸
11	Lord of High Cliff Manor(By: Irene M. Pascoe) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
12	Return To Shadow Creek(By: Helen B. Hicks) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
13	Shadows Over Briarcliff(By: Marilyn Ross) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Blue House(By: Dolores Holliday) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Devereaux Legacy 1986Buy 🇺🇸
16	Island Of Mystery(By: Margaret M. Scariano) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
17	Mirage On The Amazon(By: Mary Kistler) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
18	Secret At Orient Point(By: Patricia Werner) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
19	Shadow Over Bright Star(By: Irene M. Pascoe) 1988Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1992–2007)

Start with Henrie O's Holiday, the first of 8 books in the Henrie O series.

#	Title
1	Henrie O's Holiday 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dead Man's Island 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Scandal in Fair Haven 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	Death in Lovers' Lane 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Death in Paradise 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Death on the River Walk 1999Buy 🇺🇸
7	Resort to Murder 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Set Sail for Murder 2007Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2012–2012)

#	Title
1	What the Cat Saw 2012Buy 🇺🇸