M.C. Beaton Reading Order
8 series · 132 books
M.C. Beaton was a prolific Scottish author known for her engaging mystery and cozy crime novels. With a remarkable portfolio that spans 132 books across eight series, including the beloved Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth, she captivated readers from 1980 until her passing in 2026. Her notable works continue to charm fans of the genre, solidifying her legacy in contemporary literature.
Agatha Raisin Series
Ongoing39 books (1992–2025)
Start with The Quiche of Death, the first of 39 books in the Agatha Raisin series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  The Quiche of Death 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Vicious Vet 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Potted Gardener 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Walkers of Dembley 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Murderous Marriage 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Terrible Tourist 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Wellspring of Death 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Witch of Wyckhadden 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Wizard of Evesham 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Fairies of Fryfam 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Love from Hell 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Day the Floods Came 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Case of the Curious Curate 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Haunted House 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Deadly Dance 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Perfect Paragon 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Love, Lies and Liquor 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Kissing Christmas Goodbye 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  A Spoonful of Poison 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  There Goes the Bride 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Busy Body 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  As The Pig Turns 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Christmas Crumble 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Hiss and Hers 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Hell's Bells 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Something Borrowed, Someone Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  The Blood of an Englishman 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Agatha's First Case 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Dishing the Dirt 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Pushing up Daisies 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  The Witches' Tree 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  The Dead Ringer 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  Beating about the Bush 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Hot to Trot(With: R.W. Green) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Down the Hatch(With: R.W. Green) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Devil’s Delight(With: R.W. Green) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Dead on Target(With: R.W. Green) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | Killing Time(With: R.W. Green) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | Sugar and Spite(With: R.W. Green) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Agatha Raisin Non-Fiction Series
Complete1 book (2010–2010)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Agatha Raisin Companion 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
Anthologies Series
Likely Complete4 books (2001–2023)
Start with The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.
Changing Fortunes Series
Complete1 book (1983–1983)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Westerby Sisters 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Series
Ongoing22 books (2017–2025)
Start with Cozy Case Files Volume 1(By: Ellie Alexander,Cynthia Riggs,Mindy Quigley), the first of 22 books in the Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cozy Case Files Volume 1(By: Ellie Alexander,Cynthia Riggs,Mindy Quigley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Cozy Case Files Volume 2(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Cate Conte,Diane Kelly,E.J. Copperman,Ellie Alexander,Cynthia Riggs,Susan C. Shea,Mindy Quigley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Cozy Case Files Volume 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Cozy Case Files Volume 4(By: Parnell Hall,Shari Randall,Ellen Hart,Ellie Alexander,Frances Brody,Tessa Arlen,Vivien Chien,Julia Chapman,Paige Shelton,Jane K. Cleland,Mindy Quigley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Cozy Case Files Volume 5(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Carola Dunn,Sheila Connolly,Ellie Alexander,Susan C. Shea,Judith Flanders,Mindy Quigley,Auralee Wallace) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Cozy Case Files Volume 6(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Cate Conte,Kylie Logan,Leonard Goldberg,Allison Montclair,Ellen Hart,Sheila Connolly,Mindy Quigley) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Cozy Case Files Volume 7(By: Donna Andrews,Diane Kelly,Ellen Crosby,Ellie Alexander,Vivien Chien,Ashley Weaver,Mindy Quigley) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Cozy Case Files Volume 10(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Cate Conte,Diane Kelly,Ellen Hart,Ellie Alexander,Vivien Chien,Jane K. Cleland,Ashley Weaver,SusanCox,Elizabeth Penney,Mindy Quigley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Cozy Case Files Volume 8 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Cozy Case Files Volume 9(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Kylie Logan,Leonard Goldberg,Susanna Calkins,Allison Montclair,Ellie Alexander,Eve Calder,Mindy Quigley) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Cozy Case Files Volume 11(By: Diane Kelly,Ellie Alexander,Vivien Chien,Paige Shelton,Mariah Fredericks,Elizabeth Penney,Mindy Quigley) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Cozy Case Files Volume 12(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Cate Conte,Kylie Logan,Leonard Goldberg,Allison Montclair,Sheila Connolly,Ellie Alexander,Ashley Weaver,S.C. Perkins,Eve Calder,Jess Dylan,Mindy Quigley,Meri Allen) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Cozy Case Files Volume 13(By: Mindy Quigley) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Cozy Case Files Volume 14(By: Diane Kelly,Gigi Pandian,Ellie Alexander,Paige Shelton,Mindy Quigley,Korina Moss) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Cozy Case Files Volume 15(By: Mindy Quigley) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Cozy Case Files Volume 16(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Diane Kelly,Elizabeth Penney,Mindy Quigley,Korina Moss,M. C. Beaton) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Cozy Case Files Volume 17(By: Rhys Bowen,Diane Kelly,Gigi Pandian,Ellie Alexander,Paige Shelton,Jean-Luc Bannalec,Olivia Matthews,Olivia Blacke,Mindy Quigley,Clare Broyles,Korina Moss,Anastasia Hastings) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Cozy Case Files, Volume 18(By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Leonard Goldberg,Allison Montclair,Vivien Chien,Olivia Matthews,Olivia Blacke,Mindy Quigley,Meri Allen,Katharine Schellman,Korina Moss) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Cozy Case Files, Volume 19 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Cozy Case Files, Volume 20(By: Rhys Bowen,Gigi Pandian,Ellie Alexander,Paige Shelton,Olivia Matthews,Jennifer J. Chow,Olivia Blacke,Mindy Quigley,Clare Broyles,Anastasia Hastings) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Cozy Case Files, Volume 22 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Cozy Case Files, Volume 23(By: Diane Kelly,Gigi Pandian,Ellie Alexander,Vivien Chien,Paige Shelton,Jennifer J. Chow) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Hamish Macbeth Series
Ongoing41 books (1985–2026)
Start with Death of a Gossip, the first of 41 books in the Hamish Macbeth series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Death of a Gossip 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Death of a Cad 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Death of an Outsider 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Death of a Perfect Wife 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Death of a Hussy 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Death of a Prankster 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Death of a Snob 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Death of a Glutton / Death of a Greedy Woman 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Death of a Travelling Man 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Death of a Charming Man 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Death of a Nag 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Death of a Macho Man 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Death of a Dentist 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Death of a Scriptwriter 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  A Highland Christmas 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Death of an Addict 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Death of a Dustman 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Death of a Celebrity 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Death of a Village 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Death of a Poison Pen 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Death of a Bore 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Death of a Dreamer 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Death of a Maid 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Death of a Gentle Lady 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Death of a Valentine 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Death of a Witch 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Death of a Chimney Sweep / Death of a Sweep 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Death of a Kingfisher 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Death of Yesterday 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Death of a Policeman 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Death of a Liar 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Death of a Nurse 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Knock, Knock, You're Dead! 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Death of a Ghost 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Death of an Honest Man 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Death of a Green-Eyed Monster / Death of a Love(With: R.W. Green) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Death of a Laird(With: R.W. Green) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Death of a Traitor(With: R.W. Green) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | Death of a Spy(With: R.W. Green) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | Death of a Smuggler(With: R.W. Green) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 | Death of a Groom(With: R.W. Green) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Regency Royal Series
Complete20 books (1980–1996)
Start with Lady Margery's Intrigue, the first of 20 books in the Regency Royal series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Lady Margery's Intrigue 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Marquis Takes a Bride 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Ghost and Lady Alice 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Highland Countess 1981Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Duke's Diamonds 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Love and Lady Lovelace 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Westerby Inheritance 1982Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Lady Lucy's Lover 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Viscount's Revenge 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Lady Anne's Deception 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Milady in Love 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  My Dear Duchess 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Paper Princess 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Savage Marquess 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Scandalous Marriage 1991Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Desirable Duchess 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Dreadful Debutante 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Sins of Lady Dacey 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Chocolate Debutante 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  The Loves of Lord Granton 1996Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete4 books (1984–2015)
Start with The Poor Relation, the first of 4 books in the Standalone Novels series.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has M.C. Beaton written?
- M.C. Beaton has written 132 books across 8 series. Their published works span from 1980 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each M.C. Beaton series?
- Here are the first books in M.C. Beaton's series: Agatha Raisin: The Quiche of Death; Anthologies: The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years; Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler: Cozy Case Files Volume 1(By: Ellie Alexander,Cynthia Riggs,Mindy Quigley); Hamish Macbeth: Death of a Gossip; Regency Royal: Lady Margery's Intrigue.
- What order should I read M.C. Beaton's books?
- We recommend reading M.C. Beaton's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is M.C. Beaton still writing new books?
- Yes, M.C. Beaton has 3 ongoing series: Agatha Raisin, Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler, Hamish Macbeth.