Eva Gates: Lighthouse Library Mysteries

• Main Character: Lucy Richardson, a librarian working at the Bodie Island  Lighthouse Library.
• Setting: North Carolina's Outer Banks. 
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. By Book or By Crook (2015) 
2. Booked for Trouble (2015) 
3. Reading Up a Storm (2016) 
4. The Spook in the Stacks (2018) 
5. Something Read, Something Dead (2019) 
6. Read and Buried (2019) 
7. A Death Long Overdue (2020) 
8. Deadly Ever After (2021) 
9. Death by Beach Read (2022) 
10. Death Knells and Wedding Bells (2023) 
11. The Stranger in the Library (2024) 
12. Shot Through the Book (2025) 
13. Whose Body in the Library (2026) 

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Beverly Cleary: The Ramona Series

• Main characters: Ramona Quimby, her mother and father, and her sister "Beezus"
• Setting: USA, beginning mid-20th Century
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Beezus and Ramona (1955)
2. Ramona the Pest (1968)
3. Ramona the Brave (1975)
4. Ramona and Her Father (1977)
5. Ramona and Her Mother (1979)
6. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) 
7. Ramona Forever (1984) 
8. Ramona's World (1999)

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Beverly Cleary: The Henry Huggins Series

• Main characters: Henry Huggins, his family and friends
• Setting: USA, in the 1950s and 1960s
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Henry Huggins (1950)
2. Henry and Beezus (1952)
3. Henry and Ribsy (1954)
4. Henry and the Paper Route (1957)
5. Henry and the Clubhouse (1962)
6. Ribsy (1964)

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Little House Series

• Main characters: Laura Ingalls and her family and friends
• Setting: 19th Century America
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

1. Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
2. Farmer Boy (1933)
3. Little House on the Prairie (1935)
4. On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
5. By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
6. The Long Winter (1940)
7. Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
8. These Happy Golden Years (1943)
9. The First Four Years (1971)

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Jessica Fletcher (and Donald Bain): Murder, She Wrote

• Main character: Jessica Fletcher, retired school teacher who is now a successful author of mystery novels
• Setting: Jessica is a world traveler, so the books are set in many different locations, including her hometown of Cabot Cove, Maine.
• Bold type indicates a book I've read.

The books in this series are tie-ins with (or spin-offs of) the TV series from the 1980s and '90s, starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher. Many of the regular characters from the TV shows find their way into the books. The series was actually written by real-life mystery novelist Donald Bain (1935-2017) who wrote under many pseudonyms during his career. Bain was the first ghost writer of the books, beginning in 1989 and continuing up to his death in 2017. His wife, Renée Paley-Bain (1945–2016) received a co-author credit for three of the books, and his daughter, Laurie Bain Wilson, also collaborated on three of the novels. After Bain's death in 2017, author Jon Land continued the series, starting in 2018 and continuing until 2020. After that, several different authors took over as ghost writer. The series is still active at the time I'm writing this, in 2026. 

The publication order of the novels will be listed differently, depending on the source you choose. My listing is a sort of combination of those found on GoodReads, Wikipedia, and various Google search results.

Those books marked with a ✻ are set in Cabot Cove. 

1. Gin & Daggers (1989)
2. Manhattans and Murder (1994)
3. Rum and Razors (1995)
4. Brandy and Bullets (1995) ✻
5. Martinis and Mayhem (1995) 
6. A Deadly Judgment (1996)
7. A Palette for Murder (1996)
8. The Highland Fling Murders (1997)
9. Murder on the QE2 (1997)
10. Murder in Moscow (1998)
11. A Little Yuletide Murder (1998) ✻
12. Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999)
13. Knock 'em Dead (1999)
14. Trick or Treachery (2000) ✻
15. Blood on the Vine (2001)
16. Murder in a Minor Key (2001)
17. Provence - to Die for (2002)
18. You Bet Your Life (2002)
19. Majoring in Murder (2003)
20. Destination Murder (2003)
21. Dying to Retire (2004)
22. A Vote for Murder (2004)
23. The Maine Mutiny (2005) ✻
24. Margaritas and Murder (2005)
25. A Question of Murder (2006)
26. Three Strikes and You're Dead (2006)
27. Coffee, Tea, or Murder? (2007)
28. Panning for Murder (2007)
29. Murder on Parade (2008) ✻
30. A Slaying in Savannah (2008)
31. Madison Avenue Shoot (2009)
32. A Fatal Feast (2009) ✻
33. Nashville Noir (2010)
34. The Queen's Jewels (2010)
35. Skating on Thin Ice (2011) ✻ 
36. The Fine Art of Murder (2011)
37. Trouble at High Tide (2012)
38. Domestic Malice (2012) ✻
39. Prescription for Murder (2013)
40. Close-Up on Murder (2013) ✻
41. Aloha Betrayed (2014)
42. Death of a Blue Blood (2014)
43. Killer in the Kitchen (2015) ✻
44. The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher, with Renée Paley-Bain (2015) ✻
45. Design for Murder, with Renée Paley-Bain (2016) 
46. Hook, Line and Murder, with Renée Paley-Bain (2016) ✻
47. A Date with Murder, with Jon Land (2018)
48. Manuscript for Murder, by Jon Land (2018) ✻
49. Murder in Red, by Jon Land (2019) ✻
50. A Time for Murder, by Jon Land (2019)
51. The Murder of Twelve, by Jon Land (2020) ✻
52. Murder in Season, by Jon Land (2020) ✻
53. Killing in a Koi Pond, by Terrie Farley Moran (2021) 
54. Debonair in Death, by Terrie Farley Moran (2021) ✻
55. Killer on the Court, by Terrie Farley Moran (2022) 
56. Death on the Emerald Isle, by Terrie Farley Moran (2023)
57. Fit for Murder, by Terrie Farley Moran (2024) ✻
58. Murder Backstage, by Terrie Farley Moran (2024) 
59. A Killer Christmas, by Terrie Farley Moran (2024) ✻
60. Snowy with a Chance of Murder, by Barbara Early (2025) ✻
61. A Body in Boston, by Terrie Farley Moran (2025) 
62. The Body in the Trees, by Terrie Farley Moran (2025) ✻
63. Murder Most Trivial, by Barbara Early (2026) 
64. A Killing in Real Estate, by Terrie Farley Moran (2026)

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In 2000 a 2nd edition of the first book in the series, Gin and Daggers, was issued. 

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Erle Stanley Gardner: Perry Mason Mysteries

• Main characters: Attorney Perry Mason, his private secretary (and sometime romantic interest) Della Street, private detective Paul Drake, District Attorney Hamilton Burger, police investigator Lt. Arthur Tragg
• Setting: Mostly in and around Los Angeles, California
• Bold type indicates a book I've read

Many of the Perry Mason novels were first published in magazines, especially The Saturday Evening Post and Liberty Magazine. The novels were published by William Morrow and Company.

1. The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933)
2. The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933)
3. The Case of the Lucky Legs (1934)
4. The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) 
5. The Case of the Curious Bride (1934) 
6. The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (1935)
7. The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (1935) 
8. The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece (1936) 
9. The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936) 
10. The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937) 
11. The Case of the Lame Canary (1937) 
12. The Case of the Substitute Face (1938) 
13. The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe (1938) 
14. The Case of the Perjured Parrot (1939) 
15. The Case of the Rolling Bones (1939) 
16. The Case of the Baited Hook (1940)
17. The Case of the Silent Partner (1940)
18. The Case of the Haunted Husband (1941)
19. The Case of the Empty Tin (1941)
20. The Case of the Drowning Duck (1942)
21. The Case of the Careless Kitten (1942)
22. The Case of the Buried Clock (1943)
23. The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943) 
24. The Case of the Crooked Candle (1944) 
25. The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (1944)
26. The Case of the Golddigger's Purse (1945) 
27. The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife (1945) 
28. The Case of the Borrowed Brunette (1946) 
29. The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse (1947) 
30. The Case of the Lazy Lover (1947) 
31. The Case of the Lonely Heiress (1948) 
32. The Case of the Vagabond Virgin (1948) 
33. The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom (1949) 
34. The Case of the Cautious Coquette (1949) 
35. The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1950) 
36. The Case of the One-Eyed Witness (1950) 
37. The Case of the Fiery Fingers (1951) 
38. The Case of the Angry Mourner (1951) 
39. The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (1952) 
40. The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1952)
41. The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1953) 
42. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953)
43. The Case of the Fugitive Nurse (1954) 
44. The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1954) 
45. The Case of the Restless Redhead (1954) 
46. The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (1955) 
47. The Case of the Sun Bather's Diary (1955) 
48. The Case of the Nervous Accomplice (1955) 
49. The Case of the Terrified Typist (1956) 
50. The Case of the Demure Defendant (1956) 
51. The Case of the Gilded Lily (1956) 
52. The Case of the Lucky Loser (1957) 
53. The Case of the Screaming Woman (1957) 
54. The Case of the Daring Decoy (1957) 
55. The Case of the Long-Legged Models (1958) 
56. The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (1958) 
57. The Case of the Calendar Girl (1958) 
58. The Case of the Deadly Toy (1959)
59. The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1959)
60. The Case of the Singing Skirt (1959) 
61. The Case of the Waylaid Wolf (1960) 
62. The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1960) 
63. The Case of the Shapely Shadow (1960) 
64. The Case of the Spurious Spinster (1961) 
65. The Case of the Bigamous Spouse (1961) 
66. The Case of the Reluctant Model (1962) 
67. The Case of the Blonde Bonanza (1962) 
68. The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands (1962) 
69. The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1963) 
70. The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret (1963) 
71. The Case of the Amorous Aunt (1963) 
72. The Case of the Daring Divorcee (1964) 
73. The Case of the Phantom Fortune (1964) 
74. The Case of the Horrified Heirs (1964) 
75. The Case of the Troubled Trustee (1965) 
76. The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (1965) 
77. The Case of the Worried Waitress (1966) 
78. The Case of the Queenly Contestant (1967) 
79. The Case of the Careless Cupid (1968) 
80. The Case of the Fabulous Fake (1969)
81. The Case of the Fenced-In Woman (1972; posthumous)
82. The Case of the Postponed Murder (1973; posthumous)

Armistead Maupin: Tales of the City Series

● Main Character: Mrs. Anna Madrigal, landlady of the apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane; there are many other characters who share the spotlight in each book.
● Setting: San Francisco, CA
● Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. Tales of the City (1978)
2. More Tales of the City (1980)
3. Further Tales of the City (1982)
4. Babycakes (1984)
5. Significant Others (1987)
6. Sure of You (1989)
7. Michael Tolliver Lives (2007)
8. Mary Ann in Autumn (2010)
9. The Days of Anna Madrigal (2014)