David Handler: Stewart Hoag Mysteries

● Main character: Stewart Hoag, formerly a celebrity author married to a famous actress. Now he solves murders while earning his living as a ghostwriter for celebrities. 
● Setting: USA (mostly California, I believe)
● Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. The Man Who Died Laughing  (1988) 
2. The Man Who Lived by Night  (1989)
3. The Woman Who Fell from Grace  (1991)
4. The Boy Who Never Grew Up (1992) 
5. The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald  (1993)
6. The Man Who Cancelled Himself  (1995) 
7. The Girl Who Ran Off with Daddy (1996) 
8. The Man Who Loved Women to Death  (1997) 
9. The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes  (2017) 
10. The Man Who Couldn't Miss  (2018) 
11. The Man in the White Linen Suit (2019) 
    
12. The Man Who Wasn't All There (2021)
13. The Lady in the Silver Cloud (2022) 
14. The Girl Who Took What She Wanted (2023) 
15. The Woman Who Lowered the Boom (2024) 
16. The Man Who Swore He'd Never Go Home Again (2025) 

There is also a long short story (or short novella), issued in 2020, between books 11 and 12 (referred to as #11.5): "The Girl Who Did Say No."

Jo Dereske: Miss Zukas Mysteries

● Main Character: Helma Zukas, Librarian
● Setting: Bellehaven, Washington - the town and its public library
● Bold type indicates a book I've read

1. Miss Zukas and the Library Murders (1994)  [See Review]
2. Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death (1995)
3. Miss Zukas and the Island Murders (1995)
4. Miss Zukas and the Raven's Dance (1996)
5. Out of Circulation (1997)
6. Final Notice (1998)
7. Miss Zukas in Death's Shadow (1999)
8. Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence (2001)
9. Bookmarked to Die (2006)
10. Catalogue of Death (2007)
11. Index to Murder (2008)
12. Farewell, Miss Zukas (2011)

Sue Townsend: The Adrian Mole Books

Main Characters: Adrian Mole, an adolescent boy (and later young man); his family and friends.
Setting: Mostly England
Bold type indicates a book I've read.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13-3/4 (1982)
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1985)
The True Confessions of Adrian Mole (1989)
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (1993)
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (1993)
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004)
The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 (2008)
Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (2009)

John Dunning: Cliff Janeway Mysteries

Main Character: Cliff Janeway, rare book dealer & former policeman
Setting: Denver
Bold type indicates a book I've read.

Booked to Die (1992) [See Review]
The Bookman’s Wake (1995)
The Bookman’s Promise (2004)
The Sign of the Book (2005)
The Bookwoman’s Last Fling (2006)