Amanda Cross Books in Order
Amanda Cross has written 14 books, published between 1964 and 2002. The first book is In the Last Analysis (1964) and the newest is The Edge of Doom (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1964–2002
- Total pages
- 3,146 across 14 books
- Reading time
- 52–79 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,146 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Amanda Cross is the pen name Carolyn Heilbrun (1926-2003) used for mystery novels. Heilbrun was an American academic at Columbia University and the first woman granted tenure in its English department. Fourteen Amanda Cross books are catalogued, from In the Last Analysis (1964) to The Edge of Doom (2002), and Kate Fansler, a college teacher, is the recurring figure across them. Women sleuths, detective and mystery stories and New York City carry the subject tags.
How many Amanda Cross books are there?
Amanda Cross has 14 books, released between 1964 and 2002.
Amanda Cross Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Amanda Cross books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
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- 219672081/4
- 319702241/4
- 419712101/4
- 519762191/4
- 619811961/4
- 719841771/4
- 819862171/4
- 919902961/4
- 1019952241/4
- 1119982131/4
- 1219982421/4
- 1320002561/4
- 1420022401/4
Amanda Cross books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Kate Fansler in order
14 books- 1. In the Last Analysis
- 2. The James Joyce Murder
- 3. Poetic Justice
- 4. The Theban Mysteries
- 5. The Question of Max
- 6. Death in a Tenured Position
- 7. Sweet Death, Kind Death
- 8. No Word From Winifred
- 9. Players Come Again
- 10. An Imperfect Spy
- 11. A Trap for Fools
- 12. The Puzzled Heart
- and 2 more in the table above
Do you have to read Amanda Cross books in order?
You only need to read Amanda Cross books in order within the Kate Fansler series, which holds 14 of the 14 Amanda Cross books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Amanda Cross
Start with In the Last Analysis (1964), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Amanda Cross book?
The Edge of Doom (2002) is the newest Amanda Cross book released so far.
Is there a new Amanda Cross book coming?
No next Amanda Cross book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Amanda Cross at a glance
- Died
- Amanda Cross died in 2003, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Amanda Cross on record dates from 2002.
- Release pace
- Amanda Cross books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,146 pages across all 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 222 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Amanda Cross books, 4 of 14, were published in the 1990s.
What the Amanda Cross books are about
All 14 Amanda Cross books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: college teachers is tagged on 11 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- College teachers 11 of 14 books
- Fansler, kate (fictitious character) 11 of 14 books
- Kate Fansler (Fictitious character) 10 of 14 books
- Women private investigators 10 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 8 of 14 books
- New York (N.Y.) 6 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 14 books