Ann B Ross Books in Order
Ann B Ross has written 27 books, published between 1978 and 2021. The first book is The Murder Cure (1978) and the newest is Miss Julia Happily Ever After (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 22 of the 27 books listed here are in the Miss Julia series, which has its own page: Miss Julia books in order.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1978–2021
- Confirmed
- 26 of 27 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,085 in 19 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 101–152 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,085 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Ann B Ross published The Murder Cure in 1978 and The Murder Stroke in 1981 before the books that made her name. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (1990) started a comic mystery series about a North Carolina widow, and it fills most of a 27-title catalogue. Humour, small-town life and women sleuths are the recurring subjects. Miss Julia Happily Ever After (2021) is the last entry.
Ann B. Ross worked as a college professor before her writing career.
How many Ann B Ross books are there?
Ann B Ross has 27 books, released between 1978 and 2021. 22 of them belong to the Miss Julia series.
Ann B Ross Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Ann B Ross 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.
- 1The Murder Cure1978 · confirmed 1/41978–1/4
- 21981–4/4
- 319873584/4
- 419902884/4
- 52001–4/4
- 62002–4/4
- 720033684/4
- 82004–4/4
- 92005–4/4
- 1020063064/4
- 1120073394/4
- 1220083364/4
- 1320093394/4
- 1420103414/4
- 1520113104/4
- 1620123054/4
- 172013–4/4
- 1820133544/4
- 1920143084/4
- 2020142974/4
- 2120153074/4
- 2220163084/4
- 2320172774/4
- 2420182884/4
- 2520193204/4
- 2620203364/4
- 272021–4/4
Ann B Ross series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Miss Julia books in order 23 books
Ann B Ross books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Miss Julia books in order
22 books by Ann B Ross- 1. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind
- 2. Miss Julia Takes Over
- 3. Miss Julia Throws a Wedding
- 4. Miss Julia Hits the Road
- 5. Miss Julia Meets Her Match
- 6. Miss Julia's School of Beauty
- 7. Miss Julia Stands Her Ground
- 8. Miss Julia Strikes Back
- 9. Miss Julia Paints the Town
- 10. Miss Julia Delivers the Goods
- 11. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows
- 12. Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle
- and 10 more in the table above
Ann B. Ross Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Miss Julia Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
1 book1 Ann B Ross title here is not listed as part of any series.
Ann B Ross Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Ann B Ross books run from The Murder Cure (1978) to Miss Julia Happily Ever After (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ann B Ross in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Ann B Ross books in order?
You only need to read Ann B Ross books in order within the Miss Julia series, which holds 22 of the 27 Ann B Ross books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Ann B Ross
Start with Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind (1990), the first Miss Julia book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Murder Cure (1978).
What is the newest Ann B Ross book?
Miss Julia Happily Ever After (2021) is the newest Ann B Ross book released so far.
Is there a new Ann B Ross book coming?
No next Ann B Ross book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ann B Ross at a glance
- Paused
- No new Ann B Ross title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Ann B Ross books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,085 pages across the 19 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ann B Ross books, 12 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 26 of the 27 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Ann B Ross books are about
23 of the 27 Ann B Ross books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: julia springer (fictitious character) is tagged on 16 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Julia Springer (Fictitious character) 16 of 23 books
- Women 11 of 23 books
- Humor 10 of 23 books
- Springer, julia (fictitious character) 9 of 23 books
- Widows 9 of 23 books
- North Carolina 7 of 23 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 23 books
- City and town life 3 of 23 books
- Family life 3 of 23 books
- American literature 2 of 23 books
- Women's fiction 2 of 23 books