Ann Charles Books in Order
Ann Charles has written 42 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is Dance of the Winnebagos (2011) and the newest is Chewed Up By The Jungle (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 42
- Published
- 2011–2025
- Confirmed
- 42 of 42 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,789 in 20 of 42 books
Ann Charles writes mystery fiction, most of it in series. Her 42 catalogued books run from Dance of the Winnebagos (2011) to Chewed Up By The Jungle (2025) and include the Deadwood Mysteries, Jackrabbit Junction, the Deadwood Undertaker books and a Dig Site Mystery run. Haunted places, funeral homes, single mothers and small-town detection recur across the subjects. Charles also keeps a non-fiction shelf on writing and audience-building, and is still publishing.
How many Ann Charles books are there?
Ann Charles has 42 books, released between 2011 and 2025. They include 5 separate series.
Ann Charles Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 42 Ann Charles 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.
- 120111763/4
- 2Nail It! The Secret to Building an Effective Fiction Writer's PlatformAnn Charles Non-Fiction #12011 · 108 pages · confirmed 3/420111083/4
- 320113743/4
- 42011–3/4
- 520111763/4
- 62012–3/4
- 720121763/4
- 820121763/4
- 92013–3/4
- 102013–3/4
- 112013–3/4
- 1220133983/4
- 1320144143/4
- 1420144003/4
- 1520153853/4
- 1620153883/4
- 172016–3/4
- 1820163923/4
- 192016963/4
- 2020163883/4
- 212017943/4
- 222017–3/4
- 232017–3/4
- 242017–3/4
- 252018–3/4
- 2620183923/4
- 2720182193/4
- 2820193113/4
- 292019–3/4
- 3020193793/4
- 312020–3/4
- 3220203473/4
- 332020–3/4
- 342020–3/4
- 352021–3/4
- 362021–3/4
- 372022–3/4
- 382022–3/4
- 392023–3/4
- 402024–3/4
- 412024–3/4
- 422025–3/4
Ann Charles series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Deadwood Mysteries books in order 20 books
Ann Charles 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.
Deadwood Mysteries books in order
14 books by Ann Charles- 1. Nearly Departed in Deadwood
- 2. Optical Delusions in Deadwood
- 3. Dead Case in Deadwood
- 4. Better Off Dead in Deadwood
- 5. An Ex to Grind in Deadwood
- 6. Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood
- 7. A Wild Fright in Deadwood
- 8. Rattling the Heat in Deadwood
- 9. Gone Haunting in Deadwood
- 10. Don't Let It Snow in Deadwood
- 11. Devil Days in Deadwood
- 12. Never Say Sever in Deadwood
- and 2 more in the table above
Jackrabbit Junction in order
8 booksDeadwood Mysteries Short Stories/Novellas
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Deadwood Undertaker Series in order
6 booksDig Site Mystery in order
3 booksAnn Charles Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
AC Silly Circus Mystery in order
2 booksAnn Charles Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Ann Charles books in order?
You only need to read Ann Charles books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ann Charles
Start with Nearly Departed in Deadwood (2011), the first Deadwood Mysteries book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Dance of the Winnebagos (2011).
What is the newest Ann Charles book?
Chewed Up By The Jungle (2025) is the newest Ann Charles book released so far.
Is there a new Ann Charles book coming?
No next Ann Charles 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 Charles at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ann Charles published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Ann Charles books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,789 pages across the 20 of 42 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ann Charles books, 30 of 42, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ann Charles books are about
8 of the 42 Ann Charles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romans, nouvelles is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romans, nouvelles 5 of 8 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 8 books
- Mères de famille monoparentale 2 of 8 books
- Single mothers 2 of 8 books