Ann Granger Books in Order
Ann Granger has written 45 books, published between 1979 and 2024. The first book is A Poor Relation (1979) and the newest is Death on the Prowl (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 45
- Published
- 1979–2024
- Confirmed
- 45 of 45 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,049 in 33 of 45 books
- Reading time
- 167–251 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,049 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 45 titles with a page count on record.
Ann Granger writes English village mysteries. Say It with Poison (1991) opens the Mitchell and Markby series, set in the Cotswolds, and the Fran Varady books, the Lizzie Martin and Inspector Ben Ross novels and the Campbell and Carter mysteries follow. Granger's catalogue holds 45 titles and reaches Death on the Prowl in 2024.
How many Ann Granger books are there?
Ann Granger has 45 books, released between 1979 and 2024. They include 4 separate series.
Ann Granger Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 45 Ann Granger 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.
- 11979–3/4
- 21981–3/4
- 319862543/4
- 419882213/4
- 519892203/4
- 619892183/4
- 719912153/4
- 819912563/4
- 919922563/4
- 1019922983/4
- 1119932883/4
- 1219942883/4
- 1319943523/4
- 1419953433/4
- 1519963143/4
- 1619962963/4
- 1719973123/4
- 1819973113/4
- 1919983203/4
- 2019982883/4
- 2119993203/4
- 2220004163/4
- 2320013203/4
- 2420023123/4
- 2520023523/4
- 2620043843/4
- 2720053523/4
- 28A Rare Interest in Corpses / The CompanionLizzie Martin/Inspector Ben Ross #12006 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420063203/4
- 2920072883/4
- 3020072803/4
- 312009–3/4
- 322010–3/4
- 332011–3/4
- 342012–3/4
- 352013–3/4
- 3620143273/4
- 372015–3/4
- 3820163523/4
- 3920173203/4
- 402018–3/4
- 4120193043/4
- 4220193523/4
- 432021–3/4
- 442023–3/4
- 452024–3/4
Ann Granger characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Lizzie Martin books in order 9 books
Ann Granger 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.
Mitchell and Markby in order
15 books- 1. Say It with Poison
- 2. A Season for Murder
- 3. Cold in the Earth
- 4. Murder Among Us
- 5. Where Old Bones Lie
- 6. A Fine Place for Death
- 7. Flowers for His Funeral
- 8. Candle for a Corpse
- 9. A Touch of Mortality
- 10. A Word After Dying
- 11. Call the Dead Again
- 12. Beneath These Stones
- and 3 more in the table above
Lizzie Martin/Inspector Ben Ross in order
9 booksCampbell and Carter Mystery in order
8 booksFran Varady in order
7 booksAnn Granger Standalone Novels
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Ann Granger books in order?
You only need to read Ann Granger books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ann Granger
Start with A Rare Interest in Corpses / The Companion (2006), the first Lizzie Martin book. The earliest catalogued title overall is A Poor Relation (1979).
What is the newest Ann Granger book?
Death on the Prowl (2024) is the newest Ann Granger book released so far.
Is there a new Ann Granger book coming?
No next Ann Granger 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 Granger at a glance
- Died
- Ann Granger died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Ann Granger on record dates from 2024.
- Release pace
- Ann Granger books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,049 pages across the 33 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ann Granger books, 15 of 45, were published in the 1990s.
What the Ann Granger books are about
37 of the 45 Ann Granger books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 12 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 12 of 37 books
- Markby, alan (fictitious character) 12 of 37 books
- Meredith Mitchell (Fictitious character) 12 of 37 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 12 of 37 books
- Alan Markby (Fictitious character) 11 of 37 books
- Mystery & detective, traditional 11 of 37 books
- Police 11 of 37 books
- Mitchell, meredith (fictitious character) 9 of 37 books
- Cotswold hills (england) 7 of 37 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 6 of 37 books
- Villages 6 of 37 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 37 books