Anne George Books in Order
14 books are credited to Anne George, published between 1985 and 2019; 1 of them appeared after Anne George's death in 2001. The first book is Spraying Under the Bed for Wolves (1985) and the newest is Not Quite Cricket (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1985–2019
- Pages on record
- 2,133 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 36–53 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,133 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Two sisters in Alabama, Patricia Anne and Mary Alice, carry Anne George's Southern Sisters mysteries, humorous whodunnits with women detectives in front. Murder on a Girls' Night Out and Murder on a Bad Hair Day (1996) begin that series, which continues through Murder Makes Waves (1997), Murder Gets a Life (1998) and Murder Shoots the Bull (1999). Fourteen titles are catalogued, the earliest Spraying Under the Bed for Wolves (1985).
How many Anne George books are there?
Anne George has 14 books, released between 1985 and 2019. 1 of them were published after Anne George's death in 2001. 8 of them belong to the Southern Sisters series.
Anne George Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Anne George 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.
- 1Spraying Under the Bed for Wolves1985 · 40 pages · confirmed 2/41985402/4
- 2Wild Goose Chase1985 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/41985482/4
- 3Some of It is True1993 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/41993602/4
- 419962442/4
- 519962562/4
- 619972882/4
- 719972652/4
- 81998–2/4
- 9This One and Magic Life1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/419992882/4
- 1019992602/4
- 11The Map That Lies Between Us2000 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42000962/4
- 1220002882/4
- 132001–2/4
- 14Not Quite Cricket2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
Anne George characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Anne George 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.
Southern Sisters in order
8 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Anne George titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Anne George books in order?
You only need to read Anne George books in order within the Southern Sisters series, which holds 8 of the 14 Anne George books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Anne George
Start with Murder on a Girls' Night Out (1996), the first Southern Sisters Mysteries book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Spraying Under the Bed for Wolves (1985).
What is the newest Anne George book?
Not Quite Cricket (2019) is the newest Anne George book released so far.
Is there a new Anne George book coming?
No next Anne George book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Anne George at a glance
- Died
- Anne George died in 2001, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Anne George are still being published after Anne George's death in 2001; the newest appeared in 2019.
- Release pace
- Anne George books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,133 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anne George books, 8 of 14, were published in the 1990s.
What the Anne George books are about
11 of the 14 Anne George books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mary alice (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mary Alice (Fictitious character) 8 of 11 books
- Patricia Anne (Fictitious character) 8 of 11 books
- Sisters 7 of 11 books
- Alabama 6 of 11 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 11 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 11 books