April Smith Books in Order
April Smith has written 13 books, published between 1977 and 2018. The first book is James at 15 (1977) and the newest is Project Based Learning Made Simple (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1977–2018
- Pages on record
- 2,309 in 8 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 38–58 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,309 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
April Smith is an American novelist who also writes and produces for television. Four mystery thrillers by Smith feature FBI Special Agent Ana Grey; one of them, Good Morning, Killer (2002), was adapted for TNT's Mystery Movie Nights in 2011, with Smith as executive producer. Be the One (2000) is a standalone thriller about the only woman baseball scout in the major leagues, and A Star For Mrs. Blake was chosen by the Cincinnati Public Library as its 2014 all-city read. Home Sweet Home is the most recent novel. The catalogue opens at James at 15 (1977) and lists women detectives, government investigators, anarchists and undercover operations among its subjects.
How many April Smith books are there?
April Smith has 13 books, released between 1977 and 2018. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
April Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 April Smith 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.
- 1James at 151977 · confirmed 2/41977–2/4
- 2Friends1978 · confirmed 2/41978–2/4
- 319943562/4
- 4Be the One2000 · confirmed 2/42000–2/4
- 520024642/4
- 620031462/4
- 720031582/4
- 820061702/4
- 920093182/4
- 102011–2/4
- 11A Star for Mrs. Blake2014 · 329 pages · confirmed 2/420143292/4
- 12Home Sweet Home2017 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420173682/4
- 132018–2/4
April Smith 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.
Ana Grey in order
4 booksCanine Capers in order
3 booksBooks for Teachers in order
1 bookStandalone books
5 books5 April Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read April Smith books in order?
You only need to read April Smith books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with April Smith
Start with James at 15 (1977), the earliest published title.
What is the newest April Smith book?
Project Based Learning Made Simple (2018) is the newest April Smith book released so far.
Is there a new April Smith book coming?
No next April Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
April Smith at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest April Smith title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- April Smith books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,309 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most April Smith books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2000s.
What the April Smith books are about
6 of the 13 April Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: united states is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- United States 2 of 6 books