B.B. Haywood Books in Order

B.B. Haywood has written 8 books, published between 2010 and 2017. The first book is Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010) and the newest is Town in a Maple Madness (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2010–2017
Pages on record
1,916 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,916 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

B.B. Haywood writes the Candy Holliday Mysteries, a cozy series set in small-town Maine. Candy Holliday is a woman farmer who investigates local murders, and each title names a regional food: Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010) opens the run, and Town in a Lobster Stew, Town in a Pumpkin Bash and Town in a Cinnamon Toast follow. Eight books end at Town in a Maple Madness (2017), with town festivals and Halloween recurring.

How many B.B. Haywood books are there?

B.B. Haywood has 8 books, released between 2010 and 2017.

B.B. Haywood Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 B.B. Haywood 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.

  1. 1
    Town in a Blueberry JamA Candy Holliday Mystery #12010 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010312
  2. 2
    Town in a Lobster StewA Candy Holliday Mystery #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  3. 3
    Town in a Wild Moose ChaseA Candy Holliday Mystery #32012 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012336
  4. 4
    Town in a Pumpkin BashA Candy Holliday Mystery #42013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  5. 5
    Town in a Strawberry SwirlA Candy Holliday Mystery #52014 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014308
  6. 6
    Town in a Sweet PickleA Candy Holliday Mystery #62015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015336
  7. 7
    Town in a Cinnamon ToastA Candy Holliday Mystery #72016 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016320
  8. 8
    Town in a Maple MadnessA Candy Holliday Mystery #82017 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017304

B.B. Haywood characters in order

Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.

B.B. Haywood 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.

Do you have to read B.B. Haywood books in order?

You only need to read B.B. Haywood books in order within the A Candy Holliday Mystery series, which holds 8 of the 8 B.B. Haywood books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with B.B. Haywood

Start with the first book of the B.B. Haywood series you want to read: Candy Holliday starts with Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010) and Candy Holliday Mysteries starts with Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010). The earliest catalogued title overall is Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010).

What is the newest B.B. Haywood book?

Town in a Maple Madness (2017) is the newest B.B. Haywood book released so far.

Is there a new B.B. Haywood book coming?

No next B.B. Haywood book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

B.B. Haywood at a glance

No recent titles
The newest B.B. Haywood title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
B.B. Haywood books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,916 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 316 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most B.B. Haywood books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the B.B. Haywood books are about

All 8 B.B. Haywood books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.