Barbara D’Amato Books in Order
Barbara D’Amato has written 23 books, published between 1989 and 2016. The first book is Hardball (1989) and the newest is The Hands of Healing Murder (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1989–2016
- Confirmed
- 22 of 23 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,953 in 13 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 66–99 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,953 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Barbara D'Amato, born Barbara Steketee on April 10, 1938, is an American mystery author who has won both the Agatha and Anthony awards. The Cat Marsala Mystery series features a woman journalist in Chicago, and the catalogue includes Hardball (1989), Hard Tack (1991) and Hard Christmas (1995). D'Amato also writes the Figueroa and Bennis police procedurals featuring Suze Figueroa, and the Gerritt De Graaf books. The catalogue holds 23 books to The Hands of Healing Murder (2016). D'Amato appears in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007).
How many Barbara D’Amato books are there?
Barbara D’Amato has 23 books, released between 1989 and 2016. They include 3 separate series.
Barbara D’Amato Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Barbara D’Amato 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.
- 119892243/4
- 21989–3/4
- 31991–3/4
- 41992–3/4
- 51992–3/4
- 61993–3/4
- 7Soon To Be a Minor Motion Picture (Short Story)Barbara D'Amato Short Stories/Novellas #11994 · confirmed 1/41994–1/4
- 819942313/4
- 919952823/4
- 1019963503/4
- 1119972883/4
- 1219983013/4
- 13Of Course You Know That Chocolate is a VegetableBarbara D'Amato Short Stories/Novellas #21998 · 179 pages · confirmed 3/419981793/4
- 1419993523/4
- 151999–3/4
- 1620003343/4
- 172001–3/4
- 1820022763/4
- 1920044003/4
- 2020093523/4
- 2120113843/4
- 222016–3/4
- 232016–3/4
Barbara D’Amato series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Barbara D’Amato 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.
Figueroa and Bennis in order
5 booksBarbara D'Amato Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara D'Amato Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Gerritt De Graaf in order
2 booksBarbara D'Amato Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jeanne M Dams Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Barbara D’Amato books in order?
You only need to read Barbara D’Amato books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Barbara D’Amato
Start with Hardball (1989), the first Cat Marsala Mystery book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Barbara D’Amato book?
The Hands of Healing Murder (2016) is the newest Barbara D’Amato book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara D’Amato book coming?
No next Barbara D’Amato book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Barbara D’Amato has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Barbara D’Amato. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Anthony Award1993Wonfor The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery
Barbara D’Amato at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Barbara D’Amato title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Barbara D’Amato books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,953 pages across the 13 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 301 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara D’Amato books, 13 of 23, were published in the 1990s.
What the Barbara D’Amato books are about
15 of the 23 Barbara D’Amato books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: chicago (ill.) is tagged on 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Chicago (Ill.) 9 of 15 books
- Illinois 7 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 15 books
- Marsala, cat (fictitious character) 5 of 15 books
- Women journalists 5 of 15 books
- Cat Marsala (Fictitious character) 4 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 15 books
- Figueroa, suze (fictitious character) 2 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 2 of 15 books
- Policewomen 2 of 15 books
- Private investigators 2 of 15 books