Barbara Ross Books in Order
Barbara Ross has written 23 books, published between 2010 and 2024. The first book is The Death of an Ambitious Woman (2010) and the newest is Torn Asunder (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2010–2024
- Confirmed
- 23 of 23 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,065 in 13 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 68–102 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,065 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.
Maine is where Barbara Ross sets her mysteries, the Maine Clambake Mystery series among them, where seafood cooking joins murder in the subject tags. The Death of an Ambitious Woman (2010) opens a catalogue of 23 titles that reaches Torn Asunder (2024). Jane Darrowfield and Chief Ruth Murphy head further series, with short stories and non-fiction beside them. Women sleuths and businesswomen recur.
How many Barbara Ross books are there?
Barbara Ross has 23 books, released between 2010 and 2024. They include 3 separate series.
Barbara Ross Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Barbara Ross 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.
- 12010–3/4
- 220132853/4
- 320133843/4
- 420143133/4
- 520153043/4
- 620163433/4
- 720163203/4
- 82016–3/4
- 920163043/4
- 1020172883/4
- 112018–3/4
- 1220183563/4
- 1320183043/4
- 1420193043/4
- 1520202723/4
- 162021–3/4
- 172021–3/4
- 182022–3/4
- 192022–3/4
- 2020222883/4
- 222023–3/4
- 232024–3/4
Barbara Ross 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.
Maine Clambake Mystery in order
14 books- 1. Clammed Up
- 2. Boiled Over
- 3. Musseled Out
- 4. Fogged Inn
- 5. Nogged Off
- 6. Iced Under
- 7. Stowed Away
- 8. Steamed Open
- 9. Sealed Off
- 10. Shucked Apart
- 12. Muddled Through
- 13. Hidden Beneath
- and 2 more in the table above
Barbara Ross Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jane Darrowfield in order
2 booksBarbara Ross Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Chief Ruth Murphy Mystery in order
1 bookBarbara Ross Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara Ross Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Barbara Ross Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Barbara Ross books run from The Death of an Ambitious Woman (2010) to Torn Asunder (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Barbara Ross in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Barbara Ross books in order?
You only need to read Barbara Ross 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 Ross
Start with The Death of an Ambitious Woman (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Barbara Ross book?
Torn Asunder (2024) is the newest Barbara Ross book released so far.
Is there a new Barbara Ross book coming?
No next Barbara Ross book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Barbara Ross at a glance
- Still publishing
- Barbara Ross published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Barbara Ross books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,065 pages across the 13 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Barbara Ross books, 14 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the Barbara Ross books are about
13 of the 23 Barbara Ross books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 8 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 8 of 13 books
- Crime 4 of 13 books
- Maine 4 of 13 books
- Murder 4 of 13 books
- Cooking (Seafood) 3 of 13 books
- Investigation 3 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 13 books
- American Christmas stories 2 of 13 books