Carol J. Perry Books in Order
Carol J. Perry has written 25 books, published between 1988 and 2026. The first book is Sand Castle Summer (1988) and the newest is It's About Time (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1988–2026
- Pages on record
- 4,985 in 16 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 83–125 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,985 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Carol J. Perry writes mysteries with psychic and supernatural elements, many of them set in Salem, Massachusetts. The Witch City Mysteries open that line with Caught Dead Handed (2014), and the Haunted Haven and Wicked Salem mysteries follow. Perry's catalogue holds 25 books, running from Sand Castle Summer (1988) to It's About Time (2026). Witches, murder and investigation recur as subjects.
How many Carol J. Perry books are there?
Carol J. Perry has 25 books, released between 1988 and 2026. They include 3 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Carol J. Perry Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Carol J. Perry 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.
- 1Sand Castle Summer1988 · confirmed 2/41988–2/4
- 213 And Loving It1989 · 156 pages · confirmed 2/419891562/4
- 3Make-Believe Love1989 · 141 pages · confirmed 2/419891412/4
- 4Going Overboard1991 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/419911442/4
- 5One Sister Too Many1998 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/419981442/4
- 620144042/4
- 720153522/4
- 820153522/4
- 920173842/4
- 1020173642/4
- 1120183842/4
- 1220183842/4
- 1320193842/4
- 1420193362/4
- 1520203842/4
- 1620212882/4
- 1720213842/4
- 182022–2/4
- 192022–2/4
- 202023–2/4
- 212024–2/4
- 222024–2/4
- 232025–2/4
- 242025–2/4
- 252026–2/4
Carol J. Perry characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Witch City Mystery books in order 15 books
Carol J. Perry 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.
Witch City Mysteries in order
15 books- 1. Caught Dead Handed
- 2. Tails, You Lose
- 3. Look Both Ways
- 4. Murder Go Round
- 5. Grave Errors
- 6. It Takes a Coven
- 7. Bells, Spells, and Murders
- 8. Final Exam
- 9. Late Checkout
- 10. Murder, Take Two
- 11. See Something
- 12. 'Til Death
- and 3 more in the table above
Haunted Haven Mysteries in order
4 booksWicked Salem Mystery in order
1 bookStandalone books
5 books5 Carol J. Perry titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Carol J. Perry books in order?
You only need to read Carol J. Perry 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 Carol J. Perry
Start with Caught Dead Handed (2014), the first Witch City Mystery book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Sand Castle Summer (1988).
What is the newest Carol J. Perry book?
It's About Time (2026) is the newest Carol J. Perry book released so far.
Is there a new Carol J. Perry book coming?
No next Carol J. Perry book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Carol J. Perry at a glance
- Still publishing
- Carol J. Perry published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Carol J. Perry books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,985 pages across the 16 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 358 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Carol J. Perry books, 11 of 25, were published in the 2020s.
What the Carol J. Perry books are about
12 of the 25 Carol J. Perry 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 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 7 of 12 books
- Salem (mass.) 6 of 12 books
- Psychics 3 of 12 books
- American literature 2 of 12 books
- Investigation 2 of 12 books
- Murder 2 of 12 books
- Witches 2 of 12 books