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Carol Lea Benjamin Books in Order

Carol Lea Benjamin has written 24 books, published between 1976 and 2010. The first book is Dog Training For Kids (1976) and the newest is Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep? (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1976–2010
Pages on record
4,153 in 19 of 24 books
Reading time
69–104 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,153 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Carol Lea Benjamin checklist

Dogs are the main subject of Carol Lea Benjamin's 24 books. Benjamin began with guides such as Dog Training For Kids (1976), Dog Problems and Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence. The Rachel Alexander and Dash mysteries feature a woman private investigator, and pit bull terriers appear among their subjects. This Dog for Hire (1996) is one of the later titles, and Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep? (2010) is the final one.

How many Carol Lea Benjamin books are there?

Carol Lea Benjamin has 24 books, released between 1976 and 2010. 9 of them belong to the Rachel Alexander and Dash series.

Carol Lea Benjamin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Carol Lea Benjamin 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. Cover of Dog Tricks by Carol Lea Benjamin (1982)
  2. Cover of Nobody's Baby Now by Carol Lea Benjamin (1983)
  3. Cover of Writing for Kids by Carol Lea Benjamin (1985)
  4. Cover of Dog Problems by Carol Lea Benjamin (1989)
  5. Cover of The Chosen Puppy by Carol Lea Benjamin (1990)
  6. Cover of Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence by Carol Lea Benjamin (1993)
  7. Cover of The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 2 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (1997)
  8. Cover of Dog Training in 10 Minutes by Carol Lea Benjamin (1997)
  9. Cover of A Hell of a Dog by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 3 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (1998)
  10. Cover of Lady Vanishes by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 4 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (1999)
  11. Cover of The Wrong Dog by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 5 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (2000)
  12. Cover of The Long Good Boy by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 6 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (2001)
  13. Cover of Mother Knows Best by Carol Lea Benjamin (2002)
  14. Cover of Fall Guy by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 7 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (2004)
  15. Cover of Without a Word by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 8 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (2005)
  16. Cover of The Hard Way by Carol Lea Benjamin, book 9 of the Rachel Alexander and Dash series (2006)
  17. Cover of Second-Hand Dog by Carol Lea Benjamin (2008)
  18. Cover of See Spot Sit by Carol Lea Benjamin (2008)
  1. 1
    Dog Training For Kids1976 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    197696
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  2. 2
    The Wicked Stepdog1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  3. 3
    Cartooning for Kids1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  4. 4
    Dog Tricks1982 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982160
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  5. 5
    Nobody's Baby Now1983 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983160
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  6. 6
    Writing for Kids1985 · 102 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985102
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  7. 7
    Dog Problems1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  8. 8
    The Chosen Puppy1990 · 87 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199087
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  9. 9
    Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence1993 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993210
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  10. 10
    This Dog for HireRachel Alexander and Dash #11996 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996274
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  11. 11
    The Dog Who Knew Too MuchRachel Alexander and Dash #21997 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997261
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  12. 12
    Dog Training in 10 Minutes1997 · 124 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997124
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  13. 13
    A Hell of a DogRachel Alexander and Dash #31998 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998320
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  14. 14
    Lady VanishesRachel Alexander and Dash #41999 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999304
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  15. 15
    The Wrong DogRachel Alexander and Dash #52000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000304
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  16. 16
    The Long Good BoyRachel Alexander and Dash #62001 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001270
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  17. 17
    Mother Knows Best2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002256
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  18. 18
    Fall GuyRachel Alexander and Dash #72004 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004384
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  19. 19
    Without a WordRachel Alexander and Dash #82005 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005336
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  20. 20
    The Hard WayRachel Alexander and Dash #92006 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006289
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  21. 21
    Dog Smart2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  22. 22
    Second-Hand Dog2008 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200896
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  23. 23
    See Spot Sit2008 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008120
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  24. 24
    Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep?2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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Carol Lea Benjamin series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Carol Lea Benjamin 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.

Standalone books

15 books

15 Carol Lea Benjamin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carol Lea Benjamin books in order?

You only need to read Carol Lea Benjamin books in order within the Rachel Alexander and Dash series, which holds 9 of the 24 Carol Lea Benjamin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Carol Lea Benjamin

Start with This Dog for Hire (1996), the first Rachel Alexander and Dash book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Dog Training For Kids (1976).

What is the newest Carol Lea Benjamin book?

Do Border Collies Dream of Sheep? (2010) is the newest Carol Lea Benjamin book released so far.

Is there a new Carol Lea Benjamin book coming?

No next Carol Lea Benjamin 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 Lea Benjamin at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Carol Lea Benjamin title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Carol Lea Benjamin books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,153 pages across the 19 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carol Lea Benjamin books, 9 of 24, were published in the 2000s.

What the Carol Lea Benjamin books are about

21 of the 24 Carol Lea Benjamin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dogs is tagged on 11 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Dogs 11 of 21 books
  • Dash (Fictitious character) 8 of 21 books
  • Dogs, training 7 of 21 books
  • Training 7 of 21 books
  • Pit bull terriers 6 of 21 books
  • Rachel Alexander (Fictitious character) 6 of 21 books
  • Women dog owners 6 of 21 books
  • Women private investigators 5 of 21 books
  • Alexander, rachel (fictitious character) 3 of 21 books
  • Dash (Fictitious character : Benjamin) 3 of 21 books
  • Juvenile literature 3 of 21 books
  • Dog trainers 2 of 21 books