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Carolina Garcia-Aguilera Books in Order

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera has written 10 books, published between 1996 and 2021. The first book is Bloody Waters (1996) and the newest is Magnolia (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1996–2021
Pages on record
2,481 in 8 of 10 books
Reading time
41–62 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,481 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Carolina Garcia-Aguilera is an American writer, born in Havana, Cuba, on July 13, 1949, who moved to the United States at age 10. The output covers seven novels in a mystery series, three standalone novels, many short stories and contributions to anthologies. The catalogue links the Lupe Solano series, with Cuban Americans, women private investigators and Miami among the subjects. Bloody Waters (1996) is the first title, and Magnolia (2021) is the newest. Garcia-Aguilera holds a B.A. from Rollins College, a master's degree in Language and Linguistics and an MBA in Finance.

How many Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books are there?

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2021. 7 of them belong to the Lupe Solano series.

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Carolina Garcia-Aguilera 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 Bloody Waters by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, book 1 of the Lupe Solano series (1996)
  2. Cover of Bloody Shame by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, book 2 of the Lupe Solano series (1997)
  3. Cover of Bloody Secrets by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, book 3 of the Lupe Solano series (1998)
  4. Cover of A Miracle in Paradise by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, book 4 of the Lupe Solano series (1999)
  5. Cover of Havana Heat by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, book 5 of the Lupe Solano series (2000)
  6. Cover of Bitter Sugar by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, book 6 of the Lupe Solano series (2001)
  7. Cover of One Hot Summer by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (2002)
  8. Cover of Bloody Twist by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, book 7 of the Lupe Solano series (2010)
  1. 1
    Bloody WatersLupe Solano #11996 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996292
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  2. 2
    Bloody ShameLupe Solano #21997 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997307
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  3. 3
    Bloody SecretsLupe Solano #31998 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998274
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  4. 4
    A Miracle in ParadiseLupe Solano #41999 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999344
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  5. 5
    Havana HeatLupe Solano #52000 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000352
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  6. 6
    Bitter SugarLupe Solano #62001 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001336
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  7. 7
    One Hot Summer2002 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002304
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  8. 8
    Luck of the Draw2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  9. 9
    Bloody TwistLupe Solano #72010 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010272
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  10. 10
    Magnolia2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Carolina Garcia-Aguilera 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.

Lupe Solano in order

7 books
  1. 1. Bloody Waters
  2. 2. Bloody Shame
  3. 3. Bloody Secrets
  4. 4. A Miracle in Paradise
  5. 5. Havana Heat
  6. 6. Bitter Sugar
  7. 7. Bloody Twist

Standalone books

3 books

3 Carolina Garcia-Aguilera titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books in order?

You only need to read Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books in order within the Lupe Solano series, which holds 7 of the 10 Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

Start with Bloody Waters (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carolina Garcia-Aguilera book?

Magnolia (2021) is the newest Carolina Garcia-Aguilera book released so far.

Is there a new Carolina Garcia-Aguilera book coming?

No next Carolina Garcia-Aguilera book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera at a glance

Paused
No new Carolina Garcia-Aguilera title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,481 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books are about

8 of the 10 Carolina Garcia-Aguilera books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cuban americans is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.