Cathy Pickens Books in Order
Cathy Pickens has written 10 books, published between 2004 and 2022. The first book is Southern Fried (2004) and the newest is True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2004–2022
- Pages on record
- 2,002 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 33–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,002 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.
Cathy Pickens has 10 books in the catalogue, published between 2004 and 2022. Southern Fried Mystery is the series name, and Avery Andrews, women lawyers, Charleston, South Carolina, and haunted places are among the recorded subjects. Southern Fried (2004) is the first title, followed by Done Gone Wrong (2005), Hog Wild (2007), Hush My Mouth (2008) and Can't Never Tell (2009). Later titles include Charlotte True Crime Stories (2019), Triangle True Crime Stories (2021) and True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina (2022).
How many Cathy Pickens books are there?
Cathy Pickens has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2022. 5 of them belong to the Southern Fried Mystery series.
Cathy Pickens Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Cathy Pickens 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.
- 120043521/4
- 220053201/4
- 320073201/4
- 42007962/4
- 520082901/4
- 620092881/4
- 7Charlotte True Crime Stories2019 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420191761/4
- 8True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 9Triangle True Crime Stories2021 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/420211601/4
- 10True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Cathy Pickens 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.
Southern Fried Mystery in order
5 booksHaunted America in order
1 bookStandalone books
4 books4 Cathy Pickens titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Cathy Pickens books in order?
You only need to read Cathy Pickens books in order within the Southern Fried Mystery series, which holds 5 of the 10 Cathy Pickens books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Cathy Pickens
Start with Southern Fried (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Cathy Pickens book?
True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina (2022) is the newest Cathy Pickens book released so far.
Is there a new Cathy Pickens book coming?
No next Cathy Pickens book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cathy Pickens at a glance
- Paused
- No new Cathy Pickens title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Cathy Pickens books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,002 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 289 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cathy Pickens books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
What the Cathy Pickens books are about
All 10 Cathy Pickens 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 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 5 of 10 books
- Sociology 3 of 10 books
- Women lawyers 3 of 10 books






