Charlotte MacLeod Books in Order
Charlotte MacLeod has written 48 books, published between 1964 and 2002. The first book is Mystery of the White Knight (1964) and the newest is It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.
Charlotte MacLeod also publishes as Alisa Craig.
- Books
- 48
- Published
- 1964–2002
- Confirmed
- 48 of 48 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,029 in 27 of 48 books
- Reading time
- 100–151 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,029 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 48 titles with a page count on record.
Charlotte MacLeod wrote mystery fiction on both sides of the Canadian-American border, and her 48 catalogued books run from Mystery of the White Knight (1964) to It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories (2002). Four recurring casts carry the work: Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn in Boston, Professor Peter Shandy at Balaclava Junction, Madoc and Janet Rhys, and the Grub-And-Stakers. Massachusetts settings, college teachers and women sleuths recur across the mysteries. The catalogue closes in 2002.
How many Charlotte MacLeod books are there?
Charlotte MacLeod has 48 books, released between 1964 and 2002. They include 4 separate series.
Charlotte MacLeod Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 48 Charlotte MacLeod 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.
- 11964–3/4
- 21965–3/4
- 319681563/4
- 41968–3/4
- 51971–3/4
- 619711573/4
- 71972–3/4
- 819781923/4
- 919782123/4
- 1019793683/4
- 111979–3/4
- 121980–3/4
- 1319801923/4
- 1419801883/4
- 151981–3/4
- 1619811803/4
- 171981–3/4
- 181982–3/4
- 1919821863/4
- 2019831853/4
- 211983–3/4
- 221983–3/4
- 2319842203/4
- 241984–3/4
- 2519851793/4
- 261985–3/4
- 2719852173/4
- 281986–3/4
- 291987–3/4
- 3019872033/4
- 3119872083/4
- 3219872133/4
- 331988–3/4
- 3419892453/4
- 3519892123/4
- 3619892083/4
- 371990–3/4
- 381990–3/4
- 391991–3/4
- 4019922843/4
- 4119922563/4
- 4219932243/4
- 4319943353/4
- 4419942263/4
- 4519952723/4
- 4619962423/4
- 471998–3/4
- 48It Was an Awful Shame and Other StoriesCharlotte MacLeod Short Story #22002 · 269 pages · confirmed 3/420022693/4
Charlotte MacLeod characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Charlotte MacLeod 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.
Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mysteries in order
12 booksCharlotte MacLeod Standalone Novels
11 books11 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Professor Peter Shandy in order
10 booksMadoc Rhys in order
5 booksGrub-And-Stakers in order
5 booksCharlotte MacLeod Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Charlotte MacLeod Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Charlotte MacLeod books in order?
You only need to read Charlotte MacLeod books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Charlotte MacLeod
Start with The Family Vault (1979), the first Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Mystery of the White Knight (1964).
What is the newest Charlotte MacLeod book?
It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories (2002) is the newest Charlotte MacLeod book released so far.
Is there a new Charlotte MacLeod book coming?
No next Charlotte MacLeod book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Charlotte MacLeod at a glance
- Died
- Charlotte MacLeod died in 2005, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Charlotte MacLeod on record dates from 2002.
- Release pace
- Charlotte MacLeod books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,029 pages across the 27 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 212 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Charlotte MacLeod books, 25 of 48, were published in the 1980s.
What the Charlotte MacLeod books are about
39 of the 48 Charlotte MacLeod books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: massachusetts is tagged on 16 of 39. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Massachusetts 16 of 39 books
- Mystery & detective 14 of 39 books
- Bittersohn, max (fictitious character) 10 of 39 books
- Boston (Mass.) 10 of 39 books
- Kelling, sarah (fictitious character) 10 of 39 books
- College teachers 9 of 39 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 9 of 39 books
- Shandy, helen (fictitious character) 9 of 39 books
- Shandy, peter (fictitious character) 9 of 39 books
- Balaclava junction (mass. : imaginary place) 7 of 39 books
- Librarians 6 of 39 books