Cleo Coyle Books in Order
Cleo Coyle has written 32 books, published between 2003 and 2026. The first book is On What Grounds (2003) and the newest is Eat, Drink, and Get Buried (2026). Publication order is the reading order below. 22 of the 32 books listed here are in the Coffeehouse Mystery series, which has its own page: Coffeehouse Mystery books in order.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 2003–2026
- Confirmed
- 32 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,184 in 25 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 136–205 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,184 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Two cozy mystery series account for most of Cleo Coyle's work: the Coffeehouse Mysteries, in which the coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi investigates murders, and the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, which put a bookseller alongside a ghost. On What Grounds (2003) opens the catalogue of 32 titles, which reaches Eat, Drink, and Get Buried. Coyle titles run to coffee puns, among them Through the Grinder, Latte Trouble and Murder Most Frothy.
How many Cleo Coyle books are there?
Cleo Coyle has 32 books, released between 2003 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.
Cleo Coyle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Cleo Coyle 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.
- 12003–3/4
- 220042613/4
- 320042753/4
- 420052623/4
- 520052433/4
- 620062723/4
- 720062473/4
- 820072733/4
- 920082353/4
- 1020082703/4
- 1120083683/4
- 1220092813/4
- 1320093843/4
- 1420103683/4
- 1520113633/4
- 1620123703/4
- 172012–3/4
- 1820132883/4
- 1920144523/4
- 2020154803/4
- 2120174163/4
- 2220183043/4
- 2320184163/4
- 2420193483/4
- 2520203203/4
- 2620213683/4
- 272022–3/4
- 2820233203/4
- 292023–3/4
- 302025–3/4
- 312026–3/4
- 322026–3/4
Cleo Coyle series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
Cleo Coyle 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.
Haunted Bookshop Mystery in order
10 books- 1. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure
- 2. The Ghost and the Dead Deb
- 3. The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library
- 4. The Ghost and the Femme Fatale
- 5. The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion
- 6. The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller
- 7. The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait
- 8. The Ghost and the Stolen Tears
- 9. The Ghost Goes to the Dogs
- 10. The Ghost and the Dead Librarian
Do you have to read Cleo Coyle books in order?
You only need to read Cleo Coyle books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Cleo Coyle
Start with the first book of the Cleo Coyle series you want to read: Coffeehouse Mystery starts with On What Grounds (2003), Coffeehouse Mysteries starts with On What Grounds (2003) and Haunted Bookshop Mysteries starts with The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (2004). The earliest catalogued title overall is On What Grounds (2003).
What is the newest Cleo Coyle book?
Eat, Drink, and Get Buried (2026) is the newest Cleo Coyle book released so far.
Is there a new Cleo Coyle book coming?
No next Cleo Coyle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cleo Coyle at a glance
- Still publishing
- Cleo Coyle published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Cleo Coyle books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,184 pages across the 25 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cleo Coyle books, 13 of 32, were published in the 2000s.
What the Cleo Coyle books are about
26 of the 32 Cleo Coyle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: coffeehouses is tagged on 17 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Coffeehouses 17 of 26 books
- Murder 16 of 26 books
- Clare Cosi (Fictitious character) 10 of 26 books
- Cozy mystery 9 of 26 books
- A Coffeehouse Mystery series 8 of 26 books
- Investigation 7 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 26 books
- Women booksellers 6 of 26 books
- Crimes against 5 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 26 books
- Coffee 4 of 26 books