Dee Ernst Books in Order
Dee Ernst has written 20 books, published between 2010 and 2024. The first book is Better Off Without Him (2010) and the newest is Sara Starting Over (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2010–2024
- Pages on record
- 732 in 3 of 20 books
Dee Ernst writes three series: the Mt. Abrams Mystery books, Better and Eastern Shore. Better Off Without Him (2010) is the first of 20 Ernst books. Holidays name several mystery titles, including A Mother's Day Murder (2015), A Founders' Day Death (2016) and A Killer Halloween (2016). Am I Zen Yet? (2015) collects random thoughts. Sara Starting Over (2024) is the most recent.
How many Dee Ernst books are there?
Dee Ernst has 20 books, released between 2010 and 2024. They include 3 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Dee Ernst Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Dee Ernst 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.
- 12010–1/4
- 2A Different Kind Of Forever2012 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/420122661/4
- 32014–1/4
- 42015–1/4
- 5Am I Zen Yet?: ...and other random thoughts2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 6A Slight Change of Plan2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 72016–1/4
- 82016–1/4
- 9Stealing Jason Wilde2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 102016–1/4
- 112017–1/4
- 122017–1/4
- 132018–1/4
- 142018–1/4
- 15Smoke, Wings and Stone2018 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/420182681/4
- 16The RiverCliffe Legacy2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 1720191981/4
- 18Maggie Finds Her Muse2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 19Lucy Checks In2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 20Sara Starting Over2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Dee Ernst 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.
Mt. Abrams Mystery in order
6 booksBetter in order
2 booksEastern Shore in order
2 booksLuxe in order
1 bookStandalone books
9 books9 Dee Ernst titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Dee Ernst books in order?
You only need to read Dee Ernst books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Dee Ernst
Start with Better Off Without Him (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dee Ernst book?
Sara Starting Over (2024) is the newest Dee Ernst book released so far.
Is there a new Dee Ernst book coming?
No next Dee Ernst book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dee Ernst at a glance
- Still publishing
- Dee Ernst published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Dee Ernst books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 732 pages across the 3 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 266 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dee Ernst books, 17 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
What the Dee Ernst books are about
1 of the 20 Dee Ernst books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 1 of 1 books