Denise Swanson Books in Order
Denise Swanson has written 46 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is Murder of a Small-Town Honey (2000) and the newest is Wedding Jitters and Stormy Rivers (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 46
- Published
- 2000–2026
- Confirmed
- 46 of 46 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,076 in 29 of 46 books
- Reading time
- 135–202 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,076 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 46 titles with a page count on record.
Denise Swanson is an American mystery writer. The Scumble River Mysteries are set in a fictional Illinois town, and the Devereaux's Dime Store Mysteries in a small fictional town in Missouri. Catalogue subjects name Skye Denison as a recurring fictional character and list school psychologists, murder, investigation and women sleuths. The catalogue holds 46 books running from Murder of a Small-Town Honey (2000) to Wedding Jitters and Stormy Rivers (2026). Welcome Back To Scumble River, Chef-To-Go Mysteries, Stephanie Danielson and Forever Charmed Mysteries are the other series listed. Swanson has been nominated for the Agatha Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award.
How many Denise Swanson books are there?
Denise Swanson has 46 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 7 separate series.
Denise Swanson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 46 Denise Swanson 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.
- 120002483/4
- 220012573/4
- 320022633/4
- 420032623/4
- 520032623/4
- 620042593/4
- 720052603/4
- 820062593/4
- 920072563/4
- 1020082553/4
- 1120092553/4
- 1220102553/4
- 1320112543/4
- 1420112523/4
- 152012–3/4
- 162012–3/4
- 172012–3/4
- 182012–3/4
- 192013–3/4
- 202013–3/4
- 2120142643/4
- 2220142583/4
- 232015–3/4
- 242015–3/4
- 252015–3/4
- 2620152803/4
- 272015–3/4
- 2820152643/4
- 292015–3/4
- 3020152573/4
- 312016–3/4
- 322016–3/4
- 3320162663/4
- 3420173443/4
- 35Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh MyDevereaux's Dime Store Mysteries #62017 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420172883/4
- 3620183523/4
- 372018–3/4
- 3820183413/4
- 3920192163/4
- 4020193523/4
- 4120193523/4
- 4220203523/4
- 432021–3/4
- 4420212933/4
- 452023–3/4
- 462026–3/4
Denise Swanson series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Denise Swanson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Scumble River Mysteries books in order
19 books by Denise Swanson- 1. Murder of a Small-Town Honey
- 2. Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
- 3. Murder of a Sleeping Beauty
- 4. Murder of a Snake in the Grass
- 5. Murder of a Barbie and Ken
- 6. Murder of a Pink Elephant
- 7. Murder of a Smart Cookie
- 8. Murder of a Real Bad Boy
- 9. Murder of a Botoxed Blonde
- 10. Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry
- 11. Murder of a Royal Pain
- 12. Murder of a Wedding Belle
- and 7 more in the table above
Devereaux's Dime Store Mysteries in order
7 booksWelcome Back To Scumble River in order
5 booksChange Of Heart in order
4 booksChef-To-Go Mysteries in order
4 booksScumble River Mysteries Short Stories
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Stephanie Danielson in order
2 booksDelicious in order
2 booksForever Charmed Mysteries in order
1 bookDenise Swanson Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Denise Swanson books run from Murder of a Small-Town Honey (2000) to Wedding Jitters and Stormy Rivers (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Denise Swanson in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Denise Swanson books in order?
You only need to read Denise Swanson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Denise Swanson
Start with Murder of a Small-Town Honey (2000), the first Scumble River Mysteries book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Denise Swanson book?
Wedding Jitters and Stormy Rivers (2026) is the newest Denise Swanson book released so far.
Is there a new Denise Swanson book coming?
No next Denise Swanson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Denise Swanson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Denise Swanson published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Denise Swanson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,076 pages across the 29 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Denise Swanson books, 30 of 46, were published in the 2010s.
What the Denise Swanson books are about
30 of the 46 Denise Swanson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: skye denison (fictitious character) is tagged on 20 of 30. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Skye Denison (Fictitious character) 20 of 30 books
- School psychologists 19 of 30 books
- Investigation 12 of 30 books
- Murder 12 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 12 of 30 books
- Women psychologists 12 of 30 books
- Mystery & detective 10 of 30 books
- Denison, skye (fictitious character) 9 of 30 books
- Crime 6 of 30 books
- Crimes against 4 of 30 books
- Illinois 3 of 30 books