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Diana Dempsey Books in Order

Diana Dempsey has written 12 books, published between 2002 and 2023. The first book is Falling Star (2002) and the newest is The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2002–2023
Pages on record
3,933 in 11 of 12 books
Reading time
66–98 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,933 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Diana Dempsey checklist

Diana Dempsey writes romance, and television journalists and women journalists are the recorded subjects. Beauty Queen Mysteries is the one series on file. The catalogue holds 12 books from Falling Star (2002) to The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft (2023), among them a run of MS America titles dated 2011 to 2016 and Chasing Venus (2012). Publication averaged a book every 1.9 years, the 2010s hold the heaviest stretch, and the median runs 375 pages.

How many Diana Dempsey books are there?

Diana Dempsey has 12 books, released between 2002 and 2023. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Diana Dempsey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Diana Dempsey 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.

  1. Cover of Falling Star by Diana Dempsey, book 1 of the Celestial Trilogy (2002)
  2. Cover of Too Close to the Sun by Diana Dempsey, book 3 of the Celestial Trilogy (2004)
  3. Cover of Ms America and the Whoopsie in Winona by Diana Dempsey, book 4 of the Beauty Queen Mysteries series (2013)
  1. 1
    Falling StarCelestial Trilogy #12002 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002408
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  2. 2
    To Catch the Moon / Catch the MoonCelestial Trilogy #22003 · 436 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003436
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  3. 3
    Too Close to the SunCelestial Trilogy #32004 · 375 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004375
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  4. 4
    MS America and the Offing on OahuBeauty Queen Mysteries #12011 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011340
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  5. 5
    Chasing Venus2012 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012366
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  6. 6
    MS America and the Villainy in VegasBeauty Queen Mysteries #22012 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012322
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  7. 7
    Ms America and the Mayhem in MiamiBeauty Queen Mysteries #32013 · 388 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013388
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  8. 8
    Ms America and the Whoopsie in WinonaBeauty Queen Mysteries #42013 · 340 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013340
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    A Diva Wears the Ring2015 · 170 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015170
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  10. 10
    MS America and the Brouhaha on BroadwayBeauty Queen Mysteries #52016 · 396 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016396
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  11. 11
    Ms America and the Naughtiness in New OrleansBeauty Queen Mysteries #62017 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017392
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  12. 12
    The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Diana Dempsey 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.

Beauty Queen Mysteries in order

6 books
  1. 1. MS America and the Offing on Oahu
  2. 2. MS America and the Villainy in Vegas
  3. 3. Ms America and the Mayhem in Miami
  4. 4. Ms America and the Whoopsie in Winona
  5. 5. MS America and the Brouhaha on Broadway
  6. 6. Ms America and the Naughtiness in New Orleans

Celestial Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Falling Star
  2. 2. To Catch the Moon / Catch the Moon
  3. 3. Too Close to the Sun

Standalone books

3 books

3 Diana Dempsey titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Diana Dempsey books in order?

You only need to read Diana Dempsey 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 Diana Dempsey

Start with Falling Star (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Diana Dempsey book?

The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft (2023) is the newest Diana Dempsey book released so far.

Is there a new Diana Dempsey book coming?

No next Diana Dempsey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Diana Dempsey at a glance

Paused
No new Diana Dempsey title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Diana Dempsey books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,933 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 375 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Diana Dempsey books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Diana Dempsey books are about

2 of the 12 Diana Dempsey 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.