Donald Bain Books in Order
Donald Bain has written 59 books, published between 1967 and 2019. The first book is Coffee, Tea or Me? (1967) and the newest is A Time for Murder (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 59
- Published
- 1967–2019
- Pages on record
- 12,899 in 46 of 59 books
- Reading time
- 215–322 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,899 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 46 of 59 titles with a page count on record.
Donald Bain (March 6, 1935 - October 21, 2017) was an American author and ghostwriter credited with more than 115 books over a 40-year career. Murder, She Wrote is the series listed for Bain, and the subjects include Jessica Fletcher and the fictional Cabot Cove, Maine. The catalogue holds 59 books, from Coffee, Tea or Me? (1967) to A Time for Murder (2019), and also lists Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake (1969).
How many Donald Bain books are there?
Donald Bain has 59 books, released between 1967 and 2019. 51 of them belong to the Murder, She Wrote series.
Donald Bain Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 59 Donald Bain 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.
- 1Coffee, Tea or Me?1967 · confirmed 2/41967–2/4
- 2Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake1969 · confirmed 2/41969–2/4
- 319852082/4
- 41985–2/4
- 51986–2/4
- 619892612/4
- 719943042/4
- 819953022/4
- 919952872/4
- 1019952992/4
- 1119963002/4
- 1219962992/4
- 1319973012/4
- 1419973042/4
- 1519983022/4
- 1619982992/4
- 1719992662/4
- 1819992822/4
- 1920002652/4
- 2020012662/4
- 2120012632/4
- 22Every Midget Has an Uncle Sam Costume2002 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/420022392/4
- 23The CIA's Control of Candy Jones2002 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420022882/4
- 2420022652/4
- 2520022602/4
- 2620032722/4
- 2720032722/4
- 28Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame2004 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/420042622/4
- 2920042602/4
- 3020042722/4
- 3120052812/4
- 3220052882/4
- 33Murder, HE Wrote2006 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/420062392/4
- 3420062822/4
- 3520062882/4
- 3620072812/4
- 372007–2/4
- 3820082882/4
- 3920082752/4
- 402009–2/4
- 412009–2/4
- 422010–2/4
- 432010–2/4
- 442011–2/4
- 4520113042/4
- 4620123042/4
- 472012–2/4
- 4820132732/4
- 4920132962/4
- 50Lights Out!2014 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/420141842/4
- 5120143042/4
- 5220143042/4
- 5320153042/4
- 5420153042/4
- 5520163042/4
- 5620163042/4
- 5720182942/4
- 582019–2/4
- 592019–2/4
Donald Bain 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.
Murder, She Wrote in order
51 books- 1. The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
- 2. Hooray for Homicide
- 3. Lovers and Other Killers
- 4. Gin & Daggers
- 5. Manhattans & Murder
- 6. Rum & Razors
- 7. Brandy and Bullets
- 8. Martinis & Mayhem
- 9. A Deadly Judgment
- 10. A Palette for Murder
- 11. The Highland Fling Murders
- 12. Murder on the QE2
- and 39 more in the table above
Standalone Plays
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
7 books7 Donald Bain titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Donald Bain books in order?
You only need to read Donald Bain books in order within the Murder, She Wrote series, which holds 51 of the 59 Donald Bain books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Donald Bain
Start with Coffee, Tea or Me? (1967), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Donald Bain book?
A Time for Murder (2019) is the newest Donald Bain book released so far.
Is there a new Donald Bain book coming?
No next Donald Bain book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Donald Bain at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Donald Bain title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Donald Bain books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 12,899 pages across the 46 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Donald Bain books, 23 of 59, were published in the 2000s.
What the Donald Bain books are about
53 of the 59 Donald Bain books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fletcher, jessica (fictitious character) is tagged on 34 of 53. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fletcher, jessica (fictitious character) 34 of 53 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 30 of 53 books
- Mystery & detective 18 of 53 books
- Women novelists 18 of 53 books
- Authors 16 of 53 books
- Jessica Fletcher (Fictitious character) 16 of 53 books
- Maine 7 of 53 books
- Cabot cove (me. : imaginary place) 6 of 53 books
- Crime 4 of 53 books
- Investigation 4 of 53 books