Eleanor Taylor Bland Books in Order
Eleanor Taylor Bland has written 14 books, published between 1992 and 2005. The first book is Dead Time (1992) and the newest is A Dark And Deadly Deception (2005). Publication order is the reading order below. 13 of the 14 books listed here are in the Marti MacAlister series, which has its own page: Marti MacAlister books in order.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1992–2005
- Pages on record
- 3,628 in 13 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 60–91 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,628 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Eleanor Taylor Bland (December 31, 1944 to June 2, 2010) was an African-American crime novelist. Bland created police detective Marti MacAlister, who works in Lincoln Prairie, Illinois, a fictional town modelled on Waukegan. The catalogue lists 14 books from Dead Time (1992) to A Dark And Deadly Deception (2005), among them Slow Burn (1993), Keep Still (1996) and Windy City Dying (2002). Subjects include police procedurals and women sleuths.
How many Eleanor Taylor Bland books are there?
Eleanor Taylor Bland has 14 books, released between 1992 and 2005. 13 of them belong to the Marti MacAlister series.
Eleanor Taylor Bland Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Eleanor Taylor Bland 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.
- 119922242/4
- 219933202/4
- 319943202/4
- 419952242/4
- 519962162/4
- 619982882/4
- 719992882/4
- 820002862/4
- 920012562/4
- 1020023202/4
- 1120032722/4
- 12Shades Of Black2004 · 353 pages · confirmed 2/420043532/4
- 1320042612/4
- 142005–2/4
Eleanor Taylor Bland series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Marti MacAlister books in order 13 books
Eleanor Taylor Bland 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.
Standalone books
1 book1 Eleanor Taylor Bland title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Eleanor Taylor Bland books in order?
You only need to read Eleanor Taylor Bland books in order within the Marti MacAlister series, which holds 13 of the 14 Eleanor Taylor Bland books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Eleanor Taylor Bland
Start with Dead Time (1992), the first Marti MacAlister book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Eleanor Taylor Bland book?
A Dark And Deadly Deception (2005) is the newest Eleanor Taylor Bland book released so far.
Is there a new Eleanor Taylor Bland book coming?
No next Eleanor Taylor Bland book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Eleanor Taylor Bland at a glance
- Died
- Eleanor Taylor Bland died in 2010, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Eleanor Taylor Bland on record dates from 2005.
- Release pace
- Eleanor Taylor Bland books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,628 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 286 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Eleanor Taylor Bland books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Eleanor Taylor Bland books are about
All 14 Eleanor Taylor Bland books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: policewomen is tagged on 12 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Policewomen 12 of 14 books
- African American police 9 of 14 books
- Macalister, marti (fictitious character) 9 of 14 books
- Marti MacAlister (Fictitious character) 9 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 7 of 14 books
- Police 7 of 14 books
- African Americans 4 of 14 books
- Illinois 4 of 14 books
- Lincoln prairie (ill. : imaginary place) 4 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 14 books
- Crimes against 2 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 14 books