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Gail Anderson-Dargatz Books in Order

Gail Anderson-Dargatz has written 17 books, published between 1994 and 2024. The first book is The Miss Hereford Stories (1994) and the newest is My Life Off-Key (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1994–2024
Pages on record
2,076 in 11 of 17 books
Reading time
35–52 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,076 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Gail Anderson-Dargatz is a Canadian novelist, born in Kamloops, British Columbia, on November 14, 1963, and raised in Salmon Arm. After studying creative writing at the University of Victoria, Anderson-Dargatz went on to teach in the University of British Columbia's MFA program. The Miss Hereford Stories (1994), a debut short story collection, drew a 1995 nomination for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The Cure for Death by Lightning (1996), the first novel, tells its story through narrative alongside the recipes and household tips of the narrator's mother. The catalogue also lists the Claire Abbott Mystery series and runs to My Life Off-Key (2024).

How many Gail Anderson-Dargatz books are there?

Gail Anderson-Dargatz has 17 books, released between 1994 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Claire Abbott Mystery series.

Gail Anderson-Dargatz Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Gail Anderson-Dargatz 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 The Miss Hereford Stories by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (1994)
  2. Cover of The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (1996)
  3. Cover of A Rhinestone Button by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (2002)
  4. Cover of Turtle Valley by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (2007)
  5. Cover of Search and Rescue by Gail Anderson-Dargatz, book 1 of the Claire Abbott Mystery series (2014)
  6. Cover of Race Against Time by Gail Anderson-Dargatz, book 3 of the Claire Abbott Mystery series (2016)
  7. Cover of From Scratch by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (2017)
  8. Cover of No Return Address by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (2018)
  9. Cover of Tiny House, Big Fix by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (2019)
  10. Cover of The Almost Wife by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (2021)
  1. 1
    The Miss Hereford Stories1994 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994143
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  2. 2
    The Cure for Death by Lightning1996 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996304
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  3. 3
    A Recipe for Bees1998 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998311
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  4. 4
    A Rhinestone Button2002 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002320
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  5. 5
    Turtle Valley2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  6. 6
    Search and RescueClaire Abbott Mystery #12014 · 102 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014102
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  7. 7
    Playing With FireClaire Abbott Mystery #22015 · 109 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015109
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Race Against TimeClaire Abbott Mystery #32016 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016104
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Spawning Grounds2016 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016300
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  10. 10
    From Scratch2017 · 111 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017111
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    No Return Address2018 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018128
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  12. 12
    Tiny House, Big Fix2019 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019144
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  13. 13
    Iggy's WorldOrca Currents #382019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  14. 14
    The Ride Home2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  15. 15
    The Almost Wife2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  16. 16
    The Almost Widow2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  17. 17
    My Life Off-Key2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Gail Anderson-Dargatz 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.

Claire Abbott Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 1. Search and Rescue
  2. 2. Playing With Fire
  3. 3. Race Against Time

Orca Currents in order

1 book
  1. 38. Iggy's World

Standalone books

13 books

13 Gail Anderson-Dargatz titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gail Anderson-Dargatz books in order?

You only need to read Gail Anderson-Dargatz books in order within the Claire Abbott Mystery series, which holds 3 of the 17 Gail Anderson-Dargatz books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Start with The Miss Hereford Stories (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gail Anderson-Dargatz book?

My Life Off-Key (2024) is the newest Gail Anderson-Dargatz book released so far.

Is there a new Gail Anderson-Dargatz book coming?

No next Gail Anderson-Dargatz book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Gail Anderson-Dargatz at a glance

Still publishing
Gail Anderson-Dargatz published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Gail Anderson-Dargatz books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,076 pages across the 11 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 143 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gail Anderson-Dargatz books, 8 of 17, were published in the 2010s.

What the Gail Anderson-Dargatz books are about

11 of the 17 Gail Anderson-Dargatz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: british columbia is tagged on 2 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.