Gillian Roberts Books in Order
Gillian Roberts has written 27 books, published between 1982 and 2015. The first book is Easy Answers (1982) and the newest is Discrepant Parallels: Cultural Implications of the Canada-US Border (2015). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 27 books listed here are in the Amanda Pepper series, which has its own page: Amanda Pepper books in order.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1982–2015
- Pages on record
- 4,507 in 18 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 75–113 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,507 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Gillian Roberts is an American crime writer best known for the Amanda Pepper mysteries, which feature a woman teacher of English at a preparatory school who works as a detective. Caught Dead in Philadelphia (1987) and Philly Stakes (1989) are among the Roberts titles. A second series pairs the investigators Emma Howe and Billie August. The Gillian Roberts listing begins with Easy Answers in 1982.
How many Gillian Roberts books are there?
Gillian Roberts has 27 books, released between 1982 and 2015. They include 2 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.
Gillian Roberts Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Gillian Roberts 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.
- 1Easy Answers1982 · confirmed 2/41982–2/4
- 2The Silent Partner1985 · confirmed 2/41985–2/4
- 31987–2/4
- 4Mendocino1988 · confirmed 2/41988–2/4
- 519892082/4
- 619922322/4
- 7As Good As It Gets1992 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/419923242/4
- 819932492/4
- 919942332/4
- 1019952432/4
- 1119962312/4
- 1219983582/4
- 1319982612/4
- 141998–2/4
- 15Where's the Harm?1999 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/419992082/4
- 16You Can Write a Mystery1999 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/419991202/4
- 1720002282/4
- 1820013122/4
- 1920032442/4
- 2020042442/4
- 212006–2/4
- 22Old Wives' Tale2007 · confirmed 2/42007–2/4
- 2320072552/4
- 24From Cairo to Coffee: A True Story of Betrayal, and Misplaced Trust2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 25Prizing Literature: The Celebration and Circulation of National Culture2011 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/420112612/4
- 26Murder, She Did2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 27Discrepant Parallels: Cultural Implications of the Canada-US Border2015 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/420152962/4
Gillian Roberts series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Amanda Pepper books in order 14 books
Gillian Roberts 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.
Emma Howe & Billie August in order
2 booksStandalone books
11 books11 Gillian Roberts titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Gillian Roberts books in order?
You only need to read Gillian Roberts 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 Gillian Roberts
Start with Caught Dead in Philadelphia (1987), the first Amanda Pepper book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Easy Answers (1982).
What is the newest Gillian Roberts book?
Discrepant Parallels: Cultural Implications of the Canada-US Border (2015) is the newest Gillian Roberts book released so far.
Is there a new Gillian Roberts book coming?
No next Gillian Roberts book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gillian Roberts at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Gillian Roberts title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Gillian Roberts books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,507 pages across the 18 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gillian Roberts books, 11 of 27, were published in the 1990s.
What the Gillian Roberts books are about
22 of the 27 Gillian Roberts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: amanda pepper (fictitious character) is tagged on 13 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Amanda Pepper (Fictitious character) 13 of 22 books
- Women teachers 11 of 22 books
- Preparatory school teachers 7 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 7 of 22 books
- English teachers 5 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 22 books
- Marriage 2 of 22 books
- Summer 2 of 22 books
- Women private investigators 2 of 22 books