Jane Haddam Books in Order
39 books are credited to Jane Haddam, published between 1984 and 2020; 1 of them appeared after Jane Haddam's death in 2019. The first book is Sweet, Savage Death (1984) and the newest is One of Our Own (2020). Publication order is the reading order below. 30 of the 39 books listed here are in the Gregor Demarkian series, which has its own page: Gregor Demarkian books in order.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 1984–2020
- Pages on record
- 9,127 in 28 of 39 books
- Reading time
- 152–228 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,127 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 28 of 39 titles with a page count on record.
Jane Haddam was the pen name of Orania Papazoglou, an American mystery writer who lived from 1951 to 2019. Gregor Demarkian, a private investigator of Armenian American background working in Philadelphia, heads her longest series. Patience McKenna and Georgia Xenakis head two more, and some early titles carry the Papazoglou name. The catalogue holds 39 books published between 1984 and 2020, from Sweet, Savage Death (1984) to One of Our Own (2020), which appeared after her death.
How many Jane Haddam books are there?
Jane Haddam has 39 books, released between 1984 and 2020. 1 of them were published after Jane Haddam's death in 2019. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Jane Haddam Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Jane Haddam 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.
- 119841922/4
- 219851822/4
- 3Sanctity (As: Orania Papazoglou)1986 · 372 pages · confirmed 2/419863722/4
- 419861822/4
- 519881812/4
- 619903202/4
- 719901792/4
- 819913122/4
- 919912622/4
- 101991–2/4
- 11Charisma (As: Orania Papazoglou)1992 · confirmed 2/41992–2/4
- 121992–2/4
- 1319923062/4
- 1419923682/4
- 151993–2/4
- 161994–2/4
- 1719943712/4
- 181994–2/4
- 1919953522/4
- 2019962722/4
- 2119963712/4
- 221997–2/4
- 2320003522/4
- 2420014322/4
- 2520024962/4
- 2620034182/4
- 2720054802/4
- 2820064322/4
- 2920072932/4
- 3020083842/4
- 3120093912/4
- 3220103402/4
- 332011–2/4
- 342012–2/4
- 3520133042/4
- 3620143112/4
- 372018–2/4
- 38Rose Apple Island2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 3920202722/4
Jane Haddam series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Gregor Demarkian books in order 30 books
Jane Haddam 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.
Patience McKenna in order
5 booksGeorgia Xenakis in order
1 book- 1. Dead Letters
Standalone books
3 books3 Jane Haddam titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jane Haddam books in order?
You only need to read Jane Haddam books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jane Haddam
Start with Not a Creature was Stirring (1990), the first Gregor Demarkian book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Sweet, Savage Death (1984).
What is the newest Jane Haddam book?
One of Our Own (2020) is the newest Jane Haddam book released so far.
Is there a new Jane Haddam book coming?
No next Jane Haddam book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jane Haddam at a glance
- Died
- Jane Haddam died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Jane Haddam are still being published after Jane Haddam's death in 2019; the newest appeared in 2020.
- Release pace
- Jane Haddam books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,127 pages across the 28 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 330 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jane Haddam books, 17 of 39, were published in the 1990s.
What the Jane Haddam books are about
35 of the 39 Jane Haddam books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gregor demarkian (fictitious character) is tagged on 26 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Gregor Demarkian (Fictitious character) 26 of 35 books
- Demarkian, gregor (fictitious character) 20 of 35 books
- Mystery & detective 19 of 35 books
- Private investigators 17 of 35 books
- Armenian Americans 11 of 35 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 7 of 35 books
- Philadelphia (Pa.) 6 of 35 books
- Crime 4 of 35 books
- Hannaford, bennis (fictitious character) 4 of 35 books
- Authors 3 of 35 books
- Mckenna, patience (fictitious character) 3 of 35 books