Jerrilyn Farmer Books in Order
Jerrilyn Farmer has written 9 books, published between 1998 and 2009. The first book is Sympathy for the Devil (1998) and the newest is Murder at the Academy Awards (2009). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 9 books listed here are in the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series, which has its own page: Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery books in order.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1998–2009
- Pages on record
- 2,700 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 45–68 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,700 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Jerrilyn Farmer is an American writer of humorous cozy mysteries. The catalogue holds 9 books published between 1998 and 2009, built around the Hollywood caterer Madeline Bean, and records two series: Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery and Red Carpet Murder Mystery. Sympathy for the Devil (1998), the first novel, won the Macavity Award and took Agatha and Edgar nominations. Immaculate Reception, Killer Wedding, Dim Sum Dead, Mumbo Gumbo, Perfect Sax and The Flaming Luau of Death follow, and the listing ends with Murder at the Academy Awards (2009). Farmer wrote for television game shows and sketch comedy, and has taught mystery writing at the UCLA Extension Writers Program.
How many Jerrilyn Farmer books are there?
Jerrilyn Farmer has 9 books, released between 1998 and 2009. They include 2 separate series.
Jerrilyn Farmer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Jerrilyn Farmer 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.
- 119982561/4
- 219993971/4
- 320003831/4
- 420014211/4
- 520032621/4
- 620043841/4
- 720052271/4
- 82008–1/4
- 920093701/4
Jerrilyn Farmer series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Jerrilyn Farmer 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.
Red Carpet Murder Mystery in order
1 bookDo you have to read Jerrilyn Farmer books in order?
You only need to read Jerrilyn Farmer 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 Jerrilyn Farmer
Start with Sympathy for the Devil (1998), the first Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Jerrilyn Farmer book?
Murder at the Academy Awards (2009) is the newest Jerrilyn Farmer book released so far.
Is there a new Jerrilyn Farmer book coming?
No next Jerrilyn Farmer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jerrilyn Farmer at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jerrilyn Farmer title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jerrilyn Farmer books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,700 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 376 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jerrilyn Farmer books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
What the Jerrilyn Farmer books are about
All 9 Jerrilyn Farmer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: caterers and catering is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Caterers and catering 7 of 9 books
- Cooking 6 of 9 books
- Madeline Bean (Fictitious character) 6 of 9 books
- Women cooks 6 of 9 books
- Bean, madeline (fictitious character) 2 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 9 books