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Jo Dereske Books in Order

Jo Dereske has written 20 books, published between 1985 and 2014. The first book is Glom Gloom (1985) and the newest is All of Us at the Same Time (2014). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 20 books listed here are in the Miss Zukas series, which has its own page: Miss Zukas books in order.

Books
20
Published
1985–2014
Pages on record
4,255 in 17 of 20 books
Reading time
71–106 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,255 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Jo Dereske writes cozy mystery around librarians. Helma Zukas, a librarian in the imaginary town of Bellehaven, Washington, carries the Miss Zukas series, which opens with Miss Zukas and the Library Murders (1994) and continues through the Island Murders (1995), the Stroke of Death (1995) and Out of Circulation (1997). A second series follows Ruby Crane. The 20 catalogued books run from Glom Gloom (1985) to All of Us at the Same Time (2014), and nothing has followed 2014.

How many Jo Dereske books are there?

Jo Dereske has 20 books, released between 1985 and 2014. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Jo Dereske Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Jo Dereske 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 Glom Gloom by Jo Dereske (1985)
  2. Cover of The Lone Sentinel by Jo Dereske (1989)
  3. Cover of My Cousin, the Poodle by Jo Dereske (1991)
  4. Cover of Miss Zukas and the Library Murders by Jo Dereske, book 1 of the Miss Zukas series (1994)
  5. Cover of Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death by Jo Dereske, book 2 of the Miss Zukas series (1995)
  6. Cover of Miss Zukas and the Island Murders by Jo Dereske, book 3 of the Miss Zukas series (1995)
  7. Cover of Savage Cut by Jo Dereske, book 1 of the Ruby Crane series (1996)
  8. Cover of Miss Zukas and the Raven's Dance by Jo Dereske, book 4 of the Miss Zukas series (1996)
  9. Cover of Cut and Dry by Jo Dereske, book 2 of the Ruby Crane series (1997)
  10. Cover of Out of Circulation by Jo Dereske, book 5 of the Miss Zukas series (1997)
  11. Cover of Short Cut by Jo Dereske, book 3 of the Ruby Crane series (1998)
  12. Cover of Final Notice by Jo Dereske, book 6 of the Miss Zukas series (1998)
  13. Cover of Miss Zukas in Death's Shadow by Jo Dereske, book 7 of the Miss Zukas series (1999)
  14. Cover of Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence by Jo Dereske, book 8 of the Miss Zukas series (2001)
  15. Cover of Bookmarked to Die by Jo Dereske, book 9 of the Miss Zukas series (2006)
  16. Cover of Index to Murder by Jo Dereske, book 11 of the Miss Zukas series (2008)
  17. Cover of Farewell, Miss Zukas by Jo Dereske, book 12 of the Miss Zukas series (2011)
  1. 1
    Glom Gloom1985 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985208
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  2. 2
    The Lone Sentinel1989 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989169
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  3. 3
    My Cousin, the Poodle1991 · 119 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991119
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  4. 4
    Miss Zukas and the Library MurdersMiss Zukas #11994 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994218
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  5. 5
    Miss Zukas and the Stroke of DeathMiss Zukas #21995 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995210
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  6. 6
    Miss Zukas and the Island MurdersMiss Zukas #31995 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995212
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  7. 7
    Savage CutRuby Crane #11996 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996322
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  8. 8
    Miss Zukas and the Raven's DanceMiss Zukas #41996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996256
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  9. 9
    Cut and DryRuby Crane #21997 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997352
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  10. 10
    Out of CirculationMiss Zukas #51997 · 212 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997212
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  11. 11
    Short CutRuby Crane #31998 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998336
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  12. 12
    Final NoticeMiss Zukas #61998 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998242
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  13. 13
    Miss Zukas in Death's ShadowMiss Zukas #71999 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999224
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  14. 14
    Miss Zukas Shelves the EvidenceMiss Zukas #82001 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001242
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  15. 15
    Bookmarked to DieMiss Zukas #92006 · 356 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006356
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  16. 16
    Catalogue of DeathMiss Zukas #102007 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007338
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  17. 17
    Index to MurderMiss Zukas #112008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  18. 18
    Ten Tales2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  19. 19
    Farewell, Miss ZukasMiss Zukas #122011 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011239
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  20. 20
    All of Us at the Same Time2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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Jo Dereske series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Jo Dereske 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.

Ruby Crane in order

3 books
  1. 1. Savage Cut
  2. 2. Cut and Dry
  3. 3. Short Cut

Standalone books

5 books

5 Jo Dereske titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jo Dereske books in order?

You only need to read Jo Dereske 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 Jo Dereske

Start with Miss Zukas and the Library Murders (1994), the first Miss Zukas book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Glom Gloom (1985).

What is the newest Jo Dereske book?

All of Us at the Same Time (2014) is the newest Jo Dereske book released so far.

Is there a new Jo Dereske book coming?

No next Jo Dereske book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jo Dereske at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jo Dereske title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jo Dereske books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,255 pages across the 17 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 239 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jo Dereske books, 11 of 20, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jo Dereske books are about

18 of the 20 Jo Dereske books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: librarians is tagged on 11 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.