Joan Druett Books in Order
Joan Druett has written 28 books, published between 1983 and 2019. The first book is Exotic Intruders (1983) and the newest is The Discovery of Tahiti (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1983–2019
- Pages on record
- 4,308 in 17 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 72–108 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,308 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Joan Druett is a New Zealand historian and novelist working in maritime history and crime fiction. Exotic Intruders (1983) opens a catalogue of 28 titles that ends with The Discovery of Tahiti in 2019. The history covers whaling, ship captains, seafaring life and shipwreck survival, in Petticoat Whalers (1992), Hen Frigates (1998), She Captains (2000) and In the Wake of Madness (2003). The Wiki Coffin Mysteries supply the fiction, and the median Druett book runs 280 pages.
How many Joan Druett books are there?
Joan Druett has 28 books, released between 1983 and 2019. They include 2 series and 19 titles listed outside any series.
Joan Druett Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Joan Druett 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.
- 1Exotic Intruders1983 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/419832912/4
- 2Abigail / A Love of Adventure1988 · confirmed 2/41988–2/4
- 3Fulbright in New Zealand1988 · 126 pages · confirmed 2/419881262/4
- 4Murder at the Brian Boru1992 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/419922152/4
- 5Petticoat Whalers1992 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/419922132/4
- 6The Sailing Circle1995 · 46 pages · confirmed 2/41995462/4
- 7Hen Frigates1998 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/419982722/4
- 8She Captains2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420003042/4
- 9Rough Medicine2000 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/420002702/4
- 10In the Wake of Madness2003 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420033042/4
- 1120043042/4
- 1220053042/4
- 1320062802/4
- 1420072882/4
- 15Island of the Lost2007 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/420072842/4
- 16Tupaia2010 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/420102552/4
- 172012–2/4
- 18The Elephant Voyage2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 192013–2/4
- 202013–2/4
- 212013–2/4
- 22Eleanor's Odyssey2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 232015–2/4
- 24Lady Castaways2015 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/420152382/4
- 25The Notorious Captain Hayes2016 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/420163142/4
- 26The Money Ship2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 27Finale2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 28The Discovery of Tahiti2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
Joan Druett 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.
Wiki Coffin Mysteries in order
6 booksPromise Of Gold in order
3 booksStandalone books
19 books19 Joan Druett titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joan Druett books in order?
You only need to read Joan Druett 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 Joan Druett
Start with Exotic Intruders (1983), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joan Druett book?
The Discovery of Tahiti (2019) is the newest Joan Druett book released so far.
Is there a new Joan Druett book coming?
No next Joan Druett book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joan Druett at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Joan Druett title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Joan Druett books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,308 pages across the 17 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joan Druett books, 13 of 28, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joan Druett books are about
16 of the 28 Joan Druett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 4 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 4 of 16 books
- History 4 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 16 books
- Ship captains 3 of 16 books
- Whaling 3 of 16 books
- Americans 2 of 16 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 16 books
- Linguists 2 of 16 books
- Scientific expeditions 2 of 16 books
- Sea stories 2 of 16 books
- Shipwreck survival 2 of 16 books
- Wiki Coffin (Fictitious character) 2 of 16 books