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JoAnna Carl Books in Order

JoAnna Carl has written 25 books, published between 1990 and 2021. The first book is Death Down Home (1990) and the newest is The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1990–2021
Pages on record
3,046 in 12 of 25 books
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JoAnna Carl's Chocoholic Mysteries put Lee McKinney Woodyard and the chocolate trade at the centre of murder investigations. Carl's catalogue holds 25 books, from Death Down Home (1990) to The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole (2021), with the Sam and Nicky Titus and Nell Matthews series alongside. Women detectives and cozy mystery are the standing subjects. No new Carl title has appeared since 2021.

How many JoAnna Carl books are there?

JoAnna Carl has 25 books, released between 1990 and 2021. They include 3 separate series.

JoAnna Carl Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 JoAnna Carl 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 The Down Home Heifer Heist by JoAnna Carl, book 3 of the Sam and Nicky Titus series (1993)
  2. Cover of The Violence Beat by JoAnna Carl, book 1 of the Nell Matthews series (1997)
  3. Cover of The Homicide Report by JoAnna Carl, book 2 of the Nell Matthews series (1998)
  4. Cover of The Smoking Gun by JoAnna Carl, book 3 of the Nell Matthews series (2000)
  5. Cover of The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl, book 2 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2002)
  6. Cover of The Chocolate Bear Burglary by JoAnna Carl, book 3 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2002)
  7. Cover of The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up by JoAnna Carl, book 4 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2003)
  8. Cover of The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle by JoAnna Carl, book 5 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2004)
  9. Cover of The Chocolate Mouse Trap by JoAnna Carl, book 6 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2005)
  10. Cover of The Chocolate Bridal Bash by JoAnna Carl, book 7 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2006)
  11. Cover of The Chocolate Jewel Case by JoAnna Carl, book 8 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2007)
  12. Cover of The Chocolate Snowman Murders by JoAnna Carl, book 9 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2008)
  13. Cover of The Chocolate Cupid Killings by JoAnna Carl, book 10 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2009)
  14. Cover of The Chocolate Pirate Plot by JoAnna Carl, book 11 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2010)
  15. Cover of The Chocolate Castle Clue by JoAnna Carl, book 12 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2011)
  16. Cover of The Chocolate Book Bandit by JoAnna Carl, book 14 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2013)
  17. Cover of The Chocolate Clown Corpse by JoAnna Carl, book 15 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2014)
  18. Cover of The Chocolate Falcon Fraud by JoAnna Carl, book 16 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2015)
  19. Cover of The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha by JoAnna Carl, book 17 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2016)
  20. Cover of The Chocolate Shark Shenanigans by JoAnna Carl, book 18 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2019)
  21. Cover of The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole by JoAnna Carl, book 19 of the Chocoholic Mysteries series (2021)
  1. 1
    Death Down HomeSam and Nicky Titus #11990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  2. 2
    The Devil Down HomeSam and Nicky Titus #21991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  3. 3
    The Down Home Heifer HeistSam and Nicky Titus #31993 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993240
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  4. 4
    The Violence BeatNell Matthews #11997 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997384
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  5. 5
    The Homicide ReportNell Matthews #21998 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998319
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  6. 6
    The Smoking GunNell Matthews #32000 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000231
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  7. 7
    The Chocolate Kidnapping ClueChocoholic Mysteries #12001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  8. 8
    The Chocolate Cat CaperChocoholic Mysteries #22002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  9. 9
    The Chocolate Bear BurglaryChocoholic Mysteries #32002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  10. 10
    The Chocolate Frog Frame-UpChocoholic Mysteries #42003 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003227
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  11. 11
    The Chocolate Puppy PuzzleChocoholic Mysteries #52004 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004227
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  12. 12
    The Chocolate Mouse TrapChocoholic Mysteries #62005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  13. 13
    The Chocolate Bridal BashChocoholic Mysteries #72006 · 226 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006226
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  14. 14
    The Chocolate Jewel CaseChocoholic Mysteries #82007 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007240
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  15. 15
    The Chocolate Snowman MurdersChocoholic Mysteries #92008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  16. 16
    The Chocolate Cupid KillingsChocoholic Mysteries #102009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  17. 17
    The Chocolate Pirate PlotChocoholic Mysteries #112010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  18. 18
    The Chocolate Castle ClueChocoholic Mysteries #122011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  19. 19
    The Chocolate Moose MotiveChocoholic Mysteries #132012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    The Chocolate Book BanditChocoholic Mysteries #142013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  21. 21
    The Chocolate Clown CorpseChocoholic Mysteries #152014 · 227 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014227
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  22. 22
    The Chocolate Falcon FraudChocoholic Mysteries #162015 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015240
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  23. 23
    The Chocolate Bunny BrouhahaChocoholic Mysteries #172016 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016229
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  24. 24
    The Chocolate Shark ShenanigansChocoholic Mysteries #182019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  25. 25
    The Chocolate Raccoon RigmaroleChocoholic Mysteries #192021 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021256
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JoAnna Carl 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.

Chocoholic Mysteries in order

19 books
  1. 1. The Chocolate Kidnapping Clue
  2. 2. The Chocolate Cat Caper
  3. 3. The Chocolate Bear Burglary
  4. 4. The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up
  5. 5. The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle
  6. 6. The Chocolate Mouse Trap
  7. 7. The Chocolate Bridal Bash
  8. 8. The Chocolate Jewel Case
  9. 9. The Chocolate Snowman Murders
  10. 10. The Chocolate Cupid Killings
  11. 11. The Chocolate Pirate Plot
  12. 12. The Chocolate Castle Clue
  13. and 7 more in the table above

Sam and Nicky Titus in order

3 books
  1. 1. Death Down Home
  2. 2. The Devil Down Home
  3. 3. The Down Home Heifer Heist

Nell Matthews in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Violence Beat
  2. 2. The Homicide Report
  3. 3. The Smoking Gun

JoAnna Carl Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the JoAnna Carl books run from Death Down Home (1990) to The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for JoAnna Carl in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read JoAnna Carl books in order?

You only need to read JoAnna Carl 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 JoAnna Carl

Start with Death Down Home (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest JoAnna Carl book?

The Chocolate Raccoon Rigmarole (2021) is the newest JoAnna Carl book released so far.

Is there a new JoAnna Carl book coming?

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

JoAnna Carl at a glance

Paused
No new JoAnna Carl title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
JoAnna Carl books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,046 pages across the 12 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 236 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most JoAnna Carl books, 11 of 25, were published in the 2000s.

What the JoAnna Carl books are about

24 of the 25 JoAnna Carl books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: chocolate industry is tagged on 11 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.