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Joanne Dobson Books in Order

Joanne Dobson has written 10 books, published between 1997 and 2016. The first book is Quieter than Sleep (1997) and the newest is In the Attic (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1997–2016
Pages on record
2,128 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
35–53 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,128 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Joanne Dobson, born March 27, 1942 in New York City, writes mystery novels and has an entry in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007). Karen Pelletier is the character named in the subject records, which also list women college teachers, English teachers, authorship, women novelists and crime. Karen Pelletier Mystery, Helluva War Mystery and Capitola Black are the three series on file. The catalogue holds 10 books from Quieter than Sleep (1997) to In the Attic (2016), and the median runs 288 pages.

How many Joanne Dobson books are there?

Joanne Dobson has 10 books, released between 1997 and 2016. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Joanne Dobson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Joanne Dobson 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 Quieter than Sleep by Joanne Dobson, book 1 of the Karen Pelletier Mystery series (1997)
  2. Cover of The Raven and the Nightingale by Joanne Dobson, book 3 of the Karen Pelletier Mystery series (1999)
  3. Cover of Cold and Pure and Very Dead by Joanne Dobson, book 4 of the Karen Pelletier Mystery series (2000)
  4. Cover of The Maltese Manuscript by Joanne Dobson, book 5 of the Karen Pelletier Mystery series (2003)
  5. Cover of Death Without Tenure by Joanne Dobson, book 6 of the Karen Pelletier Mystery series (2009)
  6. Cover of Face of the Enemy by Joanne Dobson, book 1 of the Helluva War Mystery series (2012)
  1. 1
    Quieter than SleepKaren Pelletier Mystery #11997 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997336
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  2. 2
    The Northbury PapersKaren Pelletier Mystery #21998 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998333
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  3. 3
    The Raven and the NightingaleKaren Pelletier Mystery #31999 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999275
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  4. 4
    Cold and Pure and Very DeadKaren Pelletier Mystery #42000 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000286
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  5. 5
    The Maltese ManuscriptKaren Pelletier Mystery #52003 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003288
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  6. 6
    Death Without TenureKaren Pelletier Mystery #62009 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009230
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  7. 7
    Face of the EnemyHelluva War Mystery #12012 · 380 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012380
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  8. 8
    The Kashmiri Shawl2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  9. 9
    Hey, Girlie2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  10. 10
    In the AtticKaren Pelletier Mystery #72016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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Joanne Dobson 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.

Karen Pelletier Mystery in order

7 books
  1. 1. Quieter than Sleep
  2. 2. The Northbury Papers
  3. 3. The Raven and the Nightingale
  4. 4. Cold and Pure and Very Dead
  5. 5. The Maltese Manuscript
  6. 6. Death Without Tenure
  7. 7. In the Attic

Helluva War Mystery in order

1 book
  1. 1. Face of the Enemy

Standalone books

2 books

2 Joanne Dobson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joanne Dobson books in order?

You only need to read Joanne Dobson 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 Joanne Dobson

Start with Quieter than Sleep (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joanne Dobson book?

In the Attic (2016) is the newest Joanne Dobson book released so far.

Is there a new Joanne Dobson book coming?

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

Joanne Dobson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Joanne Dobson title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Joanne Dobson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,128 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joanne Dobson books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Joanne Dobson books are about

5 of the 10 Joanne Dobson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: english teachers is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.