Julie Smith Books in Order
Julie Smith has written 31 books, published between 1982 and 2019. The first book is Death Turns a Trick (1982) and the newest is The Big Crazy (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 31
- Published
- 1982–2019
- Confirmed
- 1 of 31 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,163 in 18 of 31 books
- Reading time
- 86–129 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,163 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 31 titles with a page count on record.
Julie Smith, born November 25, 1944, is an American mystery writer whose sixth book, New Orleans Mourning, won the 1991 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Skip Langdon, Talba Wallis, Rebecca Schwartz and Paul MacDonald are series, and subjects include policewomen, New Orleans, women lawyers and San Francisco. The catalogue lists 31 books, starting with Death Turns a Trick (1982) and ending with The Big Crazy (2019). The Axeman's Jazz (1991) and Jazz Funeral (1993) are listed titles.
How many Julie Smith books are there?
Julie Smith has 31 books, released between 1982 and 2019. They include 4 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Julie Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 31 Julie Smith 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.
- 119821772/4
- 21984–2/4
- 319852492/4
- 419862112/4
- 519872242/4
- 619893762/4
- 719913412/4
- 81991–2/4
- 91993–2/4
- 1019932312/4
- 1119943572/4
- 1219953432/4
- 1319963382/4
- 141997–2/4
- 1519983522/4
- 16Mean Rooms2000 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/420001962/4
- 172001–2/4
- 1820023202/4
- 1920033042/4
- 2020043012/4
- 2120053042/4
- 2220072813/4
- 23Cursebusters!2011 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/420112582/4
- 24Writing Your Way: The Great American Novel Track2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 25Private Chick2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 262014–2/4
- 27Redneck Riviera2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 282014–2/4
- 292014–2/4
- 302018–2/4
- 312019–2/4
Julie Smith characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Julie Smith 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.
Skip Langdon in order
11 booksRebecca Schwartz in order
7 booksTalba Wallis in order
4 booksPaul MacDonald in order
2 booksTalba Wallis Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Akashic Noir in order
1 book- 15. New Orleans Noir
Standalone books
5 books5 Julie Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Julie Smith books in order?
You only need to read Julie Smith books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Julie Smith
Start with New Orleans Mourning (1989), the first Skip Langdon/Talba Wallis book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Death Turns a Trick (1982).
What is the newest Julie Smith book?
The Big Crazy (2019) is the newest Julie Smith book released so far.
Is there a new Julie Smith book coming?
No next Julie Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Julie Smith has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Julie Smith. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Edgar Awards1991Won
Julie Smith at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Julie Smith title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Julie Smith books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,163 pages across the 18 of 31 books with a recorded length, a median of 302 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Julie Smith books, 9 of 31, were published in the 2010s.
What the Julie Smith books are about
16 of the 31 Julie Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: policewomen is tagged on 7 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Policewomen 7 of 16 books
- Skip Langdon (Fictitious character) 6 of 16 books
- Louisiana 5 of 16 books
- New Orleans (La.) 5 of 16 books
- Police 5 of 16 books
- Langdon, skip (fictitious character) 4 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 16 books
- African American women 3 of 16 books
- California 3 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 16 books
- San Francisco (Calif.) 3 of 16 books
- Talba Wallis (Fictitious character) 3 of 16 books