Kate Carlisle Books in Order
Kate Carlisle has written 35 books, published between 2009 and 2024. The first book is Homicide in Hardcover (2009) and the newest is The Knife Before Christmas (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 2009–2024
- Confirmed
- 35 of 35 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,833 in 24 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 114–171 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,833 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Kate Carlisle writes mystery and detective fiction with women sleuths. Catalogue subjects add rare books, women bookbinders, conservation and restoration, murder, crime and man-woman relationships, and name Brooklyn Wainwright as a recurring fictional character. The 35 catalogued books span 2009 to 2024, from Homicide in Hardcover (2009) to The Knife Before Christmas (2024), with If Books Could Kill (2009), Murder under Cover (2011) and One Book in the Grave (2012) along the way. Bibliophile Mystery, Fixer-Upper Mystery, Island Paradise Duet and MacLaren's Pride are the series credited to Carlisle.
How many Kate Carlisle books are there?
Kate Carlisle has 35 books, released between 2009 and 2024. They include 5 separate series.
Kate Carlisle Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Kate Carlisle 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.
- 120092893/4
- 22009–3/4
- 320101903/4
- 42010–3/4
- 520102883/4
- 62011–3/4
- 720111853/4
- 820112913/4
- 92012–3/4
- 102012–3/4
- 112012–3/4
- 1220131923/4
- 1320131853/4
- 142013–3/4
- 1520143213/4
- 1620143233/4
- 1720153223/4
- 1820153283/4
- 1920152943/4
- 2020162933/4
- 2120163093/4
- 2220172953/4
- 2320172793/4
- 2420182973/4
- 2520182803/4
- 2620193043/4
- 2720192883/4
- 2820203043/4
- 2920203363/4
- 3020213043/4
- 312021–3/4
- 3220223363/4
- 332023–3/4
- 342023–3/4
- 352024–3/4
Kate Carlisle series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Fixer-Upper Mystery books in order 11 books
- Bibliophile Mysteries books in order 18 books
Kate Carlisle 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.
Bibliophile Mystery in order
18 books- 1. Homicide in Hardcover
- 2. If Books Could Kill
- 3. The Lies That Bind
- 4. Murder under Cover
- 5. Pages of Sin
- 6. One Book in the Grave
- 7. Peril in Paperback
- 8. A Cookbook Conspiracy
- 9. The Book Stops Here
- 10. Ripped From the Pages
- 11. Books of a Feather
- 12. Once Upon a Spine
- and 6 more in the table above
Duke Brothers in order
3 booksIsland Paradise Duet in order
2 booksMacLaren's Pride in order
1 bookDo you have to read Kate Carlisle books in order?
You only need to read Kate Carlisle books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Kate Carlisle
Start with the first book of the Kate Carlisle series you want to read: Fixer-Upper Mystery starts with A High-End Finish (2014) and Bibliophile Mysteries starts with Homicide in Hardcover (2009). The earliest catalogued title overall is Homicide in Hardcover (2009).
What is the newest Kate Carlisle book?
The Knife Before Christmas (2024) is the newest Kate Carlisle book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Carlisle book coming?
No next Kate Carlisle book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Carlisle at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kate Carlisle published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Kate Carlisle books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,833 pages across the 24 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Carlisle books, 25 of 35, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kate Carlisle books are about
27 of the 35 Kate Carlisle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 18 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 18 of 27 books
- Investigation 17 of 27 books
- Rare books 12 of 27 books
- Conservation and restoration 11 of 27 books
- Books 8 of 27 books
- Man-woman relationships 6 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 27 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 6 of 27 books
- Erotic romance 5 of 27 books
- Women bookbinders 5 of 27 books
- Brooklyn Wainwright (Fictitious character) 4 of 27 books
- Crime 4 of 27 books