Kate Watterson Books in Order
Kate Watterson has written 19 books, published between 2011 and 2023. The first book is The Best Mistake (2011) and the newest is Find His Grave (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 2011–2023
- Pages on record
- 1,952 in 6 of 19 books
Detective Ellie MacIntosh anchors Kate Watterson's crime writing, a policewoman working serial murder cases through a run of police procedurals. Watterson writes two further series, Danny Haase and Detective Chris Bailey. Nineteen catalogued titles span 2011 to 2023, from The Best Mistake (2011) and Frozen (2012) through Bleed, Buried, Charred and Thaw, all published in 2013, to Find His Grave (2023). The Watterson catalogue is dormant.
How many Kate Watterson books are there?
Kate Watterson has 19 books, released between 2011 and 2023. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Kate Watterson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Kate Watterson 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.
- 1The Best Mistake2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 220123842/4
- 32013–2/4
- 42013–2/4
- 52013–2/4
- 620133262/4
- 72014–2/4
- 82015–2/4
- 92015–2/4
- 102015–2/4
- 1120153042/4
- 122015–2/4
- 1320183522/4
- 1420182882/4
- 15Blindsided2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 1620222982/4
- 172022–2/4
- 182022–2/4
- 192023–2/4
Kate Watterson characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Ellie MacIntosh books in order 9 books
Kate Watterson 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.
Detective Ellie MacIntosh in order
9 booksDanny Haase in order
4 booksDetective Chris Bailey in order
4 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Kate Watterson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Kate Watterson books in order?
You only need to read Kate Watterson 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 Kate Watterson
Start with Frozen (2012), the first Ellie MacIntosh book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Best Mistake (2011).
What is the newest Kate Watterson book?
Find His Grave (2023) is the newest Kate Watterson book released so far.
Is there a new Kate Watterson book coming?
No next Kate Watterson 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 Watterson at a glance
- Paused
- No new Kate Watterson title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Kate Watterson books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,952 pages across the 6 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 315 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Watterson books, 15 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kate Watterson books are about
5 of the 19 Kate Watterson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 3 of 5 books
- Murder 3 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 5 books
- Suspense 3 of 5 books
- Thrillers 2 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 5 books
- Crime 1 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 1 of 5 books
- Policewomen 1 of 5 books
- Serial murders 1 of 5 books