Katherine Spencer Books in Order
Katherine Spencer has written 37 books, published between 1989 and 2022. The first book is The Goofy Gamble (1989) and the newest is Death on the Argyle (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1989–2022
- Pages on record
- 7,487 in 29 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 125–187 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,487 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Katherine Spencer has 37 catalogued books from The Goofy Gamble (1989) to Death on the Argyle (2022). Several early titles, including Ghosts, UFOs and Sam Walton: The Giant of Wal-Mart, are listed under the name Anne Canadeo. Spencer series include Cape Light, Black Sheep & Co. Mystery, Fifth Grade S.T.A.R.S. and Haven Harbor. Subject tags cover knitting, murder investigation, New England and the imaginary place Cape Light, and Home Song (2002) and The Gathering Place (2003) are among the later titles.
How many Katherine Spencer books are there?
Katherine Spencer has 37 books, released between 1989 and 2022. They include 7 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Katherine Spencer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Katherine Spencer 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.
- 11989892/4
- 2Ghosts (As: Anne Canadeo)1990 · 102 pages · confirmed 2/419901022/4
- 3UFOs (As: Anne Canadeo)1990 · 87 pages · confirmed 2/41990872/4
- 419901202/4
- 5Sam Walton: The Giant of Wal-Mart (As: Anne Canadeo)1991 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/41991642/4
- 6Ralph Lauren: Master of Fashion (As: Anne Canadeo)1991 · 64 pages · confirmed 2/41991642/4
- 720023842/4
- 820033682/4
- 920043362/4
- 1020052722/4
- 1120062562/4
- 1220082242/4
- 132009–2/4
- 1420092662/4
- 1520102782/4
- 162012–2/4
- 172013–2/4
- 182013–2/4
- 1920133102/4
- 2020142932/4
- 2120142772/4
- 2220142942/4
- 2320152722/4
- 2420152862/4
- 2520153042/4
- 2620163412/4
- 2720172482/4
- 2820173272/4
- 2920182912/4
- 3020183262/4
- 3120193202/4
- 322019–2/4
- 332020–2/4
- 3420203682/4
- 3520213202/4
- 362022–2/4
- 372022–2/4
Katherine Spencer series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Cape Light books in order 21 books
- Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries books in order 13 books
Katherine Spencer books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries books in order
8 books by Katherine SpencerBlack Sheep & Co. Mystery in order
5 booksSaving Grace in order
2 booksAngel Island in order
2 booksFifth Grade S.T.A.R.S. in order
1 bookKatherine Spencer Illustrated in order
1 bookHaven Harbor in order
1 book- 1. Haven Harbor
Presidents Of The United States Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
4 books4 Katherine Spencer titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Katherine Spencer books in order?
You only need to read Katherine Spencer books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Katherine Spencer
Start with the first book of the Katherine Spencer series you want to read: Cape Light starts with Cape Light (2002) and Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries starts with While My Pretty One Knits (2009). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Goofy Gamble (1989).
What is the newest Katherine Spencer book?
Death on the Argyle (2022) is the newest Katherine Spencer book released so far.
Is there a new Katherine Spencer book coming?
No next Katherine Spencer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Katherine Spencer at a glance
- Paused
- No new Katherine Spencer title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Katherine Spencer books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,487 pages across the 29 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 286 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Katherine Spencer books, 18 of 37, were published in the 2010s.
What the Katherine Spencer books are about
31 of the 37 Katherine Spencer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cape light (imaginary place) is tagged on 10 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Cape Light (Imaginary place) 10 of 31 books
- Knitters (Persons) 10 of 31 books
- City and town life 8 of 31 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 31 books
- Knitting 6 of 31 books
- Juvenile literature 5 of 31 books
- Murder 5 of 31 books
- Religious fiction 5 of 31 books
- Investigation 4 of 31 books
- New england 4 of 31 books
- Angels 3 of 31 books
- Biography 3 of 31 books