Kathleen Taylor Books in Order

Kathleen Taylor has written 19 books, published between 1982 and 2023. The first book is Candlewicking with Colors (1982) and the newest is Superfoods and Healthy Eating (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1982–2023
Pages on record
2,054 in 9 of 19 books

Kathleen Taylor is the author of the Tory Bauer Mystery series. Tory Bauer is the fictitious character named in the subjects, alongside South Dakota, waitresses and women sleuths. Titles from the 1990s include Funeral Food (1993), Sex and Salmonella (1996), Hotel South Dakota (1997) and Mourning Shift (1998), with Cold Front (2000) and Foreign Body (2001) after them. The listing also carries knitting titles, including Knit One, Felt Too (2003), Yarns to Dye For (2005) and I Heart Felt (2008).

How many Kathleen Taylor books are there?

Kathleen Taylor has 19 books, released between 1982 and 2023. 6 of them belong to the Tory Bauer Mystery series.

Kathleen Taylor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Kathleen Taylor 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. 1
    Candlewicking with Colors1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982
  2. 2
    Funeral FoodTory Bauer Mystery #11993 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993256
  3. 3
    Sex and SalmonellaTory Bauer Mystery #21996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  4. 4
    Hotel South DakotaTory Bauer Mystery #31997 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997304
  5. 5
    Mourning ShiftTory Bauer Mystery #41998 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998277
  6. 6
    Cold FrontTory Bauer Mystery #52000 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000352
  7. 7
    Foreign BodyTory Bauer Mystery #62001 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001370
  8. 82003
  9. 9
    BrainwashingOxford Landmark Science #62004 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004336
  10. 10
    Yarns to Dye For2005 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200596
  11. 112008
  12. 122009
  13. 132011
  14. 14
    Fair Isle Hats, Scarves, Mittens & Gloves2012 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201232
  15. 15
    Fair Isle Flower Garden2012 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201231
  16. 16
    Getting a Web Development Job for DummiesFor Dummies #842014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  17. 172023
  18. 18
    Ageing Backwards2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  19. 19
    Superfoods and Healthy Eating2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Kathleen Taylor 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.

Tory Bauer Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. Funeral Food
  2. 2. Sex and Salmonella
  3. 3. Hotel South Dakota
  4. 4. Mourning Shift
  5. 5. Cold Front
  6. 6. Foreign Body

Oxford Landmark Science in order

1 book
  1. 6. Brainwashing

For Dummies in order

1 book
  1. 84. Getting a Web Development Job for Dummies

Standalone books

11 books

11 Kathleen Taylor titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kathleen Taylor books in order?

You only need to read Kathleen Taylor books in order within the Tory Bauer Mystery series, which holds 6 of the 19 Kathleen Taylor books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kathleen Taylor

Start with Candlewicking with Colors (1982), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kathleen Taylor book?

Superfoods and Healthy Eating (2023) is the newest Kathleen Taylor book released so far.

Is there a new Kathleen Taylor book coming?

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

Kathleen Taylor at a glance

Paused
No new Kathleen Taylor title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Kathleen Taylor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,054 pages across the 9 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kathleen Taylor books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2000s.

What the Kathleen Taylor books are about

10 of the 19 Kathleen Taylor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: south dakota is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • South dakota 6 of 10 books
  • Bauer, tory (fictitious character) 5 of 10 books
  • Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 10 books
  • Tory Bauer (Fictitious character) 4 of 10 books
  • Waitresses 3 of 10 books
  • Arts, great britain 2 of 10 books
  • Knitting 2 of 10 books
  • Knitting, patterns 2 of 10 books
  • Mystery & detective 2 of 10 books
  • Patterns 2 of 10 books