Kelly Oliver Books in Order
Kelly Oliver has written 45 books, published between 1993 and 2026. The first book is Ethics, Politics, and Difference in Julia Kristeva's Writing (1993) and the newest is The Case of the Christie Honeymoon Murder (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 45
- Published
- 1993–2026
- Pages on record
- 7,097 in 26 of 45 books
- Reading time
- 118–177 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,097 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 26 of 45 titles with a page count on record.
Kelly Oliver, born July 28, 1958, is an American philosopher of feminism, political philosophy and ethics. Oliver holds the W. Alton Jones Professorship of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, founded the feminist philosophy journal philoSOPHIA, and has written 16 scholarly books and edited 12 volumes. The 45 catalogued titles begin with Ethics, Politics, and Difference in Julia Kristeva's Writing (1993). The listing also carries mystery series, among them Jessica James Mysteries, Fiona Figg Mystery and Pet Detective Mysteries, reaching The Case of the Christie Honeymoon Murder (2026).
How many Kelly Oliver books are there?
Kelly Oliver has 45 books, released between 1993 and 2026. They include 6 separate series.
Kelly Oliver Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 45 Kelly Oliver 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.
- 1Ethics, Politics, and Difference in Julia Kristeva's WritingKellyOliver Non-Fiction #11993 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/419932642/4
- 2Reading Kristeva: Unraveling the Double-bindKellyOliver Non-Fiction #21993 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/419932182/4
- 3Womanizing Nietzsche: Philosophy's Relation to the "Feminine"KellyOliver Non-Fiction #31994 · 225 pages · confirmed 2/419942252/4
- 419974712/4
- 5Family Values: Subjects Between Nature and CultureKellyOliver Non-Fiction #51997 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/419972592/4
- 6Subjectivity Without Subjects: From Abject Fathers to Desiring MothersKellyOliver Non-Fiction #61998 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/419982072/4
- 720003522/4
- 8Between the Psyche and the Social: Psychoanalytic Social TheoryKellyOliver Non-Fiction #82001 · 221 pages · confirmed 2/420012212/4
- 920012512/4
- 1020022972/4
- 11Colonization Of Psychic Space: A Psychoanalytic Social Theory Of OppressionKellyOliver Non-Fiction #112004 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/420042452/4
- 1220042542/4
- 13Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex, and the MediaKellyOliver Non-Fiction #132007 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/420072242/4
- 14Psychoanalysis, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Work of Julia KristevaKellyOliver Non-Fiction #142009 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/420092532/4
- 15Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be HumanKellyOliver Non-Fiction #152009 · 376 pages · confirmed 2/420093762/4
- 16Knock Me Up, Knock Me Down: Images of Pregnancy in Hollywood FilmsKellyOliver Non-Fiction #162012 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420122322/4
- 17Technologies of Life and Death: From Cloning to Capital PunishmentKellyOliver Non-Fiction #172013 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/420132722/4
- 18Earth and World: Philosophy After the Apollo MissionsKellyOliver Non-Fiction #182015 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420153122/4
- 192016–2/4
- 2020163202/4
- 21Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence from The Hunger Games to Campus RapeKellyOliver Non-Fiction #192016 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/420162162/4
- 2220173642/4
- 23Carceral Humanitarianism: Logics of Refugee DetentionKellyOliver Non-Fiction #202017 · 102 pages · confirmed 2/420171022/4
- 2420183682/4
- 252019–2/4
- 2620193242/4
- 272020–2/4
- 282020–1/4
- 2920201942/4
- 302020–2/4
- 3120212762/4
- 322021–1/4
- 33Chaos at Carnegie Hall / Mystery in ManhattenA Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Mystery #12022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 342022–1/4
- 352023–2/4
- 362023–2/4
- 372023–2/4
- 382024–2/4
- 392024–2/4
- 402025–2/4
- 412025–2/4
- 422025–1/4
- 432026–1/4
- 442026–1/4
- 452026–1/4
Kelly Oliver 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.
KellyOliver Non-Fiction
20 books20 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jessica James Mysteries in order
6 booksA Fiona Figg & Kitty Lane Mystery in order
6 booksDetection Club in order
5 booksFiona Figg Mystery in order
4 booksPet Detective Mysteries in order
3 booksPet Detective Mysteries For Kids 7-12 in order
1 bookDo you have to read Kelly Oliver books in order?
You only need to read Kelly Oliver books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Kelly Oliver
Start with Ethics, Politics, and Difference in Julia Kristeva's Writing (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kelly Oliver book?
The Case of the Christie Honeymoon Murder (2026) is the newest Kelly Oliver book released so far.
Is there a new Kelly Oliver book coming?
No next Kelly Oliver book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kelly Oliver at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kelly Oliver published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Kelly Oliver books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,097 pages across the 26 of 45 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kelly Oliver books, 19 of 45, were published in the 2020s.
What the Kelly Oliver books are about
25 of the 45 Kelly Oliver books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: feminist theory is tagged on 6 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Feminist theory 6 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 25 books
- Feminism 3 of 25 books
- Philosophy 3 of 25 books
- Women 3 of 25 books
- Women graduate students 2 of 25 books