Laura Levine Books in Order
Laura Levine has written 23 books, published between 2002 and 2024. The first book is This Pen for Hire (2002) and the newest is Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket (2024). Publication order is the reading order below. All 23 books listed here are in the Jaine Austen series, which has its own page: Jaine Austen books in order.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2002–2024
- Pages on record
- 3,627 in 14 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 60–91 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,627 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Jaine Austen, a writer turned amateur sleuth, is the lead of Laura Levine's cozy mystery series. Twenty-three catalogued books run from This Pen for Hire (2002) to Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket (2024), taking in Last Writes (2003), Killer Blonde (2004) and Death by Pantyhose (2007). Murder, amateur detection and a cat are the recurring elements, at a median length of 256 pages.
How many Laura Levine books are there?
Laura Levine has 23 books, released between 2002 and 2024.
Laura Levine Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Laura Levine 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.
- 120022402/4
- 22003–2/4
- 320042882/4
- 420052882/4
- 520062562/4
- 620072562/4
- 720083042/4
- 820092562/4
- 92010–2/4
- 112011–2/4
- 122012–2/4
- 1320132612/4
- 1420152632/4
- 1520162472/4
- 1620172452/4
- 1720182482/4
- 1820192352/4
- 192021–2/4
- 2020222402/4
- 212023–2/4
- 222023–2/4
- 232024–2/4
Laura Levine series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jaine Austen books in order 23 books
Do you have to read Laura Levine books in order?
You only need to read Laura Levine books in order within the Jaine Austen series, which holds 23 of the 23 Laura Levine books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Laura Levine
Start with This Pen for Hire (2002), the first Jaine Austen book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Laura Levine book?
Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket (2024) is the newest Laura Levine book released so far.
Is there a new Laura Levine book coming?
No next Laura Levine book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Laura Levine at a glance
- Still publishing
- Laura Levine published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Laura Levine books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,627 pages across the 14 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Laura Levine books, 10 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the Laura Levine books are about
18 of the 23 Laura Levine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: a jaine austen mystery is tagged on 10 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- A Jaine Austen Mystery 10 of 18 books
- Writer 10 of 18 books
- Murder 8 of 18 books
- Women sleuths 7 of 18 books
- Amateur Sleuth 6 of 18 books
- Cats 5 of 18 books
- Cozy mystery 5 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 18 books
- Suspense 4 of 18 books
- Jaine Austen (Fictitious character) 3 of 18 books