Lesley Kagen Books in Order
Lesley Kagen has written 9 books, published between 2007 and 2020. The first book is Whistling in the Dark (2007) and the newest is Every Now and Then (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2007–2020
- Pages on record
- 1,978 in 6 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 33–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,978 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Lesley Kagen's catalogue opens with Whistling in the Dark (2007), the book that also names the series recorded here. Nine titles run through to Every Now and Then (2020), among them Land of a Hundred Wonders (2008), Tomorrow River (2010), Good Graces (2011), The Resurrection of Tess Blessing (2014) and The Mutual Admiration Society (2017). Subjects record sisters, girls, women journalists, family secrets, serial murders and psychological fiction, with Kentucky named among the settings.
How many Lesley Kagen books are there?
Lesley Kagen has 9 books, released between 2007 and 2020. 2 of them belong to the Whistling in the Dark series.
Lesley Kagen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Lesley Kagen 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.
- 120072971/4
- 2Land of a Hundred Wonders2008 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/420082891/4
- 3Tomorrow River2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 420113401/4
- 5Mare's Nest2012 · 466 pages · confirmed 1/420124661/4
- 6The Undertaking of Tessla2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 7The Resurrection of Tess Blessing2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 8The Mutual Admiration Society2017 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/420172901/4
- 9Every Now and Then2020 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/420202961/4
Lesley Kagen 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.
Whistling in the Dark in order
2 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Lesley Kagen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Lesley Kagen books in order?
You only need to read Lesley Kagen books in order within the Whistling in the Dark series, which holds 2 of the 9 Lesley Kagen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Lesley Kagen
Start with Whistling in the Dark (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lesley Kagen book?
Every Now and Then (2020) is the newest Lesley Kagen book released so far.
Is there a new Lesley Kagen book coming?
No next Lesley Kagen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lesley Kagen at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Lesley Kagen title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Lesley Kagen books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,978 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lesley Kagen books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lesley Kagen books are about
8 of the 9 Lesley Kagen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sisters is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Sisters 4 of 8 books
- American literature 3 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 8 books