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Lisa Lutz Books in Order

Lisa Lutz has written 13 books, published between 2007 and 2022. The first book is The Spellman Files (2007) and the newest is The Accomplice (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2007–2022
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
3,173 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
53–79 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,173 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Izzy Spellman investigates for a family-run detective agency in Lisa Lutz's comic mysteries. The Spellman Files (2007) opens that series, and 13 catalogued books reach The Accomplice in 2022, with standalone novels and non-fiction beside them. Dysfunctional families, women detectives and humour run through the subjects.

How many Lisa Lutz books are there?

Lisa Lutz has 13 books, released between 2007 and 2022. 7 of them belong to the Izzy Spellman series.

Lisa Lutz Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Lisa Lutz 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. Cover of Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz, book 2 of the Izzy Spellman series (2008)
  2. Cover of Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz, book 3 of the Izzy Spellman series (2009)
  3. Cover of The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz, book 4 of the Izzy Spellman series (2010)
  4. Cover of Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz, book 1 of the Lisa Lutz Standalone Novels series (2011)
  5. Cover of How to Negotiate Everything by Lisa Lutz, book 1 of the Lisa Lutz Non-Fiction series (2012)
  6. Cover of Trail of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz, book 5 of the Izzy Spellman series (2012)
  7. Cover of The Last Word / The Next Generation by Lisa Lutz, book 7 of the Izzy Spellman series (2013)
  8. Cover of How to Start a Fire by Lisa Lutz, book 2 of the Lisa Lutz Standalone Novels series (2015)
  9. Cover of The Passenger by Lisa Lutz, book 3 of the Lisa Lutz Standalone Novels series (2016)
  1. 1
    The Spellman FilesIzzy Spellman #12007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    Curse of the SpellmansIzzy Spellman #22008 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008416
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  3. 3
    Revenge of the SpellmansIzzy Spellman #32009 · 375 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009375
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  4. 4
    The Spellmans Strike AgainIzzy Spellman #42010 · 388 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010388
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  5. 5
    Heads You LoseLisa Lutz Standalone Novels #12011 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011320
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  6. 6
    How to Negotiate EverythingLisa Lutz Non-Fiction #12012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Trail of the SpellmansIzzy Spellman #52012 · 373 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012373
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  8. 8
    Isabel Spellman's Guide to Etiquette: What is Wrong with You PeopleIzzy Spellman #62013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  9. 9
    The Last Word / The Next GenerationIzzy Spellman #72013 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013339
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  10. 10
    How to Start a FireLisa Lutz Standalone Novels #22015 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015339
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  11. 11
    The PassengerLisa Lutz Standalone Novels #32016 · 303 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016303
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  12. 12
    The SwallowsLisa Lutz Standalone Novels #42018 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018320
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  13. 13
    The AccompliceLisa Lutz Standalone Novels #52022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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Lisa Lutz 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.

Izzy Spellman in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Spellman Files
  2. 2. Curse of the Spellmans
  3. 3. Revenge of the Spellmans
  4. 4. The Spellmans Strike Again
  5. 5. Trail of the Spellmans
  6. 6. Isabel Spellman's Guide to Etiquette: What is Wrong with You People
  7. 7. The Last Word / The Next Generation

Lisa Lutz Standalone Novels

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Lisa Lutz Non-Fiction

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Lisa Lutz books in order?

You only need to read Lisa Lutz books in order within the Izzy Spellman series, which holds 7 of the 13 Lisa Lutz books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Lisa Lutz

Start with The Spellman Files (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lisa Lutz book?

The Accomplice (2022) is the newest Lisa Lutz book released so far.

Is there a new Lisa Lutz book coming?

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

Lisa Lutz at a glance

Paused
No new Lisa Lutz title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Lisa Lutz books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,173 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 339 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lisa Lutz books, 9 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lisa Lutz books are about

11 of the 13 Lisa Lutz books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: isabel spellman (fictitious character) is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.