Margaret Maron Books in Order
Margaret Maron has written 43 books, published between 1981 and 2017. The first book is One Coffee With (1981) and the newest is Take Out (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 43
- Published
- 1981–2017
- Confirmed
- 42 of 43 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,652 in 32 of 43 books
- Reading time
- 144–216 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,652 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 43 titles with a page count on record.
Two detective series carry Margaret Maron's mysteries: Judge Deborah Knott, a woman on the bench, and Sigrid Harald, a police officer. One Coffee With (1981) opens the catalogue, followed by Death of a Butterfly, Bloody Kin and The Right Jack. Forty-three books reach Take Out in 2017, and the catalogue is listed as complete.
Maron's work explores themes of justice, family ties and small-town life, and she won multiple major mystery awards, including the Edgar, Agatha and Anthony Awards.
How many Margaret Maron books are there?
Margaret Maron has 43 books, released between 1981 and 2017. They include 2 separate series.
Margaret Maron Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 43 Margaret Maron 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.
- 119811924/4
- 21984–4/4
- 31985104/4
- 419852134/4
- 519872244/4
- 619882134/4
- 719892884/4
- 819914484/4
- 919912294/4
- 1019922614/4
- 1119932244/4
- 1219932554/4
- 1319942564/4
- 1419952444/4
- 1519963044/4
- 1619972444/4
- 1719973044/4
- 1819982884/4
- 1920002604/4
- 202001–4/4
- 2120012884/4
- 222002–1/4
- 2320022884/4
- 2420033554/4
- 2520042084/4
- 2620043014/4
- 2720053054/4
- 282006–4/4
- 2920073354/4
- 3020083074/4
- 312009–4/4
- 3220103194/4
- 3320112784/4
- 342012–4/4
- 352012–4/4
- 362012–4/4
- 372012–4/4
- 38Five Christmas Gifts - A Holiday Short Story CollectionMargaret Maron Short Story #42012 · confirmed 4/42012–4/4
- 3920123054/4
- 402013–4/4
- 4120143084/4
- 4220152884/4
- 4320173104/4
Margaret Maron 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.
Judge Deborah Knott in order
20 books- 1. Bootlegger's Daughter
- 2. Southern Discomfort
- 3. Shooting at Loons
- 4. Up Jumps the Devil
- 5. Killer Market
- 6. Home Fires
- 7. Storm Track
- 8. Uncommon Clay
- 9. Slow Dollar
- 10. High Country Fall
- 11. Rituals of the Season
- 12. Winter's Child
- and 8 more in the table above
Sigrid Harald in order
9 booksMargaret Maron Short Stories/Novellas
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Margaret Maron Short Story
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Margaret Maron Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Deborah Knott Short Stories
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Margaret Maron Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Margaret Maron books run from One Coffee With (1981) to Take Out (2017), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Margaret Maron in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Margaret Maron books in order?
You only need to read Margaret Maron books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Margaret Maron
Start with One Coffee With (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Margaret Maron book?
Take Out (2017) is the newest Margaret Maron book released so far.
Is there a new Margaret Maron book coming?
No next Margaret Maron book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Margaret Maron has won
Wikidata records 10 awards for Margaret Maron. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Edgar Awards2013Won
- Agatha Award for Best Novel2011Won
- North Carolina Award for Literature2008Won
- Agatha Award for Best Short Story2002Won
- Agatha Award for Best Novel2000Won
- Agatha Award for Best Novel1996Won
- Anthony Award for Best Novel1993Wonfor Bootlegger's Daughter
- Macavity Awards1992Won
- Agatha Award for Best Novel1992Won
- Agatha Award for Best Short Story1991Won
Margaret Maron at a glance
- Died
- Margaret Maron died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Margaret Maron on record dates from 2017.
- Release pace
- Margaret Maron books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,652 pages across the 32 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margaret Maron books, 13 of 43, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 42 of the 43 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Margaret Maron books are about
35 of the 43 Margaret Maron books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: deborah knott (fictitious character) is tagged on 22 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Deborah Knott (Fictitious character) 22 of 35 books
- Women judges 19 of 35 books
- Sigrid Harald (Fictitious character) 12 of 35 books
- Knott, deborah (fictitious character) 9 of 35 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 9 of 35 books
- Police 9 of 35 books
- Policewomen 9 of 35 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 35 books
- Harald, sigrid (fictitious character) 7 of 35 books