Margaret Truman Books in Order
41 books are credited to Margaret Truman, published between 1954 and 2022; 8 of them appeared after Margaret Truman's death in 2008. The first book is Souvenir (1954) and the newest is Murder at the CDC (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 41
- Published
- 1954–2022
- Pages on record
- 12,701 in 37 of 41 books
- Reading time
- 212–318 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,701 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 37 of 41 titles with a page count on record.
Capital Crimes, a mystery series set in Washington, D.C., is the fiction Margaret Truman is listed for. Mac Smith, a law teacher, and Annabel Reed-Smith, an art dealer, recur through novels including Murder in the White House (1980), Murder on Capitol Hill (1981) and Murder in the Supreme Court (1982). The listing also holds biography, among it Harry S. Truman (1973), and runs to 41 entries ending at Murder at the CDC (2022).
How many Margaret Truman books are there?
Margaret Truman has 41 books, released between 1954 and 2022. 8 of them were published after Margaret Truman's death in 2008. 32 of them belong to the Capital Crimes series.
Margaret Truman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 41 Margaret Truman 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.
- 1Souvenir1954 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/419543922/4
- 2White House Pets1969 · confirmed 2/41969–2/4
- 3Harry S. Truman1973 · confirmed 2/41973–2/4
- 4Women of Courage1976 · confirmed 2/41976–2/4
- 519802722/4
- 619813362/4
- 7Letters from Father1981 · 255 pages · confirmed 2/419812552/4
- 819822882/4
- 919832922/4
- 1019843522/4
- 1119853252/4
- 12Bess W. Truman1986 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/419865122/4
- 1319863362/4
- 1419873032/4
- 15Where the Buck Stops1989 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/419894042/4
- 1619893342/4
- 1719903192/4
- 1819923232/4
- 1919943522/4
- 20First Ladies1995 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/419953682/4
- 2119963602/4
- 2219973442/4
- 2319983562/4
- 2419993202/4
- 2520003552/4
- 2620013732/4
- 2720023842/4
- 28The President's House2003 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/420032712/4
- 2920043272/4
- 3020053212/4
- 3120063192/4
- 322007–2/4
- 3320083522/4
- 3420113842/4
- 3520123662/4
- 3620143842/4
- 3720153642/4
- 3820163672/4
- 3920183832/4
- 4020212882/4
- 4120223202/4
Margaret Truman 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.
Capital Crimes in order
32 books- 1. Murder in the White House
- 2. Murder on Capitol Hill
- 3. Murder in the Supreme Court
- 4. Murder in the Smithsonian
- 5. Murder on Embassy Row
- 6. Murder at the FBI
- 7. Murder in Georgetown
- 8. Murder in the CIA
- 9. Murder at the Kennedy Center
- 10. Murder at the National Cathedral
- 11. Murder at the Pentagon
- 12. Murder on the Potomac
- and 20 more in the table above
Standalone books
9 books9 Margaret Truman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Margaret Truman Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Margaret Truman books run from Souvenir (1954) to Murder at the CDC (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Margaret Truman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Margaret Truman books in order?
You only need to read Margaret Truman books in order within the Capital Crimes series, which holds 32 of the 41 Margaret Truman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Margaret Truman
Start with Souvenir (1954), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Margaret Truman book?
Murder at the CDC (2022) is the newest Margaret Truman book released so far.
Is there a new Margaret Truman book coming?
No next Margaret Truman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Margaret Truman at a glance
- Died
- Margaret Truman died in 2008, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Margaret Truman are still being published after Margaret Truman's death in 2008; the newest appeared in 2022.
- Release pace
- Margaret Truman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 12,701 pages across the 37 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margaret Truman books, 12 of 41, were published in the 1980s.
What the Margaret Truman books are about
34 of the 41 Margaret Truman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 17 of 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 17 of 34 books
- Washington (D.C.) 10 of 34 books
- Annabel Reed-Smith (Fictitious character) 9 of 34 books
- Mac Smith (Fictitious character) 8 of 34 books
- Women art dealers 7 of 34 books
- Law teachers 6 of 34 books
- Smith, annabel (fictitious character) 5 of 34 books
- Biography 4 of 34 books
- Crimes against 4 of 34 books
- Murder 4 of 34 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 34 books