Mary Burton Books in Order
Mary Burton has written 48 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is A Bride for McCain (2000) and the newest is Trust No One (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 48
- Published
- 2000–2026
- Confirmed
- 48 of 48 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,003 in 30 of 48 books
- Reading time
- 167–250 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,003 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 48 titles with a page count on record.
Mary Burton grew up in a Southern family that loved telling stories, and that interest led to an English degree from Hollins University in Virginia, completed in 1983. The catalogue lists 48 Burton books, from A Bride for McCain (2000) to Trust No One (2026). Burton's series include Criminal Profiler, Morgans of Nashville, Forgotten Files, Texas Rangers and Senseless Duo. Subjects on the books cover romantic suspense, historical romance, serial murder investigations and police work.
How many Mary Burton books are there?
Mary Burton has 48 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 5 separate series.
Mary Burton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 48 Mary Burton books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120003044/4
- 220013044/4
- 320022064/4
- 420023044/4
- 520042994/4
- 620042964/4
- 720053044/4
- 820053044/4
- 920052804/4
- 1020062564/4
- 1120062564/4
- 1220072244/4
- 1320073524/4
- 1420083804/4
- 1520093794/4
- 1620114064/4
- 172011–4/4
- 182012–4/4
- 1920124104/4
- 2020133934/4
- 212013–4/4
- 2220143924/4
- 2320143924/4
- 2420154164/4
- 2520153783/4
- 262015–3/4
- 2720163504/4
- 2820163424/4
- 2920163894/4
- 3020173264/4
- 3120173384/4
- 3220183524/4
- 3320183234/4
- 3420193484/4
- 352019–4/4
- 362020–4/4
- 372020–4/4
- 382021–4/4
- 392021–4/4
- 402022–4/4
- 412023–4/4
- 422023–4/4
- 432024–4/4
- 442025–3/4
- 452025–4/4
- 462025–4/4
- 472026–4/4
- 482026–3/4
Mary Burton 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.
Mary Burton Standalone Novels
25 books25 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Criminal Profiler in order
6 booksMorgans Of Nashville in order
4 booksTexas Rangers in order
3 booksForgotten Files in order
3 books- 1. The Shark
- 2. The Dollmaker
- 3. The Hangman
Senseless Duo in order
2 booksMary Burton Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Montana Mavericks: Thunder Canyon in order
1 book- 1. The Tracker
Montana in order
1 book- 1. Near You
Great Works Classroom Resource 4th-8th Grade in order
1 book- 14. Maniac Magee
Mary Burton Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Mary Burton books run from A Bride for McCain (2000) to Trust No One (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Mary Burton in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Mary Burton books in order?
You only need to read Mary Burton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Mary Burton books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with A Bride for McCain (2000), the earliest published title. After it come The Colorado Bride (2001), The Perfect Wife (2002), Rafferty's Bride (2002) and The Lightkeeper's Woman (2004); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Mary Burton book?
Trust No One (2026) is the newest Mary Burton book released so far.
Is there a new Mary Burton book coming?
No next Mary Burton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mary Burton at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mary Burton published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Mary Burton books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,003 pages across the 30 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mary Burton books, 20 of 48, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 44 of the 48 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Mary Burton books are about
33 of the 48 Mary Burton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: romantic suspense is tagged on 13 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Romantic suspense 13 of 33 books
- Serial murders 10 of 33 books
- Murder 6 of 33 books
- Romance 6 of 33 books
- Investigation 5 of 33 books
- Suspense 5 of 33 books
- Thrillers 5 of 33 books
- Man-woman relationships 4 of 33 books
- Police 4 of 33 books
- Historical romance 4 of 33 books