Mary Marks Books in Order
Mary Marks has written 9 books, published between 2014 and 2021. The first book is Forget Me Knot (2014) and the newest is Knot Ready for Murder (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2014–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,464 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 41–62 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,464 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Mary Marks writes cozy mysteries built around quilting. The Quilting Mysteries account for all 9 of her catalogued books, published between 2014 and 2021, with Martha Rose, a middle-aged quiltmaker in California, as the recurring sleuth. Forget Me Knot (2014) opens the series, and almost every title that follows works a pun on the word knot, through to Knot Ready for Murder (2021). No new book has been catalogued since 2021.
How many Mary Marks books are there?
Mary Marks has 9 books, released between 2014 and 2021.
Mary Marks Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Mary Marks 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.
- 120143842/4
- 220143522/4
- 320152882/4
- 420162882/4
- 520172882/4
- 620182882/4
- 720192882/4
- 820202882/4
- 92021–2/4
Mary Marks 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.
Quilting Mysteries in order
9 booksDo you have to read Mary Marks books in order?
You only need to read Mary Marks books in order within the Quilting Mysteries series, which holds 9 of the 9 Mary Marks books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Mary Marks
Start with Forget Me Knot (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mary Marks book?
Knot Ready for Murder (2021) is the newest Mary Marks book released so far.
Is there a new Mary Marks book coming?
No next Mary Marks 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 Marks at a glance
- Paused
- No new Mary Marks title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Mary Marks books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,464 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mary Marks books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mary Marks books are about
7 of the 9 Mary Marks 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 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 5 of 7 books
- Crime 3 of 7 books
- Murder 2 of 7 books
- Quilting 2 of 7 books