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Mary McHugh Books in Order

Mary McHugh has written 23 books, published between 1976 and 2016. The first book is Psychology and the New Woman (1976) and the newest is High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1976–2016
Pages on record
4,091 in 21 of 23 books
Reading time
68–102 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,091 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Mary McHugh's catalogue spans 23 books over 40 years, from Psychology and the New Woman (1976) to High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides (2016). Early titles are career and advice guides such as Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care Careers and Careers in Engineering and Engineering Technology. Humour books followed, including How Not to Become a Little Old Lady and Eat This!: 365 Reasons to Stop Dieting. Happy Hoofers Mystery is the fiction series, with women dancers among the subjects.

How many Mary McHugh books are there?

Mary McHugh has 23 books, released between 1976 and 2016. 6 of them belong to the Happy Hoofers Mystery series.

Mary McHugh Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Mary McHugh 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 Psychology and the New Woman by Mary McHugh (1976)
  2. Cover of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care Careers by Mary McHugh (1977)
  3. Cover of Young People Talk About Death by Mary McHugh (1980)
  4. Cover of Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disability, Revised Edition by Mary McHugh (1999)
  5. Cover of How Not to Become a Little Old Lady by Mary McHugh (2002)
  6. Cover of Eat This!: 365 Reasons to Stop Dieting by Mary McHugh (2003)
  7. Cover of How to Ruin Your Children's Lives by Mary McHugh (2004)
  8. Cover of Mud Wars for Kids and More: Zany Party and Gift Ideas by Mary McHugh (2004)
  9. Cover of How to Ruin Your Marriage by Mary McHugh (2005)
  10. Cover of How to Ruin Your Sister's Life by Mary McHugh (2006)
  11. Cover of Good Granny/Bad Granny by Mary McHugh (2007)
  12. Cover of If I Get Hit by a Bus Tomorrow, Here's How to Replace the Toilet Paper Roll: A Woman's Instructional Guide for Men…
  13. Cover of Aging with Grace by Mary McHugh (2011)
  14. Cover of Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses by Mary McHugh, book 2 of the Happy Hoofers Mystery series (2014)
  15. Cover of Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities by Mary McHugh, book 3 of the Happy Hoofers Mystery series (2015)
  16. Cover of Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets by Mary McHugh, book 4 of the Happy Hoofers Mystery series (2015)
  17. Cover of High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides by Mary McHugh, book 6 of the Happy Hoofers Mystery series (2016)
  1. 1
    Psychology and the New Woman1976 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976114
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  2. 2
    Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care Careers1977 · 66 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197766
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  3. 3
    Careers in Engineering and Engineering Technology1978 · 66 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197866
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  4. 4
    Young People Talk About Death1980 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980112
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  5. 5
    Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disability, Revised Edition1999 · 241 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999241
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  6. 6
    How Not to Become a Little Old Lady2002 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002144
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  7. 7
    Eat This!: 365 Reasons to Stop Dieting2003 · 365 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003365
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  8. 8
    How Not to Become a Crotchety Old Man2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  9. 9
    How to Ruin Your Children's Lives2004 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004137
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  10. 10
    Mud Wars for Kids and More: Zany Party and Gift Ideas2004 · 106 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004106
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    How to Ruin Your Marriage2005 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    How to Ruin Your Sister's Life2006 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006144
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Good Granny/Bad Granny2007 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200796
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  14. 14
    Murder on Cape Cod2010 · 138 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010138
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  15. 15
    The Happy Hoofers -- Murder on the VolgaHappy Hoofers Mystery #12010 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010242
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  16. 16
    The Perfect Bride2010 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010168
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  17. 17
    If I Get Hit by a Bus Tomorrow, Here's How to Replace the Toilet Paper Roll: A Woman's Instructional Guide for Men2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  18. 18
    Aging with Grace2011 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201196
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  19. 19
    Chorus Lines, Caviar, and CorpsesHappy Hoofers Mystery #22014 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014304
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  20. 20
    Flamenco, Flan, and FatalitiesHappy Hoofers Mystery #32015 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015352
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  21. 21
    Cancans, Croissants, and CasketsHappy Hoofers Mystery #42015 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015352
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  22. 22
    Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad EndsHappy Hoofers Mystery #52016 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016352
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  23. 23
    High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and HomicidesHappy Hoofers Mystery #62016 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016352
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Mary McHugh 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.

Happy Hoofers Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Happy Hoofers -- Murder on the Volga
  2. 2. Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses
  3. 3. Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities
  4. 4. Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets
  5. 5. Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends
  6. 6. High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides

Standalone books

17 books

17 Mary McHugh titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mary McHugh books in order?

You only need to read Mary McHugh books in order within the Happy Hoofers Mystery series, which holds 6 of the 23 Mary McHugh books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Mary McHugh

Start with Psychology and the New Woman (1976), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mary McHugh book?

High Kicks, Hot Chocolate, and Homicides (2016) is the newest Mary McHugh book released so far.

Is there a new Mary McHugh book coming?

No next Mary McHugh 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 McHugh at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mary McHugh title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mary McHugh books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,091 pages across the 21 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 144 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mary McHugh books, 10 of 23, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mary McHugh books are about

All 23 Mary McHugh books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: humor is tagged on 9 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.