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Mary Roberts Rinehart Books in Order

65 books are credited to Mary Roberts Rinehart, published between 1908 and 2014; 3 of them appeared after Mary Roberts Rinehart's death in 1958. The first book is The Circular Staircase (1908) and the newest is Mary Roberts Rinehart's Collected Works (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
65
Published
1908–2014
Pages on record
9,993 in 36 of 65 books
Reading time
167–250 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,993 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 65 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Mary Roberts Rinehart, author

Mary Roberts Rinehart, who lived from 1876 to 1958, wrote American detective and mystery fiction and has often been called the American Agatha Christie. Her first mystery novel, The Circular Staircase (1908), introduced the “had I but known” style of narration. Rinehart is also the earliest known source of the phrase “the butler did it”, traced to her 1930 novel The Door, though those exact words never occur in her writing. She reported the experiences of front line soldiers in the First World War, one of the first women to reach the Belgian front. Sixty-five titles are catalogued, including the Tish, Hilda Adams and Miss Cornelia Van Gorder series.

How many Mary Roberts Rinehart books are there?

Mary Roberts Rinehart has 65 books, released between 1908 and 2014. 3 of them were published after Mary Roberts Rinehart's death in 1958. They include 3 series and 51 titles listed outside any series.

Mary Roberts Rinehart Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 65 Mary Roberts Rinehart 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 The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart, book 1 of the Miss Cornelia Van Gorder series (1908)
  2. Cover of The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart, book 2 of the Miss Cornelia Van Gorder series (1909)
  3. Cover of The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1910)
  4. Cover of The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry by Mary Roberts Rinehart, book 1 of the Tish series (1911)
  5. Cover of The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1914)
  6. Cover of K by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1915)
  7. Cover of Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1916)
  8. Cover of Tenting Tonight by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1918)
  9. Cover of The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1918)
  10. Cover of Dangerous Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1919)
  11. Cover of Oh! Well! You Know How Women Are! And Isn't That Just Like A Man! by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1920)
  12. Cover of A Poor Wise Man by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1920)
  13. Cover of The Truce of God by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1920)
  14. Cover of More Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart, book 3 of the Tish series (1921)
  15. Cover of Sight Unseen by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1921)
  16. Cover of The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1922)
  17. Cover of The Out Trail by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1923)
  18. Cover of The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1925)
  19. Cover of The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart, book 3 of the Miss Cornelia Van Gorder series (1926)
  20. Cover of Tish Plays the Game by Mary Roberts Rinehart, book 4 of the Tish series (1926)
  21. Cover of Nomad's Land by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1926)
  22. Cover of Two Flights Up by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1928)
  23. Cover of Miss Pinkerton by Mary Roberts Rinehart, book 3 of the Hilda Adams series (1932)
  24. Cover of The Album by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1933)
  1. 1
    The Circular StaircaseMiss Cornelia Van Gorder #11908 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1908208
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  2. 2
    When a Man Marries1909 · confirmed 1/4
    1909–
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  3. 3
    The Man in Lower TenMiss Cornelia Van Gorder #21909 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1909256
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  4. 4
    The Window at the White Cat1910 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1910256
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  5. 5
    When A Man Marries, or Seven Days1910 · confirmed 1/4
    1910–
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  6. 6
    The Amazing Adventures of Letitia CarberryTish #11911 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1911376
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  7. 7
    Where There's a Will1912 · confirmed 1/4
    1912–
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  8. 8
    The Case of Jennie Brice1913 · confirmed 1/4
    1913–
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  9. 9
    The Buckled BagHilda Adams #11914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  10. 10
    Locked DoorsHilda Adams #21914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  11. 11
    The Street of Seven Stars1914 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1914168
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  12. 12
    The After House1914 · confirmed 1/4
    1914–
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  13. 13
    Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front1915 · confirmed 1/4
    1915–
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  14. 14
    K1915 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1915272
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  15. 15
    Through Glacier Park1916 · confirmed 1/4
    1916–
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  16. 16
    TishTish #21916 · confirmed 1/4
    1916–
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  17. 17
    Bab: A Sub-Deb1916 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1916300
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  18. 18
    The Altar of Freedom1917 · confirmed 1/4
    1917–
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  19. 19
    Long Live the King1917 · confirmed 1/4
    1917–
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  20. 20
    Tenting Tonight1918 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1918240
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  21. 21
    The Amazing Interlude1918 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1918232
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  22. 22
    Twenty-Three and a Half Hours' Leave1918 · confirmed 1/4
    1918–
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  23. 23
    Love Stories1919 · confirmed 1/4
    1919–
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  24. 24
    Dangerous Days1919 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1919264
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  25. 26
    Oh! Well! You Know How Women Are! And Isn't That Just Like A Man!1920 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    192064
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  26. 27
    A Poor Wise Man1920 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1920400
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  27. 28
    The Truce of God1920 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1920100
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  28. 29
    More TishTish #31921 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1921280
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  29. 30
    Sight Unseen1921 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1921253
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Mary Roberts Rinehart 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.

Tish in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry
  2. 2. Tish
  3. 3. More Tish
  4. 4. Tish Plays the Game
  5. 5. Tish Marches On
  6. 6. The Best Of Tish

Hilda Adams in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Buckled Bag
  2. 2. Locked Doors
  3. 3. Miss Pinkerton
  4. 4. The Haunted Lady
  5. 5. Episode of the Wandering Knife

Miss Cornelia Van Gorder in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Circular Staircase
  2. 2. The Man in Lower Ten
  3. 3. The Bat

Standalone books

51 books

51 Mary Roberts Rinehart titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mary Roberts Rinehart books in order?

You only need to read Mary Roberts Rinehart books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Mary Roberts Rinehart

Start with The Circular Staircase (1908), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mary Roberts Rinehart book?

Mary Roberts Rinehart's Collected Works (2014) is the newest Mary Roberts Rinehart book released so far.

Is there a new Mary Roberts Rinehart book coming?

No next Mary Roberts Rinehart 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 Mary Roberts Rinehart has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Mary Roberts Rinehart. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Awards1954Won

Mary Roberts Rinehart at a glance

Died
Mary Roberts Rinehart died in 1958, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Mary Roberts Rinehart are still being published after Mary Roberts Rinehart's death in 1958; the newest appeared in 2014.
Release pace
Mary Roberts Rinehart books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
9,993 pages across the 36 of 65 books with a recorded length, a median of 282 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mary Roberts Rinehart books, 21 of 65, were published in the 1910s.

What the Mary Roberts Rinehart books are about

40 of the 65 Mary Roberts Rinehart 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 23 of 40. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.