Mary Stanton Books in Order
Mary Stanton has written 43 books, published between 1984 and 2013. The first book is Where The Heart Is (As:Claudia Bishop) (1984) and the newest is A Fete Worse Than Death (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.
Mary Stanton also publishes as Claudia Bishop.
- Books
- 43
- Published
- 1984–2013
- Pages on record
- 8,878 in 39 of 43 books
- Reading time
- 148–222 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,878 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 39 of 43 titles with a page count on record.
Mary Stanton, born in Winter Park, Florida in 1947, is an American author known for Unicorns of Balinor, an eight-volume fantasy series for children. As Claudia Bishop, Stanton has written 14 Hemlock Falls mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime and three novels in the Casebooks of Dr. McKenzie series, and has been senior editor of three mystery anthologies. The catalogue lists 43 books from 1984 to 2013, including The Road to Balinor (1988), A Taste for Murder (1994) and A Fete Worse Than Death (2013). Subject tags include the imaginary place Hemlock Falls, New York, women detectives, hotels and unicorns.
How many Mary Stanton books are there?
Mary Stanton has 43 books, released between 1984 and 2013. They include 6 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Mary Stanton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 43 Mary Stanton 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.
- 11984–2/4
- 219883442/4
- 319881442/4
- 419893222/4
- 519942212/4
- 619952252/4
- 719952442/4
- 819962542/4
- 919971442/4
- 1019971492/4
- 1119971452/4
- 1219972372/4
- 13From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo1998 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/419982642/4
- 1419982562/4
- 1519991602/4
- 1619991332/4
- 1719991182/4
- 1819991142/4
- 1919992522/4
- 2020001132/4
- 2120001092/4
- 2220002442/4
- 2320001112/4
- 2420022282/4
- 2520032322/4
- 2620032602/4
- 2720044052/4
- 2820042532/4
- 2920062302/4
- 3020062272/4
- 3120071942/4
- 3220072562/4
- 3320072072/4
- 3420082932/4
- 3520081942/4
- 3620092922/4
- 3720094352/4
- 3820102932/4
- 3920102862/4
- 402010–2/4
- 4120112902/4
- 422012–2/4
- 432013–2/4
Mary Stanton series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
Mary Stanton books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Unicorns Of Balinor books in order
9 books by Mary StantonBeaufort & Company Mysteries in order
5 booksMagical Mysteries in order
3 booksCasebook Of Dr. McKenzie in order
3 booksHeavenly Horse in order
2 booksTo Have and To Hold in order
1 bookStandalone books
1 book1 Mary Stanton title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mary Stanton books in order?
You only need to read Mary Stanton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Mary Stanton
Start with the first book of the Mary Stanton series you want to read: Hemlock Falls Mysteries starts with A Taste for Murder (1994) and Unicorns of Balinor starts with The Road to Balinor (1988). The earliest catalogued title overall is Where The Heart Is (As:Claudia Bishop) (1984).
What is the newest Mary Stanton book?
A Fete Worse Than Death (2013) is the newest Mary Stanton book released so far.
Is there a new Mary Stanton book coming?
No next Mary Stanton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Mary Stanton
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Mary Stanton. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best First Novel1989Shortlistedfor The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West
Mary Stanton at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Mary Stanton title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Mary Stanton books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,878 pages across the 39 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 232 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mary Stanton books, 18 of 43, were published in the 2000s.
What the Mary Stanton books are about
All 43 Mary Stanton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hemlock falls (n.y. : imaginary place) is tagged on 14 of 43. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Hemlock Falls (N.Y. : Imaginary place) 14 of 43 books
- Sisters 14 of 43 books
- Children's fiction 12 of 43 books
- Meg Quilliam (Fictitious character) 11 of 43 books
- Investigation 10 of 43 books
- Murder 10 of 43 books
- Quill Quilliam (Fictitious character) 10 of 43 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 10 of 43 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 43 books
- Unicorns 9 of 43 books
- Hotels 8 of 43 books