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Mindy Starns Clark Books in Order

Mindy Starns Clark has written 28 books, published between 2002 and 2018. The first book is A Penny for Your Thoughts (2002) and the newest is The Amish Quilter (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
2002–2018
Pages on record
3,819 in 13 of 28 books
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Mindy Starns Clark is the author of the Million Dollar Mysteries, A Smart Chick Mystery and Men of Lancaster County series. The catalogue lists 28 books from A Penny for Your Thoughts (2002) to The Amish Quilter (2018), and the run is marked likely complete. Jo Tulip, women detectives, the Amish, Pennsylvania and Christian life appear in the subjects. The list also includes household guides such as The House that Cleans Itself (2007).

How many Mindy Starns Clark books are there?

Mindy Starns Clark has 28 books, released between 2002 and 2018. They include 3 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.

Mindy Starns Clark Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Mindy Starns Clark 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 A Penny for Your Thoughts by Mindy Starns Clark, book 1 of the Million Dollar Mysteries series (2002)
  2. Cover of Don't Take any Wooden Nickels by Mindy Starns Clark, book 2 of the Million Dollar Mysteries series (2003)
  3. Cover of A Dime a Dozen by Mindy Starns Clark, book 3 of the Million Dollar Mysteries series (2003)
  4. Cover of A Quarter for a Kiss by Mindy Starns Clark, book 4 of the Million Dollar Mysteries series (2004)
  5. Cover of The Buck Stops Here by Mindy Starns Clark, book 5 of the Million Dollar Mysteries series (2004)
  6. Cover of The Trouble with Tulip by Mindy Starns Clark, book 1 of the A Smart Chick Mystery series (2005)
  7. Cover of Blind Dates can be Murder by Mindy Starns Clark, book 2 of the A Smart Chick Mystery series (2006)
  8. Cover of 8 Steps to Keep Your Home Twice as Neat in Half the Time by Mindy Starns Clark (2007)
  9. Cover of Elementary, My Dear Watkins by Mindy Starns Clark, book 3 of the A Smart Chick Mystery series (2007)
  10. Cover of Whispers of the Bayou by Mindy Starns Clark (2008)
  11. Cover of Shadows of Lancaster County by Mindy Starns Clark (2009)
  12. Cover of Under the Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns Clark (2009)
  13. Cover of A Pocket Guide to Amish Life by Mindy Starns Clark (2010)
  14. Cover of Secrets of Harmony Grove by Mindy Starns Clark (2010)
  15. Cover of The Amish Midwife by Mindy Starns Clark, book 1 of the Women of Lancaster County series (2011)
  16. Cover of The Amish Nanny by Mindy Starns Clark, book 2 of the Women of Lancaster County series (2011)
  17. Cover of Simple Joys of the Amish Life by Mindy Starns Clark (2011)
  18. Cover of The Amish Bride by Mindy Starns Clark, book 3 of the Women of Lancaster County series (2012)
  19. Cover of Echoes of Titanic by Mindy Starns Clark (2012)
  20. Cover of Beauty to Die For by Mindy Starns Clark (2012)
  21. Cover of The Amish Seamstress by Mindy Starns Clark, book 4 of the Women of Lancaster County series (2013)
  22. Cover of Plain Answers About the Amish Life by Mindy Starns Clark (2013)
  23. Cover of The Amish Groom by Mindy Starns Clark, book 1 of the Men of Lancaster County series (2014)
  24. Cover of The Amish Blacksmith by Mindy Starns Clark, book 2 of the Men of Lancaster County series (2014)
  1. 1
    A Penny for Your ThoughtsMillion Dollar Mysteries #12002 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002337
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  2. 2
    Don't Take any Wooden NickelsMillion Dollar Mysteries #22003 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003335
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  3. 3
    A Dime a DozenMillion Dollar Mysteries #32003 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003336
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  4. 4
    A Quarter for a KissMillion Dollar Mysteries #42004 · 333 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004333
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  5. 5
    The Buck Stops HereMillion Dollar Mysteries #52004 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004359
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  6. 6
    The Trouble with TulipA Smart Chick Mystery #12005 · 293 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005293
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  7. 7
    Blind Dates can be MurderA Smart Chick Mystery #22006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  8. 8
    The House that Cleans Itself2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  9. 9
    8 Steps to Keep Your Home Twice as Neat in Half the Time2007 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007240
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  10. 10
    Elementary, My Dear WatkinsA Smart Chick Mystery #32007 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007320
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  11. 11
    Whispers of the Bayou2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008352
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  12. 12
    Shadows of Lancaster County2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  13. 13
    Under the Cajun Moon2009 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009332
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  14. 14
    A Pocket Guide to Amish Life2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  15. 15
    Secrets of Harmony Grove2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  16. 16
    The Amish MidwifeWomen of Lancaster County #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  17. 17
    The Amish NannyWomen of Lancaster County #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  18. 18
    Simple Joys of the Amish Life2011 · 54 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201154
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  19. 19
    The Amish BrideWomen of Lancaster County #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    Echoes of Titanic2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  21. 21
    Beauty to Die For2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  22. 22
    The Amish SeamstressWomen of Lancaster County #42013 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013354
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  23. 23
    Plain Answers About the Amish Life2013 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013174
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  24. 24
    The Amish GroomMen of Lancaster County #12014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  25. 25
    The Amish BlacksmithMen of Lancaster County #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  26. 26
    Lilies on Daybreak PondMen of Lancaster County #32014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  27. 27
    The Amish ClockmakerMen of Lancaster County #42015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  28. 28
    The Amish QuilterWomen of Lancaster County #52018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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Mindy Starns Clark 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.

Million Dollar Mysteries in order

5 books
  1. 1. A Penny for Your Thoughts
  2. 2. Don't Take any Wooden Nickels
  3. 3. A Dime a Dozen
  4. 4. A Quarter for a Kiss
  5. 5. The Buck Stops Here

Women of Lancaster County in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Amish Midwife
  2. 2. The Amish Nanny
  3. 3. The Amish Bride
  4. 4. The Amish Seamstress
  5. 5. The Amish Quilter

Men of Lancaster County in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Amish Groom
  2. 2. The Amish Blacksmith
  3. 3. Lilies on Daybreak Pond
  4. 4. The Amish Clockmaker

A Smart Chick Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Trouble with Tulip
  2. 2. Blind Dates can be Murder
  3. 3. Elementary, My Dear Watkins

Standalone books

11 books

11 Mindy Starns Clark titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mindy Starns Clark books in order?

You only need to read Mindy Starns Clark 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 Mindy Starns Clark

Start with A Penny for Your Thoughts (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mindy Starns Clark book?

The Amish Quilter (2018) is the newest Mindy Starns Clark book released so far.

Is there a new Mindy Starns Clark book coming?

No next Mindy Starns Clark book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mindy Starns Clark at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mindy Starns Clark title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mindy Starns Clark books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,819 pages across the 13 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 333 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mindy Starns Clark books, 15 of 28, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mindy Starns Clark books are about

25 of the 28 Mindy Starns Clark books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: amish is tagged on 11 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.