Nancy Bell Books in Order
Nancy Bell has written 9 books, published between 1996 and 2008. The first book is Biggie and The Poisoned Politician (1996) and the newest is Paint the Town Dead (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1996–2008
- Pages on record
- 1,565 in 7 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 26–39 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,565 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Nancy Bell is credited on nine mystery novels published between 1996 and 2008. Six open on the name Biggie, running from Biggie and The Poisoned Politician (1996) through the Mangled Mortician (1997), the Fricasseed Fat Man (1998), the Meddlesome Mailman (1999), the Quincy Ghost (2001) and the Devil Diet (2002). Restored to Death (2003), Death Splits a Hair (2005) and Paint the Town Dead (2008) follow. Biggie Weatherford is the recurring character, and Judge Jackson Crain is the second series recorded. Subjects record women detectives, grandmothers, judges and Texas.
How many Nancy Bell books are there?
Nancy Bell has 9 books, released between 1996 and 2008. They include 2 separate series.
Nancy Bell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Nancy Bell 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.
- 119961972/4
- 21997–2/4
- 31998–2/4
- 419992142/4
- 520012002/4
- 620022482/4
- 720032562/4
- 820052502/4
- 920082002/4
Nancy Bell 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.
Biggie Weatherford in order
6 booksJudge Jackson Crain in order
3 booksDo you have to read Nancy Bell books in order?
You only need to read Nancy Bell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Nancy Bell
Start with Biggie and The Poisoned Politician (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nancy Bell book?
Paint the Town Dead (2008) is the newest Nancy Bell book released so far.
Is there a new Nancy Bell book coming?
No next Nancy Bell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nancy Bell at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Nancy Bell title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Nancy Bell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,565 pages across the 7 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 214 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nancy Bell books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2000s.
What the Nancy Bell books are about
All 9 Nancy Bell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: grandmothers is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Grandmothers 5 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 9 books
- Biggie (Fictitious character : Bell) 3 of 9 books
- Judges 3 of 9 books
- Texas 3 of 9 books
- Weatherford, biggie (fictitious character) 3 of 9 books
- Weatherford, j. r. (fictitious character) 3 of 9 books
- City and town life 2 of 9 books
- Crimes against 2 of 9 books
- Fathers and daughters 2 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 9 books