Nisa Santiago Books in Order

Nisa Santiago has written 30 books, published between 2008 and 2023. The first book is Cartier Cartel (2008) and the newest is Mafioso - Part 7 (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
30
Published
2008–2023
Pages on record
4,885 in 19 of 30 books
Reading time
81–122 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,885 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 30 titles with a page count on record.

Nisa Santiago writes urban crime fiction about women in the drug trade. Thirty catalogued books run from Cartier Cartel (2008) to Mafioso - Part 7 (2023), with the 2010s the heaviest decade. Apple & Kola: The Baddest Chick is the longest series, joined by Mafioso, Killer Dolls, House That Hustle Built, Murdergram and South Beach Cartel. Street life, female gangs, women drug dealers, sisters and thieves recur as subjects, across books of a median 254 pages. No new title has appeared since 2023.

How many Nisa Santiago books are there?

Nisa Santiago has 30 books, released between 2008 and 2023. They include 7 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Nisa Santiago Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 30 Nisa Santiago 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. 1
    Cartier CartelCartier Cartel #12008 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008249
  2. 2
    Return of the Cartier CartelCartier Cartel #22010 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010245
  3. 3
    Bad AppleApple & Kola: The Baddest Chick #12011 · 253 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011253
  4. 4
    Dirty Money Honey2011 · 223 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011223
  5. 5
    Coca KolaApple & Kola: The Baddest Chick #22012 · 257 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012257
  6. 6
    Guard the Throne2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  7. 7
    CheckmateApple & Kola: The Baddest Chick #32013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  8. 8
    South Beach SlaughterCartier Cartel #32013 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013264
  9. 9
    Face OffApple & Kola: The Baddest Chick #42013 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013254
  10. 10
    MurdergramMurdergram #12014 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014292
  11. 11
    South Beach Cartel - Part 1South Beach Cartel #12014 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014228
  12. 12
    Killer DollsKiller Dolls #12015 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015259
  13. 13
    The House That Hustle BuiltHouse That Hustle Built #12015 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015246
  14. 14
    The House that Hustle Built 2House That Hustle Built #22015 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015259
  15. 15
    On the RunApple & Kola: The Baddest Chick #52015 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015314
  16. 16
    Killer Dolls, Part 2Killer Dolls #22016 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016260
  17. 17
    Murdergram - Part 2Murdergram #22016 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016242
  18. 18
    The House That Hustle Built 3House That Hustle Built #32016 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016272
  19. 19
    Unfinished BusinessApple & Kola: The Baddest Chick #62016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016
  20. 20
    Mafioso - Part 1Mafioso #12017 · 230 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017230
  21. 21
    Killer Dolls - Part 3Killer Dolls #32017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017
  22. 22
    Mafioso - Part 2Mafioso #22018 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018250
  23. 23
    South Beach Cartel - Part 2South Beach Cartel #22018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018
  24. 24
    Mafioso - Part 3Mafioso #32018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018
  25. 25
    Mafioso - Part 4Mafioso #42018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018
  26. 26
    Head GamesCartier Cartel #42019 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019288
  27. 27
    Baddest AppleApple & Kola: The Baddest Chick #72019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  28. 28
    Mafioso - Part 5Mafioso #52020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  29. 29
    Mafioso - Part 6Mafioso #62020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  30. 30
    Mafioso - Part 7Mafioso #72023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023

Nisa Santiago 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.

Apple & Kola: The Baddest Chick in order

7 books
  1. 1. Bad Apple
  2. 2. Coca Kola
  3. 3. Checkmate
  4. 4. Face Off
  5. 5. On the Run
  6. 6. Unfinished Business
  7. 7. Baddest Apple

Mafioso in order

7 books
  1. 1. Mafioso - Part 1
  2. 2. Mafioso - Part 2
  3. 3. Mafioso - Part 3
  4. 4. Mafioso - Part 4
  5. 5. Mafioso - Part 5
  6. 6. Mafioso - Part 6
  7. 7. Mafioso - Part 7

Cartier Cartel in order

4 books
  1. 1. Cartier Cartel
  2. 2. Return of the Cartier Cartel
  3. 3. South Beach Slaughter
  4. 4. Head Games

Killer Dolls in order

3 books
  1. 1. Killer Dolls
  2. 2. Killer Dolls, Part 2
  3. 3. Killer Dolls - Part 3

House That Hustle Built in order

3 books
  1. 1. The House That Hustle Built
  2. 2. The House that Hustle Built 2
  3. 3. The House That Hustle Built 3

Murdergram in order

2 books
  1. 1. Murdergram
  2. 2. Murdergram - Part 2

South Beach Cartel in order

2 books
  1. 1. South Beach Cartel - Part 1
  2. 2. South Beach Cartel - Part 2

Standalone books

2 books

2 Nisa Santiago titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Nisa Santiago books in order?

You only need to read Nisa Santiago books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Nisa Santiago

Start with Cartier Cartel (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Nisa Santiago book?

Mafioso - Part 7 (2023) is the newest Nisa Santiago book released so far.

Is there a new Nisa Santiago book coming?

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

Nisa Santiago at a glance

Paused
No new Nisa Santiago title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Nisa Santiago books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,885 pages across the 19 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Nisa Santiago books, 26 of 30, were published in the 2010s.

What the Nisa Santiago books are about

16 of the 30 Nisa Santiago books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 7 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.