Sara Gran Books in Order
Sara Gran has written 8 books, published between 2001 and 2025. The first book is Saturn's Return to New York (2001) and the newest is Little Mysteries (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2001–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,355 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 23–34 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,355 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Sara Gran writes crime and psychological fiction. The Claire DeWitt Mysteries are the named series, and the 8 catalogued books run from Saturn's Return to New York (2001) through Come Closer (2003), Dope (2006), The City of the Dead (2011), The Bohemian Highway (2013) and The Infinite Blacktop (2018) to The Book of the Most Precious Substance (2022) and Little Mysteries (2025). Women private investigators, missing persons and murder investigation recur, with New York among the settings.
How many Sara Gran books are there?
Sara Gran has 8 books, released between 2001 and 2025. 3 of them belong to the Claire DeWitt Mysteries series.
Sara Gran Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Sara Gran 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.
- 1Saturn's Return to New York2001 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420012561/4
- 2Come Closer2003 · confirmed 1/42003–1/4
- 3Dope2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420062561/4
- 420112731/4
- 520132801/4
- 620182901/4
- 7The Book of the Most Precious Substance2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 8Little Mysteries2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Sara Gran 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.
Claire DeWitt Mysteries in order
3 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Sara Gran titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sara Gran books in order?
You only need to read Sara Gran books in order within the Claire DeWitt Mysteries series, which holds 3 of the 8 Sara Gran books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Sara Gran
Start with Saturn's Return to New York (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sara Gran book?
Little Mysteries (2025) is the newest Sara Gran book released so far.
Is there a new Sara Gran book coming?
No next Sara Gran 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 Sara Gran has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Sara Gran. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- German Crime Fiction Award2016Won
- Macavity Awards2012Won
Sara Gran at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sara Gran published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Sara Gran books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,355 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 273 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sara Gran books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sara Gran books are about
7 of the 8 Sara Gran books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 3 of 7 books
- Missing persons 3 of 7 books
- Women private investigators 3 of 7 books
- Murder 2 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 7 books
- New York (N.Y.) 2 of 7 books
- Psychological fiction 2 of 7 books
- Thrillers 2 of 7 books
- Young women 2 of 7 books