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Stephanie Barron Books in Order

Stephanie Barron has written 19 books, published between 1996 and 2023. The first book is Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (1996) and the newest is Jane and the Final Mystery (2023). Publication order is the reading order below. 15 of the 19 books listed here are in the Jane Austen Mysteries series, which has its own page: Jane Austen Mysteries books in order.

Books
19
Published
1996–2023
Confirmed
1 of 19 titles
Pages on record
4,021 in 13 of 19 books
Reading time
67–101 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,021 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Stephanie Barron, author

Stephanie Barron is the name under which Francine Barron Mathews, an American writer of mystery and spy fiction born May 23, 1963, publishes historical mysteries. Jane Austen and women sleuths appear in the subjects, and the listed books run from Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (1996) through Jane and the Man of the Cloth (1997) and Jane and the Stillroom Maid (2000) to Jane and the Final Mystery (2023). The catalogue holds 19 books, including A Flaw in the Blood (2008), and Regency romance and England appear in the subjects. Mathews is profiled in Great Women Mystery Writers (2007).

How many Stephanie Barron books are there?

Stephanie Barron has 19 books, released between 1996 and 2023. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Stephanie Barron Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Stephanie Barron 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 Jane and the Man of the Cloth by Stephanie Barron, book 2 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (1997)
  2. Cover of Jane and the Wandering Eye by Stephanie Barron, book 3 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (1998)
  3. Cover of Jane and the Genius of the Place by Stephanie Barron, book 4 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (1999)
  4. Cover of Jane and the Stillroom Maid by Stephanie Barron, book 5 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (2000)
  5. Cover of Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House by Stephanie Barron, book 6 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (2001)
  6. Cover of Jane and the Barque of Frailty by Stephanie Barron, book 9 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (2006)
  7. Cover of A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron (2008)
  8. Cover of The White Garden by Stephanie Barron, book 5 of the Random House Reader's Circle series (2009)
  9. Cover of Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron by Stephanie Barron, book 10 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (2010)
  10. Cover of Jane and the Canterbury Tale by Stephanie Barron, book 11 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (2011)
  11. Cover of That Churchill Woman by Stephanie Barron (2019)
  12. Cover of Jane and the Year Without a Summer by Stephanie Barron, book 14 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (2022)
  13. Cover of Jane and the Final Mystery by Stephanie Barron, book 15 of the Jane Austen Mysteries series (2023)
  1. 1
    Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave ManorJane Austen Mysteries #11996 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996304
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  2. 2
    Jane and the Man of the ClothJane Austen Mysteries #21997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    Jane and the Wandering EyeJane Austen Mysteries #31998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  4. 4
    Jane and the Genius of the PlaceJane Austen Mysteries #41999 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999384
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  5. 5
    Jane and the Stillroom MaidJane Austen Mysteries #52000 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000336
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  6. 6
    Jane and the Prisoner of Wool HouseJane Austen Mysteries #62001 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001291
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  7. 7
    Jane and the Ghosts of NetleyJane Austen Mysteries #72003 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003352
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  8. 8
    Jane and His Lordship's LegacyJane Austen Mysteries #82005 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005292
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  9. 9
    Jane and the Barque of FrailtyJane Austen Mysteries #92006 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006368
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  10. 10
    A Flaw in the Blood2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008304
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  11. 11
    The White GardenRandom House Reader's Circle #52009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  12. 12
    Jane and the Madness of Lord ByronJane Austen Mysteries #102010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  13. 13
    Jane and the Canterbury TaleJane Austen Mysteries #112011 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011307
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  14. 14
    On Hosting Your Regency-Era Christmas PartyJane Austen Companion #12014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  15. 15
    Jane and the Twelve Days of ChristmasJane Austen Mysteries #122014 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014346
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  16. 16
    Jane and the Waterloo MapJane Austen Mysteries #132016 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    20161
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  17. 17
    That Churchill Woman2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
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  18. 18
    Jane and the Year Without a SummerJane Austen Mysteries #142022 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022336
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  19. 19
    Jane and the Final MysteryJane Austen Mysteries #152023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Stephanie Barron series and characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Stephanie Barron 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.

Jane Austen Mysteries books in order

15 books by Stephanie Barron
  1. 1. Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
  2. 2. Jane and the Man of the Cloth
  3. 3. Jane and the Wandering Eye
  4. 4. Jane and the Genius of the Place
  5. 5. Jane and the Stillroom Maid
  6. 6. Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House
  7. 7. Jane and the Ghosts of Netley
  8. 8. Jane and His Lordship's Legacy
  9. 9. Jane and the Barque of Frailty
  10. 10. Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron
  11. 11. Jane and the Canterbury Tale
  12. 12. Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas
  13. and 3 more in the table above

Jane Austen Companion in order

1 book
  1. 1. On Hosting Your Regency-Era Christmas Party

Random House Reader's Circle in order

1 book
  1. 5. The White Garden

Standalone books

2 books

2 Stephanie Barron titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Stephanie Barron books in order?

You only need to read Stephanie Barron 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 Stephanie Barron

Start with Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (1996), the first Jane Austen Mysteries book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Stephanie Barron book?

Jane and the Final Mystery (2023) is the newest Stephanie Barron book released so far.

Is there a new Stephanie Barron book coming?

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

Stephanie Barron at a glance

Paused
No new Stephanie Barron title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Stephanie Barron books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,021 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stephanie Barron books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2000s.

What the Stephanie Barron books are about

15 of the 19 Stephanie Barron books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: austen, jane, 1775-1817 is tagged on 12 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.