Susan Dunlap Books in Order
Susan Dunlap has written 30 books, published between 1981 and 2016. The first book is Karma (1981) and the newest is Out of Nowhere (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1981–2016
- Pages on record
- 5,879 in 23 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 98–147 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,879 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
Four sleuths carry the mysteries of Susan Dunlap: Vejay Haskell, Jill Smith, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy and Darcy Lott, each heading a series. Born in 1943, Dunlap has also edited crime fiction and written short stories for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and Checkout took both the Macavity and the Anthony Award in 1994. The catalogue lists 30 books from Karma (1981) to Out of Nowhere (2016), at a median of 247 pages, with California policing and San Francisco among the standing subjects.
How many Susan Dunlap books are there?
Susan Dunlap has 30 books, released between 1981 and 2016. They include 4 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Susan Dunlap Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Susan Dunlap 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.
- 11981–2/4
- 219842312/4
- 319841952/4
- 419852342/4
- 519852112/4
- 619862162/4
- 719872152/4
- 81987–2/4
- 919893102/4
- 1019901842/4
- 111991–2/4
- 1219922472/4
- 13Checkout1993 · confirmed 2/41993–2/4
- 1419933042/4
- 1519943242/4
- 16No Safety and Other Short Stories1995 · confirmed 2/41995–2/4
- 17A Contest Fit for a Queen1995 · confirmed 2/41995–2/4
- 1819962802/4
- 1919972962/4
- 2019983442/4
- 21The Celestial Buffet2001 · 215 pages · confirmed 2/420012152/4
- 22Fast Friends2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420042562/4
- 2320063752/4
- 2420082722/4
- 2520092722/4
- 262010–2/4
- 2720122722/4
- 28Karma and Other Stories2014 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/420142472/4
- 2920151922/4
- 3020161872/4
Susan Dunlap series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jill Smith books in order 10 books
Susan Dunlap 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.
Darcy Lott in order
7 booksKiernan O'Shaughnessy in order
4 books- 1. Pious Deception
- 2. Rogue Wave
- 3. High Fall
- 4. No Immunity
Vejay Haskell in order
3 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Susan Dunlap titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Susan Dunlap books in order?
You only need to read Susan Dunlap books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Susan Dunlap
Start with Karma (1981), the first Jill Smith book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Susan Dunlap book?
Out of Nowhere (2016) is the newest Susan Dunlap book released so far.
Is there a new Susan Dunlap book coming?
No next Susan Dunlap 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 Susan Dunlap has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Susan Dunlap. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Anthony Award for Best Short Story1991Wonfor The Celestial Buffet
Susan Dunlap at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Susan Dunlap title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Susan Dunlap books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,879 pages across the 23 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 247 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan Dunlap books, 11 of 30, were published in the 1990s.
What the Susan Dunlap books are about
24 of the 30 Susan Dunlap books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: california is tagged on 12 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- California 12 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 24 books
- Jill Smith (Fictitious character) 7 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 7 of 24 books
- Policewomen 7 of 24 books
- Women stunt performers 7 of 24 books
- Smith, jill (fictitious character) 6 of 24 books
- Police 5 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 24 books
- San Francisco (Calif.) 4 of 24 books
- Haskell, vejay (fictitious character) 3 of 24 books
- Murder 3 of 24 books