Susan McBride Books in Order
Susan McBride has written 22 books, published between 1999 and 2018. The first book is And Then She Was Gone (1999) and the newest is Walk a Crooked Line (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1999–2018
- Pages on record
- 3,539 in 11 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 59–88 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,539 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Susan McBride writes mysteries with women sleuths, and Dallas, debutantes and wealth appear among her subjects. McBride's series include Debutante Dropout, Debs, River Road, Maggie Ryan and Detective Jo Larsen. The 22 catalogued books run from And Then She Was Gone (1999) to Walk a Crooked Line (2018). Titles include The Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2005), Night of the Living Deb (2007) and Too Pretty to Die (2008).
How many Susan McBride books are there?
Susan McBride has 22 books, released between 1999 and 2018. They include 5 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Susan McBride Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Susan McBride 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.
- 11999–1/4
- 220012551/4
- 320043331/4
- 42005–1/4
- 520063521/4
- 620073521/4
- 72008–1/4
- 820083361/4
- 92009–1/4
- 10The Cougar Club2010 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/420103091/4
- 112010–1/4
- 12Little Black Dress2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 13In the Pink2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 14The Truth About Love and Lightning2013 · 315 pages · confirmed 1/420133151/4
- 152014–1/4
- 162014–1/4
- 172014–1/4
- 18Very Bad Things2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 1920153421/4
- 2020163571/4
- 2120173041/4
- 2220182841/4
Susan McBride 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.
Debutante Dropout in order
6 booksRiver Road in order
4 booksDebs in order
3 booksMaggie Ryan in order
2 booksDetective Jo Larsen in order
2 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Susan McBride titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Susan McBride books in order?
You only need to read Susan McBride books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Susan McBride
Start with And Then She Was Gone (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Susan McBride book?
Walk a Crooked Line (2018) is the newest Susan McBride book released so far.
Is there a new Susan McBride book coming?
No next Susan McBride book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Susan McBride at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Susan McBride title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Susan McBride books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,539 pages across the 11 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 333 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan McBride books, 13 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
What the Susan McBride books are about
20 of the 22 Susan McBride books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 6 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 6 of 20 books
- Debutantes 5 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 20 books
- Dallas (tex.) 3 of 20 books
- Interpersonal relations 3 of 20 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 20 books
- Murder 3 of 20 books
- Wealth 3 of 20 books
- Family life 2 of 20 books
- Family secrets 2 of 20 books
- Illinois 2 of 20 books