Susan Rogers Cooper Books in Order
Susan Rogers Cooper has written 29 books, published between 1988 and 2017. The first book is The Man In the Green Chevy (1988) and the newest is Best Served Cold (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1988–2017
- Pages on record
- 3,173 in 15 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 53–79 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,173 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Susan Rogers Cooper (1947-2024) was an American mystery novelist from Austin, Texas, working in the cosy category. Three series carry the Cooper name: Sheriff Milt Kovak, set in the invented Prophesy County, Oklahoma, and opening with The Man In the Green Chevy (1988); E.J. Pugh; and Kimmey Kruse, whose titles put a comic at the centre, in Funny as a Dead Comic (1993) and Funny As a Dead Relative (1994). Women sleuths, sheriffs and police procedure supply the subject matter. 29 titles are catalogued through Best Served Cold (2017).
How many Susan Rogers Cooper books are there?
Susan Rogers Cooper has 29 books, released between 1988 and 2017. They include 3 separate series.
Susan Rogers Cooper Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Susan Rogers Cooper 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.
- 11988–2/4
- 21990–2/4
- 31990–2/4
- 419911832/4
- 51992–2/4
- 619932142/4
- 719942082/4
- 819941992/4
- 919952322/4
- 101996–2/4
- 111997–2/4
- 121998–2/4
- 131999–2/4
- 1419992422/4
- 1520001772/4
- 1620032502/4
- 1720072462/4
- 1820082002/4
- 192009–2/4
- 2020092082/4
- 212011–2/4
- 222012–2/4
- 232012–2/4
- 2420132082/4
- 252013–2/4
- 2620142022/4
- 2720152162/4
- 282017–2/4
- 2920171882/4
Susan Rogers Cooper series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Sheriff Milt Kovak books in order 14 books
- E.J. Pugh books in order 13 books
- Milt Kovak books in order 14 books
Susan Rogers Cooper 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.
Kimmey Kruse in order
2 booksDo you have to read Susan Rogers Cooper books in order?
You only need to read Susan Rogers Cooper books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Susan Rogers Cooper
Start with the first book of the Susan Rogers Cooper series you want to read: Sheriff Milt Kovak starts with The Man In the Green Chevy (1988), E.J. Pugh starts with One, Two, What Did Daddy Do? (1992) and Milt Kovak starts with The Man In the Green Chevy (1988). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Man In the Green Chevy (1988).
What is the newest Susan Rogers Cooper book?
Best Served Cold (2017) is the newest Susan Rogers Cooper book released so far.
Is there a new Susan Rogers Cooper book coming?
No next Susan Rogers Cooper 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 Rogers Cooper at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Susan Rogers Cooper title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Susan Rogers Cooper books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,173 pages across the 15 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan Rogers Cooper books, 13 of 29, were published in the 1990s.
What the Susan Rogers Cooper books are about
19 of the 29 Susan Rogers Cooper books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: kovak, milton (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Kovak, milton (fictitious character) 9 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 19 books
- Sheriffs 9 of 19 books
- Milton Kovak (Fictitious character) 8 of 19 books
- Oklahoma 8 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 6 of 19 books
- E. J. Pugh (Fictitious character) 5 of 19 books
- Women novelists 5 of 19 books
- Prophesy county (okla. : imaginary place) 4 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 19 books
- Pugh, e. j. (fictitious character) 3 of 19 books
- Women private investigators 3 of 19 books