Susan Wittig Albert Books in Order
Susan Wittig Albert has written 67 books, published between 1992 and 2024. The first book is Thyme of Death (1992) and the newest is Forget Me Never (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 67
- Published
- 1992–2024
- Confirmed
- 67 of 67 titles
- Pages on record
- 14,291 in 45 of 67 books
- Reading time
- 238–357 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,291 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 45 of 67 titles with a page count on record.
Susan Wittig Albert is an American mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois, who has also published as Robin Paige and Carolyn Keene. Before writing full time, Albert worked in academia and became the first female vice president of Southwest Texas State University. The catalogue lists 67 titles from 1992 to 2024. Thyme of Death (1992) comes first, then Witches' Bane (1993), Hangman's Root (1994) and Rosemary Remembered (1995), and Forget Me Never (2024) is the newest. Series include China Bayles, Darling Dahlias, Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, Crystal Cave and the Pecan Springs Enterprise Trilogy. Herbalists, Texas and the 1930s feature in the subject tags.
How many Susan Wittig Albert books are there?
Susan Wittig Albert has 67 books, released between 1992 and 2024. They include 5 separate series.
Susan Wittig Albert Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 67 Susan Wittig Albert 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.
- 119922453/4
- 219922493/4
- 319932553/4
- 4199315043/4
- 519942603/4
- 619952963/4
- 719963043/4
- 819972353/4
- 919973083/4
- 1019983063/4
- 1119993203/4
- 122000–3/4
- 1320013053/4
- 1420032543/4
- 1520032043/4
- 1620032883/4
- 1720042863/4
- 1820043363/4
- 1920053033/4
- 2020052823/4
- 2120063843/4
- 2220063073/4
- 2320073333/4
- 2420073223/4
- 25What Wildness Is This: Women Write about the SouthwestSusan Wittig Albert Non-Fiction #52007 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/420073163/4
- 2620073073/4
- 272008–3/4
- 2820083043/4
- 292009–3/4
- 30Together, Alone: A Memoir of Marriage and PlaceSusan Wittig Albert Non-Fiction #62009 · 183 pages · confirmed 3/420091833/4
- 3120093073/4
- 322010–3/4
- 33An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary DaysSusan Wittig Albert Non-Fiction #72010 · 221 pages · confirmed 3/420102213/4
- 3420102903/4
- 352010–3/4
- 3620112883/4
- 3720113033/4
- 3820113013/4
- 3920122863/4
- 402012–3/4
- 4120132893/4
- 422013–3/4
- 432013–3/4
- 4420142853/4
- 452014–3/4
- 4620142923/4
- 4720153043/4
- 4820152943/4
- 492016–3/4
- 5020163113/4
- 5120174003/4
- 522017–3/4
- 5320182603/4
- 5420182763/4
- 5520182923/4
- 562019–3/4
- 572019–3/4
- 582019–3/4
- 5920192963/4
- 602020–3/4
- 612020–3/4
- 622020–3/4
- 632020–3/4
- 642021–3/4
- 652022–3/4
- 662023–3/4
- 672024–3/4
Susan Wittig Albert series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- China Bayles books in order 31 books
- Darling Dahlias books in order 10 books
Susan Wittig Albert 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.
Susan Wittig Albert Non-Fiction
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter in order
8 booksSusan Wittig Albert Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Crystal Cave in order
3 books- 1. NoBODY
- 2. SomeBODY Else
- 3. Out of BODY
Pecan Springs Enterprise Trilogy in order
3 books- 1. Deadlines
- 2. Fault Lines
- 3. Firelines
Susan Wittig Albert Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Susan Wittig Albert books run from Thyme of Death (1992) to Forget Me Never (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Susan Wittig Albert in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Susan Wittig Albert books in order?
You only need to read Susan Wittig Albert 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 Wittig Albert
Start with the first book of the Susan Wittig Albert series you want to read: China Bayles starts with Thyme of Death (1992) and Darling Dahlias starts with The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (2010). The earliest catalogued title overall is Thyme of Death (1992).
What is the newest Susan Wittig Albert book?
Forget Me Never (2024) is the newest Susan Wittig Albert book released so far.
Is there a new Susan Wittig Albert book coming?
No next Susan Wittig Albert 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 Wittig Albert at a glance
- Still publishing
- Susan Wittig Albert published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Susan Wittig Albert books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 14,291 pages across the 45 of 67 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan Wittig Albert books, 28 of 67, were published in the 2010s.
What the Susan Wittig Albert books are about
56 of the 67 Susan Wittig Albert books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: china bayles (fictitious character) is tagged on 22 of 56. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- China Bayles (Fictitious character) 22 of 56 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 21 of 56 books
- Bayles, china (fictitious character) 18 of 56 books
- Herbalists 17 of 56 books
- Mystery & detective 17 of 56 books
- Texas 13 of 56 books
- Nineteen thirties 8 of 56 books
- Women artists 8 of 56 books
- Women authors 8 of 56 books
- Women gardeners 8 of 56 books