Taylor Smith Books in Order

Taylor Smith has written 9 books, published between 1995 and 2008. The first book is Guilt By Silence (1995) and the newest is The Night Cafe (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1995–2008
Total pages
3,885 across 9 books
Reading time
65–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,885 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute.

Taylor Smith writes thrillers and suspense, with spy stories, the United States Central Intelligence Agency, New Mexico and Virginia recorded among the subjects. The Mariah Bolt series carries the name. Nine books run from Guilt By Silence (1995) to The Night Cafe (2008), taking in The Best Of Enemies (1997), The Innocents Club (2000) and Liar's Market (2004). All nine have a recorded length, at a median of 441 pages.

How many Taylor Smith books are there?

Taylor Smith has 9 books, released between 1995 and 2008. 2 of them belong to the Mariah Bolt series.

Taylor Smith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Taylor Smith 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. 1
    Guilt By SilenceMariah Bolt #11995 · 402 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995402
  2. 2
    Common Passions1996 · 506 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996506
  3. 3
    The Best Of Enemies1997 · 474 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997474
  4. 4
    Random Acts1998 · 441 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998441
  5. 5
    The Innocents ClubMariah Bolt #22000 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000384
  6. 6
    Deadly Grace2001 · 504 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001504
  7. 7
    Liar's Market2004 · 378 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004378
  8. 8
    Slim to None2006 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006348
  9. 9
    The Night Cafe2008 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008448

Taylor Smith 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.

Mariah Bolt in order

2 books
  1. 1. Guilt By Silence
  2. 2. The Innocents Club

Standalone books

7 books

7 Taylor Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Taylor Smith books in order?

You only need to read Taylor Smith books in order within the Mariah Bolt series, which holds 2 of the 9 Taylor Smith books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Taylor Smith

Start with Guilt By Silence (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Taylor Smith book?

The Night Cafe (2008) is the newest Taylor Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Taylor Smith book coming?

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

Taylor Smith at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Taylor Smith title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Taylor Smith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,885 pages across all 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 441 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Taylor Smith books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2000s.

What the Taylor Smith books are about

All 9 Taylor Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: united states is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.