Angie Amalfi Books in Order

Joanne Pence has written 15 Angie Amalfi books, published between 1993 and 2016: 14 in the Angie Amalfi series and 1 related title. The first book is Something's Cooking (1993) and the newest main-line book is The Da Vinci Cook (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1993–2016
Pages on record
4,367 in 14 of 15 books
Reading time
73–109 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,367 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

Angie Amalfi is a fictional character from Joanne Pence, with 15 catalogued books from 1993 to 2016. Something's Cooking (1993) starts the list, followed by Too Many Cooks (1994) and Cooking Up Trouble (1995). Library subject headings for the books include women detectives, San Francisco, journalists, cooking and women cooks. The newest entry is Cook's Dessert Cookbook (2016), and Joanne Pence also has an Angie Amalfi Non-Fiction series. No new Angie Amalfi title has been added since 2016.

How many Angie Amalfi books are there?

Angie Amalfi has 15 books, released between 1993 and 2016. 14 of them belong to the Angie Amalfi series, and 1 related title sit outside it: non-fiction.

Angie Amalfi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Angie Amalfi 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
    Something's CookingAngie Amalfi #11993 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993336
  2. 2
    Too Many CooksAngie Amalfi #21994 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994352
  3. 3
    Cooking Up TroubleAngie Amalfi #31995 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995308
  4. 4
    Cooking Most DeadlyAngie Amalfi #41996 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996244
  5. 5
    Cook's Night OutAngie Amalfi #51997 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997304
  6. 6
    Cooks OverboardAngie Amalfi #61998 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998287
  7. 7
    A Cook in TimeAngie Amalfi #71999 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999352
  8. 8
    To Catch a CookAngie Amalfi #82000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000320
  9. 9
    Bell, Cook, and CandleAngie Amalfi #92002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002
  10. 10
    If Cooks Could KillAngie Amalfi #102002 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002325
  11. 11
    Two Cooks A-KillingAngie Amalfi #112003 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003352
  12. 12
    Courting DisasterAngie Amalfi #122004 · 355 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004355
  13. 13
    Red Hot MurderAngie Amalfi #132006 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006368
  14. 14
    The Da Vinci CookAngie Amalfi #142007 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007352
  15. 15
    Cook's Dessert CookbookAngie Amalfi Non-Fiction #12016 · 112 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016112

Do you have to read Angie Amalfi books in order?

You should read the Angie Amalfi series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (non-fiction) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Angie Amalfi book also stands alone.

Where to start with Angie Amalfi

Start with Something's Cooking (1993), the earliest published book in the Angie Amalfi series.

What is the newest Angie Amalfi book?

The Da Vinci Cook (2007) is the newest book in the Angie Amalfi series. The newest related title is Cook's Dessert Cookbook (2016).

Is there a new Angie Amalfi book coming?

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

Angie Amalfi at a glance

No recent titles
The newest main-line Angie Amalfi title on record is The Da Vinci Cook (2007), 19 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
Release pace
Angie Amalfi books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,367 pages across the 14 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 330 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Angie Amalfi books, 7 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the Angie Amalfi books are about

13 of the 15 Angie Amalfi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: amalfi, angie (fictitious character) is tagged on 10 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Joanne Pence

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.