Booktown Books in Order
There are 20 Booktown books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Murder is Binding (2008) and the newest is A Critical Conjunction (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2008–2026
- Confirmed
- 20 of 20 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,736 in 12 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 62–93 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,736 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Tricia Miles, a bookseller in a New Hampshire town, investigates murders in the Booktown Mysteries by Lorraine Bartlett, who writes as Lorna Barrett. The series has 20 books from 2008 to 2026, opening with Murder is Binding (2008). Book puns fill the titles: Bookmarked for Death, Bookplate Special, Chapter and Hearse, Murder on the Half Shelf, Book Clubbed and Title Wave. A Critical Conjunction (2026) is the newest Booktown book.
How many Booktown books are there?
Booktown has 20 books, released between 2008 and 2026.
Booktown Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Booktown 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.
- 120082883/4
- 220092973/4
- 320093103/4
- 420103523/4
- 520113403/4
- 62012–3/4
- 72013–3/4
- 820143083/4
- 920152953/4
- 1020163093/4
- 1120173063/4
- 1220183073/4
- 1320193043/4
- 1420203203/4
- 152021–3/4
- 162022–3/4
- 172023–3/4
- 182024–3/4
- 192025–3/4
- 202026–3/4
Do you have to read Booktown books in order?
You should read the Booktown books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Booktown book also stands alone.
Where to start with Booktown
Start with Murder is Binding (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Booktown book?
A Critical Conjunction (2026) is the newest Booktown book released so far.
Is there a new Booktown book coming?
No next Booktown book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Booktown at a glance
- Still running
- Booktown is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Booktown books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,736 pages across the 12 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Booktown books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 20 titles, 14 are credited to Lorna Barrett and 6 to Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett.
What the Booktown books are about
14 of the 20 Booktown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: tricia miles (fictitious character) is tagged on 10 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Tricia Miles (Fictitious character) 10 of 14 books
- Women booksellers 10 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 14 books
- New hampshire 8 of 14 books
- Murder 6 of 14 books
- Booksellers and bookselling 5 of 14 books
- Bookstores 3 of 14 books
- Investigation 3 of 14 books
- American literature 2 of 14 books
- City and town life 2 of 14 books
- Crime 2 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 14 books
Series that include Booktown books
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Booktown Mystery books in order 20 books