Candy Holliday Books in Order

B.B. Haywood has written 8 Candy Holliday books, published between 2010 and 2017. The first book is Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010) and the newest is Town in a Maple Madness (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2010–2017
Pages on record
1,916 in 6 of 8 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,916 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Candy Holliday is the fictitious character at the centre of B.B. Haywood's Candy Holliday Mysteries, catalogued under mystery, detective fiction and women sleuths. Subject headings record women farmers, Maine, city and town life, autumn festivals, Halloween and murder investigation. Eight books run from Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010) to Town in a Maple Madness (2017), by way of Town in a Lobster Stew (2011), Town in a Wild Moose Chase (2012), Town in a Pumpkin Bash (2013), Town in a Strawberry Swirl (2014) and Town in a Sweet Pickle (2015).

How many Candy Holliday books are there?

Candy Holliday has 8 books, released between 2010 and 2017.

Candy Holliday Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Candy Holliday 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
    Town in a Blueberry JamA Candy Holliday Mystery #12010 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010312
  2. 2
    Town in a Lobster StewA Candy Holliday Mystery #22011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011
  3. 3
    Town in a Wild Moose ChaseA Candy Holliday Mystery #32012 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012336
  4. 4
    Town in a Pumpkin BashA Candy Holliday Mystery #42013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013
  5. 5
    Town in a Strawberry SwirlA Candy Holliday Mystery #52014 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014308
  6. 6
    Town in a Sweet PickleA Candy Holliday Mystery #62015 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015336
  7. 7
    Town in a Cinnamon ToastA Candy Holliday Mystery #72016 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016320
  8. 8
    Town in a Maple MadnessA Candy Holliday Mystery #82017 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017304

Do you have to read Candy Holliday books in order?

You should read the Candy Holliday books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Candy Holliday book also stands alone.

Where to start with Candy Holliday

Start with Town in a Blueberry Jam (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Candy Holliday book?

Town in a Maple Madness (2017) is the newest Candy Holliday book released so far.

Is there a new Candy Holliday book coming?

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

Candy Holliday at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Candy Holliday title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Candy Holliday books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,916 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 316 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Candy Holliday books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Candy Holliday books are about

All 8 Candy Holliday books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by B.B. Haywood

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