Harper Connelly Books in Order

Charlaine Harris has written 12 books featuring Harper Connelly, published between 2005 and 2016: 4 in the Harper Connelly series and 8 related titles. The first book is Grave Sight (2005) and the newest main-line book is Grave Secret (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2005–2016
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
1,671 in 9 of 12 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,671 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

Harper Connelly is a Charlaine Harris character listed across 12 entries from 2005 to 2016. Harper Connelly and Tolliver Lang are the catalogued fictitious characters, with clairvoyants, serial murders, mystery and brothers and sisters among the subjects. The listing begins with Grave Sight (2005) and continues with Grave Surprise (2006), An Ice Cold Grave (2007) and Grave Secret (2009). Comics and graphic novels also appear as subjects, and Charlaine Harris' Grave Surprise (2016) is the newest entry.

How many Harper Connelly books are there?

Harper Connelly appears in 12 books, released between 2005 and 2016. 4 of them belong to the Harper Connelly series, and 8 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels.

Harper Connelly Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Harper Connelly 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
    Grave SightHarper Connelly #12005 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005320
  2. 2
    Grave SurpriseHarper Connelly #22006 · 295 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006295
  3. 3
    An Ice Cold GraveHarper Connelly #32007 · 280 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007280
  4. 4
    Grave SecretHarper Connelly #42009 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009288
  5. 5
    Grave SightHarper Connelly Graphic Novels #12011 · 160 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011160
  6. 6
    Part 1Harper Connelly/Grave Sight Graphic Novels #12011 · 64 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201164
  7. 7
    Part 2Harper Connelly/Grave Sight Graphic Novels #22011 · 64 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201164
  8. 8
    Part 3Harper Connelly/Grave Sight Graphic Novels #32012 · 64 pages · confirmed 3/4
    201264
  9. 9
    Part 4Harper Connelly/Grave Sight Graphic Novels #42014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014
  10. 10
    Part 5Harper Connelly/Grave Sight Graphic Novels #52014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014
  11. 11
    Part 6Harper Connelly/Grave Sight Graphic Novels #62014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014
  12. 12
    Charlaine Harris' Grave SurpriseHarper Connelly Graphic Novels #22016 · 136 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016136

Do you have to read Harper Connelly books in order?

You should read the Harper Connelly series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 8 related titles (graphic novels) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Harper Connelly book also stands alone.

Where to start with Harper Connelly

Start with Grave Sight (2005), the earliest published book in the Harper Connelly series.

What is the newest Harper Connelly book?

Grave Secret (2009) is the newest book in the Harper Connelly series. The newest related title is Charlaine Harris' Grave Surprise (2016).

Is there a new Harper Connelly book coming?

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

Harper Connelly at a glance

No recent titles
The newest main-line Harper Connelly title on record is Grave Secret (2009), 17 years ago. Related titles have appeared since.
Release pace
Harper Connelly books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,671 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 160 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Harper Connelly books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Harper Connelly books are about

9 of the 12 Harper Connelly books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: tolliver lang (fictitious character) is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Charlaine Harris

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