Joanne Kilbourn Books in Order
Gail Bowen has written 23 books featuring Joanne Kilbourn, published between 1990 and 2025. The first book is Deadly Appearances (1990) and the newest is The Solitary Friend (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 1990–2025
- Confirmed
- 23 of 23 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,196 in 14 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 70–105 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,196 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Joanne Kilbourn is the college teacher and sleuth at the heart of Gail Bowen's mystery series, with Saskatchewan, Canada, among the subject headings. The headings also point to female friendship and art and morals. Deadly Appearances (1990) opens the series, followed by Murder at the Mendel (1991), The Wandering Soul Murders (1992) and A Colder Kind of Death (1994). The catalogue lists 23 books through The Solitary Friend (2025). Readers searching for the Joanne Kilbourn books in order find a series still in progress.
How many Joanne Kilbourn books are there?
Joanne Kilbourn appears in 23 books, released between 1990 and 2025.
Joanne Kilbourn Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Joanne Kilbourn 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.
- 11990–3/4
- 21991–3/4
- 319922323/4
- 419942173/4
- 51996–3/4
- 61998–3/4
- 720002543/4
- 820022563/4
- 920043443/4
- 1020064133/4
- 112008–3/4
- 122010–3/4
- 1320123363/4
- 1420132663/4
- 1520153203/4
- 1620163203/4
- 172017–3/4
- 1820182883/4
- 1920203503/4
- 2020213503/4
- 212022–3/4
- 222023–3/4
- 2320252503/4
Do you have to read Joanne Kilbourn books in order?
You should read the Joanne Kilbourn books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Joanne Kilbourn book also stands alone.
Where to start with Joanne Kilbourn
Start with Deadly Appearances (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joanne Kilbourn book?
The Solitary Friend (2025) is the newest Joanne Kilbourn book released so far.
Is there a new Joanne Kilbourn book coming?
No next Joanne Kilbourn book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joanne Kilbourn at a glance
- Still running
- Joanne Kilbourn is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Joanne Kilbourn books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,196 pages across the 14 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joanne Kilbourn books, 7 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joanne Kilbourn books are about
19 of the 23 Joanne Kilbourn books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: kilbourn, joanne (fictitious character) is tagged on 11 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Kilbourn, joanne (fictitious character) 11 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 10 of 19 books
- American literature 7 of 19 books
- College teachers 6 of 19 books
- Women college teachers 6 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 19 books
- Saskatchewan 5 of 19 books
- Canada 2 of 19 books
- Teachers 2 of 19 books
More books by Gail Bowen
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Gail Bowen books in order 34 books