Queen Betsy/Undead Books in Order

MaryJanice Davidson has written 22 Queen Betsy/Undead books, published between 2002 and 2023. The first book is Undead and Unwed (2002) and the newest is Undead AF (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2002–2023
Pages on record
3,555 in 12 of 22 books
Reading time
59–89 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,555 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

Betsy Taylor, a vampire queen, leads MaryJanice Davidson's humorous paranormal romance series Queen Betsy/Undead. Eric Sinclair is a recurring figure. The series holds 22 books from Undead and Unwed (2002) to Undead AF (2023), and most titles follow the Undead and Un... pattern, as in Undead and Unemployed and Undead and Unpopular. Vampires, Hell and parapsychology appear among the subjects.

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How many Queen Betsy/Undead books are there?

Queen Betsy/Undead has 22 books, released between 2002 and 2023.

Queen Betsy/Undead Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Queen Betsy/Undead 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    Undead and UnwedQueen Betsy #12002 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002277
  2. 2
    Dead Girls Don't DanceQueen Betsy #22004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
  3. 3
    Undead and UnemployedQueen Betsy #32004 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004294
  4. 4
    Undead and UnappreciatedQueen Betsy #42005 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005304
  5. 5
    Undead and UnreturnableQueen Betsy #52005 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005263
  6. 6
    Undead and UnpopularQueen Betsy #62006 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006304
  7. 7
    Undead and UneasyQueen Betsy #72007 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007304
  8. 8
    Undead and UnworthyQueen Betsy #82008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
  9. 92009–
  10. 10
    Undead and UnwelcomeQueen Betsy #102009 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009304
  11. 11
    Undead and UnfinishedQueen Betsy #112010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
  12. 12
    Undead and UnderminedQueen Betsy #122011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
  13. 13
    Undead and UnstableQueen Betsy #132012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  14. 14
    Undead and UnderwaterQueen Betsy #142013 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013331
  15. 15
    Undead and UnsureQueen Betsy #152013 · 301 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013301
  16. 16
    Undead and UnwaryQueen Betsy #162014 · 303 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014303
  17. 17
    Undead and UnforgivenQueen Betsy #172015 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015285
  18. 18
    Undead and DoneQueen Betsy #182016 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016285
  19. 19
    UnwaveringQueen Betsy #192017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
  20. 20
    Undead and UnmistakableQueen Betsy #202017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
  21. 21
    UnreliableQueen Betsy #212018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
  22. 22
    Undead AFQueen Betsy #222023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–

Do you have to read Queen Betsy/Undead books in order?

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

Where to start with Queen Betsy/Undead

Start with Undead and Unwed (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Queen Betsy/Undead book?

Undead AF (2023) is the newest Queen Betsy/Undead book released so far.

Is there a new Queen Betsy/Undead book coming?

No next Queen Betsy/Undead book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Queen Betsy/Undead at a glance

Paused
No new Queen Betsy/Undead title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Queen Betsy/Undead books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,555 pages across the 12 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 302 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Queen Betsy/Undead books, 11 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

When Queen Betsy/Undead books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Queen Betsy/Undead titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 11 titles.

2000s
10
2010s
11
2020s
1

22 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Queen Betsy/Undead books are about

16 of the 22 Queen Betsy/Undead books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: vampires is tagged on 16 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Vampires 16 of 16 books
  • Betsy Taylor (Fictitious character) 12 of 16 books
  • Paranormal romance 10 of 16 books
  • Taylor, betsy (fictitious character) 9 of 16 books
  • Humor 8 of 16 books
  • Eric Sinclair (Fictitious character) 7 of 16 books
  • Romance 6 of 16 books
  • Ficton 4 of 16 books
  • Hell 3 of 16 books
  • Sinclair, eric (fictitious character) 3 of 16 books

More books by MaryJanice Davidson

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

Series that include Queen Betsy/Undead books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.