Sister Mary Teresa Books in Order
Ralph McInerny has written 10 Sister Mary Teresa books, published between 1981 and 2001. The first book is Not a Blessed Thing (1981) and the newest is Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories (2001). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1981–2001
- Confirmed
- 10 of 10 titles
- Total pages
- 2,022 across 10 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,022 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Sister Mary Teresa is the detective at the centre of a mystery series by Ralph McInerny. Catalogue subjects record nuns, Catholics, women detectives and American detective fiction, and name a second nun, Sister Kim, alongside the lead. Ten books carry the character, from Not a Blessed Thing (1981) to Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories (2001). McInerny is credited on all ten, and the titles have a median length of 199 pages.
How many Sister Mary Teresa books are there?
Sister Mary Teresa has 10 books, released between 1981 and 2001.
Sister Mary Teresa Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Sister Mary Teresa 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.
- 119811923/4
- 219822083/4
- 319841723/4
- 419851863/4
- 519861823/4
- 619882003/4
- 719912183/4
- 819932503/4
- 919971983/4
- 10Death Takes the Veil and Other StoriesSister Mary Teresa Mystery #102001 · 216 pages · confirmed 3/420012163/4
Do you have to read Sister Mary Teresa books in order?
You should read the Sister Mary Teresa books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Sister Mary Teresa book also stands alone.
Where to start with Sister Mary Teresa
Start with Not a Blessed Thing (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sister Mary Teresa book?
Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories (2001) is the newest Sister Mary Teresa book released so far.
Is there a new Sister Mary Teresa book coming?
No next Sister Mary Teresa book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sister Mary Teresa at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Sister Mary Teresa title on record dates from 2001, 25 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Sister Mary Teresa books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,022 pages across all 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 199 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sister Mary Teresa books, 6 of 10, were published in the 1980s.
What the Sister Mary Teresa books are about
All 10 Sister Mary Teresa books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: catholics is tagged on 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Catholics 9 of 10 books
- Nuns 9 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 8 of 10 books
- Mary teresa, sister (fictitious character) 4 of 10 books
- Kim, sister (fictitious character) 3 of 10 books
More books by Ralph McInerny
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Ralph McInerny books in order 110 books