Callahan Garrity Books in Order

Callahan Garrity by Mary Kay Andrews contains 11 books, published between 1992 and 2014. The first book is Every Crooked Nanny (1992) and the newest is The Family Jewels (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1992–2014
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Pages on record
2,590 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
43–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,590 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

Callahan Garrity is a mystery series by Mary Kay Andrews, set in Atlanta, Georgia. Julia Callahan Garrity works in house cleaning and investigates alongside the job, which puts the books in the women sleuths line. Eleven titles run from Every Crooked Nanny (1992) to The Family Jewels (2014), including To Live and Die in Dixie (1993), Happy Never After (1995), Strange Brew (1997) and Irish Eyes (2000). Christmas stories and police corruption appear among the subject headings.

How many Callahan Garrity books are there?

Callahan Garrity has 11 books, released between 1992 and 2014.

Callahan Garrity Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Callahan Garrity 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
    Every Crooked Nanny1992 · 326 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1992326
  2. 2
    To Live and Die in Dixie1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1993320
  3. 3
    Homemade Sin1994 · 291 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1994291
  4. 4
    Happy Never After1995 · 309 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1995309
  5. 5
    Heart Trouble1996 · 304 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1996304
  6. 6
    Strange Brew1997 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1997336
  7. 7
    Midnight Clear1998 · 398 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1998398
  8. 8
    Irish Eyes2000 · 306 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2000306
  9. 9
    Fatal Fruitcake2012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012
  10. 10
    Killer Fudge2012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012
  11. 11
    The Family Jewels2014 · confirmed 4/4
    2014

Is there a chronological order for Callahan Garrity?

No separate chronological order is on record for Callahan Garrity, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Callahan Garrity books in order?

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

Where to start with Callahan Garrity

Start with Every Crooked Nanny (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Callahan Garrity book?

The Family Jewels (2014) is the newest Callahan Garrity book released so far.

Is there a new Callahan Garrity book coming?

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

Callahan Garrity at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Callahan Garrity title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Callahan Garrity books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,590 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Callahan Garrity books, 7 of 11, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration
11 of the 11 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Callahan Garrity books are about

8 of the 11 Callahan Garrity books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: atlanta (ga.) is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Mary Kay Andrews

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