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Darling Dahlias Books in Order

Darling Dahlias by Susan Wittig Albert contains 10 books, published between 2010 and 2022. The first book is The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (2010) and the newest is The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2010–2022
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
1,699 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
28–42 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,699 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Set in 1930s Alabama, the Darling Dahlias series follows a garden club of women who investigate local murders. Susan Wittig Albert opened the run with The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (2010) and brought it to The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker in 2022. Every one of the 10 titles names a plant. No new book has appeared since 2022, leaving the series dormant.

How many Darling Dahlias books are there?

Darling Dahlias has 10 books, released between 2010 and 2022.

Darling Dahlias Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Darling Dahlias 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. Cover of The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree by Susan Wittig Albert, book 1 of the Darling Dahlias series (2010)
  2. Cover of The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies by Susan Wittig Albert, book 2 of the Darling Dahlias series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose by Susan Wittig Albert, book 3 of the Darling Dahlias series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star by Susan Wittig Albert, book 4 of the Darling Dahlias series (2013)
  5. Cover of The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush by Susan Wittig Albert, book 5 of the Darling Dahlias series (2014)
  6. Cover of The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady by Susan Wittig Albert, book 6 of the Darling Dahlias series (2015)
  1. 1
    The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  2. 2
    The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies2011 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011288
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  3. 3
    The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose2012 · 286 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012286
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  4. 4
    The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star2013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  5. 5
    The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Dollar Bush2014 · 285 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014285
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  6. 6
    The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady2015 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015304
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  7. 7
    The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover2018 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018260
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  8. 8
    The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle2018 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018276
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  9. 9
    The Darling Dahlias And The Voodoo Lily2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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Is there a chronological order for Darling Dahlias?

No separate chronological order is on record for Darling Dahlias, 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 Darling Dahlias books in order?

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

Where to start with Darling Dahlias

Start with The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Darling Dahlias book?

The Darling Dahlias and the Red Hot Poker (2022) is the newest Darling Dahlias book released so far.

Is there a new Darling Dahlias book coming?

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

Darling Dahlias at a glance

Paused
No new Darling Dahlias title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Darling Dahlias books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,699 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 286 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Darling Dahlias books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Darling Dahlias books are about

8 of the 10 Darling Dahlias books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: nineteen thirties is tagged on 8 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Nineteen thirties 8 of 8 books
  • Women gardeners 8 of 8 books
  • Gardening 5 of 8 books
  • Societies 4 of 8 books
  • Alabama 3 of 8 books
  • Investigation 3 of 8 books
  • Murder 3 of 8 books
  • Mystery & detective 3 of 8 books

More books by Susan Wittig Albert

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

Other series by Susan Wittig Albert

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