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Emma Lord Books in Order

Emma Lord by Mary Daheim contains 28 books, published between 1992 and 2020. The first book is The Alpine Advocate (1992) and the newest is Bitter Alpine (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Also searched as Emma Lord (Series).

Books
28
Published
1992–2020
Confirmed
28 of 28 titles
Pages on record
7,194 in 23 of 28 books
Reading time
120–180 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,194 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

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Emma Lord is a newspaper publisher and editor in Washington State, and the detective of Mary Daheim's long-running mystery series. Twenty-eight books are catalogued, published between 1992 and 2020. Most titles work alphabetically through The Alpine: Advocate, Betrayal, Christmas, Decoy, Escape, Fury, Gamble, Hero, Icon, Journey. Bitter Alpine (2020) closes the run. Women publishers, women journalists and newspaper publishing fill the subject headings, and the series is likely complete.

How many Emma Lord books are there?

Emma Lord has 28 books, released between 1992 and 2020.

Emma Lord Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Emma Lord 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 Alpine Christmas by Mary Daheim, book 3 of the Emma Lord series (1993)
  2. Cover of The Alpine Decoy by Mary Daheim, book 4 of the Emma Lord series (1994)
  3. Cover of The Alpine Escape by Mary Daheim, book 5 of the Emma Lord series (1995)
  4. Cover of The Alpine Fury by Mary Daheim, book 6 of the Emma Lord series (1995)
  5. Cover of The Alpine Gamble by Mary Daheim, book 7 of the Emma Lord series (1996)
  6. Cover of The Alpine Hero by Mary Daheim, book 8 of the Emma Lord series (1996)
  7. Cover of The Alpine Icon by Mary Daheim, book 9 of the Emma Lord series (1997)
  8. Cover of The Alpine Journey by Mary Daheim, book 10 of the Emma Lord series (1998)
  9. Cover of The Alpine Legacy by Mary Daheim, book 12 of the Emma Lord series (1999)
  10. Cover of The Alpine Menace by Mary Daheim, book 13 of the Emma Lord series (2000)
  11. Cover of The Alpine Nemesis by Mary Daheim, book 14 of the Emma Lord series (2001)
  12. Cover of The Alpine Obituary by Mary Daheim, book 15 of the Emma Lord series (2002)
  13. Cover of The Alpine Pursuit by Mary Daheim, book 16 of the Emma Lord series (2004)
  14. Cover of The Alpine Quilt by Mary Daheim, book 17 of the Emma Lord series (2005)
  15. Cover of The Alpine Recluse by Mary Daheim, book 18 of the Emma Lord series (2006)
  16. Cover of The Alpine Scandal by Mary Daheim, book 19 of the Emma Lord series (2007)
  17. Cover of The Alpine Traitor by Mary Daheim, book 20 of the Emma Lord series (2008)
  18. Cover of The Alpine Uproar by Mary Daheim, book 21 of the Emma Lord series (2009)
  19. Cover of The Alpine Winter by Mary Daheim, book 23 of the Emma Lord series (2011)
  20. Cover of The Alpine Xanadu by Mary Daheim, book 24 of the Emma Lord series (2013)
  21. Cover of The Alpine Yeoman by Mary Daheim, book 25 of the Emma Lord series (2014)
  22. Cover of The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim, book 26 of the Emma Lord series (2015)
  1. 1
    The Alpine Advocate1992 · 233 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992233
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  2. 2
    The Alpine Betrayal1993 · confirmed 3/4
    1993–
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  3. 3
    The Alpine Christmas1993 · 266 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993266
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  4. 4
    The Alpine Decoy1994 · 251 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994251
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  5. 5
    The Alpine Escape1995 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995288
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  6. 6
    The Alpine Fury1995 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995312
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  7. 7
    The Alpine Gamble1996 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996304
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  8. 8
    The Alpine Hero1996 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996320
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  9. 9
    The Alpine Icon1997 · 330 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997330
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  10. 10
    The Alpine Journey1998 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998320
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  11. 11
    The Alpine Kindred1998 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998309
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  12. 12
    The Alpine Legacy1999 · 308 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999308
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  13. 13
    The Alpine Menace2000 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000304
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  14. 14
    The Alpine Nemesis2001 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001312
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  15. 15
    The Alpine Obituary2002 · 314 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002314
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  16. 16
    The Alpine Pursuit2004 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004288
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  17. 17
    The Alpine Quilt2005 · 303 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005303
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  18. 18
    The Alpine Recluse2006 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006320
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  19. 19
    The Alpine Scandal2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007320
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  20. 20
    The Alpine Traitor2008 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008352
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  21. 21
    The Alpine Uproar2009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  22. 22
    The Alpine Vengeance2010 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010336
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  23. 23
    The Alpine Winter2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  24. 24
    The Alpine Xanadu2013 · 319 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013319
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  25. 25
    The Alpine Yeoman2014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  26. 26
    The Alpine Zen2015 · 330 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015330
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  27. 27
    Alpha Alpine2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  28. 28
    Bitter Alpine2020 · 455 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020455
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Is there a chronological order for Emma Lord?

No separate chronological order is on record for Emma Lord, 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 Emma Lord books in order?

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

Where to start with Emma Lord

Start with The Alpine Advocate (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Emma Lord book?

Bitter Alpine (2020) is the newest Emma Lord book released so far.

Is there a new Emma Lord book coming?

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

Emma Lord at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Emma Lord title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Emma Lord books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,194 pages across the 23 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Emma Lord books, 12 of 28, were published in the 1990s.

What the Emma Lord books are about

27 of the 28 Emma Lord books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women publishers is tagged on 16 of 27. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Mary Daheim

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