Faith Fairchild Books in Order
Faith Fairchild by Katherine Hall Page contains 26 books, published between 1990 and 2023. The first book is The Body in the Belfry (1990) and the newest is The Body in the Web (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1990–2023
- Confirmed
- 26 of 26 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,858 in 22 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 114–171 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,858 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Faith Fairchild is a mystery series by Katherine Hall Page, running to 26 books published between 1990 and 2023. Faith Sibley Fairchild is a caterer who investigates murder, and nearly every title follows one formula: The Body in the Belfry (1990), The Body in the Kelp (1990), The Body in the Bouillon (1991), on through to The Body in the Web (2023). Cooking and the food business run through the books as steadily as the detection. The 1990s are the densest decade, and nothing new has appeared since 2023.
How many Faith Fairchild books are there?
Faith Fairchild has 26 books, released between 1990 and 2023.
Faith Fairchild Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Faith Fairchild 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.
- 1The Body in the Belfry1990 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/419903203/4
- 2The Body in the Kelp1990 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/419903043/4
- 3The Body in the Bouillon1991 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/419913043/4
- 4The Body in the Vestibule1992 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/419923523/4
- 5The Body in the Cast1993 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/419932603/4
- 6The Body in the Basement1994 · 354 pages · confirmed 3/419943543/4
- 7The Body in the Bog / The Body in the Marsh1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/419963843/4
- 8The Body in the Fjord1997 · confirmed 3/41997–3/4
- 9The Body in the Bookcase1998 · 244 pages · confirmed 3/419982443/4
- 10The Body in the Big Apple1999 · confirmed 3/41999–3/4
- 11The Body in the Moonlight2001 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/420013523/4
- 12The Body in the Bonfire2002 · 241 pages · confirmed 3/420022413/4
- 13The Body in the Lighthouse2003 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/420033383/4
- 14The Body in the Attic2004 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/420043203/4
- 15The Body in the Snowdrift2005 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/420053363/4
- 16The Body in the Ivy2006 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/420063523/4
- 17The Body in the Gallery2008 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/420083363/4
- 18The Body in the Sleigh2009 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/420092563/4
- 19The Body in the Gazebo2011 · confirmed 3/42011–3/4
- 20The Body in the Boudoir2012 · 337 pages · confirmed 3/420123373/4
- 21The Body in the Piazza2013 · 239 pages · confirmed 3/420132393/4
- 22The Body in the Birches2015 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/420152563/4
- 23The Body in the Wardrobe2016 · 237 pages · confirmed 3/420162373/4
- 24The Body in the Casket2017 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/420173843/4
- 25The Body in the Wake2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/420193523/4
- 26The Body in the Web2023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
Is there a chronological order for Faith Fairchild?
No separate chronological order is on record for Faith Fairchild, 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 Faith Fairchild books in order?
You should read the Faith Fairchild books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Faith Fairchild book also stands alone.
Where to start with Faith Fairchild
Start with The Body in the Belfry (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Faith Fairchild book?
The Body in the Web (2023) is the newest Faith Fairchild book released so far.
Is there a new Faith Fairchild book coming?
No next Faith Fairchild book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Faith Fairchild at a glance
- Paused
- No new Faith Fairchild title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Faith Fairchild books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,858 pages across the 22 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Faith Fairchild books, 10 of 26, were published in the 1990s.
What the Faith Fairchild books are about
24 of the 26 Faith Fairchild books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: caterers and catering is tagged on 23 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Caterers and catering 23 of 24 books
- Women in the food industry 20 of 24 books
- Cooking 9 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective 9 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 7 of 24 books
- Fairchild, faith (fictitious character) 6 of 24 books
- Spouses of clergy 4 of 24 books
- Women in the food industry in fiction 4 of 24 books
More books by Katherine Hall Page
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Katherine Hall Page books in order 36 books