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Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery Books in Order

Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery by Jerrilyn Farmer contains 8 books, published between 1998 and 2008. The first book is Sympathy for the Devil (1998) and the newest is Desperately Seeking Sushi (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1998–2008
Pages on record
2,330 in 7 of 8 books
Reading time
39–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,330 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Madeline Bean is the caterer who gives Jerrilyn Farmer's culinary mystery series its name, catalogued as 8 books published between 1998 and 2008. Subjects record catering, cookery, women cooks, women sleuths and a Hollywood setting. Sympathy for the Devil (1998) opens the run and Desperately Seeking Sushi (2008) closes it, by way of Immaculate Reception (1999), Killer Wedding (2000), Dim Sum Dead (2001), Mumbo Gumbo (2003), Perfect Sax (2004) and The Flaming Luau of Death (2005). Farmer is credited on all 8, at a median length of 383 pages.

How many Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery books are there?

Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery has 8 books, released between 1998 and 2008.

Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery 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 Sympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer, book 1 of the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series (1998)
  2. Cover of Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer, book 2 of the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series (1999)
  3. Cover of Killer Wedding by Jerrilyn Farmer, book 3 of the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series (2000)
  4. Cover of Dim Sum Dead by Jerrilyn Farmer, book 4 of the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series (2001)
  5. Cover of Mumbo Gumbo by Jerrilyn Farmer, book 5 of the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series (2003)
  6. Cover of Perfect Sax by Jerrilyn Farmer, book 6 of the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series (2004)
  7. Cover of The Flaming Luau of Death by Jerrilyn Farmer, book 7 of the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery series (2005)
  1. 1
    Sympathy for the Devil1998 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998256
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  2. 2
    Immaculate Reception1999 · 397 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999397
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  3. 3
    Killer Wedding2000 · 383 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000383
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  4. 4
    Dim Sum Dead2001 · 421 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001421
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  5. 5
    Mumbo Gumbo2003 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003262
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  6. 6
    Perfect Sax2004 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004384
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  7. 7
    The Flaming Luau of Death2005 · 227 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005227
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  8. 8
    Desperately Seeking Sushi2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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Is there a chronological order for Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery, 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 Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery

Start with Sympathy for the Devil (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery book?

Desperately Seeking Sushi (2008) is the newest Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery book coming?

No next Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,330 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 383 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2000s.

What the Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery books are about

All 8 Madeline Bean Culinary Mystery 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 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jerrilyn Farmer

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