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Mystery Bookshop Books in Order

Mystery Bookshop contains 11 books, published between 2017 and 2026. The first book is The Plot Is Murder (2017) and the newest is The Method (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2017–2026
Confirmed
1 of 11 titles
Pages on record
1,544 in 6 of 11 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,544 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Mystery Bookshop is a cozy mystery series by Valerie V.M. Burns, set around a bookstore. The listing holds 11 books dated between 2017 and 2026, opening with The Plot Is Murder (2017). Burns is credited on 10 titles and Matthew Quirk on 1. Recorded subjects include amateur and women sleuths, murder and investigation, bookstores, real estate agents, retirees and Michigan. Other titles include Read Herring Hunt (2018), Wed, Read & Dead (2019), Bookmarked for Murder (2019), Killer Words (2021), Bookclubbed to Death (2022) and Murder on Tour (2023). The series is recorded as ongoing.

How many Mystery Bookshop books are there?

Mystery Bookshop has 11 books, released between 2017 and 2026.

Mystery Bookshop Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Mystery Bookshop 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
    The Plot Is Murder2017 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017248
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  2. 2
    Read Herring Hunt2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018256
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  3. 3
    The Novel Art of Murder2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018256
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  4. 4
    Wed, Read & Dead2019 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019256
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  5. 5
    Bookmarked for Murder2019 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019256
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  6. 5
    The Method2026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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  7. 6
    A Tourist's Guide to Murder2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  8. 7
    Killer Words2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  9. 8
    Bookclubbed to Death2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  10. 9
    Murder on Tour2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  11. 10
    The Next Deadly Chapter2025 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025272
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Do you have to read Mystery Bookshop books in order?

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

Where to start with Mystery Bookshop

Start with The Plot Is Murder (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mystery Bookshop book?

The Method (2026) is the newest Mystery Bookshop book released so far.

Is there a new Mystery Bookshop book coming?

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

Mystery Bookshop at a glance

Still running
Mystery Bookshop is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Mystery Bookshop books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,544 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mystery Bookshop books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2020s.
Attribution
Of the 11 titles, 10 are credited to Valerie V.M. Burns and 1 to Matthew Quirk.

What the Mystery Bookshop books are about

7 of the 11 Mystery Bookshop books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.