Author guide
Charlaine Harris Books in Order
Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author whose career spans traditional mystery, urban fantasy, paranormal fiction, and historical fantasy. She created the Aurora Teagarden, Lily Bard, Sookie Stackhouse, Harper Connelly, Cemetery Girl, Midnight, Texas, and Gunnie Rose series, as well as standalone novels, novellas, short-story collections, and graphic works.
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Charlaine Harris's Newest Book
Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Real Murders
Start with the first Aurora Teagarden mystery.
Shakespeare's Landlord
Start with the first Lily Bard mystery.
Dead Until Dark
Start with the first Sookie Stackhouse novel.
Grave Sight
Start with the first Harper Connelly mystery.
The Pretenders
Start with the first Cemetery Girl graphic novel.
Midnight Crossroad
Start with the first Midnight, Texas novel.
An Easy Death
Start with the first Gunnie Rose novel.
Sweet and Deadly
Start with Harris's first standalone novel.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · ongoing
Aurora Teagarden
Mysteries featuring librarian and amateur sleuth Aurora Teagarden.
- 1 Real MurdersAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1990
- 2
A Bone to PickAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1992
- 3
Three Bedrooms, One CorpseAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1994
- 4
The Julius HouseAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 1995
- 5
Dead Over HeelsAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 1996
- 6
A Fool and His HoneyAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1999
- 7
Last Scene AliveAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2002
- 8
Poppy Done to DeathAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2003
- 9
All the Little LiarsAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2016
- 10
Sleep Like a BabyAmazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 2017
novel-series · complete
Lily Bard
Mysteries featuring Lily Bard, a house cleaner with a violent past, in Shakespeare, Arkansas.
novel-series · complete
Sookie Stackhouse
The Southern Vampire Mysteries about telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse and the supernatural communities of Louisiana.
- 1 Dead Until DarkAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2001
- 2
Living Dead in DallasAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2002
- 3
Club DeadAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2003
- 4
Dead to the WorldAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2004
- 5
Dead as a DoornailAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2005
- 6
Definitely DeadAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2006
- 7
All Together DeadAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2007
- 8
From Dead to WorseAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2008
- 9
Dead and GoneAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2009
- 10
A Touch of DeadAmazon ↗Book 9.5 · short-story-collection · 2009 Optional
- 11
Dead in the FamilyAmazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 2010
- 12
Dead ReckoningAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 2011
- 13
The Sookie Stackhouse CompanionAmazon ↗Book companion · companion · 2011 Optional
- 14
DeadlockedAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 2012
- 15
Dead Ever AfterAmazon ↗Book 13 · novel · 2013
- 16
After Dead: What Came NextAmazon ↗Book companion · companion · 2013 Optional
novel-series · complete
Harper Connelly
Mysteries featuring Harper Connelly, who can locate the dead and experience their final moments.
graphic-novel-series · complete
Harper Connelly Graphic Novels
Graphic adaptations of the Harper Connelly mystery Grave Sight.
graphic-novel-series · complete
Cemetery Girl
A graphic novel trilogy co-created with Christopher Golden.
novel-series · complete
Midnight, Texas
Supernatural mysteries set in the unusual small town of Midnight, Texas.
novel-series · complete
Gunnie Rose
Alternate-history adventures following gunslinger Lizbeth Rose in a divided United States.
- 1 An Easy DeathAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2018
- 2
A Longer FallAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2020
- 3
The Russian CageAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2021
- 4
The Serpent in HeavenAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2022
- 5
All the Dead Shall WeepAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2023
- 6 The Last Wizards' BallAmazon ↗
Book 6 · novel · 2025
Outside the series
