Author · updated 2026
Rita Mae Brown Books in Order
Every Rita Mae Brown book in publication order — 68 in total, spanning 1971–2021.
Publication Order of Mags Rogers Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Nose for Justice | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Murder Unleashed | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mrs. Murphy Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wish You Were Here | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Rest in Pieces | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Murder at Monticello | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Pay Dirt | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Murder, She Meowed | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Murder on the Prowl | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Cat on the Scent | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Pawing Through the Past | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Claws and Effect | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Catch as Cat Can | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Tail of the Tip-Off | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Whisker of Evil | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Cat's Eyewitness | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Sour Puss | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Puss 'n Cahoots | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Purrfect Murder | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Santa Clawed | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Cat of the Century | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Hiss of Death | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Big Cat Nap | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Sneaky Pie for President | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Litter of the Law | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Nine Lives to Die | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Tail Gait | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Tall Tail | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | A Hiss Before Dying | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Probable Claws | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Whiskers in the Dark | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Furmidable Foes | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Claws for Alarm | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Runnymede Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six of One | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Bingo | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Loose Lips | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Sand Castle | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Cakewalk | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of "Sister" Jane Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outfoxed | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Hotspur | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Full Cry | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Hunt Ball | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Hounds and the Fury | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Tell-tale Horse | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Hounded to Death | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Fox Tracks | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Let Sleeping Dogs Lie | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Crazy Like a Fox | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Homeward Hound | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Scarlet Fever | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Out of Hounds | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubyfruit Jungle | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | In Her Day | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Southern Discomfort | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Sudden Death | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | High Hearts | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Venus Envy | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Dolley | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Riding Shotgun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Alma Mater | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Plain Brown Rapper | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's Manual | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Sneaky Pie's Cookbook for Mystery Lovers | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hand That Cradles the Rock | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Songs to a Handsome Woman | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Poems | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | I'd Kill For That | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 68, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hand That Cradles the Rock | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Rubyfruit Jungle | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Songs to a Handsome Woman | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | In Her Day | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | A Plain Brown Rapper | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Six of One | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Southern Discomfort | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Sudden Death | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | High Hearts | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Poems | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Bingo | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer's Manual | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Wish You Were Here | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Rest in Pieces | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Venus Envy | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Murder at Monticello | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Dolley | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Pay Dirt | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Murder, She Meowed | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Riding Shotgun | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Murder on the Prowl | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Cat on the Scent | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Loose Lips | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Sneaky Pie's Cookbook for Mystery Lovers | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Pawing Through the Past | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Outfoxed | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Claws and Effect | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Alma Mater | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Catch as Cat Can | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Hotspur | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Tail of the Tip-Off | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Full Cry | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Whisker of Evil | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | I'd Kill For That | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Cat's Eyewitness | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Hunt Ball | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Sour Puss | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Hounds and the Fury | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Puss 'n Cahoots | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Tell-tale Horse | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Purrfect Murder | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Santa Clawed | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Sand Castle | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Hounded to Death | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Animal Magnetism: My Life with Creatures Great and Small | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | A Nose for Justice | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Cat of the Century | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Murder Unleashed | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Hiss of Death | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Big Cat Nap | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Sneaky Pie for President | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Fox Tracks | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Litter of the Law | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Nine Lives to Die | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Let Sleeping Dogs Lie | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Tail Gait | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Tall Tail | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Cakewalk | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Crazy Like a Fox | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | A Hiss Before Dying | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | Probable Claws | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Homeward Hound | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Whiskers in the Dark | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Scarlet Fever | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Furmidable Foes | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Claws for Alarm | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Out of Hounds | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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