Donna Andrews

Mystery author Donna Andrews also enjoys penning the odd short story whenever she has the chance to between publishing her lengthier works. One of her most renowned short works include "A Rat's Tale" (2007) which won the Agatha Award for Best Short Story (2007) and a Macavity nomination for Best Short Story.

The best place to start is the Meg Langslow series, the earliest of Donna Andrews's multi-book series: it opens with Murder With Peacocks (1999) and runs to 41 books across 1999–2027, ending with Bad Loon Rising (2027). Donna Andrews's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Donna Andrews has 108 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1989 and 2027. 83 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Meg Langslow series with 41 books — and 25 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Donna Andrews's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Meg Langslow (1999–2027, 41 books), Turing Hopper (2002–2005, 4 books) and Chesapeake Crimes (2004–2018, 3 books).

This guide splits Donna Andrews's 108 books into 5 named series and 25 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Meg Langslow (41 books, 1999–2027); Turing Hopper (4 books, 2002–2005); Chesapeake Crimes (3 books, 2004–2018); Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler (23 books, 2017–2025); Murder Most (12 books, 1989–2025).