Reading order · 10 books · 1990 to 2017 · Set in the fictional Lawrenceton, Georgia
Aurora Teagarden Books in Order
Aurora Teagarden is a small-town librarian in Georgia with a taste for true crime, who keeps finding herself in the middle of real murders. A gentle, cosy series.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Series facts
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1990 to 2017
- First book
- Real Murders
- Latest
- Sleep Like a Baby (2017)
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Lawrenceton, Georgia
The reading order
Every Aurora Teagarden book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
10 books · Set in the fictional Lawrenceton, Georgia
- 1Real Murders1990With Aurora TeagardenAurora Teagarden, a librarian in a small Georgia town, belongs to Real Murders, a club that studies famous old crimes.Buy on Amazon
- 2A Bone to Pick1992With Aurora TeagardenAurora inherits a house and a fortune from an elderly member of her club, and finds a skull hidden in a window seat.Buy on Amazon
- 3Three Bedrooms, One Corpse1994With Aurora TeagardenAurora Teagarden tries her hand at selling houses, and finds a body in a house she is showing.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Julius House1995With Aurora TeagardenAurora’s new husband buys her the Julius house as a wedding present, a house whose owners disappeared without trace years earlier.Buy on Amazon
- 5Dead Over Heels1996With Aurora TeagardenA man falls from a small plane and lands dead in Aurora’s back garden, and he turns out to be someone she knows.Buy on Amazon
- 6A Fool and His Honey1999With Aurora TeagardenRoe’s new husband’s niece turns up with a baby, and then her husband is found dead.Buy on Amazon
- 7Last Scene Alive2002With Aurora TeagardenA film based on an old Lawrenceton case comes to town, bringing back Roe’s former boyfriend, and then a death on set.Buy on Amazon
- 8Poppy Done to Death2003With Aurora TeagardenAurora’s sister-in-law Poppy is found dead on the day she was to be inducted into a local women’s club.Buy on Amazon
- 9All the Little Liars2016With Aurora TeagardenAurora’s teenage half-brother Phillip and three other children disappear after a football practice, and Aurora, now pregnant, joins the search.Buy on Amazon
- 10Sleep Like a Baby2017With Aurora TeagardenWith her new baby keeping her awake and her husband away, Roe wakes during a storm to find the nurse she hired missing and a stranger dead in her backyard.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with Real Murders, as Aurora’s life, marriages and family move on through the series.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Aurora Teagarden | Martin Bartell | Robin Crusoe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Real Murders | LLead | MMajor | |
| 2 A Bone to Pick | LLead | ||
| 3 Three Bedrooms, One Corpse | LLead | MMajor | |
| 4 The Julius House | LLead | MMajor | |
| 5 Dead Over Heels | LLead | MMajor | |
| 6 A Fool and His Honey | LLead | MMajor | |
| 7 Last Scene Alive | LLead | ||
| 8 Poppy Done to Death | LLead | ||
| 9 All the Little Liars | LLead | MMajor | |
| 10 Sleep Like a Baby | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Aurora Teagarden books
3 characters from Charlaine Harris’s chart, with the number of Aurora Teagarden books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora TeagardenLibrarian and amateur sleuth in Georgia | 10 | Real Murders 1990 |
| Martin BartellAurora's husband | 4 | Three Bedrooms, One Corpse 1994 |
| Robin CrusoeCrime writer and Aurora's friend | 3 | Real Murders 1990 |