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Sharyn McCrumb Books in Order

Find every Sharyn McCrumb book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 41 books / 9 series

American author Sharyn McCrumb is best known for her Ballad series of Appalachian mysteries. A New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner, her work blends folklore with crime fiction. This page provides the Sharyn McCrumb books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Sharyn McCrumb Books in Chronological Order

1984 Sick of Shadows POoEMB / 1 Buy
1985 Lovely in Her Bones POoEMB / 2 Buy
1986 Highland Laddie Gone POoEMB / 3 Buy
1987 Bimbos of the Death Sun POoJOB / 1 Buy
1988 Paying the Piper POoEMB / 4 Buy
1989 A Wee Doch and Doris POoSS / 1 Buy
1989 Our Separate Days POoSSC / 1 Buy
1990 If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O POoBB / 1 Buy
1990 The Luncheon POoSS / 2 Buy
1990 Remains to Be Seen POoSS / 3 Buy
1990 The Windsor Knot POoEMB / 5 Buy
1991 Missing Susan POoEMB / 6 Buy
1992 The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter POoBB / 2 Buy
1992 Zombies of the Gene Pool POoJOB / 2 Buy
1992 Happiness Is a Dead Poet POoSS / 4 Buy
1992 MacPherson's Lament POoEMB / 7 Buy
1994 She Walks These Hills POoBB / 3 Buy
1994 The Monster of Glarnis POoSS / 5 Buy
1995 If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... POoEMB / 8 Buy
1996 The Rosewood Casket POoBB / 4 Buy
1997 Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories POoSSC / 2 Buy
1997 The Ballad of Frankie Silver POoBB / 5 Buy
2000 The PMS Outlaws POoEMB / 9 Buy
2001 The Songcatcher POoBB / 6 Buy
2003 Ghost Riders POoBB / 7 Buy
2005 Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) POoTB / 1 Buy
2005 St. Dale POoSDB / 1 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 2(By: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Ed McBain,John Farris) POoTB / 2 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 3(With: Anne Perry,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,John Farris) POoTB / 3 Buy
2006 Transgressions, Vol. 4(With: Anne Perry,Ed McBain) POoTB / 4 Buy
2007 Once Around The Track POoSDB / 2 Buy
2009 Faster Pastor(With: Adam Edwards) POoSDB / 3 Buy
2010 The Devil Amongst the Lawyers POoBB / 8 Buy
2011 Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia POoNB / 1 Buy
2011 The Ballad of Tom Dooley POoBB / 9 Buy
2012 Fairy Tale Princesses of the Civil War POoSSC / 3 Buy
2013 King's Mountain POoBB / 10 Buy
2014 Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past POoBB / 11 Buy
2016 Prayers the Devil Answers POoBB / 12 Buy
2017 The Unquiet Grave POoSN / 1 Buy
2017 Old Land, Dark Land, Strange Land POoSSC / 4 Buy

Sharyn McCrumb Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Our Separate Days 1989 Buy
02 Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories 1997 Buy
03 Fairy Tale Princesses of the Civil War 2012 Buy
04 Old Land, Dark Land, Strange Land 2017 Buy
01 Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachia 2011 Buy
St. Dale Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2005-2009
01 St. Dale 2005 Buy
02 Once Around The Track 2007 Buy
03 Faster Pastor(With: Adam Edwards) 2009 Buy
01 Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Jeffery Deaver,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) 2005 Buy
02 Transgressions, Vol. 2(By: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Ed McBain,John Farris) 2006 Buy
03 Transgressions, Vol. 3(With: Anne Perry,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,John Farris) 2006 Buy
04 Transgressions, Vol. 4(With: Anne Perry,Ed McBain) 2006 Buy
01 A Wee Doch and Doris 1989 Buy
02 The Luncheon 1990 Buy
03 Remains to Be Seen 1990 Buy
04 Happiness Is a Dead Poet 1992 Buy
05 The Monster of Glarnis 1994 Buy
01 The Unquiet Grave 2017 Buy
Ballad Books in Reading Order 12 books / 1990-2016
01 If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O 1990 Buy
02 The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter 1992 Buy
03 She Walks These Hills 1994 Buy
04 The Rosewood Casket 1996 Buy
05 The Ballad of Frankie Silver 1997 Buy
06 The Songcatcher 2001 Buy
07 Ghost Riders 2003 Buy
08 The Devil Amongst the Lawyers 2010 Buy
09 The Ballad of Tom Dooley 2011 Buy
10 King's Mountain 2013 Buy
11 Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past 2014 Buy
12 Prayers the Devil Answers 2016 Buy
01 Sick of Shadows 1984 Buy
02 Lovely in Her Bones 1985 Buy
03 Highland Laddie Gone 1986 Buy
04 Paying the Piper 1988 Buy
05 The Windsor Knot 1990 Buy
06 Missing Susan 1991 Buy
07 MacPherson's Lament 1992 Buy
08 If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... 1995 Buy
09 The PMS Outlaws 2000 Buy
Jay Omega Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1987-1992
01 Bimbos of the Death Sun 1987 Buy
02 Zombies of the Gene Pool 1992 Buy

Where to start with Sharyn McCrumb

What is the best order to read Sharyn McCrumb books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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