Order of Nevada Barr Books

Nevada Barr is an American author who is best known for her Anna Pigeon mystery series. Barr was born in Nevada, but she was not named after her home state, but rather a book that her father liked. Nevada Barr created her Anna Pigeon character while working at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas.

Most of Nevada Barr’s work is in the Anna Pigeon series, but she did start out in 1984 with Bittersweet, a historical novel set in the Western frontier days about lesbians. It wasn’t until 1993 with Track of the Cat that she began her Anna Pigeon series. She has also written a psychological thriller called 13 1/2 and a memoir. Below is the order of Nevada Barr’s novels in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Anna Pigeon Books

Track of the Cat	(1993)
A Superior Death	(1994)
Ill Wind	(1995)
Firestorm	(1996)
Endangered Species	(1997)
Blind Descent	(1998)
Liberty Falling	(1999)
Deep South	(2000)
Blood Lure	(2001)
Hunting Season	(2002)
Flashback	(2003)
High Country	(2004)
Hard Truth	(2005)
Winter Study	(2008)
Borderline	(2009)
Burn	(2010)
The Rope	(2012)
Destroyer Angel	(2014)
Boar Island	(2016)
Chronological Order of Anna Pigeon Books The Rope features Anna's first case, making it the first book in the Anna Pigeon chronology.

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Bittersweet	(1984)
13½	(2009)
What Rose Forgot	(2019)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Seeking Enlightenment... Hat by Hat

(2003)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Smoke and Murders

(2011)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Women on the Case	(1996)
Malice Domestic 8	(1999)
Malice Domestic 10	(2001)
Naked Came the Phoenix	(2001)

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One Response to “Order of Nevada Barr Books”

1. PAT ROBERTSON: 2 years ago

   is nevada barr writing any books lately. I have been following her anna pigeon series and wondering if there are going to be any more books added to the series.

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