Amy Vansant Books in Order (Updated March 30, 2026)

Amy Vansant writes across several adjacent lanes: cozy-ish mystery, action thriller, urban fantasy, and romantic comedy.

Her biggest two series are Pineapple Port Mysteries and Shee McQueen, but they offer very different experiences, so the best starting point depends less on strict chronology and more on which side of her catalog you actually want first.

Five good doorways into Amy Vansant

1. Start with Pineapple Lies if what you want is the author’s longest-running, easiest-to-binge series. The official site explicitly says the Pineapple Port books can be read as standalone mysteries, which makes this the safest “just try one” entry.
2. Readers coming for fast, funny thriller energy should begin with The Girl Who Wants. That is the opening Shee McQueen novel, and it gives you the strongest action-forward version of Vansant’s voice.
3. A good first pick for anyone who prefers paranormal crime with humor is Kilty As Charged. It starts the Kilty series and immediately shows the “Highlander in modern Hollywood” setup that defines that branch of the catalog.
4. Go with He’s Got to Go when your priority is romantic comedy without a long-series commitment. It is listed separately from the Stalky books and works as a clean one-book test of her rom-com side.
5. If middle-grade fantasy is the reason you are here, the right entry is The Magicatory. It stands apart from the adult mystery, thriller, and romance shelves and should be treated as its own lane.

How the catalog actually fits together

The cleanest way to read Amy Vansant is by series cluster, not by trying to force every title into one grand order. Pineapple Port is the long cozy-ish mystery line, Shee McQueen is the action-thriller line, Kilty is the urban-fantasy line, and the romantic comedies and middle-grade book sit outside those continuities.

The biggest shelf: Pineapple Port Mysteries

This is the series most readers will notice first, and it is also the least intimidating to sample because the author says each mystery can be read on its own. That said, publication order still gives you the best feel for Charlotte, Declan, and the wider Pineapple Port community.

1. Pineapple Lies (2015): Charlotte Morgan’s move into a Florida retirement community turns into the first funny, twisty mystery in the series and establishes the oddball neighborhood dynamic everything else builds on.
2. Pineapple Mystery Box (2015): A missing inflatable witch, a dangerous wooden box, and a vengeance-prone little dog make this an early sign of how weird and energetic Pineapple Port can get.
3. Pineapple Puzzles (2016): The series keeps leaning into puzzle-style mystery plotting, with Charlotte settling more firmly into amateur-sleuth mode.
4. Pineapple Land War (2017): A property dispute setup lets the series widen its small-town web and push Charlotte further into local trouble.
5. Pineapple Beach House (2017): The beach-house mystery keeps the cozy setup intact while adding more of the series’ romance-and-danger blend.
6. Pineapple Disco (2018): The story uses Pineapple Port’s eccentric community to lean harder into comic chaos without dropping the mystery core.
7. Pineapple Gingerbread Men (2018): A holiday-tinged case that shows how well the series handles seasonal weirdness.
8. Pineapple Jailbird (2019): Charlotte’s investigations edge closer to criminal complications, giving the series a slightly sharper mystery angle.
9. Pineapple Puppies (2019): One of the most openly pet-centered entries, still very much in the series’ funny, clean, community-first mode.
10. Pineapple Turtles (2020): The wider Florida setting starts to matter more here, with the usual mix of clues, danger, and absurdity.
11. Pineapple Hurricane (2020): A storm-driven setup gives the series a natural pressure-cooker mystery and raises the stakes around the familiar cast.
12. Pineapple House Hunter (2020): Real-estate trouble becomes mystery trouble, which is exactly the kind of everyday-to-bizarre escalation this series likes.
13. Pineapple Circus (2021): A circus-themed entry that pushes Pineapple Port’s comic side while staying inside the mystery format.
14. Pineapple Cruise (2021): The series briefly widens its setting, but still relies on the same fast banter and puzzle-solving energy.
15. Pineapple Podcast (2022): A more modern gimmick gives the mystery a fresher wrapper without changing the series formula.
16. Pineapple Cozy Mystery (2022): This one turns meta, with a killer targeting cozy mystery detectives and Charlotte pulled into a genre-aware case.
17. Pineapple Valentine (2023): A romance-season entry that keeps the usual blend of danger and lightness intact.
18. Pineapple Trivia Night (2023): An undercover trivia contest gives the series another playful setup built around eccentric suspects.
19. Pineapple Maids (2023): A domestic-services angle becomes a new source of clues, gossip, and chaos.
20. Pineapple Wedding (2024): A wedding backdrop naturally raises the emotional and comic stakes for Charlotte’s world.
21. Pineapple Pirates (2024): A pirate-flavored mystery that fits the series’ taste for Florida oddity and treasure-hunt energy.
22. Pineapple Halloween (2024): Another seasonal installment, and one that lands best when you already enjoy the series’ recurring cast.
23. Pineapple Christmas (2024): Holiday chaos meets Pineapple Port’s usual mystery engine.
24. Pineapple Easter (2025): The seasonal pattern continues, with the comfort of the long-running cast now doing a lot of the appeal.
25. Pineapple Bones (2025): A later-series mystery that benefits from already knowing the town and its rhythms.
26. Pineapple Partridge (2025): One of the newest published Pineapple Port books and part of the series’ still-active run.
27. Pineapple Park (upcoming/now listed as book 27): The official Pineapple Port page now surfaces this as book 27, making it the next clear series stop after Pineapple Partridge.

The thriller lane: Shee McQueen

If Pineapple Port is Amy Vansant’s most relaxed binge, Shee McQueen is the sharper, more action-driven one. The official series page frames Shee’s world around the Loggerhead Inn, a beach hotel that doubles as a haven for damaged ex-military fixers, which is a much stronger continuity setup than Pineapple Port’s hop-in-anywhere model.

1. The Girl Who Wants (2020): Shee McQueen’s story begins with a fast, dangerous setup that introduces her found family of “domestic mercenaries” and the thriller tone of the series.
2. The Girl Who Was Forgotten (2021): Back at her father’s beach hotel, Shee has to manage both old danger and the hotel’s fixer network, making this a direct continuation rather than a casual standalone.
3. The Girl Who Killed You (2021): The series escalates through more violent fallout and stronger team dynamics around Shee’s world.
4. The Girl Who Lost Him (2022): A later entry that pushes deeper into the emotional and operational mess Shee lives inside.
5. The Girl Who Saw the Truth (2022): Going undercover becomes part of the appeal here, with the series leaning harder on established character relationships.
6. The Girl Who Found Joy (2023): The personal and found-family elements matter more by this stage, so order helps.
7. The Man Who Came Back (2023): The series shifts some emphasis but still plays directly off earlier events and loyalties.
8. The Man Who Kept Secrets (2024): Secrets, delayed fallout, and team history drive this deeper into serialized-thriller territory.
9. Shee McQueen: Bloodlines (2025): A family-reunion setup turns deadly, making this the current latest clearly listed Shee McQueen book on the official order page.

The fantasy-crime branch: Kilty

Kilty is the easiest Amy Vansant series to separate from the rest because the premise is so distinct. The official site describes it as urban fantasy, paranormal romantic suspense, comedy, and thriller all at once, so this is the shelf to choose when you want more overt genre blending.

1. Kilty As Charged (2018): Hollywood fixer Catriona Phoenix discovers a passed-out Highlander on a movie lot, and that strange collision launches the whole time-bending urban-fantasy premise.
2. Kilty Conscience (2018): A kidnapping case and Catriona’s own mystery deepen the series mythology while keeping the crime-and-romance balance intact.
3. Kilty Mind (2019): The series broadens its supernatural and emotional stakes, moving past the novelty of the opener into a bigger ongoing arc.
4. Kilty As Sin (2020): Las Vegas trouble, kidnapping, and a race to reunite push the series firmly into thriller mode.
5. Kilty Secrets (2021): A later-series installment that depends more on the established cast and hidden-history threads.
6. Kilty As Hell (2022): The arc escalates again, with the long-running fantasy conflict becoming more central.
7. Kilty History (2023): Anne’s storyline becomes more prominent, and the series is fully in ongoing-arc territory by now.
8. Kilty Angel (2024): Another Anne-centered installment, built around the same larger angelic conflict.
9. Kilty Devils (2025): The battle with the Cherubim continues, making this the current latest clearly surfaced Kilty book.

The older fantasy trilogy

Before Pineapple Port became the giant shelf, Amy Vansant also wrote the Angeli trilogy. It is shorter, older, and easier to finish quickly if you want a complete three-book fantasy line rather than one of the sprawling modern series.

1. Angeli (2014): The trilogy opener begins Vansant’s angel-centered fantasy line and introduces the core supernatural conflict.
2. Cherubim (2015): The mythology expands through a more direct heavenly-war setup.
3. Varymor (2016): The trilogy closes the original Angeli arc and is best read after the first two without interruption.

Romantic comedies and other separate reads

These books do not need to be woven into Pineapple Port, Shee McQueen, or Kilty. They are best treated as a separate rom-com shelf, with one standalone and one short connected duo plus a newer standalone release.

1. He’s Got to Go (2023): An emergency wedding-date setup turns into a second-chance, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy and works well as a one-book sample.
2. Slightly Stalky (2016): Emily decides Sebastian is the one before he even knows her, making this the more crush-driven and openly comic start to the Stalky pair.
3. Slightly Sweaty (2017): Emily and Sebastian’s relationship continues in a reality-show setup, so this is better read after Slightly Stalky.
4. Whistleblow (2026): A corporate whistleblower hides from her ex in her hometown and ends up sharing lodging with the man hunting for her, who is also her childhood crush; the official home page presents this as the latest release.

The separate middle-grade title

The Magicatory (2020): A middle-grade fantasy with pegacorns, dragons, zombies, and parallel-universe adventure, clearly aimed at a different audience from the adult mystery and romance books.

A reading path that actually makes sense

For most readers, the smoothest route is not pure publication order across everything. It is: Pineapple Lies if you want cozy mystery, The Girl Who Wants if you want thriller, Kilty As Charged if you want fantasy-crime, and He’s Got to Go if you want rom-com. After that, stay inside that shelf until you know whether that side of Amy Vansant is the one you want more of. That recommendation is based on how clearly the official site separates the series by category and audience.

Do you need to read everything in publication order?

Not really. Pineapple Port is the most flexible because the author explicitly says each mystery can stand alone, while Shee McQueen and Kilty are more obviously serialized and work better in order. The romantic comedies and The Magicatory can be treated as separate side shelves.

What is newest right now?

As of March 30, 2026, the official home page highlights Whistleblow as the latest release, while the Pineapple Port pages now surface Pineapple Park as book 27 after Pineapple Partridge. That makes Whistleblow the newest clearly promoted standalone release and Pineapple Park the next major Pineapple Port stop.

Final recommendation

If you only want one Amy Vansant starting point, make it Pineapple Lies for maximum accessibility. If you already know you prefer action, start with The Girl Who Wants instead. If you want the strangest blend of mystery, comedy, and fantasy, Kilty As Charged is the better doorway.