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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Reading Order

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson has 3 main books (2019–2021), plus 1 novella or companion. Start with A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2019) and read the numbered books in order.

By Holly Jackson

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder books in order

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  1. #0.5 · Novella

    Kill Joy

    2021 · 160 pages

    2 h 48 min
  2. 7 h 33 min
  3. #2

    Good Girl, Bad Blood

    2020 · 416 pages

    7 h 17 min
  4. #3

    As Good As Dead

    2021 · 504 pages

    8 h 49 min

Main books together: 1,351 pages, about 23 h 39 min at 238 words per minute.

Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: common questions

How many books are in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series?
There are 3 main books in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, plus 1 novella or companion book. The most recent main book listed here is As Good As Dead (2021).
What order should I read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder in?
Read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder in its numbered order: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Good Girl, Bad Blood, As Good As Dead.
What is the first A Good Girl's Guide to Murder book?
The first book is A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson, published in 2019.
How long does it take to read the whole A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series?
The 3 main books add up to about 1,351 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 23½ hours of reading, or about 48 days at 30 minutes a day.
Do I need to read the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder novellas?
The 1 novella or companion book (Kill Joy) sit outside the main numbering. You can follow the main story without them; their numbers (like 0.5 or 2.5) show where they fit between the main books.

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