Stephanie Plum Series in Order: All Books & Novellas

Looking for Stephanie Plum books in order? I’ve got the full reading order here, including the numbered books, Between-the-Numbers books, short stories, and the movie adaptation.

Stephanie Plum is Janet Evanovich’s best-known series, but it’s only one piece of her larger bibliography. If you want everything she’s written, including her other series and standalones, I cover that separately in my full Janet Evanovich books in order guide.

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• Stephanie Plum Books in Publication Order
• Stephanie Plum Short Stories and Bonus Reads
• Do You Need to Read Stephanie Plum Books in Order?
• Stephanie Plum Movie

Stephanie Plum Books in Publication Order

I’d read the Stephanie Plum books in publication order. The mysteries usually stand on their own, but Stephanie’s relationships, family dynamics, and recurring jokes work better when you follow the series from the beginning.

1. One for the Money (1994)
2. Two for the Dough (1996)
3. Three to Get Deadly (1997)
4. Four to Score (1998)
5. High Five (1999)
6. Hot Six (2000)
7. Seven Up (2001)
8. Hard Eight (2002)
9. Visions of Sugar Plums (2002) (Between-the-Numbers Novella)
10. To the Nines (2003)
11. Ten Big Ones (2004)
12. Eleven on Top (2005)
13. Twelve Sharp (2006)
14. Plum Lovin’ (2007) (Between-the-Numbers Novella)
15. Lean Mean Thirteen (2007)
16. Plum Lucky (2008) (Between-the-Numbers Novella)
17. Fearless Fourteen (2008)
18. Plum Spooky (2009) (Between-the-Numbers Novel)
19. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen (2009)
20. Sizzling Sixteen (2010)
21. Smokin’ Seventeen (2011)
22. Explosive Eighteen (2011)
23. Notorious Nineteen (2012)
24. Takedown Twenty (2013)
25. Top Secret Twenty-One (2014)
26. Tricky Twenty-Two (2015)
27. Turbo Twenty-Three (2016)
28. Hardcore Twenty-Four (2017)
29. Look Alive Twenty-Five (2018)
30. Twisted Twenty-Six (2019)
31. Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven (2020)
32. Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight (2021)
33. Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine (2022)
34. Dirty Thirty (2023)
35. Now or Never: Thirty-One on the Run (2024)
36. Split Second: Thirty-Two Switcheroo (2026)

Stephanie Plum Short Stories and Bonus Reads

These aren’t essential if you’re just reading the main series, but completionists may want to know they exist.

1. “The Last Peep” (1997) (Short Story in The Plot Thickens)
2. “Ranger Danger” (2022) (Promotional Short Story)

Do You Need to Read Stephanie Plum Books in Order?

Yes, I’d read the Stephanie Plum books in order. You can usually follow the mystery in each book on its own, but the series is more fun when you watch Stephanie’s relationships, job skills, family chaos, and ongoing messes build from book to book.

The Between-the-Numbers books are lighter side adventures, but I’d still read them where they fall in the list above. They’re part of the Stephanie Plum experience, especially if you like the Diesel stories.

Stephanie Plum Movie

There’s one Stephanie Plum movie: One for the Money, based on the first book in the series. It came out in 2012 and stars Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum.

Jason O’Mara plays Joe Morelli, Daniel Sunjata plays Ranger, Sherri Shepherd plays Lula, and Debbie Reynolds plays Grandma Mazur. It didn’t turn into a full movie series, but it’s still the screen version to watch if you’re curious to see Stephanie’s world off the page.

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