Looking for Robert B. Parker books in order? Parker’s bibliography is bigger than just Spenser, though that’s the series most readers know first. He also created Jesse Stone, Sunny Randall, and the Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch Westerns, plus a few standalones, young adult books, and nonfiction titles.
For Parker, it helps to think by series. Start with the …
The DCI Ryan books in order begin with Holy Island, LJ Ross’s Northumberland-set mystery about Detective Chief Inspector Maxwell Ryan. The series is best read in publication order the first time through, even though Ryan now has a prequel-era spin-off called The Met Years.
That’s where the list can get a little confusing. The Infirmary is a prequel …
If you’re looking for M.C. Beaton books in order, the easiest way in is to pick the side of her catalog that sounds best first. Most readers know M.C. Beaton for cozy mysteries, especially Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin. However, M.C. Beaton was also Marion Chesney. Because of that, a complete guide has to include the older Regency romances …
The Anne Hillerman books in order are best read with her Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito mysteries first, especially if you’re coming from Tony Hillerman’s original series or Dark Winds. Anne began as a nonfiction writer, but most readers are here for the novels she continued after Tony Hillerman’s death.
If you only want Anne’s novels, start with Spider Woman’s …
The Philip Pullman books in order can look a little scattered because his bibliography crosses fantasy, mystery, fairy tales, plays, graphic novels, essays, and children’s books. Most readers know him for His Dark Materials, but that’s only one part of his work.
If you’re new to Pullman, I’d start with His Dark Materials. After that, move into The …
If you’re looking for Andy Carpenter books in order, the simplest way to read David Rosenfelt’s series is publication order. Start with Open and Shut, then keep going from there. There is one wrinkle, though: Dogged Pursuit is a prequel, so chronological order moves it to the front.
Andy Carpenter is a New Jersey defense lawyer who would …
If you’re looking for Raven Kennedy books in order, the simplest place to start is with her series. Kennedy writes across dark romantasy, fantasy romance, paranormal romance, shifter romance, and romcom, so her bibliography is easier to follow once you separate the books by series.
Most readers know her because of The Plated Prisoner, but that’s only one …
The Plated Prisoner series order is simple once you know which books belong to Auren’s main story. Raven Kennedy’s dark romantasy series starts with King Midas and a woman trapped inside his golden palace, then widens into fae politics, war, magic, and a lot of ugly truths.
I’d treat this as fantasy first, romance second. The romance matters, especially as …
Looking for Miss Fortune books in order? This guide gives you the full Miss Fortune Mystery series in publication order, explains the timeline, and covers what to know before you start Fortune Redding’s story.
This page is focused on Fortune Redding, Ida Belle, Gertie, Carter LeBlanc, and the town of Sinful, Louisiana. If you want DeLeon’s full bibliography, including …
Looking for Vera Stanhope books in order? I’ve got the full reading order here, including the main Vera novels, short stories, and the TV adaptation.
Vera Stanhope is Ann Cleeves’s Northumberland detective, and she’s one of those characters who feels fully formed from the moment she walks onto the page. She’s blunt, sharp, messy, lonely, funny, and very hard …