Thriller and suspense series in order, including the kind of books you finish at 2 a.m. because “one more chapter” is a lie. Start here if you want the cleanest reading order and the key series pages.
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The Prey books in order follow the exploits and investigations of Lucas Davenport, and have been going strong for more than three decades. Most of the books in this series by John Sandford take place in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, but Davenport’s talent and skill at hunting killers sends him further afield.
John Sandford is the author …
Louis L’Amour was one of the most prolific writers of his era, so putting all the Louis L’Amour books in order is no small task. During his lifetime, he published dozens of novels, short stories, and collections, and his bibliography continued to grow after his death in 1988 as unpublished work was edited and released by his estate.
Across a …
The Don Winslow books in order include hard-boiled detective mysteries, cartel epics, surf-noir crime stories, mob sagas, standalone novels, short fiction, and audio originals. Winslow is best known for writing about organized crime, corruption, law enforcement, drug trafficking, and the choices that place ordinary people on either side of the law.
Most readers should follow publication order within each series. …
This Mary Stone books in order guide brings together her crime, mystery, suspense, and psychological thriller books by series. Stone is best known for fast-moving investigations led by FBI agents, detectives, profilers, private investigators, and survivors who refuse to back down when a case turns personal.
Her bibliography includes several connected spin-offs, many independent series, standalone thrillers, and books published …
Looking for John Grisham books in order? This guide covers his recurring series, standalone legal thrillers, non-legal novels, middle grade mysteries, short fiction, non-fiction, and major screen adaptations.
The heavy hitters are obvious: A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, and The Rainmaker. However, Grisham’s range extends well beyond those …
Stephen Hunter’s books in order center on the Swagger family, especially former U.S. Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger. The connected stories also reach backward to Earl, Charles, and Jackson Swagger, while Ray Cruz carries part of the universe into a younger generation.
The simplest place to begin is Point of Impact and then follow the Bob Lee Swagger books in …
The Jack Ryan novels are some of Tom Clancy’s most iconic political thrillers, and the “Ryanverse” has grown into a much bigger world than the early Jack Ryan books most people start with. That’s where Jack Ryan Jr. Books in Order comes in, because Clancy introduced Jack Ryan Jr. later in the timeline, and the character has continued on through …
Jonathan Kellerman is best known for psychological crime fiction, especially the long-running Alex Delaware series. If you’re trying to read the Jonathan Kellerman books in order, the simplest approach is to understand how his bibliography is split: Alex Delaware, Petra Connor, Clay Edison, Jacob Lev, standalones, short works, children’s books, and nonfiction.
Most readers should start with Alex Delaware, …
Reading the Allison Brennan books in order means choosing among romantic-suspense trilogies, long-running crime series, supernatural thrillers, and standalones. Brennan began publishing with The Prey in 2005, and her work now ranges from Lucy Kincaid and Quinn & Costa to the Angelhart family’s private-investigation cases.
Her earlier novels lean more heavily into romantic suspense, while many of her later books …
Looking for a list of Lisa Gardner books in order? You’ve come to the right place.
Gardner is best known for tense psychological thrillers, especially her Detective D.D. Warren, FBI Profiler, Tessa Leoni, and Frankie Elkin books. She also wrote several earlier romantic suspense books as Alicia Scott, so I’ve included those here too.
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