Charles Todd Reading Order
9 series · 135 books · Born 1950
Charles Todd is a collaborative writing duo comprised of mother-son team Caroline and Charles Todd, known for their historical mysteries. With an impressive portfolio of 135 titles spanning nine series, they have captivated readers with notable works like the Inspector Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford series. Active from 1994 to 2026, their storytelling blends suspense and rich historical detail.
Anthologies Series
Ongoing9 books (2006–2025)
Start with Death Do Us Part, the first of 9 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Death Do Us Part 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  A Study in Sherlock 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Deadly Pleasures 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Crimespree Magazine #58 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Odd Partners 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Black Cat Weekly #50 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Bat Out of Hell 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Bess Crawford Series
Likely Complete16 books (2009–2023)
Start with A Duty to the Dead, the first of 16 books in the Bess Crawford series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  A Duty to the Dead 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  An Impartial Witness 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Girl on the Beach 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  A Bitter Truth 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  An Unmarked Grave 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  A Question of Honor 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  An Unwilling Accomplice 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Maharani's Pearls 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  A Pattern of Lies 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Shattered Tree 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  A Casualty of War 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  A Forgotten Place 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  A Cruel Deception 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | A Hanging at Dawn 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  An Irish Hostage 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Cliff's Edge 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
Bibliomysteries Series
Likely Complete40 books (2012–2022)
Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | The Pretty Little Box 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 | The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 | The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Inspector Ian Rutledge Series
Ongoing29 books (1994–2026)
Start with A Test of Wills, the first of 29 books in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  A Test of Wills 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Wings of Fire 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Search the Dark 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Legacy of the Dead 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Watchers of Time 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  A Fearsome Doubt 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  A Cold Treachery 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | A Long Shadow 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  A False Mirror 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  A Pale Horse 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  A Matter of Justice 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Red Door 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | The Kidnapping 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  A Lonely Death 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Confession 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | Cold Comfort 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Proof of Guilt 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Hunting Shadows 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  A Fine Summer's Day 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  No Shred of Evidence 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Racing the Devil 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Piper 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Gatekeeper 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  The Black Ascot 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  A Divided Loyalty 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  A Fatal Lie 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  A Game of Fear 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | A Christmas Witness 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | A Day of Judgment 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
Music and Murder Mystery Series
Ongoing4 books (2022–2025)
Start with Hotel California(By: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Reed Farrel Coleman,Andrew Child,Amanda Flower,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Jennifer Dornbush), the first of 4 books in the Music and Murder Mystery series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hotel California(By: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Reed Farrel Coleman,Andrew Child,Amanda Flower,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Jennifer Dornbush) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Thriller(By: Heather Graham,Jeffery Deaver,William Kent Krueger,Don Bruns,Dahlia Rose,David R. Slayton) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Back in Black(By: Heather Graham,Reed Farrel Coleman,Ward Larsen,Tori Eldridge,Andrew Child,Don Bruns) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Bat Out of Hell(With: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Andrew Child,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Dave Bruns,C.J. Kudlacz) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Mysterious Profiles Series
Ongoing33 books (2022–2025)
Start with Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman), the first of 33 books in the Mysterious Profiles series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Aloysius X. L. Pendergast(By: Douglas Preston) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Amos Walker(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Bob Lee Swagger(By: Stephen Hunter) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Charlie Resnick(By: John Harvey) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Charlotte and Thomas Pitt(By: Anne Perry) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Dismas Hardy(By: John Lescroart) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Hieronymus Bosch(By: Michael Connelly) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Ian Rutledge 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | Inspector Morse(By: Colin Dexter) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Jane Whitefield(By: Thomas Perry) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 | John Rebus(By: Ian Rankin) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Lincoln Rhyme(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 | Lou Boldt(By: Ridley Pearson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Maisie Dobbs(By: Jacqueline Winspear) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | Mallory(By: Carol O'Connell) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus(By: Faye Kellerman) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Precious Ramotswe(By: Alexander McCall Smith) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Rambo(By: David Morrell) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | Spenser(By: Robert B. Parker) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Tess Monaghan(By: Laura Lippman) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | The Lincoln Lawyer(By: Michael Connelly) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Ben Kincaid(By: William Bernhardt) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Condor(By: James Grady) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Repairman Jack(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Joe Pickett(By: C.J. Box) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete2 books (2012–2015)
Start with The Walnut Tree and read in order.
Short Story Collections Series
Complete1 book (2015–2015)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Tales 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete1 book (2003–2003)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Murder Stone 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Charles Todd written?
- Charles Todd has written 135 books across 9 series. Their published works span from 1994 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Charles Todd series?
- Here are the first books in Charles Todd's series: Anthologies: Death Do Us Part; Bess Crawford: A Duty to the Dead; Bibliomysteries: An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver); Inspector Ian Rutledge: A Test of Wills; Music and Murder Mystery: Hotel California(By: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Reed Farrel Coleman,Andrew Child,Amanda Flower,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Jennifer Dornbush).
- What order should I read Charles Todd's books?
- We recommend reading Charles Todd's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Charles Todd still writing new books?
- Yes, Charles Todd has 4 ongoing series: Anthologies, Inspector Ian Rutledge, Music and Murder Mystery, Mysterious Profiles.