Janet Evanovich Reading Order

4 books (2004–2010)

Start with Metro Girl, the first of 4 books in the Alexandra Barnaby series.

#	Title
1	Metro Girl 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Motor Mouth 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Troublemaker 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Troublemaker 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1997–1999)

Start with The Plot Thickens and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Plot Thickens 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	First Cases, Volume 3 1999Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2012–2012)

Start with Love in a Nutshell and read in order.

#	Title
1	Love in a Nutshell 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Husband List 2012Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1989–1991)

Start with Back to the Bedroom, the first of 4 books in the Elsie Hawkins series.

#	Title
1	Back to the Bedroom 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	Smitten 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Wife for Hire 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Rocky Road to Romance 1991Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1981–2006)

Start with Full House, the first of 6 books in the Full/Max Holt series.

#	Title
1	Full House 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	Full Tilt 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Full Speed 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Full Blast 2004Buy 🇺🇸
5	Full Bloom 2005Buy 🇺🇸
6	Full Scoop 2006Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2025)

Start with The Recovery Agent and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Recovery Agent 2022Buy 🇺🇸
2	The King's Ransom 2025Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2007–2007)

#	Title
1	Hot Stuff 2007Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (2013–2021)

Start with Pros and Cons(With: Lee Goldberg), the first of 10 books in the Kate O'Hare & Nicolas Fox series.

#	Title
1	Pros and Cons(With: Lee Goldberg) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Caper 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Heist(With: Lee Goldberg) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Chase(With: Lee Goldberg) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Job(With: Lee Goldberg) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Shell Game(With: Lee Goldberg) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Scam(With: Lee Goldberg) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Pursuit(With: Lee Goldberg) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Big Kahuna(With: Peter Evanovich) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Bounty(With: Steve Hamilton) 2021Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2017)

Start with Curious Minds(With: Phoef Sutton) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Curious Minds(With: Phoef Sutton) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dangerous Minds 2017Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2009–2015)

Start with Wicked Appetite and read in order.

#	Title
1	Wicked Appetite 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	Wicked Business 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Wicked Charms(With: Phoef Sutton) 2015Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2006–2006)

#	Title
1	How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author 2006Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1987–1992)

Start with Hero at Large(As: Steffie Hall), the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Hero at Large(As: Steffie Hall) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Manhunt 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Thanksgiving 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Grand Finale 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	Foul Play(As: Steffie Hall) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Love Overboard / Ivan Takes a Wife 1989Buy 🇺🇸
7	Naughty Neighbor 1992Buy 🇺🇸

32 books (1994–2026)

Start with One for the Money, the first of 32 books in the Stephanie Plum series.

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

4 books (2002–2009)

Start with Visions of Sugar Plums, the first of 4 books in the Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novels series.

#	Title
1	Visions of Sugar Plums 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Plum Lovin' 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	Plum Lucky 2008Buy 🇺🇸
4	Plum Spooky 2009Buy 🇺🇸