Jeffery Deaver Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series is an ongoing anthology collection that has expanded to 121 volumes since its launch in 2002. Each book focuses on a different city or region, featuring original noir short stories by various authors that explore the darker side of that location. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with San Francisco Noir and continuing through the most recent additions. With new volumes released regularly through 2025, this is an ideal series for readers who enjoy urban crime fiction and want to discover stories set across diverse global cities and neighborhoods.

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

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1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Providence Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Santa Cruz Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	São Paulo Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Vancouver Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Amsterdam Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Milwaukee Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Addis Ababa Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Alabama Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Belgrade Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Berkeley Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	South Central Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

50 books (1997–2025)

Jeffery Deaver's Anthologies series comprises 50 collections of mystery and crime stories published between 1997 and 2025, with the series still ongoing. These volumes showcase short fiction from various authors within the mystery, thriller, and suspense genres, with titles like The Best American Mystery Stories, The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, and Dangerous Women representing the range of selections across the collections. Readers should approach these anthologies in publication order to experience the curated selections as they were originally compiled. Each book functions as a standalone collection, allowing readers to start with any volume, though following publication order from The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 onward provides a chronological perspective on evolving trends in the genre.

Start with The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, the first of 50 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Irreconcilable Differences 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Century of Great Suspense Stories 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Much Ado About Murder 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Murder at the Foul Line 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	A New Omnibus of Crime 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Dangerous Women 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Transgressions 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	A Merry Band of Murderers 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Deadly Bride and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Killer Year: Stories to Die For... 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Thriller 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Watchlist 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	First Thrills 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	First Thrills: Volume 3 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	No Rest for the Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Killer Cookbook 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Crooked Road, Volume 3 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Explosions: Stories of Our Landmined World 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	FaceOff 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Cold-Blooded: Killer Nashville Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Manhattan Mayhem 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	In Sunlight or In Shadow 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Alive in Shape and Color 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Ten Year Stretch 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Exit Wounds 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Invisible Blood 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Odd Partners 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Deadly Anniversaries 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Nothing Good Happens After Midnight 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Daggers Drawn 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Playing Games 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Thriller 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (2012–2022)

Bibliomysteries is an anthology series of 40 mystery and thriller stories, each written by a different acclaimed author and published between 2012 and 2022. The series is likely complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with An Acceptable Sacrifice by Jeffery Deaver. Each standalone entry features a mystery centered around books, libraries, or literary themes, with contributors including Nelson DeMille, Laura Lippman, Reed Farrel Coleman, and many other renowned mystery writers.

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice, the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

#	Title
1	An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2022–2022)

The Broken Doll series by Jeffery Deaver consists of four mystery and thriller novels published starting in 2022, appearing to be complete. The four books in publication order are Dodge, Execution Day, Sixty-One Seconds, and The Pain Hunter. Readers should begin with Dodge and follow the books in the sequence they were released to experience the full arc of this series.

Start with Dodge, the first of 4 books in the Broken Doll series.

12 books (2019–2027)

Jeffery Deaver's Colter Shaw series comprises ten mystery and thriller novels published between 2019 and 2026, with the series still ongoing. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Captivated and continuing through The Never Game, The Goodbye Man, The Second Hostage, Forgotten, The Final Twist, Hunting Time, The Deadline Clock, South of Nowhere, Deceptions, and The Bookkeeper. This series showcases Deaver's expertise in the mystery and thriller genres alongside his literary fiction work.

Start with Captivated, the first of 10 books in the Colter Shaw series.

#	Title
1	Captivated 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Never Game 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Goodbye Man 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Second Hostage 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Forgotten 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Final Twist 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Hunting Time 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Deadline Clock 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	South of Nowhere 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Deceptions 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Bookkeeper 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Freeze Frame 2027Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2007–2014)

Jeffery Deaver's Harold Middleton series comprises three complete works published between 2007 and 2014, best read in publication order. The trilogy includes The Chopin Manuscript, The Copper Bracelet, and The Starling Project: An Audible Drama, offering a blend of mystery and thriller elements across the author's signature literary style.

Start with The Chopin Manuscript and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Chopin Manuscript 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Copper Bracelet 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Starling Project: An Audible Drama 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2020–2020)

The Hush Collection is a complete six-book series published in 2020 featuring contributions from multiple acclaimed mystery and thriller authors including Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Unger, Laura Lippman, Ruth Ware, Alison Gaylin, and Oyinkan Braithwaite. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Buried and continuing through Let Her Be, Slow Burner, Snowflakes, The Gift, and Treasure. Each installment offers a standalone story while contributing to the broader collection's themes and scope.

Start with Buried, the first of 6 books in the Hush Collection series.

34 books (1968–2022)

This collection spans 33 James Bond continuation novels published between 1968 and 2022, written by multiple authors including Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, and Jeffery Deaver. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Colonel Sun and progressing through works by Gardner that dominated the 1980s and 1990s before transitioning to Deaver's contributions in the 2000s and 2010s. The series appears to be complete as of 2022, offering readers an extended literary continuation of Ian Fleming's iconic spy character.

Start with Colonel Sun(By: Kingsley Amis), the first of 33 books in the James Bond series.

#	Title
1	Colonel Sun(By: Kingsley Amis) 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Authorized Biography of 007(By: John George Pearson) 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	License Renewed(By: John Gardner) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	For Special Services(By: John Gardner) 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Icebreaker(By: John Gardner) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Role of Honor(By: John Gardner) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Nobody Lives Forever(By: John Gardner) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	No Deals, Mr. Bond(By: John Gardner) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Scorpius(By: John Gardner) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Licence to Kill(By: John Gardner) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Win, Lose or Die(By: John Gardner) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Brokenclaw(By: John Gardner) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Man from Barbarossa(By: John Gardner) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Death Is Forever(By: John Gardner) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Never Send Flowers(By: John Gardner) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	SeaFire(By: John Gardner) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	GoldenEye(By: John Gardner) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Cold Fall(By: John Gardner) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Tomorrow Never Dies(By: Raymond Benson) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Zero Minus Ten(By: Raymond Benson) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Facts of Death(By: Raymond Benson) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	High Time to Kill(By: Raymond Benson) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Midsummer Nights Doom(By: John Gardner) 1999
24	The World is Not Enough(By: Raymond Benson) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Doubleshot(By: Raymond Benson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Never Dream of Dying(By: Raymond Benson) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Die Another Day(By: Raymond Benson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	The Man With the Red Tattoo(By: Raymond Benson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Devil May Care(By: Sebastian Faulks) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Carte Blanche 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Solo(By: William Boyd) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Trigger Mortis(By: Anthony Horowitz) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Forever and a Day(By: Anthony Horowitz) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	With a Mind to Kill(By: Anthony Horowitz) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1992–2001)

This three-book mystery thriller series featuring protagonist John Pellam spans from 1992 to 2001 and follows publication order for the complete collection. Begin with Shallow Graves, followed by Bloody River Blues and Hell's Kitchen to experience the full arc of Jeffery Deaver's completed series. The books should be read sequentially as each builds on the previous installment.

Start with Shallow Graves and read in order.

#	Title
1	Shallow Graves 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bloody River Blues 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hell's Kitchen 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2007–2015)

The Kathryn Dance series consists of four mystery thrillers published between 2007 and 2015, following FBI kinesics expert Kathryn Dance as she investigates complex cases using her expertise in reading body language and deception. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Sleeping Doll and continuing through Roadside Crosses, XO, and Solitude Creek. Each installment builds on Dance's character development and recurring relationships established throughout the four-book arc.

Start with The Sleeping Doll, the first of 4 books in the Kathryn Dance series.

#	Title
1	The Sleeping Doll 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Roadside Crosses 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	XO 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Solitude Creek 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (1997–2026)

Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series comprises 18 mystery and thriller novels beginning with The Bone Collector in 1997, with the most recent entries published through 2026. The series follows its protagonist through increasingly complex criminal investigations across multiple cases and settings. Readers should approach the books in publication order to fully appreciate character development and recurring elements. The series remains ongoing with new installments continuing to be released.

Start with The Bone Collector, the first of 18 books in the Lincoln Rhyme series.

#	Title
1	The Bone Collector 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Coffin Dancer 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Empty Chair 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Stone Monkey 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Vanished Man 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Twelfth Card 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Cold Moon 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Broken Window 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Burning Wire 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Kill Room 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Skin Collector 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Steel Kiss 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Burial Hour 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Cutting Edge 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Midnight Lock 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Swiping Hearts 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Watchmaker's Hand 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Collateral Heart 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2013–2026)

This ongoing series comprises five short stories and novellas featuring detective Lincoln Rhyme, published between 2013 and 2026. The collection should be read in publication order, beginning with A Textbook Case and continuing through The Deadliest Sense. One entry, Rhymes With Prey, is a collaboration between Jeffery Deaver and John Sandford that brings together two iconic crime-solving characters. These mystery and thriller stories offer self-contained cases while maintaining continuity with Deaver's broader Lincoln Rhyme universe.

Start with A Textbook Case, the first of 5 books in the Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories/Novellas series.

1 book (2014–2014)

4 books (2022–2025)

The Music and Murder Mystery series is an ongoing anthology collection featuring four books published between 2022 and 2025, each centered around a classic rock song title and containing short stories by various mystery and thriller authors. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Hotel California and continuing through Thriller, Back in Black, and Bat Out of Hell. Each installment brings together different writers to explore dark and suspenseful tales inspired by iconic music, making this a unique collaboration in the mystery genre.

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.

34 books (2022–2025)

Mysterious Profiles is an ongoing anthology series edited by Jeffery Deaver that launched in 2022 and continues through 2025, featuring 33 books across mystery and thriller genres. The series collects iconic detective and crime fiction characters from various acclaimed authors, including Alex Delaware by Jonathan Kellerman, Jack Reacher by Lee Child, Hieronymus Bosch by Michael Connelly, Charlie Parker by John Connolly, and Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter, among many others. Readers should follow the publication order to experience the series as intended. Each entry showcases a different protagonist and can be enjoyed independently, though the collection as a whole celebrates memorable figures in mystery fiction.

Start with Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman), the first of 33 books in the Mysterious Profiles series.

1 book (1984–1984)

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1	The Complete Law School Companion 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1988–1991)

Jeffery Deaver's Rune series is a complete trilogy of mystery thrillers featuring three standalone cases published between 1988 and 1991. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Manhattan Is My Beat, followed by Death of a Blue Movie Star, and concluding with Hard News. Each novel can be approached as an independent mystery, though reading them sequentially provides the fullest experience of the series.

Start with Manhattan Is My Beat and read in order.

#	Title
1	Manhattan Is My Beat 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death of a Blue Movie Star 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hard News 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2024–2026)

The Sanchez & Heron series by Jeffery Deaver consists of three mystery thrillers published between 2024 and 2026, with the series still ongoing. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Fatal Intrusion, followed by The Grave Artist, and Face Last Seen. Each installment builds on the previous, making sequential reading essential to fully appreciate the narrative development.

Start with Fatal Intrusion and read in order.

37 books (1998–2024)

Jeffery Deaver's Short Stories and Novellas series spans 37 works published between 1998 and 2024, with new entries continuing to release. These mystery and thriller tales should be read in publication order, beginning with Wrong Place, Wrong Time. The collection includes diverse standalone stories such as Triangle, The Fan, and Comrad 35, showcasing Deaver's range across suspenseful and literary fiction formats.

Start with Wrong Place, Wrong Time, the first of 37 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Wrong Place, Wrong Time 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Triangle 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The First Day of School 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Nothing But Net 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Weekender 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Dish Served Cold 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Fan 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Making Amends 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Trick or Treat 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Weapon 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Sequel 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Comrad 35 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Forever 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Joseph Goodbye 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Reconciliation 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Repressed 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Baker of Bleecker Street 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Where the Evidence Lies 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Incident of 10 November 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Track Day 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Double Cross 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Surprise Ending 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Circumstantial 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Blind Date 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Christmas Party 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Victims' Club 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Connecting the Dots 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Ninth and Nowhere 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Bully 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Verona 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	A Creative Defense 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Anniversary Gift 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Debriefing 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Cause of Death 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Turning Point 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Scheme 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Lady in My Life 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2003–2024)

Jeffery Deaver's Short Story Collections series comprises six books of mystery and thriller short fiction published between 2003 and 2024, with the most recent entry arriving in 2024. The series remains ongoing and should be read in publication order, beginning with Twisted and continuing through Nocturne, More Twisted, Triple Threat, Trouble in Mind, and Dead Ends. Each collection showcases Deaver's skill at crafting suspenseful narratives within the constraints of the short story format.

Start with Twisted, the first of 6 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Twisted 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Nocturne 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	More Twisted 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Triple Threat 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Trouble in Mind 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Dead Ends 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2024–2026)

Jeffery Deaver's Special Agent Constant Marlowe series follows a federal investigator through interconnected cases spanning multiple states and criminal enterprises. The trilogy began in 2024 with The Rule of Threes, continued with Downstate in 2025, and will conclude with Untouchable in 2026. These mystery thrillers should be read in publication order to experience the character's development and the evolving narrative threads that connect the three books.

Start with The Rule of Threes and read in order.

15 books (1988–2013)

Jeffery Deaver's standalone novel series comprises 15 complete works published between 1988 and 2013, each offering an independent mystery and thriller narrative. These novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Always A Thief and concluding with The October List. The series showcases Deaver's range across crime fiction, psychological suspense, and literary storytelling, with each book standing alone as a separate story rather than following recurring characters or an overarching plot.

Start with Always A Thief, the first of 15 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Always A Thief 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Voodoo 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mistress of Justice 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Lesson of Her Death 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Praying for Sleep 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Maiden's Grave 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Speaking in Tongues 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Devil's Teardrop 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Blue Nowhere 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Garden of Beasts 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Murderous Affairs 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Revenge is Sweet 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Bodies Left Behind 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Edge 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The October List 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2005–2006)

Transgressions is a four-volume anthology series edited by Jeffery Deaver and published between 2005 and 2006. Each volume collects short stories from a rotating cast of acclaimed mystery, thriller, and literary fiction authors including Stephen King, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, Ed McBain, and others. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with the first Transgressions volume. These standalone story collections offer a survey of the genre's finest writers exploring themes that push boundaries.

Start with Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris), the first of 4 books in the Transgressions series.

#	Title
1	Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Transgressions(With: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E. Westlake,Bonnie Jeanne Perry,Joyce Carol Oates,Walter Mosley,John Farris) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Transgressions, Vol. 2(By: Stephen King,Lawrence Block,Ed McBain,John Farris) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Transgressions, Vol. 3(By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E Westlake,John Farris) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Transgressions, Vol. 3(By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain,Donald E. Westlake,John Farris) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Transgressions, Vol. 4(By: Anne Perry,Sharyn McCrumb,Ed McBain) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2021–2023)

Jeffery Deaver's Unsettling is a four-book mystery and thriller series published between 2021 and 2023. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Date Night and continuing through Stay Tuned, The Intruder, and The Muse. Each standalone entry features different characters and plots while maintaining thematic connections throughout the collection.

Start with Date Night, the first of 4 books in the Unsettling series.