John Sandford Reading Order

3 books (2014–2017)

Start with FaceOff and read in order.

#	Title
1	FaceOff 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	MatchUp 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1989–2003)

Start with The Fool's Run, the first of 4 books in the Kidd & LuEllen series.

#	Title
1	The Fool's Run 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Empress File 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Devil's Code 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Hanged Man's Song 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2022–2024)

Start with The Investigator and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Investigator 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dark Angel 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Toxic Prey 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2013–2026)

Start with A Textbook Case(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 5 books in the Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories/Novellas series.

1 book (2014–2014)

56 books (1989–2026)

Start with Rules of Prey, the first of 56 books in the Prey Universe series.

#	Title
1	Rules of Prey 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Fool's Run(As:John Camp) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Shadow Prey 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Eyes of Prey 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Empress File(As:John Camp) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Silent Prey 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Winter Prey 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Night Prey 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Mind Prey 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Sudden Prey 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Secret Prey 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Certain Prey 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Easy Prey 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Devil's Code 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Chosen Prey 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Mortal Prey 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Naked Prey 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Hanged Man's Song 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Hidden Prey 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Broken Prey 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Dark of the Moon 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Invisible Prey 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Heat Lightning 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Phantom Prey 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Rough Country 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Wicked Prey 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Bad Blood 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Storm Prey 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Buried Prey 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Shock Wave 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Mad River 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Stolen Prey 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Silken Prey 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Storm Front 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Deadline 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Field of Prey 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Rhymes With Prey: Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport(With: Jeffery Deaver) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Gathering Prey 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Escape Clause 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Extreme Prey 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Deep Freeze 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Deserves to Be Dead(With: Lisa Jackson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Golden Prey 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Holy Ghost 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Twisted Prey 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Bloody Genius 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	Neon Prey 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Masked Prey 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	Ocean Prey 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Righteous Prey 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	The Investigator 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Dark Angel 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Judgment Prey 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Toxic Prey 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	Lethal Prey 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Revenge Prey 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

37 books (1989–2027)

Start with Rules of Prey, the first of 36 books in the Prey/Lucas Davenport series.

#	Title
1	Rules of Prey 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Shadow Prey 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Eyes of Prey 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Silent Prey 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Winter Prey 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Night Prey 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Mind Prey 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Sudden Prey 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Secret Prey 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Certain Prey 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Easy Prey 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Chosen Prey 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Mortal Prey 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Naked Prey 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Hidden Prey 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Broken Prey 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Invisible Prey 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Phantom Prey 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wicked Prey 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Storm Prey 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Buried Prey 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Stolen Prey 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Silken Prey 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Field of Prey 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Gathering Prey 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Extreme Prey 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Golden Prey 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Twisted Prey 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Neon Prey 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Masked Prey 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Ocean Prey 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Righteous Prey 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Judgment Prey 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Toxic Prey 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Lethal Prey 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Revenge Prey 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Ruthless Prey 2027Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2014–2016)

Start with Uncaged and read in order.

#	Title
1	Uncaged 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Outrage 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Rampage 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1997–2015)

Start with The Night Crew and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Night Crew 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dead Watch 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Saturn Run 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (2017–2019)

Start with Deserves to Be Dead(With: Lisa Jackson), the first of 11 books in the The MatchUp Collection series.

15 books (2007–2023)

Start with Dark of the Moon, the first of 15 books in the Virgil Flowers series.

#	Title
1	Dark of the Moon 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Heat Lightning 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Rough Country 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bad Blood 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Shock Wave 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Mad River 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Storm Front 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Deadline 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Escape Clause 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Deep Freeze 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Holy Ghost 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Bloody Genius 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Ocean Prey 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Righteous Prey 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Judgment Prey 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible