Jonathan Kellerman Reading Order

41 books (1985–2026)

Start with When the Bough Breaks, the first of 41 books in the Alex Delaware series.

#	Title
1	When the Bough Breaks 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Blood Test 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Over the Edge 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Silent Partner 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Time Bomb 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	Private Eyes 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	Devil's Waltz 1993Buy 🇺🇸
8	Bad Love 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	Self-Defense 1994Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Web 1995Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Clinic 1996Buy 🇺🇸
12	Survival of the Fittest 1997Buy 🇺🇸
13	Monster 1999Buy 🇺🇸
14	Dr. Death 2000Buy 🇺🇸
15	Flesh and Blood 2001Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Murder Book 2002Buy 🇺🇸
17	A Cold Heart 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	Therapy 2004Buy 🇺🇸
19	Rage 2005Buy 🇺🇸
20	Gone 2006Buy 🇺🇸
21	Obsession 2007Buy 🇺🇸
22	Bones 2008Buy 🇺🇸
23	Compulsion 2008Buy 🇺🇸
24	Deception 2009Buy 🇺🇸
25	Evidence 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	Mystery 2011Buy 🇺🇸
27	Victims 2012Buy 🇺🇸
28	Guilt 2013Buy 🇺🇸
29	Killer 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Motive 2015Buy 🇺🇸
31	Breakdown 2016Buy 🇺🇸
32	Heartbreak Hotel 2017Buy 🇺🇸
33	Night Moves 2018Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Wedding Guest 2019Buy 🇺🇸
35	The Museum of Desire 2020Buy 🇺🇸
36	Serpentine 2021Buy 🇺🇸
37	City of the Dead 2022Buy 🇺🇸
38	Unnatural History 2023Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Ghost Orchid 2024Buy 🇺🇸
40	Open Season 2025Buy 🇺🇸
41	Jigsaw 2026Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1996–2017)

Start with The Web and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Web 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Silent Partner 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Monster(By: Ande Parks) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1996–1999)

Start with Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories, the first of 5 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Great Writers and Kids Write Mystery Stories 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder For Love 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Law and Order 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Diagnosis Dead 1999Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1995–1995)

6 books (2017–2025)

Start with Crime Scene, the first of 6 books in the Clay Edison series.

#	Title
1	Crime Scene 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Measure of Darkness 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Half Moon Bay 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Burning 2021Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Lost Coast 2024Buy 🇺🇸
6	Coyote Hills 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2013–2015)

Start with The Golem of Hollywood and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Golem of Hollywood 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Golem of Paris 2015Buy 🇺🇸

33 books (2022–2025)

Start with Alex Delaware, the first of 33 books in the Mysterious Profiles series.

4 books (1981–2008)

Start with Helping the Fearful Child, the first of 4 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Helping the Fearful Child 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	Savage Spawn 1999Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 2008Buy 🇺🇸
4	With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars 2008Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1998–2004)

Start with Billy Straight and read in order.

#	Title
1	Billy Straight 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Twisted 2004Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2015–2015)

1 book (1994–1994)

#	Title
1	Daddy, Daddy, Can You Touch the Sky? 1994Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1988–2016)

Start with The Butcher's Theater, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Butcher's Theater 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Double Homicide 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Conspiracy Club 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Capital Crimes 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	True Detectives 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Murderer's Daughter 2016Buy 🇺🇸