Lee Goldberg Reading Order

5 books (2010–2024)

Start with Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing, the first of 5 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Writing Crime Fiction 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Rising Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Collectibles 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Eight Very Bad Nights 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1995–1997)

Start with My Gun Has Bullets and read in order.

#	Title
1	My Gun Has Bullets 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dead Space 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2023–2025)

Start with Crown Vic and read in order.

8 books (2003–2007)

Start with The Silent Partner, the first of 8 books in the Diagnosis Murder series.

#	Title
1	The Silent Partner 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Death Merchant 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Shooting Script 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Past Tense 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Waking Nightmare 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Dead Letter 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Double Life 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Last Word 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2026–2027)

7 books (2020–2026)

Start with Lost Hills, the first of 7 books in the Eve Ronin series.

#	Title
1	Lost Hills 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bone Canyon 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Gated Prey 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Movieland 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Dream Town 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Fallen Star 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Split Screen 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2018–2020)

Start with True Fiction and read in order.

#	Title
1	True Fiction 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Killer Thriller 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Fake Truth 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2009–2009)

Start with Adjourned, the first of 4 books in the Jury series.

10 books (2013–2021)

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

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

19 books (2006–2015)

Start with Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii, the first of 19 books in the Monk series.

#	Title
1	Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mr. Monk and The Blue Flu 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Mr. Monk and The Two Assistants 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Mr. Monk in Outer Space 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Mr. Monk Goes to Germany 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Mr. Monk is Miserable 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Mr. Monk in Trouble 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Mr. Monk on the Road 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Mr. Monk on the Couch 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Mr. Monk Gets Even 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Mr. Monk is a Mess 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Mr. Monk on Patrol 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Mr. Monk Helps Himself(By: Hy Conrad) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Mr. Monk Gets on Board(By: Hy Conrad) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Mr. Monk is Open for Business(By: Hy Conrad) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant(By: Hy Conrad) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1990–2022)

Start with Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw, the first of 10 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Television Series Revivals: Sequels or Remakes of Cancelled Shows 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Science Fiction Filmmaking in the 1980s: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Dreamweavers: Interviews with Fantasy Filmmakers of the 1980's 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Successful Television Writing 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Television Fast Forward: Sequels & Remakes of Cancelled Series 1955-1992 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Best TV Shows That Never Were 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The James Bond Films 1962-1989 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Joy of Sets 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2023–2025)

Start with Malibu Burning and read in order.

#	Title
1	Malibu Burning 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Ashes Never Lie 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hidden in Smoke 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2011–2013)

Start with Mr. Monk & The Sunday Paper, the first of 4 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Mr. Monk & The Sunday Paper 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Remaindered 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	McGrave 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fast Track 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2009–2009)

#	Title
1	Three Ways to Die 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (2004–2023)

Start with The Walk, the first of 5 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	The Walk 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Watch Me Die / The Man with the Iron-On Badge 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	King City 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Aimee & David Thurlo's Ella Clah 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Calico 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1995–2011)

Start with Deadly Games and read in order.

22 books (2011–2014)

Start with Face of Evil(With: William Rabkin), the first of 22 books in the The Dead Man series.

#	Title
1	Face of Evil(With: William Rabkin) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Hell In Heaven(With: William Rabkin) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Kill Them All(With: William Rabkin,Harry Shannon) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Ring of Knives(With: James Daniels,William Rabkin) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Beast Within(With: James Daniels,William Rabkin) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Blood Mesa(With: James Reasoner,William Rabkin) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Dead Woman(With: David McAfee,William Rabkin) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Carnival of Death(With: Bill Crider,William Rabkin) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Fire and Ice(With: William Rabkin,Jude Hardin) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Freaks Must Die(With: William Rabkin,Joel Goldman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Midnight Special(With: Phoef Sutton,William Rabkin) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Slaves to Evil(With: William Rabkin,Lisa Klink) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Black Death(With: William Rabkin,Aric Davis) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Death Match(With: Christa Faust,William Rabkin) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Killing Floor(With: William Rabkin,David Tully) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Colder than Hell(With: Anthony Neil Smith,William Rabkin) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Crucible of Fire(With: William Rabkin,Mel Odom) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Evil to Burn(With: William Rabkin,Lisa Klink) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Streets of Blood(With: William Rabkin,Barry Napier) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Dark Need(With: William Rabkin,Stant Litore) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Rising Dead(With: William Rabkin,Stella Green) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Reborn(With: Phoef Sutton,William Rabkin,Lisa Klink,Kate Danley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible