Michael Palmer Reading Order

6 books (2001–2015)

Michael Palmer edited six thriller and mystery anthologies between 2001 and 2015, which should be read in publication order beginning with Natural Suspect. The series is now complete and includes Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night, First Thrills, No Rest for the Dead, In Search of Humanity, and Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 340. Each anthology collects original or curated short fiction from various authors within the mystery and thriller genres.

Start with Natural Suspect, the first of 6 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Natural Suspect 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	First Thrills 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	No Rest for the Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	In Search of Humanity 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 340 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2006–2010)

Michael Palmer's Daniel Palmer Short Stories and Novellas collection comprises two mystery and thriller works published between 2006 and 2010. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Disfigured and followed by The Dead Club. Both entries were written collaboratively with Daniel Palmer.

Start with Disfigured(With: Daniel Palmer) and read in order.

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1	Disfigured(With: Daniel Palmer) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Dead Club(With: Daniel Palmer) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2012–2014)

Michael Palmer's Dr. Lou Welcome trilogy is a three-book mystery series published between 2012 and 2014. The complete series consists of Oath of Office, Political Suicide, and Resistant, which should be read in publication order. These standalone entries are interconnected mysteries that build upon one another as the story unfolds across the trilogy.

Start with Oath of Office and read in order.

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1	Oath of Office 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Political Suicide 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Resistant 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2006–2012)

Michael Palmer's short stories and novellas collection comprises three complete works published between 2006 and 2012, spanning mystery and thriller genres. The series includes Disfigured (co-written with Daniel Palmer), The Dead Club (also co-written with Daniel Palmer), and On Call, and should be read in publication order beginning with Disfigured.

Start with Disfigured(With: Daniel Palmer) and read in order.

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1	Disfigured(With: Daniel Palmer) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Dead Club(With: Daniel Palmer) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	On Call 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (1982–2018)

Michael Palmer's mystery and thriller novels span from 1982 to 2018, comprising 19 complete standalone works that can be read in publication order beginning with The Sisterhood. Each book functions as an independent entry, allowing readers to start anywhere within the series, though following the publication sequence from The Sisterhood through The Last Surgeon provides the intended reading experience. Palmer's prolific output across four decades offers mystery enthusiasts numerous self-contained narratives featuring distinct characters and plots.

Start with The Sisterhood, the first of 19 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Sisterhood 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Side Effects 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Flashback 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Extreme Measures 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Natural Causes 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Silent Treatment 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Critical Judgment 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Miracle Cure 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Patient 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Fatal 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Society 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Fifth Vial 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The First Patient 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Second Opinion 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Last Surgeon 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	A Heartbeat Away 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Trauma(With: Daniel Palmer) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Mercy(With: Daniel Palmer) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The First Family(With: Daniel Palmer) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible