Ralph McInerny Reading Order

6 books (1987–2000)

Start with Cause and Effect, the first of 6 books in the Andrew Broom series.

#	Title
1	Cause and Effect 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Body and Soil 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Savings and Loam 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	Mom and Dead 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Law and Ardor 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Heirs and Parents 2000Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1984–2003)

Start with The Intellectuals Speak Out About God: A Handbook for the Christian Student in a Secular Society, the first of 7 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Intellectuals Speak Out About God: A Handbook for the Christian Student in a Secular Society 1984Buy 🇺🇸
2	Malice Domestic 4 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Common Truths 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Unholy Orders 2000Buy 🇺🇸
6	Murder Most Catholic 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 2003Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1992–2010)

Start with Thou Shalt Not Kill and read in order.

#	Title
1	Thou Shalt Not Kill 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Soul of Wit 2005Buy 🇺🇸
3	Good Knights 2010Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2000–2001)

Start with Still Life and read in order.

#	Title
1	Still Life 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sub Rosa 2001Buy 🇺🇸

30 books (1977–2011)

Start with Her Death of Cold, the first of 30 books in the Father Dowling series.

#	Title
1	Her Death of Cold 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bishop as Pawn 1978Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Seventh Station 1978Buy 🇺🇸
4	Lying Three 1979Buy 🇺🇸
5	Second Vespers 1980Buy 🇺🇸
6	Thicker Than Water 1981Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Loss of Patients 1982Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Grass Widow 1983Buy 🇺🇸
9	Getting a Way with Murder 1984Buy 🇺🇸
10	Rest in Pieces 1985Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Basket Case 1987Buy 🇺🇸
12	Abracadaver / Slight of Body 1989Buy 🇺🇸
13	Four on the Floor 1989Buy 🇺🇸
14	Judas Priest 1991Buy 🇺🇸
15	Desert Sinner 1992Buy 🇺🇸
16	Seed of Doubt 1993Buy 🇺🇸
17	A Cardinal Offense 1994Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Tears of Things 1996Buy 🇺🇸
19	Grave Undertakings 2000Buy 🇺🇸
20	Triple Pursuit 2001Buy 🇺🇸
21	Prodigal Father 2002Buy 🇺🇸
22	Last Things 2003Buy 🇺🇸
23	Requiem for a Realtor 2004Buy 🇺🇸
24	Blood Ties 2005Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Prudence of the Flesh 2006Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Widow's Mate 2007Buy 🇺🇸
27	Ash Wednesday 2008Buy 🇺🇸
28	Stained Glass 2009Buy 🇺🇸
29	The Wisdom of Father Dowling 2009Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Compassion of Father Dowling 2011Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1995–1995)

Start with The Case of the Constant Caller and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Case of the Constant Caller 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Case of the Dead Winner 1995Buy 🇺🇸

15 books (2000–2014)

Start with A Student's Guide To U.S. History(By: Wilfred M. McClay), the first of 15 books in the ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines series.

#	Title
1	A Student's Guide To U.S. History(By: Wilfred M. McClay) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning(By: James V. Schall) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Student's Guide to Psychology(By: Daniel N. Robinson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Student's Guide to American Political Thought(By: George W. Carey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	A Student's Guide to Classics(By: Bruce S. Thornton) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Student's Guide to Economics(By: Paul T. Heyne) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Student's Guide to International Relations(By: Angelo M. Codevilla) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Student's Guide to Literature(By: R.V. Young) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Student's Guide to Music History(By: R.J. Stove) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
10	A Student's Guide to Natural Science(By: Stephen M. Barr) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	A Student's Guide to Philosophy 2014Buy 🇺🇸
12	A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy(By: Harvey C. Mansfield) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	A Student's Guide to Religious Studies(By: D.G. Hart) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
14	A Student's Guide to the Core Curriculum: Core Curriculum Guide(By: Mark C. Henrie) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	A Student's Guide to the Study of Law(By: Gerard V. Bradley) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

12 books (1989–2025)

Start with Murder Most Sacred(By: Martin H. Greenberg), the first of 12 books in the Murder Most series.

#	Title
1	Murder Most Sacred(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder Most Medieval(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Murder Most Delicious(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Barbara Paul) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Murder Most Irish(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Murder Most Delectable(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
6	Murder Most Divine 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Murder Most Feline(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Ed Gorman) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Murder Most Postal(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
9	Murder Most Romantic(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Susan Sizemore) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
10	Murder Most Celtic(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
11	Murder Most Confederate(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
12	Mystery Most Humorous(By: Donna Andrews,Marcia Talley,Gigi Pandian,Steve Shrott,Hugh Lessig,Melinda Mullet,Becky Clark,Victoria Dowd,Sylvia Maultash Warsh,Nikki Knight,Suzanne Flaig,Nina Mansfield,Susan Love Brown,Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier,Gregory Meece,M.S. Greene,P. J. Nelson,Sarah Bewley,Melissa Westemeier) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (1968–2010)

Start with New Themes in Christian Philosophy, the first of 20 books in the Non-Fiction series.

#	Title
1	New Themes in Christian Philosophy 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	Thomism in an Age of Renewal 1968Buy 🇺🇸
3	A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas 1977Buy 🇺🇸
4	Art and Prudence 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	St. Thomas Aquinas 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	Boethius And Aquinas 1990Buy 🇺🇸
7	Aquinas on Human Action 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Aquinas Against the Averroists 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Let's Write a Novel 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Question of Christian Ethics 1993Buy 🇺🇸
11	Let's Read Latin 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	Aquinas and Analogy 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	An Uncertain Legacy 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	What Went Wrong with Vatican II 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	Characters in Search of Their Author 2001Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Defamation of Pius XII 2001Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You 2006Buy 🇺🇸
19	Some Catholic Writers 2007Buy 🇺🇸
20	Dante and the Blessed Virgin 2010Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1997–2010)

Start with On This Rockne, the first of 13 books in the Notre Dame series.

#	Title
1	On This Rockne 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lack of the Irish 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	Irish Tenure 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Book of Kills 2000Buy 🇺🇸
5	Emerald Aisle 2001Buy 🇺🇸
6	Celt and Pepper 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	Irish Coffee 2003Buy 🇺🇸
8	Green Thumb 2004Buy 🇺🇸
9	Irish Gilt 2005Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Letter Killeth 2006Buy 🇺🇸
11	Irish Alibi 2007Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Green Revolution 2008Buy 🇺🇸
13	Sham Rock 2010Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1991–2000)

Start with The Catholic Writer and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Catholic Writer 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe(By: Anonymous,William A. Dembski,Stephen C. Meyer) 2000Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1988–1988)

#	Title
1	Dutiful Son 1988Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1981–2001)

Start with Not a Blessed Thing, the first of 10 books in the Sister Mary Teresa Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Not a Blessed Thing 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	Let Us Prey 1982Buy 🇺🇸
3	And Then There Was Nun 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	Nun of the Above 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	Sine Qua Nun 1986Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Veil of Ignorance 1988Buy 🇺🇸
7	Sister Hood 1991Buy 🇺🇸
8	Nun Plussed 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Half Past Nun 1997Buy 🇺🇸
10	Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories 2001Buy 🇺🇸

19 books (1967–2004)

Start with Jolly Rogerson, the first of 19 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Jolly Rogerson 1967Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Narrow Time 1969Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Priest 1973Buy 🇺🇸
4	Gate of Heaven 1975Buy 🇺🇸
5	Rogerson at Bay 1976Buy 🇺🇸
6	Spinnaker 1977Buy 🇺🇸
7	Quick as a Dodo 1978Buy 🇺🇸
8	Romanesque 1978Buy 🇺🇸
9	Noonday Devil 1985Buy 🇺🇸
10	Leave of Absence 1986Buy 🇺🇸
11	Frigor Mortis 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Nominative Case 1990Buy 🇺🇸
13	Easeful Death 1991Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Search Committee 1991Buy 🇺🇸
15	Infra Dig 1992Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Red Hat 1998Buy 🇺🇸
17	As Good As Dead 2002Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Ablative Case 2003Buy 🇺🇸
19	Slattery 2004Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2009–2009)

Start with Relic of Time and read in order.

#	Title
1	Relic of Time 2009Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Third Revelation 2009Buy 🇺🇸