Thomas H. Cook Reading Order

14 books (1998–2016)

Thomas H. Cook edited this complete anthology series spanning from 1998 to 2016, comprising 14 books that should be read in publication order. The collection includes various mystery, crime, and thriller anthologies featuring contributions from multiple authors, with titles ranging from Murder for Revenge through Silent Night, Deadly Night. The series blends original crime fiction with curated selections of the best mystery and true crime writing from each year, offering readers diverse perspectives on the genre across nearly two decades.

Start with Murder for Revenge, the first of 14 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Murder for Revenge 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Best American Crime Writing: 2002 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Year's Best True Crime Reporting: Best American Crime Writing 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Best American Crime Writing 2004 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Dangerous Women 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Carols and Crimes, Gifts and Grifters 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	On a Raven's Wing 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Best American Crime Reporting 2010 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	No Rest for the Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Manhattan Mayhem 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (2012–2022)

Bibliomysteries is an anthology series of 40 mystery and thriller stories published between 2012 and 2022, with each entry written by a different acclaimed author. The collection features contributions from mystery and literary fiction writers including Jeffery Deaver, William Link, Nelson DeMille, Laura Lippman, Reed Farrel Coleman, and many others. These stories are interconnected through their focus on books, libraries, and literary elements as central to their mysteries. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with An Acceptable Sacrifice and concluding with the final 2022 entry, and appears to be complete.

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

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1	An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	What's in a Name? 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1988–1990)

Thomas H. Cook's Frank Clemons trilogy consists of three mystery novels published between 1988 and 1990, following publication order for the complete series. The books are Sacrificial Ground, Flesh and Blood, and Night Secrets. These literary mysteries blend Cook's expertise in thriller writing with deeper psychological exploration characteristic of his work.

Start with Sacrificial Ground and read in order.

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1	Sacrificial Ground 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Flesh and Blood 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Night Secrets 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1990–2018)

Thomas H. Cook's non-fiction series comprises four books exploring true crime narratives, published across nearly three decades from 1990 to 2018. The complete series consists of Early Graves, Blood Echoes, Tragic Shores, and Even Darkness Sings, and should be read in publication order. These works showcase Cook's signature literary approach to examining real criminal cases and their lasting impact on victims and communities.

Start with Early Graves, the first of 4 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	Early Graves 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Blood Echoes 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Tragic Shores 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Even Darkness Sings 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2003–2003)

1 book (2013–2013)

#	Title
1	Fatherhood and Other Stories 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

26 books (1980–2014)

Thomas H. Cook wrote 26 standalone novels between 1980 and 2014, with the series now complete. Each book stands alone and can be read independently, though following publication order from Blood Innocents through the final entries provides insight into the author's evolving style across mystery, thriller, and literary fiction. Cook's works span psychological suspense, crime investigation, and character-driven narratives that often explore moral ambiguity and the darker aspects of human nature.

Start with Blood Innocents, the first of 26 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Blood Innocents 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Orchids 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Tabernacle 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Elena 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Streets of Fire 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Evidence of Blood 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The City When It Rains 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Mortal Memory 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Breakheart Hill 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Chatham School Affair 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Instruments of Night 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Interrogation 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Places in the Dark 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Taken 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Moon Over Manhattan(With: Larry King) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Into the Web 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Peril 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Red Leaves 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Cloud of Unknowing / The Murmur of Stones 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Master of the Delta 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Fate of Katherine Carr 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Last Talk with Lola Faye 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Quest for Anna Klein 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Crime of Julian Wells 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Sandrine's Case / Sandrine 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	A Dancer in the Dust 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible