J.D. Robb Books in Order

J.D. Robb is the pen name of bestselling author Nora Roberts, a multiple RITA Award winner, RWA Hall of Fame inductee, and one of the bestselling crime and romance authors of the past three decades, used for her long-running In Death crime series set in mid-21st-century New York City. The books follow homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team at the NYPSD as they solve murders in a technologically advanced future city.

This page lists all J.D. Robb books in order, including every In Death novel and novella, organized primarily by publication order. For a detailed series-only reading guide, see In Death (Eve Dallas) Books in Order.

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The In Death Series (Books in Order)

Also known as the Eve Dallas series, these near-future crime novels follow homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team as they solve murders in a technologically advanced New York City. The series mixes police procedural with futuristic world-building, setting familiar crime investigations in a futuristic mid-21st-century world where technology has changed almost everything except human nature.

The series follows a linear timeline that closely matches publication order, and is best read from book 1, Naked in Death, as Eve’s backstory and relationships with recurring characters build steadily throughout the entire series.

Reading Order

1. Naked In Death, 1995
2. Glory In Death, 1995
3. Immortal In Death, 1996
4. Rapture In Death, 1996
5. Ceremony In Death, 1997
6. Vengeance in Death, 1997
7. Holiday In Death, 1998
8. Midnight In Death, 1998
9. Conspiracy In Death, 1999
10. Loyalty In Death, 1999
11. Witness In Death, 2000
12. Judgement In Death, 2000
13. Betrayal In Death, 2001
14. Interlude In Death, 2001
15. Seduction In Death, 2001
16. Reunion In Death, 2002
17. Purity In Death, 2002
18. Portrait In Death, 2003
19. Imitation In Death, 2003
20. Remember When, 2003
21. Divided In Death, 2004
22. Visions In Death, 2004
23. Survivor In Death, 2005
24. Origin In Death, 2005
25. Memory In Death, 2006
26. Haunted In Death, 2006
27. Born In Death, 2006
28. Innocent In Death, 2007
29. Eternity In Death, 2007
30. Creation In Death, 2007
31. Strangers In Death, 2008
32. Salvation In Death, 2008
33. Ritual In Death, 2008
34. Promises In Death, 2009
35. Kindred In Death, 2009
36. Missing In Death, 2009
37. Fantasy In Death, 2010
38. Indulgence In Death, 2010
39. Possession In Death, 2010
40. Treachery In Death, 2011
41. New York To Dallas, 2011
42. Chaos In Death, 2011
43. Celebrity In Death, 2012
44. Delusion In Death, 2012
45. Calculated In Death, 2013
46. Thankless In Death, 2013
47. Taken In Death, 2013
48. Concealed In Death, 2014
49. Festive In Death, 2014
50. Obsession In Death, 2015
51. Devoted In Death, 2015
52. Wonderment In Death, 2015
53. Brotherhood In Death, 2016
54. Apprentice In Death, 2016
55. Echoes In Death, 2017
56. Secrets In Death, 2017
57. Dark In Death, 2018
58. Leverage in Death, 2018
59. Connections in Death, 2019
60. Vendetta in Death, 2019
61. Golden in Death, 2020
62. Shadows in Death, 2020
63. Faithless in Death, 2021
64. Forgotten in Death, 2021
65. Abandoned in Death, 2022
66. Desperation in Death, 2022
67. Encore in Death, 2023
68. Payback in Death, 2023
69. Random in Death, 2024
70. Passions in Death, 2024
71. Bonded in Death, 2025
72. Framed in Death, 2025
73. Stolen in Death, 2026
74. Fury in Death, 2026

In Death Collections / Omnibus Editions

Standalone Novels

• Naked Came the Phoenix, 2001 (with Nevada Barr, Mary Jane Clark, Diana Gabaldon, J A Jance, Faye Kellerman, Laurie R King, Val McDermid, Pam and Mary O’Shaughnessy, Anne Perry, Nancy Pickard, Lisa Scottoline, and Marcia Talley)

J.D. Robb Biography

J.D. Robb is the pen name Nora Roberts uses for her futuristic In Death crime series. Under this name, she moved away from the romance genre she was already famous for and created a long-running police procedural series set in mid-21st-century New York City, which was centered on homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas.
Official website: jdrobb.com

Born Eleanor Marie Robertson in 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, Nora Roberts published her first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, in 1981, and by the mid-1990s, she was already one of the biggest names in romance fiction. She introduced the J.D. Robb name to give her futuristic crime novels a separate identity and a different tone from the books which she published as Nora Roberts.

Writing as J.D. Robb, she has kept the In Death series going for decades, with a long list of novels, novellas, and short stories.

Alongside J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts has also used the names Jill March and Sarah Hardesty for other work in different genres.

J.D. Robb Awards and Honors

Awards

• Survivor in Death – RITA Award for Romantic Suspense (2006)
• New York to Dallas – RITA Award for Best Romantic Suspense (2012)
• Concealed in Death – RITA Award for Romantic Suspense (2015)

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