J.D. Robb Books in Order
J.D. Robb is the pen name of bestselling author Nora Roberts, 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 a team of recurring characters in the NYPSD.
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 follows a linear timeline that generally matches publication order.
Publication Order
- Naked In Death (#1), 1995
- Glory In Death (#2), 1995
- Immortal In Death (#3), 1996
- Rapture In Death (#4), 1996
- Ceremony In Death (#5), 1997
- Vengeance in Death (#6), 1997
- Holiday In Death (#7), 1998
- Midnight In Death (#7.5), 1998
- Conspiracy In Death (#8), 1999
- Loyalty In Death (#9), 1999
- Witness In Death (#10), 2000
- Judgement In Death (#11), 2000
- Betrayal In Death (#12), 2001
- Interlude In Death (#12.5), 2001
- Seduction In Death (#13), 2001
- Reunion In Death (#14), 2002
- Purity In Death (#15), 2002
- Portrait In Death (#16), 2003
- Imitation In Death (#17), 2003
- Remember When #17.5), 2003
- Divided In Death (#18), 2004
- Visions In Death (#19), 2004
- Survivor In Death (#20), 2005
- Origin In Death (#21), 2005
- Memory In Death (#22), 2006
- Haunted In Death ( #22.5), 2006
- Born In Death (#23), 2006
- Innocent In Death (#24), 2007
- Eternity In Death (#24.5), 2007
- Creation In Death (#25), 2007
- Strangers In Death (#26), 2008
- Salvation In Death (#27), 2008
- Ritual In Death (#27.5), 2008
- Promises In Death (#28), 2009
- Kindred In Death (#29), 2009
- Missing In Death (#29.5), 2009
- Fantasy In Death (#30), 2010
- Indulgence In Death (#31), 2010
- Possession In Death (#31.5), 2010
- Treachery In Death (#32), 2011
- New York To Dallas (#33), 2011
- Chaos In Death (#33.5), 2011
- Celebrity In Death (#34), 2012
- Delusion In Death (#35), 2012
- Calculated In Death (#36), 2013
- Thankless In Death (#37), 2013
- Taken In Death (#37.5), 2013
- Concealed In Death ( #38), 2014
- Festive In Death ( #39), 2014
- Obsession In Death ( #40), 2015
- Devoted In Death ( #41), 2015
- Wonderment In Death (#41.5), 2015
- Brotherhood In Death (#42), 2016
- Apprentice In Death (#43), 2016
- Echoes In Death (#44), 2017
- Secrets In Death (#45), 2017
- Dark In Death (#46), 2018
- Leverage in Death ( #47), 2018
- Connections in Death (#48), 2019
- Vendetta in Death ( #49), 2019
- Golden in Death (#50), 2020
- Shadows in Death (#51), 2020
- Faithless in Death ( #52), 2021
- Forgotten in Death ( #53), 2021
- Abandoned in Death (#54), 2022
- Desperation in Death (#55), 2022
- Encore in Death (#56), 2023
- Payback in Death (#57), 2023
- Random in Death (#58), 2024
- Passions in Death (#59), 2024
- Bonded in Death (#60), 2025
- Framed in Death (#61), 2025
- Stolen in Death (#62), 2026
- Fury in Death (#63), expected September 2026
In Death Collections / Omnibus Editions
- Silent Night, 1998
- Out of this World, 2001
- Bump in the Night, 2006
- Dead of Night, 2007
- Three In Death, 2007
- Suite 606, 2008
- The Lost, 2009
- The Other Side, 2010
- Time of Death, 2011
- The Unquiet, 2011
- Mirror, Mirror, 2013
- Down the Rabbit Hole, 2015
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 of the New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, used exclusively for her long-running futuristic In Death crime series. Writing as J.D. Robb, she changed from the romance genre into a near-future police procedural world set in mid-21st-century New York City, centered on homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas and a group of recurring characters.
Official website: jdrobb.com
Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson in 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland. She published her first novel, Irish Thoroughbred, in 1981. By the mid-1990s she was already an established and highly successful romance author. During that period she launched the J.D. Robb pseudonym specifically to write crime fiction with a futuristic setting, with a different tone and branding from her Nora Roberts work.
Under the J.D. Robb name, the In Death series has continued for decades and and includes numerous novels, novellas, and short stories, all published under the J.D. Robb name. On this site, all books listed under J.D. Robb belong to the In Death universe.
In addition to J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and Sarah Hardesty across different genres, keeping distinct identities for each series.
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)

Thank you JD Robb (Nora) — I love the complexity of the murders, but I also enjoy the humor in the series. When Dallas ends up with a new friend — how did that happen?! Her fear of Trina, of dolls, of cows — when will they want to take over the world. Looking for a needle in a haystack — why would there be a needle in a haystack? Sayings that make perfect sense to us now in the early 21st century, but meanings have passed us by … she takes things so literally. Cracks me up every time.
I eagerly await each book at the book store, and re-read them all the time.
I finished all the books in order….loved them. Any chance that this will be a series on TV? Maybe in Netflix…that will be MAG!!! Thanks, J.D. Looking forward to the next one. I might start over again.
Love the in Death series, but was wondering if Wonderment in Death was ever in book form? Would really like one to go with my collection. Can’t wait for the next book.
Yes wonderment in death is a hardcopy formated book as well as on audio CD formats or as an ebook
what is the name of the book where Eve meets Roarke?
and
what is the name of the book where they get married?
Dallas meets roarke first time naked in death marries him in immortal
I have reread the series so many times I have to reread form last to beginning bcuz Eves life was too sad before Roarke. I think Faithless ID is my favorite ID and Kindred is my least favorite ( its too sad). CAN’t wait for Desperation ( September CANNOT get here fast enough!!!!!!
I started reading Nora Roberts back in days skinny romance novels. I have always been a voracious readerand would go to the local book swap and come home with a big paper bag full of books and I couldn’t put hers down with the first JD Robb book I met my real hero and I think of her as a real person God I want to be her. This past Christmas I started with JD Robb‘s book 1 and I’m going through the whole list so far I’m up to portrait and death I have them on my bookcase and with the sharpie I put the number on each one so I know which is next thank you JD Robb for creating a life that I crawl into each day I am in awel of your talent
I have every Nora Roberts and the J.D.Robb In Death series I can get my hands on. I am 61 and disabled and have reread them all several times over the years. I have to find a way too get the rest In Death, I only have 51. But, my large bedroom is also my library.
Just read through the series to book #55 – this is my second time reading through and was the first thing I had to do on my retirement bucket list.
Love all the JDRobb books. Am now rereading them ALL in order. My library loves me.
I’ve read the series twice when is the next book coming out
I have loved everyone ! Up to # 54 as I’m reading it seems like I’ve traded Abandoned in death . The only thing I can figure is another author wrote one or so close to it . Keep them coming . Loved them since the first one I picked up.
Can’t wait for the next one to come out. I’m always on the waiting list. I feel I know all the characters like they were old friends. I picture each one in my mind from Nora Roberts description of each of them. Please keep writing. I look forward to the next one and I hope many more. Eve, Roake and their Family and Friends are totally believable. Please keep them coming. I live in South Australia 🇦🇺 .
I’d like to know in which book Rourke finds his family in Ireland and also in which one Eve goes back to Dallas.
Thank you, Readers!
Kelli :
Roarke finds his family in “Portrait in Death” Eve goes to Dallas in “New York to Dallas”
Thougherly enjoyed (and still reading) the “in death” series. They have helped me get through the pandemic lock downs, well entertained me and stopped me going mad whilst in lockdown. Thank you Nora Roberts (aka J D Robb)
I recently purchased through Amazon the In Death series in order.
I missed so much by not having read them in order from the first.
I’m now on books 29 & 30 and really like being able to “round out” the characters by reading them (again) in order.
I’ve the 2021 release at home (in hardcover) and waiting until I’ve gotten to that point to read it. (It’s really hard, but I can do it!)
Thank you for Eve and Roarke, etc. I really am able to chuckle at some of their antic, interactions, etc. (By the way, I want a “Roarke”!)
OMG! I’ve read every book and enjoyed them all. When is the next book coming out?
I absolutely love this series and have all of them in audio format. I just pre-ordered that latest one. Can hardly wait! In the past year I have listened to the entire series again.
My daughter and I have read every Eve book and are amazed that we never tire of them. We do prefer the ones where Eve, Roark or someone they love is captured or in grave danger. Of course Eve and or Roark always save the day. Those seem to have more suspense and make us stay awake reading until our eyes simply won’t stay open. Long live Eve and Roark! Please keep the series going.
I have been reading Nora Roberts since she started in the 1980,s Even had my picture taken with Nora when she came to a book signing in Ga. Very cool. And yes I agree that none of her books should be made into movies. It actually changes the book and isn’t want the writer wrote. I read The Color Purple and then it came on Tv and I was very disappointed.
So lets keep reading them as fast as they hit the book stores.
Sue Grafton was right about not having any of her books made into a movie. I hope her family honor her wishes. I saw Janet Evanovich’s “One For The Money”. It was very disappointing.
I don’t think I would get hook on book series. I have read all the series. I was never disappointed. Keep up the good work, J.D. Robb. I look forward to reading new ones in the series.
I HAVE to read a book series in order. My type A personality I guess. I started many years ago with Naked in death and ‘ Dark in death(46), a few moments ago. I don’t get much time to read and I like to read other authors in between, so it has taken me about 15 years to get this far. I have enjoyed every book and have not once stopped mid book without finishing. I’m also one of those people who cannot read more than one book at a time. I get too involved with the characters to do that. I do also read Nora Roberts but admit, its been a while as they were becoming predictable. I’m sure I will go back. Anyway, I have to go. On to #47, Leverage in death, here I come!! 🙂
I just finished Golden In Death. When do you think the next book will come out?
I have also become an addicted to this “in death series….have 3 books to go,….and I hope there are more ! Please let there be more
To Noelle Holmes – February 2020
I found taken in Death on Ebay with 2 other stories and Wonderment in Death in the compilation down the Rabbit Hole also on Ebay.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THESE BOOKS MADE INTO TV. MSRISKA HARGITAY FOR EVE AND PIERCE BROSNAN AS RORKE. THE GIRL WHO
PLAYED ON ROBOT COP WITH THE BOWL HAIR CUT WOULD BE GOOD FOR PEABODY. FILL IN THE REST WITH WHOEVER. JUST PLEASE DON’T STOP WRITING DEATH SERIES. I ALSO DONATED THESE BOOKS TO GOODWILL AND NOW LIKE AN IDIOT I’M TRYING TO COLLECT THE WHOLE SERIES. LOVE THEM. GUESS YOU COULD SAY I’M ADDICTED.
I am wondering if someone can tell me where I can purchase Taken in Death and Wonderment in Death, I’ve purchase what I thought was the Books and to my dismay had received the Audio Copies, I would like to purchase the Books if they are available.. My wife is a lover of this In Death Series, She has read every copy to date and because I have purchased them she is starting to re read them. I have these two books in Audio CDs but cannot listen to them till I buy another CD Player, I now own a copy of ever book in the In Death Series, that includes the last one 50th edition Golden in Death, which was released here on the 4th Feb, 2020. If anyone could assist me in location these 2 books in Book form would most appreciated. thank you.
My wife and I started the series together in audio book format. We are almost through the entire series. We have laughed, cried and feel like we know all of these people personally. It has been an amazing adventure!
Keep writing i got my daughter hook on the death series. Even if Dallas gets pregnant it shouldn’t interfere also when is Peabody getting married