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If you are looking to start a new mystery series or want to catch up with the rest of a series you’ve started, check out the mystery authors and their series in order below. Click on an author’s name to see the author’s bio page and their books in order of publication and chronological timeline, along with a link to reviews for books in the series.

Most mystery authors have written more than one series, so if you are looking for a particular series in order, rather than all the books written by the author, here you will find each mystery and thriller series listed separately under the author’s name.

This page is constantly updated with new authors included. While I can’t possibly add every crime, mystery and thriller author who has written a book to date, if you have a favorite and you don’t see it on the list, let me know in the comments section and I will add it here.

The mystery authors page is useful if you know the name of a series (e.g. Jack Reacher), but it has momentarily failed you who the author is, or you’re simply interested in learning about new authors you want to start catching up to.

In addition, you can also check out the authors/books listed in the mystery genres below:

Legal thriller authors

Medical thriller authors

Romantic suspense authors

Techno-thriller authors


A

Ben Aaronovitch

  • Peter Grant series

Edward S. Aarons

  • Sam Durell series

Alex Abella

  • Charlie Morell series

Jeff Abbott

  • Sam Capra series
  • Whit Mosley series
  • Jordan Poteet Mystery series

Mark Abernethy

  • Alan McQueen series

Keith Ablow

  • Frank Clevenger series

J.L. Abramo

  • Jake Diamond PI series

Mario Acevedo

  • Felix Gomez series

Rick Acker

  • Dead Man’s Rule series

Hal Ackerman

  • Harry Stein series

Gilbert Adair

  • Evadne Mount Trilogy

Suzanne Adair

  • Mystery of the American Revolution series
  • Michael Stoddard American Revolution Thriller series

Elizabeth Adler

  • Mac Reilly series

Catherine Aird

  • Inspector Sloan series

Mark Alpert

  • Final Theory series

Steve Alten

  • MEG series
  • Domain series
  • Loch series
  • Grim Reaper series

Carmen Amato

  • Emilia Cruz mystery series

Richard Van Anderson

  • David McBride trilogy

Glen Apseloff

  • standalone medical thrillers

Gretchen Archer

  • Davis Way cozy mystery series

M.J. Arlidge

  • Helen Grace series

Ace Atkins

  • Nick Travers series
  • Quinn Colson series
  • Spenser series


B

Kathleen Bacus

  • Calamity Jayne Mystery series

Joseph Badal

  • Bob Danforth series
  • Lassiter/Martinez Case Files

David Baldacci

  • Sean King & Michelle Maxwell series
  • Camel Club series
  • Shaw series
  • Will Robie series
  • John Puller series
  • Amos Decker series

Frankie Y. Bailey

  • Lizzie Stuart Mystery series

Robert Bailey

  • McMurtrie and Drake legal thriller series

Shannon Baker

  • A Nora Abbot Mystery series

Mignon Franklin Ballard

  • Miss Dimple Kilpatrick series
  • Augusta Goodnight series

Linwood Barclay

  • Zack Walker series
  • No Time For Goodbye series

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

  • Debutantes series
  • The Naturals series
  • The Fixer series
  • Tattoo series
  • The Squad series
  • Golden
  • Raised by Wolves
  • The Inheritance Games
  • The Grandest Game

Nevada Barr

  • Anna Pigeon series

Fiona Barton

  • Kate Waters series

Jefferson Bass

  • The Body Farm series

Sydney Bauer

  • David Cavanaugh series

Carolyn Baugh

  • Nora Khalil series

James Becker

  • Chris Bronson series
  • The Lost Treasure of the Templars series

James Scott Bell

  • Ty Buchanan series
  • Mike Romeo series
  • Irish Jimmy Gallagher series
  • Force of Habit series
  • Shanon Saga
  • Trials Of Kit Shannon series

Steve Berry

  • Cotton Malone series
  • Cassiopeia Vitt Adventure series
  • Luke Daniels series

Mark Billingham

  • Tom Thorne series

Lisa Black

  • Theresa MacLean series
  • Gardiner and Renner series

Sharon Bolton (aka S.J. Bolton)

  • Lacey Flint series

Stephen Booth

  • Ben Cooper & Diane Fry series

C. J. Box

  • Joe Picket series
  • Cody Hoyt series
  • Cassie Dewell series

Jill Brock

  • Maggie and Odessa Mysteries series

Allison Brennan

  • Predator trilogy
  • No Evil trilogy
  • Prison Break trilogy
  • 7 Deadly Sins series
  • FBI trilogy
  • Lucy Kincaid series
  • River City series
  • Max Revere series
  • Moreno & Heart Mysteries
  • Quinn & Costa Thrillers
  • Regan Merrit series

Dan Brown

  • Robert Langdon series

Sandra Brown

  • standalone romantic suspense novels

Jack Du Brul

  • Philip Mercer series
  • The Oregon Files

Robert Bryndza

  • DCI Erika Foster series
  • Kate Marshall series

D.W. Buffa

  • Joseph Antonelli series

James Lee Burke

  • Dave Robicheaux series
  • Billy Bob Holland series
  • Hackberry Holland series
  • Weldon Holland series

Mary Burton

  • Texas Ranger series
  • Senseless series
  • Morgans of Nashville series
  • The Forgotten Files series


C

Laura Caldwell

  • Izzy McNeil series

Linda Castillo

  • Kate Burkholder series

Lee Child

Lincoln Child

Tom Clancy

  • Jack Ryan series
  • John Clark series
  • Jack Ryan Jr. series

Anne Cleeland

  • Doyle and Acton series

Ann Cleeves

  • George and Molly Palmer-Jones series
  • Inspector Ramsay series
  • Vera Stanhope series
  • Shetland series
  • Two Rivers series
  • Jimmy Perez series

Peter Clement

  • Dr. Earl Garnet series
  • Dr. Richard Steele series

Mary Higgins Clark

  • Alvirah & Willy series
  • Under Suspicion series

Harlan Coben

  • Myron Bolitar series
  • Mickey Bolitar series
  • Windsor Horne Lockwood III series

Daniel Cole

  • Fawkes and Baxter

John A. Connell

  • Mason Collins series

Michael Connelly

  • Harry Bosch series
  • Mickey Haller series
  • Terry McCaleb series
  • Jack McEvoy series
  • Renée Ballard series

John Connolly

  • Charlie Parker series
  • Samuel Johnson series
  • The Chronicles of the Invaders Trilogy

Beverly Connor

Robin Cook

  • Jack Stapleton
  • Laurie Montgomery series

Patricia Cornwell

  • Kay Scarpetta series
  • Andy Brazil series
  • Vin Garano series
  • Captain Chase series

Catherine Coulter

  • FBI Thriller series
  • A Brit In The FBI series

Robert Crais

  • Elvis Cole & Joe Pike series
  • Scott James & Maggie

Deborah Crombie

  • Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James series

A. J. Cross

  • Dr. Kate Hanson series
  • Will Traynor Forensic Mystery series
  • Teigan Craft Forensic Mystery series

Blake Crouch

  • Wayward Pines series
  • Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite series
  • Letty Dobesh series

Chris Culver

  • Ash Rashid series
  • Gabe Ward series

Clive Cussler

  • Dirk Pitt series
  • NUMA Files
  • Oregon Files
  • Isaac Bell Adventures
  • Fargo Adventures

D

Mark Dawson

  • John Milton series
  • Beatrix Rose series
  • Isabella Rose series
  • Soho Noir series

Jeffery Deaver

  • Lincoln Rhyme series
  • Kathryn Dance series
  • John Pellam series

Nelson deMille

  • John Sutter series
  • Paul Brenner series
  • John Corey series
  • Joe Ryker series
  • Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor series

Phillip DePoy

  • Flip Tucker series
  • Fever Develin series
  • Foggy Moskowitch series
  • Phillip Marlowe series

Robert Dugoni

  • Tracy Crosswhite series
  • David Sloane series

John Dunning

  • Cliff Janeway series


E

Mark Edwards

  • Kate Maddox series
  • Patrick Lennon series

Barry Eisler

  • John Rain series
  • Ben Treven series

Allen Eskens

  • Max Rupert series

Janet Evanovich

  • Stephanie Plum series
  • Fox And O’Hare series
  • Full series
  • Lizzy & Diesel series
  • Knight And Moon series


F

Linda Fairstein

  • Alexandra Cooper series
  • Devlin Quick series

Joseph Finder

  • Nick Heller series

Vince Flynn

Gillian Flynn

  • standalone novels

G.M. Ford

  • Leo Waterman series
  • Frank Corso series

Brian Freeman

  • Jonathan Strides series
  • Cab Bolton series

Barbara Freethy

  • Deception series
  • Sanders Brothers series
  • Lightning Strikes trilogy
  • Off the Grid: FBI trilogy

Tana French

  • Dublin Murder Squad series

G

Lisa Gardner

  • FBI Profiler series
  • Detective D.D. Warren series
  • Tessa Leoni series

Meg Gardiner

  • Evan Delaney series
  • Jo Beckett series
  • UNSUB series

Julie Garwood

  • Buchanan-Renard-MacKenna series

Elizabeth George

  • Inspector Lynley series
  • Whidbey Island Saga/Saratoga Woods series

Tess Gerritsen

  • Rizzoli & Isles series
  • Martini Club series

Simon Gervais

  • Mike Walton series
  • Pierce Hunt series

Joel Goldman

  • Lou Mason series
  • Jack Davis series
  • Alex Stone series

Chris Grabenstein

  • John Ceepak series
  • several children series

Sue Grafton

  • Kinsey Millhone series

Heather Graham

  • Bone Island series
  • Flynn Brothers series
  • Harrison Investigation series
  • Krewe of Hunters series
  • Suspense series
  • Soap series

Andrew Child / Andrew Grant

  • David Trevellyan series
  • Cooper Devereaux series

Mark Greaney

  • The Gray Man/Court Gentry series
  • co-author for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series

Elly Griffiths

  • Ruth Galloway series
  • DI Stephens & Max Mephisto series

Martha Grimes

  • Richard Jury series
  • Emma Graham series
  • Andi Olivier series

James Grippando

  • Jack Swyteck series

John Grisham

  • Theodore Boone series
  • standalone legal thrillers

Andrew Gross

  • Ty Hauck series


H

Steve Hamilton

  • Alex McKnight series

Jane Harper

  • Aaron Falk series

C.S. Harris

  • Sebastian St. Cyr series
  • Jax Alexander series (written as C.S. Graham)

John Hart

  • Johnny Merrimon series

Steven F. Havill

  • Bill Bastner series
  • Posadas Country series
  • Dr. Thomas Parks series

Sam Hawken

  • Camaro Espinoza series

Paula Hawkins

  • standalone psychological thriller novels

Mo Hayder

  • Jack Caffery series

Mark E. Henshaw

  • Kyra Stryker and Jonathan Burke series

David Hewson

  • Nic Costa series
  • The Killing series
  • Pieter Vos series

Tony Hillerman

  • Leaphorn & Chee series

Tami Hoag

  • Kovac & Liska series
  • Oak Knoll series
  • Elena Estes series
  • Deer Lake series
  • Broussard and Fourcade series

Kay Hooper

  • Bishop/SCU series
  • Quinn/Thief series

Victoria Houston

  • Loon Lake Fishing series

Linda Howard

  • Rescues series
  • Mackenzie Family Saga
  • CIA Spies series
  • Blair Mallory series

Stephen Hunter

  • Bob Lee Swagger series
  • Earl Swagger series
  • Ray Cruz series

Graham Hurley

  • Joe Faraday
  • Jimmy Suttle

Gregg Hurwitz

  • Orphan X series
  • Tim Rackley series
  • Rains series


I

Greg Iles

  • Penn Cage series
  • Nanchez Burning series

Polly Iyer

  • Diana Racine series

J

Lisa Jackson

  • San Francisco series
  • To Die/Montana series
  • West Coast series
  • New Orleans series
  • Savannah series
  • Colony series
  • Wyoming series

Peter James

  • Roy Grace series
  • Cold Hill series
  • Max Flynn series

Steven James

  • Patrick Bowers Files
  • The Bowers Files: The New York Years
  • Travis Brock series
  • The Jevin Banks Experience series
  • Blur Trilogy

J.A. Jance

  • J.P. Beaumont series
  • Ali Reynolds series
  • Joanna Brady series
  • Walker Family series

Iris Johansen

  • Eve Duncan series
  • Catherine Ling series
  • Kendra Michaels series
  • Wind Dancer series


K

Alex Kava

  • Maggie O’Dell series
  • Ryder Creed series

Jonathan Kellerman

  • Alex Delaware series
  • Petra Connor series
  • Jacob Lev series
  • Clay Edison series

Jerry Kennealy

  • Nick Polo series
  • Carroll Quint series

David S. Khara

  • The Consortium Trilogy

Raymond Khouri

  • Templar series

Stephen King

  • Shining series
  • Dark Tower series
  • Mr. Mercedes trilogy
  • Talisman series

Susan Kraus

  • Grace McDonald series

William Kent Krueger

  • Cork O’Connor series

Pol Koutsakis

  • Stratos Gazis series


L

Jon Land

  • Caitlin Strong series
  • The Tyrant series
  • Ben Kamal & Danielle Barnea series
  • Blaine McCracken series
  • Jared Kimberlain series
  • Murder She Wrote series

Victoria Laurie

  • Psychic Eye Mystery series
  • Ghost Hunter Mystery series
  • Oracles Of Delphi Keep series
  • When series
  • The Life Coach Mystery series

Joyce and Jim Lavene

  • numerous cozy mystery series

Stephen Leather

  • Dan “Spider” Shepherd series
  • Jack Nightingale series
  • Inspector Zhang and Mike Cramer series

Patrick Lee

  • Travis Chase trilogy
  • Sam Dryder series

Dennis Lehane

  • Kenzie & Gennaro series
  • Coughlin series

John Lescroart

  • Auguste Lupa series
  • Dismas Hardy series
  • Abe Glitsky series
  • Wyatt Hunt series

Paul Levine

  • Jake Lassiter series
  • Solomon vs. Lord series
  • standalone legal thrillers

Katia Lief

  • Karin Schaeffer series
  • The Searchers series

Jeff Lindsay

Judith Lucci

  • Alex Destephano series
  • Michaela McPherson series

Robert Ludlum

  • Jason Bourne series
  • Covert-One series
  • Paul Janson series

Eric Van Lustbader

  • Nicholas Linnear series
  • China Maroc series
  • Jason Bourne series
  • Jack McClure series
  • Bravo Shaw series
  • Sunset Warrior series
  • Evan Ryder series


M

Jonathan Maberry

  • Joe Ledger series
  • Rogue Team International series
  • Rot & Ruin series
  • Pine Deep trilogy
  • Dead Of Night series
  • Dylan Quinn series
  • The Nightsiders series

Stuart MacBride

  • Loan McRae series
  • Ash Henderson series

Henning Mankell

  • Kurt Wallander series

Scott Mariani

  • Ben Hope series
  • DI Tom McAllister series
  • Will Bowman series
  • Vampire Federation series

Angela Marsons

  • DI Kim Stone series

Michael Marshall Smith

  • The Straw Men series
  • The Intruders

Monique Martin

  • Out of Time series
  • Saving Time series

Robert Masello

  • Carter Cox series

Kristine Mason

  • CORE Shadow trilogy
  • Ultimate CORE trilogy
  • Psychic CORE series
  • CORE Above The Law series
  • Reality TV series

Archer Mayor

  • Joe Gunther series

Ed McMbain

  • 87th Precinct series
  • Matthew Hope series

Val McDermid

  • Tony Hill series
  • Lindsay Gordon series
  • Kate Brannigan series
  • Karen Pirie series
  • Allie Burns series

Brad Meltzer

  • Culper Ring series

Rick Mofina

  • Tom Reed & Walt Sydowski series
  • Jason Wade series
  • Jack Gannon series
  • Kate Page series

Shaun Morey

  • Atitcus Fish series

N

Carla Neggers

  • Carriage House series
  • Cold Ridge/U.S. Marshals series
  • Sharpe & Donovan series
  • Swift River Valley series
  • Black Falls series

Jo Nesbo

  • Harry Hole series
  • Blood on Snow series

Brenda Novak

  • Fairham Island Series
  • Evelyn Talbot Chronicles
  • Bulletproof trilogy
  • Dept 6 Hired Guns series
  • Last Stand series
  • Stillwater Trilogy


O

Meg O’Brien

  • Jessica “Jesse” James series

Carol O’Connell

  • Kathleen Mallory series


P

P.J. Parrish

  • Louis Kincaid series

James Patterson

  • Alex Cross series
  • Women’s Murder Club series
  • Private series
  • Michael Bennett series
  • NYPD Red series
  • Maximum Ride series
  • The Black Box series

Louise Penny

  • Armand Gamache series

Anne Perry

  • Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series
  • William Monk series
  • Christmas Stories series
  • World War I series
  • Timepiece series
  • Tathea series

Thomas Perry

  • Butcher’s Boy series
  • Jane Whitefield series
  • Jack Till series

Elizabeth Peters

Linda La Plante

  • Legacy series
  • Prime Suspect series
  • Lorraine Page series
  • Trial and Retribution series
  • Anna Travis series

Scott Pratt

  • Joe Dillard series

Douglas Preston


Q

Sheila Quigley

  • Lorraine Hunt series, Mike Yorke trilogy

Anthony J. Quinn

  • Celsius Daly series


R

Ian Rankin

  • Inspector Rebus
  • Malcolm Fox series

Kathy Reichs

  • Temperance Brennan series
  • Virals – Tory Brennan series

Karen Robards

  • Dr. Charlotte Stone series
  • Jessica Ford series
  • The Guardian

J.D. Robb

  • In Death/Eve Dallas series

Peter Robinson

  • DCI Banks series

James Rollins

  • Sigma Force Series
  • standalone adventure novels

Karen Rose

  • Romantic Suspense series
    • Chicago
    • New Orleans
    • Baltimore
    • St. Petersburg
    • Cincinnati
    • Minneapolis
    • Sacramento
    • San Diego
    • Daniel Vartanian

Garry Ryan

  • Detective Lane series
  • Blackbirds series


S

John Sandford

  • Lucas Davenport/Prey series
  • Letty Davenport series
  • Virgil Flowers series
  • Kidd series
  • The Singular Menace series

Jonathan Santlofer

  • Kate McKinnon series
  • Nate Rodriguez series

Lisa Scottoline

  • Rosato & Associates series
  • Rosato & DiNuncio series
  • Harold Middleton series
  • The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman series

Maggie Shayne

  • Mordercai Young series
  • Secrets Of Shadow Falls series
  • Brown & De Luca series
  • Shattered Sisters series
  • Wings In The Night series
  • Fairies Of Shara series
  • Immortal Witches series
  • Portal series
  • Texas Brand series
  • Oklahoma All-Girl Brand series
  • The McIntyre Men series

Jeffrey Siger

  • Andreas Kaldis series

Daniel Silva

  • Gabriel Allon series
  • Michael Osbourne series

Karin Slaughter

  • Grant County series
  • Will Trent series
  • Georgia series
  • Good Daughter series
  • Andrea Oliver series

Walter Sorrells

  • Hunted series
  • Flight 29 Down series
  • Pendragon: Before the war series
  • Cold Case Thriller series
  • Sunny Childs series

Steven Spruill

  • Elias Kane series
  • Rulers Of Darkness series

Roger Stelljes

  • McRyan Mystery series

Daniel Suarez

  • Demon series

James Swain

  • Tony Valentine series
  • Jack Carpenter series
  • Peter Warlock series
  • Billy Cunningham series


T

Jon Talton

  • David Mapstone series
  • Will Borders series

Robert K. Tanenbaum

  • Butch Karp series

Brad Taylor

  • Pike Logan series
  • Task Force series

James Thompson

  • Inspector Kari Vaara series

Charles Todd

  • Inspector Ian Rutledge series
  • Bess Crawford series

Brad Thor

  • Scot Harvath series
  • Athena series

Mary Torjussen

  • standalone psychological thrillers

Simon Toyne

  • Sanctus trilogy
  • Solomon Creed series

P.J. Tracy

  • Monkeewrench series

Scott Turow

  • Kindle County series


U

Lisa Unger

  • Lydia Strong series
  • Ridley Jones series
  • Jones Cooper series
  • Whispers trilogy


V

Jack Vance

  • Dying Earth series
  • Demon Princes Cadwall Chronicles
  • Lyonnese series


W

M.D. Waters

  • Archetype series

Chuck Wendig

  • Zeroes series
  • Miriam Black series
  • Mookie Pearl series

F. Paul Wilson

  • Adversary Cycles series
  • Repairman Jack series

Jacqueline Winspear

  • Maisey Dobbs series

Ben H. Winters

  • Last Policeman trilogy

Leslie Wolfe

  • Alex Hoffman series
  • Tess Winnett series
  • Baxter and Holt series

Tom Wood

  • Victor The Assassin series

Stuart Woods

  • Stone Barrington series
  • Holly Barker series
  • Will Lee series
  • Ed Eagle series
  • Rick Barron series

X
Qiu Xiaolong

  • Inspector Chen series

Y

Rick Yancey

  • The Highly Effective Detective series

Joyce Yarrow

  • Jo Epstein series

Tom Young

  • Michael Parson & Sofia Gold series

Z

Joakim Zander

  • Klara Walldéen series

136 Comments

  1. Can you add Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling writing as), they are such great stories!

    Love this site

  2. Hello,

    Iona wishaw has written a great historical fiction mystery series (9 books I think) set in Nelson BC Canada

  3. Hello,
    I hope you are well. I’m author J.T. Kelly. My website is http://www.kellyfairways.us which displays my seven mystery/thriller novels. How do you determine the books to review and/or list on your site?
    Thanks,
    J.T.

  4. Love this reference! Would love to see David Rosenfelt added to your list of authors.

  5. Hello,

    Would love to see Eriq La Salle’s thriller series added to your list!

  6. PG Lengsfelder’s BEAUTIFUL TO THE BONE (The Eunis Trilogy – BookOne). I hear the next in the series will be out early this fall.

  7. Great list! Absolutely agree with all entries. What about Shari Lapena and Ruth Ware?

  8. Please consider Margaret Coel’s series on the Wind River Reservation in Central Wyoming…Arapahos…featuring Father O’Malley and Attorney Vickie Holden, herself an Arapaho.

  9. I have read the series from L.Penny, A.Kava, K.Slaughter, T.Gerritsen, L.Gardner, R.Bryndza, A.Marsons, M.J.Arldige.

    In your list I miss Caroline Mitchell (DI Amy Winter, DS Ruby Preston), Carol Wyer (DI Robyn Carter, DI Natalie Ward) and especially Jane Casey (DC Jane Kerrigan, DS from book 7). I don’t read the Jennifer Knight series from Caroline Mitchell as it is a bit supernatural which is less my cup of tea.
    Maybe you could add these three authors.

  10. Where is ” Ruth Ware ” name and list of her great novels . I couldn’t put her books down as I read all 5 , one after the other .

  11. I am familiar with and follow (like) your blog.My book “The Cotton Candy Killer” was published by Solstice Press on September 3rd so I would like reviews or about December 1. I have zero reviews at present so yours would make a big difference. I would like review posted on Amazon, goodreads, and your blog. I can provide mobi, epub or pdf electronic copies or a paperback copy in exchange for a fair review.
    Only Raven knows her missing and estranged husband is in fact dead. She knows, because she killed him. Another murdered body has landed at her feet, and she must uncover the killer before the police investigation stumbles across her crime. Raven cannot allow her significant disability to interfere but must use it to her advantage before her prey turns the tables.
    This is my second novel in this series. The first, Reclaiming Raven, was published by Solstice Publishing in 2018. I have cared for two disabled women who required total care for more than twenty years, so I have strong experiences and feelings about these individuals and their struggles.
    disabled women who required total care for more than twenty years, so I have strong experiences and feelings about these individuals and their struggles.

    Please consider reviewing this second book about Raven, you won’t forget her.
    Kindest Thanks,
    Mary Holt

  12. Tim Downs would be nice to add. Thanks for this! It is helpful when looking for used books.

  13. My 5th Kim Reynolds mystery novel BLOOD FAMILY will be published May 15, 2020 by Encircle. Please add to the list! Sara Paretsky has said of the librarian sleuth: “Kim Reynolds is a thought-provoking character.”

  14. Hello,

    I just discovered your site and think it’s wonderful! What a great idea.
    Would you please consider adding my books? I’m an cozy mystery author and have 6 series and 70+ books.
    Here are my series names with descriptions and number of books currently in each series.

    Thank you for your kind consideration!

    Author Hope Callaghan

    Divine Cozy Mystery Series (5 books and counting)
    After relocating to the tiny town of Divine, Kansas, strange and mysterious things begin to happen to businesswoman, Jo Pepperdine and those around her.

    Garden Girls Cozy Mystery Series (23 books and counting)

    A lonely widower finds new purpose for her life when she and her senior friends help solve a murder in their small Midwestern town.

    Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery Series (17 books and counting)

    A recently divorced senior lands her dream job as Assistant Cruise Director onboard a mega passenger cruise ship and soon discovers she’s got a knack for solving murders.

    Made in Savannah Cozy Mystery Series (13 books and counting)

    A mother and daughter try to escape their family’s NY mob ties by making a fresh start in Savannah, GA but they soon realize you can run but you can’t hide from the past.

    Samantha Rite Mystery Series (3 books in this series)

    Heartbroken after her recent divorce, a single mother is persuaded to book a cruise and soon finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly adventure. Will she make it out alive?

    Sweet Southern Sleuths Cozy Mystery Series (12 short stories in this series)

    Twin sisters with completely opposite personalities become amateur sleuths when a dead body is discovered in their recently inherited home in Misery, Mississippi.

  15. Kate Atkinson (Jackson Brodie)
    Chris Knopf (Sam Acquillo)
    Ann Cleeves (Shetland Island, Vera Stanhope, Two Rivers)
    M. C. Beaton (Agatha Raisin, Hamish Macbeth)

  16. Paul Doiron’s series about Mike Bowditch, a Maine Game Warden, is excellent. You might consider adding this series.

  17. Robert McCammon writes mostly Horror/ Fantasy books but he has written a series called The Matthew Corbett series, which is an Historical Fiction mystery series. It is as well written as his Horror/fantasy books. Please look into this author.
    Thank you for your time.

  18. Please add author Andrea Kane as she writes The Forensic Instincts Series along with a ton of other books. Her books are like Iris Johansen’s… they keep you riveted to the story and you don’t want to stop reading right up to the end.
    Thank you for your time.

  19. Anne Hillerman published her third book in the Bernie Manuelito and Jim Chee series, “Song of the Lion”. Any chance you could add her to the list of series you track? Thanks. Love this site.

    1. You can find the Leaphorn & Chee series on the page I created for her dad, the late author Tony Hillerman. The latest books written by Anne are also added to the list.

  20. Would love to see more ebooks by Peter Robinson and Elly Griffiths. I know you have audio books by these authors, but ebooks are my favorites.

  21. Just found this site. Fabulous. Having read and re-read my favourite authors it is somewhere to find new ones. I notice you have not included any classic mystery authors.

  22. You don’t list either the Jason Bourne or Alex Cross series by Robert Ludlum, both of which are similar to the Jack Ryan series (including the Campus and/or John Clark series) by Tom Clancy. All of which either revolve around or cover the Central Intelligence Agency as a larger part of the series.

    I am also surprised that Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series is not included as well.

    All of which can be considered as Mystery/Thrillers

    1. Dan Brown added. Alex Cross series is by James Patterson and it has already been added on the site.
      Robert Ludlum will be added shortly.

  23. Thank you for this site. I come here to find new authors to try. I enjoy the Sasha McCandless series by Melissa F. Miller.

  24. Please consider adding my books to your list. I am the author of the “almost cozy” Miriam bat Isaac Mystery Series set in first-century CE Alexandria, Egypt. My protagonist is modeled after the legendary alchemist, Maria Hebrea.

    Miriam, with the help of her servant Phoebe, uses her primitive knowledge of metallurgy and medicine to solve crimes.

    Each book stands alone but is best read in order to see how the characters evolve and adjust to the growing turbulence in the Eastern Roman Empire.

    The books are praised for their historical accuracy and lyrical prose.
    THE DEADLIEST LIE (2013)
    THE DEADLIEST HATE (2015)
    THE DEADLIEST SPORT (coming next)

    1. Well it’s not really a crime mystery series, it’s paranormal romance. I’ve read it years ago and loved each book, but the genre doesn’t really match with the topic of this site.

  25. If I missed others talking about the Stieg Larsens “the girl who…” Books , I apologize but I didn’t see his name on your list. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo had 2 good sequels prior to the authors death. A new author has taken up the story with the blessing of Larsen’s family. Normally I wouldn’t consider reading a new authors take on a story that I really like but reviews were very positive.
    I read it and I liked it. The author respected the work done before him and honestly if I didn’t know Stieg was dead I would have thought it was the same author.
    The Girl in the Spiders Web is a good read but I would think it best to read them in order.
    That’s what this site is about😊

  26. I’d suggest adding Harry Bingham, author of the Fiona Griffiths series, set in Wales. Fiona is the strangest and most fascinating detective I’ve ever encountered. All the more fascinating because her strangeness is reality-based.

  27. Oh, and the Charlie Parker series by John Connolly (sp?). Mysteries with a supernatural flair.

  28. What a great site. I’d like to suggest Donna Leon (Commissario Brunetti). Takes place in Venice. And there’s always a map.

  29. I enjoy reading Elizabeth George’s Lynley and Havers series but it is not included in your list

  30. I enjoy Edward Marston’s mysteries. He has several current series including The Railway Detective and The Home Front Detective – both historical.
    Thank you for the lists, makes deciding what to buy next much easier.

  31. Might I suggest Sue Grafton, Tess Gerritsen, Ovidia Yu, and Ann Perry? Also, on the less terror but more relaxing end … Leslie Meier and Diane Mott Davidson.

  32. THANK YOU. My daughter got me a Kindle. I struggle to find the titles of the next in a series online …and then I found this.

  33. Thank you for your wonderful site. Please consider adding the series from Swedish author Lars Kepler, with Joona Linna.

  34. Wonderful site. Please add Quintin Jardine author of the Bob Skinner series. Thank you.

  35. Hi,
    Thanks for a great resource!
    Please add Mo Hayder to your list.
    One of the great thriller….. Authors
    Cheers,
    Chris

  36. What about Charles Todd (Ian Rutledge series and Bess Crawford series)?

  37. Thanks for David S. Khara, great series about agent Morg! Only one problem; these books are too short!

    Now how about including Steve Berry (Cotton Malone) to your list?

  38. Check out Gail Bowen, a Canadian writer – the Joanne Kilbourne Mysteries. Well worth reading.

  39. Laurie R. King – Mary Russell series and
    Dana Stabenow – Kate Shugak series

    Wonderful authors and great female protagonists.

  40. Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce series? The Amazon page for the first book, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, has a great Q&A with the author in which he says, “Flavia walked onto the page of another book I was writing, and simply hijacked the story.” Ben Aaronovitch’s PC Peter Grant supernatural mysteries are fun and funny, with fascinating infobits about London through the centuries thrown in.

    This is a great site, thanks!

  41. My sister Loretta Jackson and I are authors of two series–the Ardis Cole Mystery Series (an archaeological series set in different locations around the world) and the Jeff McQuede High Country Mystery Series (set in Wyoming) The Ardis Cole series is published by Rowe Publishing, and the High Country Mystery series was published by Amazon Encore. They are available as ebooks and paperbacks. We’d love to be included in your list.

  42. I’ve been enjoying two character driven mystery series by David Handler & M.C.Beaton. The 2nd author’s series is about a Scottish constable with 30 novels so far. Thank you for this website which has to be a labor of love.

  43. Robert B Parker:Spenser,Jesse Stone,Sunny Randall,and Cole and Hitch novels,also Ace Atkins who is continuing the Spenser series and has a series of his own :The Ranger,the Lost Ones and the Broken Places featuring Quinn Colson.

  44. Thank you so much for this wonderful site, some ideas, perhaps Jeffrey Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme series) as well as Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware series) and his wife Faye Kellerman (Peter Decker/Rhina Lazarus-Decker series)

  45. I would echo the suggestion of Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington is the hero) and would also recommend Jeffrey Archer, a British Author whose written about 30 novels, 4-5 Short Story collections and really captivates ones attention. I love him!

    Greg Veltema

  46. Hi: just discovered your site a few days ago and enjoy the lists and helps me catch up on missing titles in my reading. Someone asked earlier about John Sandford – Davenport, Flowers and Kidd series, however you didn’t mention them or say that you had any info on them yet. Will you add them to your listings?
    Thanks

  47. Hi – I am just curious if you have ever read F. Paul Wilson – Repairman Jack Series? He is such a wonderful character – I have read the entire series and thoroughly enjoyed them all. Not sure if you would categorize them as a mystery novel – I would.

    1. Oh yes I’ve read the Repairman Jack series and loved it! It’s actually a spin-off series from Adversary Cycle. Great series, both. I would classify them as supernatural thriller series. Will add them soon to the site.

  48. Ahhh how could I forget Julia Spencer-Fleming!!!!!! RIGHT up there with Louise Penny, on my list anyway

  49. P.J. Parrish is pretty awesome too. And Kathleen Ernst is super cool!! And G. M. Mallet. & Philip Depoy – Shirley Damagaard –

  50. My Roger and Suzanne mystery series is now at a total of nine books, all published as e-books on Amazon Kindle. The most recent is “Unbearably Deadly”. Does a Kindle-only series qualify for inclusion on your list?
    Thank you.

  51. Love the site. I recommend adding Tony Hillerman. Read so long ago I forget the lead detective character, but the series is set on U.S. Indian reservations.

  52. Another favorite author of mine is Nevada Barr. She writes a series staring Anna Pigeon, a National Park ranger. Each novel takes place in a different national park. You learn about the park and the area as well as reading about a murder mystery and watching Anna’s character develop. Anna is a strong female character. Wonderful books. You will enjoy reading this series. By the way, do you read all of the books that you add to your site? What a marvelous task!

    1. Yes, I read them all eventually – I’ve read most of those already listed, and some are on my TBR shelf to to read soon. love my readers input about series they’d love to see here, because that gives me new material to read!

  53. You had the Kenzie and Genarro series and Coughlin series for Dennis Lehane. Don’t forget the standalone psych thriller/mystery Shutter Island.

    Good news: Amazon and Hachette have settled their differences and the new Connelly book is available.

    1. That’s great news about Amazon, thanks for letting me know. Would have been a shame to not have the Connelly books at Amazon anymore.

  54. Where are Elizabeth George, Deborah Crombie, Martha Grimes, Frances Fyfield, Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd?

  55. I would also like to see Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme series ) and James Lee Burke (Dave Robixeau)
    This is fabulous place to catch up on my reading list!! I love that you have series in order. So I can fill in the few gaps I have . Misting one book in Scarpetta series!
    Hugs!

    1. Jeffery Deaver finally added. James Lee Burke was already on the list.

  56. Would your website be a good one for including Lynda La Plante? She has several mystery series, most famous the Anna Travis series.
    Cheers

  57. Hello,

    Some authors that definitely should be added to this site are:
    Graham Hurley’s Faraday and subsequent Jimmy Suttle series(UK); David Hewson’s Nick Costa series(Italy) and his new Pieter Vos series(Amsterdam); James Thompson’s Kari Vaara series (Finland). These series should be read in order for character progression and also past histories play a role in each of the novels.

    They are all superb reading and highly recommended.

    Unfortunately James Thompson passed away in August 2014 while working on his fifth or sixth Kari Vaara novel.

    1. James Thompson added. Yes he passed away last August while working on his 5th novel, Helsinki Dead 🙁

      Edit: Graham Hurley and David Hewson added as well.

  58. Would it be possible to add author William Kent Krueger? Cork O’Connor series set in Midwest Wisconsin and MN.
    Thanks for considering this request. He’s a great writer!

  59. How about John Sandford: Davenport, Flowers and Kidd series. Also Joel Goldman: Lou Mason, Jack Davis and Alex Stone.

    I like the site. I’m always looking for new authors.

    1. The Jo Nesbo books are being added soon. I mentioned him on the Henning Mankel page regarding the books being out of order (as an example). Will update the list as soon as the Jo Nesbo books are added (which is probably tomorrow).

      1. Thanks for adding Nesbo. Destined to become a classic series in thriller/mystery genre.

  60. Hello..two more. David Lee Burke -Dave Robicheaux series set in New Orleans…very good books! Also John Lescroart-Dismas Hardy series. They are legal and crime thriller books..also very good! Thanks for your blog!

    1. The Dismas Hardy series by John Lescroart are great legal/mystery thrillers. Please add when you can.

  61. Elizabeth George: Inspector Thomas Lynley?

    This is a great reference, thanks so much!

  62. How about adding 3 of my favorites; Steve Berry (Cotton Malone), Kathy Reich (Tempe Brennan) and Louise Penny (Armand Gamache).

      1. Definitely think Steve Berry should be added. Also brad meltzer and P.L. Gaus,
        Ricahrd North Patterson.

  63. Missing some of my favorites: Steven Havrill (Posadas County), Anne Hillerman (picking up where Tony left off), Jon Talton (Mapstone), C. J. Box (Joe Pickett), Archer Mayor (Joe Gunther), Jeffrey Siger (Andreas Kaldis), John Dunning (Cliff Janeaway), G.M. Ford (Leo Watterman), Louise Penny (Inspector Gamache), Robert Crais (Elvis Cole), everything Alan Furst ever wrote, Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt and Omega), Ed McBain (Matthew Hope), Shaun Morey (Atticus Fish), Roger Stelljes (McRyan), Chris Grabenstein (John Ceepak) Stuart Woods (Stone Barrington), Scott Pratt (Joe Dillard), Lee Goldberg (Jury series).

    1. Thank you Diane. I am adding the authors bit by bit as my time permits, one author at a time. Interestingly enough, I do have most of these authors as my own favorites as well.

      Louise Penny, John Dunning, Robert Crais, Steven F. Havill, Jon Talton, Archer Mayor, Jeffrey Siger, G.M. Ford, Stuart Woods, Ed McBain, Shaun Morey, Roger Stelljes, Chris Grabenstein and C. J. Box added.

      Clive Cussler was already added.

  64. You don’t have Louise Penny, a NYT best seller and Agatha nominee listed? She is a literary mystery author and such a treat. Her protagonist is Inspector Gmanche. Read these books!! In order as lots of character development occurs over time.

    1. Yep Louise penny is at the top of my list!and Deborah Crombie and Love love Elly Griffiths and Tania French!! And where’s Nevada Barr?!

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