Book Series That Need To Be Read In Order
A few years ago, I had a cool posting on the books I had read and what order they should be read in…well, with all the movement of my blogs, that posting got lost! Soooooo, here is a new one.
I will add to this regularly, so book mark it and come back.
If you find a broken link…comment below. These Authors change web sites more than I change socks! :-)
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Barry Eisler, John Rain series, start with “Rain Fall” (Mr. Eisler renamed it: “A Clean Kill in Tokyo”). Read my review here.
Barry Eisler, Ben Treven series, start with “Fault Line”. Read my review here.
Brad Thor, Scot Harvath series, start with “The Lions of Lucerne”
Brian Haig, Sean Drummond series, start with “Secret Sanction”.
Carolyn Haines, Sarah Booth Delaney series, start with “Them Bones”.
C.E. Lawrence, Lee Campbell series, start with “Silent Screams”. See my review here.
C.J. Box, Joe Pickett series, start with “Open Season”. See my review here.
Clive Cussler, Dirk Pitt series, start with “The Mediterranean Caper”
Clive Cussler, The Oregon Files series, start with “Golden Buddha”
Clive Cussler, The NUMA Files series, start with “Serpent”
Colin Cotterill, Jimm Juree series, start with “Killed at the Whim of a Hat”. My review.
Dan Brown, Robert Langdon series, start with “Angels & Demons”
Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon Series, start with “The Kill Artist”.
David Baldacci, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series, start with “Split Second”.
David Baldacci, Oliver Stone, Camel Club, series, start with “The Camel Club”.
David Baldacci, A Shaw series, start with “The Whole Truth”. See my review here.
David Baldacci, John Puller series, start with “Zero Day”. Read my Review.
D.J. MacHale, Pendragon Series, start with “Pendragon: The Merchant of Death”. See my review here.
D.J. MacHale, Morpheus Road series, start with “The Light”.
David J. Walker, Wild Onion, Ltd Series (Kirsten & Dugan), start with “A Ticket to Die For”
Diana Gabaldon, The “Outlander” series, start with “Outlander”
George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire Saga, start with “A Game of Thrones”
James Patterson, Alex Cross series, start with “Along Came A Spider”.
James Patterson, Michael Bennett series, start with “Step on a Crack”.
James Rollins, Sigma Force series, start with “Sandstorm”.
Janet Evanovich, Stephanie Plum series, start with “One For the Money” (Read my review)
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter series, start with “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
John Gilstrap, Jonathan Grave series, start with “No Mercy”. See my review here.
John Lescroart, Dismas Hardy series, start with “Dead Irish”.
John Sanford, The Prey Series (Lucas Davenport), start with “Rules of Prey”.
Jon Land, Caitlin Strong series, start with “Strong Enough to Die”. See my review here.
Jordan Dane, “No One” series, start with “No One Heard Her Scream”. See my review here.
Jordan Dane, “Sweet Justice” series, start with “Evil Without A Face”. See my review here.
Joseph Finder, Nick Heller series, start with “Vanished”. See my review here.
Karin Slaughter, Will Trent Series, start with “TripTych“.
Karin Slaughter, Grant County Series, start with “Blindsighted“.
Kathy Reichs, Temperance Brennan series, start with “Deja Dead”.
Kelli Stanley, Miranda Corbie series, start with “City of Dragons”. Read my review here.
Kelli Stanley, Arcturus series, start with “Nox Dormienda” but read my review of “The Curse Maker” here.
Kyle Mills, Mark Beamon series, start with “Rising Phoenix”.
Lee Child, Jack Reacher series, start with “Killing Floor”.
Mary Kennedy, Maggie Walsh, Talk Radio Mystery, series, start with “Dead Air”. See my review here.
Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch series, start with “The Black Echo”.
Michael Connelly, Mickey Haller series, start with “The Lincoln Lawyer”.
Michelle Gagnon, Kelly Jones series, start with “The Gatekeeper”.
Mike Lawson, Joe DeMarco series, start with “The Inside Ring”.
Naomi Novik, Temeraire series, start with “His Majesty’s Dragon”. (Read my review here)
Perri O’Shaughnessy, Nina Reilly series, start with “Motion to Suppress”
Robert Ludlum, Bourne series, start with “The Bourne Identity”.
Robin Cook, Laurie Montgomery series, start with “Blindsight”.
Stephen Coonts, Jake Grafton series, start with “Flight of the Intruder”
Stephen Coonts, Tommy Carmellini series, start with “Liars and Thieves”.
Stephen Coonts, Deep Black series, start with “Deep Black”.
Stephen Frey, Christian Gillette series, start with “The Chairman”. See my review here.
Stephenie Meyer, Twilight series, start with “Twilight”. See Kristen’s review of “Eclipse” here.
Steve Berry, Cotton Malone series, start with “The Templar Legacy”. Read my review here.
Steve Martini, Paul Madriani series, start with “Compelling Evidence”
Steven James, Patrick Bowers series, start with “The Pawn”. See my review here.
Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington Series (and others!), start with “New York Dead”
Sue Grafton, Kinsey Millhone series, start with “A is for Alibi”.
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games series, start with “The Hunger Games”. (read my review here)
Vince Flynn, Mitch Rapp series, start with “Term Limits”
Posted on March 16, 2011, in Book Series and tagged book review, book reviews, book series, books, books review, books that need to be read in order, books to read in order, ebook, ebook reader, ebooks, fiction, Mystery, new books, novel, novels, thriller, thrillers. Bookmark the permalink. 23 Comments.



Diana Gabaldon – Read “Outlander” first
I’ll add her on Monday! Thx…
I’m a slacker…just added
Lee Childs, Reacher series
Thanks! You are right! I will add Childs…but, interestingly, I have not read any of his books yet. Sooo many books…so little time.
In your list I don’t see John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport series, or any of Stuart Woods’ Stone Barrington, Holly Barker, Will Lee, Ed Eagle, or Rick Barron series. ALL those series are excellant reads. Thanks for the other series author tips!
So I guess you want me to work?
Thanks…I will add. Again, I have not read any of these authors. I need to live to 1,000.
Daniel Silva has an excellent series that needs to be on the list!
Will do, thanks!
My favorite author is missing from your list!
– Kathy Reichs start with Deja Dead
Thanks. I will add her. So many books….
Thank you for the list…..I am always looking for book series to read. It is always good to know the first book! Now I just nded my library to update its’ e-books to include some lesser known authors.
Thank you for this list, I love to read books in order when I can.
Me too…it all started when I started reading Martini and I came in AFTER the death of a major character….:-)
Have started re-reading books I read years and years ago…John Lescroart, John Sandford, Robert Crais…am trying to do this in order and this has helped me immensely!!!!
Glad to help.
Happy reading.
I know any list will not include all the authors with recurring characters, but here are some excellent ones that you missed …
Catherine Coulter – Sherlock and Savitch series
Dennis Lehane – Kenzie and Genarro series
Harlen Coben – Myron Bolitar series
John McDonald – Travis McGee series
John Sandford – Virgil Flowers series
Jonathan Kellerman – Alex Delaware series
Particia Cornwell – Dr Kay Scarpetta series
Randy Wayne White – Doc Ford series
Rex Burns – Gabe Wager series
Robert B. Parker – Spenser series
Robert B. Parker – Jessie Stone series
Robert Crais – Elvis Cole series
Stuart Woods – Ed Eagle series
Stuart Woods – Holly Barker series
Everyone wants me to work! haha…
I will add….thanks!
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Am I misssing something! I don’t see the rest of the books in each series.
Thanks
I do this for nothing…soooo, click on the links for all the books.
Great. Always looking
for the order of publication. Looking now for “Novels of the Change”. By S.M. Stirling.
Thanks, Saul. Now all I need is more time! So many books….
Thanks for this excellent list, Mike!