Roger's Book List Last update 11 May 2012
While reading mysteries I found it annoying to discover that I was not reading the book series in order, I would find the author referring back to prior experiences. This caused me to go out on the internet, and the local library catalog, to establish a sequence for my reading.
In order to help others, and myself, I have listed some of the better books that I have read on this web page. If I am missing books, or have them out of order - please send me an e-mail at w7lz@arrl.net - please put " book list" in the subject line, as I receive a lot of SPAM and I may accidentally delete your note.
I think the best authors are: Barry Eisler, Lee Child, John Dunning, Henning Mankell, Donna Leon, Stieg Larsson, and Daniel Silva.
"r" means I have read the book. "res" means reserved at my local library
If you don't find your series here, try the Kent District Library, Kent County, MI, search feature at http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp
I currently have four sections: mysteries, historical fiction, non-fiction and travel.
Mysteries:
Stieg Larsson (1954 - 2004) – Mikael Blomkvist/Lisbeth Salander series
The setting is Sweden. The titles below are the English publication titles.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 2005
The Girl who played with fire - 2006
The Girl who kicked the hornet's nest - 2010
Barry Eisler – John Rain series
The setting is Japan, NYC, Brazil and Southeast Asia.
Rain Fall - 2002
Hard
Rain - 2003
Rain Storm - 2004
Killing Rain - 2005
The Last Assassin - 2006 - dave
Requiem for an Assassin - 2007 - dave
The Detachment - 2011 - r - dave
Barry Eisler – Ben Treven series
The setting is Washington D.C. Costa Rica and Southeast Asia.
Fault Line - r - dave
Inside Out - 2010 - r (Ben may search for John Rain in the next book) dave
Barry Eisler – short stories
The Lost Coast - a Larison short story (e-book only)
Paris is a Bitch - a Rain / Delilah short story (e-book only)
Lee
Child – Jack Reacher series
Killing
Floor – 1997
Die
Trying – 1998
Tripwire
– 1999
Running
Blind – 2000
Echo Burning – 2001 r
Without
Fail – 2002
Persuader
– 2003
The
Enemy – 2004
One
Shot – 2005
The Hard Way – 2006 r
Bad Luck and Trouble – 2007 r
Nothing to Lose – 2008 - r
Gone Tomorrow - 2009 - r
61 hours - 2010 - r
Worth Dying - 2010 - r
Second Son - xxxx - Kindle edition only (short story - Jack Reacher as a teenager)
John Dunning – Cliff Janeway series
Booked to Die - 1992 - r
The bookman's wake - 1995 - r
The bookman's promise - 2004 - r
The sign of the book - 2005 - r
The bookwoman's last fling - 2006 - r
(last checked for a new book in Apr 2012)
James Patterson – Alex Cross series
Along Came a Spider -1992-r
Kiss The Girls -1995-r
Jack and Jill -1996- r
Cat and Mouse 1999 - r
Pop goes the weasel - 1999 - r
Roses are red - 2000 - r
Violets are blue - 2001 - r
Four blind mice - 2002 - r
Big bad wolf - 2003 - r
London bridges - 2004 - r
Mary, Mary - 2005 - r
Cross - 2006 r
Double Cross - 2007 r
Cross Country 2009 - r
I, Alex Cross - 2009 - r
Kill Alex Cross - 2011 - r - dave
James Patterson, Womans Club series
1st to Die - 2001 - res
2nd Chance - 2002
3rd Degree - 2004
4th of July - 2005
The 5th Horseman - 2006
The 6th Target - 2007
The 7th Heaven - 2008
The 9th Judgment - 2010
James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge – Detective Michael Bennett series
Step on a Crack - 2007 r
Michael
Connelly, Harry Bosch series
The
Black Ice – 1993
The
Concrete Blonde – 1994
The
Last Coyote – 1995
Trunk
Music – 1997
Angeles Flight - 1999 - r
Blood
Work - 1998 - r (ex-FBI
agent Terrell McCaleb
A Darkness More Than Night – 2001 - r
City
Of
Lost
Light - 2003
The
Narrows 2004
The
Closers – 2005
Echo Park - 2006 - r
The Overlook - 2007 - r
The Brass Verdict - 2008 - r (Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch)
Nine Dragons - 2009 - r
The Reversal - 2010 - r
The Drop - 2011 - r
Michael
Connelly, Jack
McEvoy series
The Poet - 1996 -
The Scarecrow - 2009 - r
The setting is Los Angeles.
When the bough breaks 1985 - r
Blood Test - 1986 - r
Over the Edge - 1989 - r
Silent Partner - 1989 - r
Time Bomb - 1990 r
Private Eyes - 1992
Devil's Waltz - 1993
Bad Love - 1994
Self-defense - 1995
The Web - 1996
The Clinic - 1996
Survival of the Fittest - 1997
Monster - 1999
Dr. Death - 2000
Flesh and Blood - 2001
The Murder Book - 2002 - r
A Cold Heart - 2003
Therapy - 2004
Rage - 2005
Gone - 2006
Obsession - 2007
Compulsion - 2008
Jonathan Kellerman - Petra Connor series
The setting is Los Angeles.
Billy Straight
Twisted -r
Dan Brown – Robert Langdon series
Angeles & Demons - r
The Da Vinci Code - r
The Lost Symbol - r
The setting is a bloodhound training school in Georgia.
Death in Bloodhound Red - 1995
The
House On Bloodhound Lane – 1996
A Brace Of Bloodhounds – 1997
Blind Bloodhound Justice – 1998
Ten Little Bloodhounds – 1999
A Bloodhound to Die For - 2003
Patricia Cornwell – Scarpetta series
All That Remains - 1992
Cruel And Unusual - 1993
The Body Farm - 1994
Body Of Evidence - 1994
Postmortem - 1994
From Potters Field - 1995
Cause Of Death - 1996 r
Unnatural Exposure - 1997
Point
Of Origin - 1998
Black Notice - 1999
The Last Precinct - 2000
Blow Fly - 2003 r
Trace - 2004
Predator - 2005 r
Book of the Dead - 2007 -r
Scarpetta - 2008
The Scarpetta Factor - 2009
Henning Mankell - Kirk Wallander series
The setting is mostly Southeast Sweden.
The Pyramid - 1999 r - 4 short stories to start Kurt Wallander's early career - Dave
Faceless killers - 1997 ? r
The Fifth Woman - 1997 ? r
White Lioness - 1998 r
Man Who Smiled r
Sidetracked - 1999 r
One Step Behind - 2002 ? r
Firewall - 2002 ? r
The Grave - ? nr - not at amazon.com - a 90 page freebee
Dogs of Riga - 2003 r
Before the Frost - 2005 r
The Troubled Man - 2011 - the end of the Kurt Wallander series (I think) - r -Dave
Henning Mankell - stand alone fiction
The Man from Beijing - r - Dave
Italian Shoes - r - Dave
Depths - 2004 - r - a depressing read
Chronicler of the winds
The Eye of the Leopard - Dave - ask to bring to AZ - he did not bring
Kennedy's Brain
The Return of the Dancing Master
Arnaldur Indridason - Inspector Erlendur
The setting is Reykjavik Iceland.
Donna Leon - Commissario Guido Brunetti series
The setting is Venice Italy.
Death At La Fenice - 1992
Death In A Strange Country - 1993
Dressed For Death - 1994 (aka The Anonymous Venetian)
Death And Judgment - 1995 (aka A Venetian Reckoning)
Acqua Alta - 1996
Quietly in Their Sleep - 1997 (aka The Death of Faith)
A Noble Radiance - 1997
Fatal Remedies - April 1999
Friends In High Places - April 2000
A Sea Of Troubles - 2001 r
Wilful Behaviour - 2002
Uniform Justice - 2003
Doctored Evidence - 2004
Blood From A Stone - 2005
Through a Glass, Darkly - 2006 r
Suffer the Little Children - 2007 r
The Girl of His Dreams - 2008 r
About Face - 2009 - r
A Question of Belief - 2010 r
Drawing Conclusions - 2011 - r
Beastly Things - 2012 - res
Jeffery Deaver - Lincoln Rhyme series
Scott Turow - (good reads)
Presumed Innocent
The Burden of Proof
Ordinary Heros (may be a slow read - see amazon.com reviews)
Tony Hillerman - Sergent Jim Chee & Lt. Joe Leaphorn
The setting is the four corners area of the Southwest.
The Blessing Way - 1970 - send to dave
Dance of Hall of the Dead - 1973 - send to dave
Listening Woman - 1978
The People of Darkness - 1980
The Dark Wind - 1982
The Ghostway - 1984
Skin Walkers - 1986
A Thief Of Time - 1988
Talking God - 1989
Coyote Waits - 1990
Sacred Clowns - 1993
The Fallen Man - 1997
The First Eagel - 1998
Hunting Badger - 1999
The Wailing Wind - 2002
The Sinister Pig - 2003
Skeleton Man - 2004
The Shape Shifter - 2006
Robert K. Tanenbaum – Butch Karp & Marlene Ciampi series
The setting is mostly NYC.
No Lesser Plea - 1988 r
Depraved Indifference - 1989 - r
Immoral Certainty - 1991 r
Reversible Error - 1992 r
Material Witness - 1993 - r
Justice Denied - 1994 r
Corruption Of Blood - 1995 r
Falsely Accused - 1996 r
Irresistible Impulse - 1997 r
Reckless Endangerment - 1998 r
Act Of Revenge - 1999 r
True Justice - 2000 r
Enemy Within - 2001 r
Absolute Rage - 2002 r
Resolved - 2003 r
Hoax - 2004 r
Fury - 2005 r
Counterplay - 2006 r
Malice - 2007 - r
Escape - 2008 - r
Capture - 2009 -r
Betrayed - 2010 - r
Outrage - 2011 - (poor review - I won't read it)
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Agent Pendergast series
NP means that Agent Pendergast is not in the book, but other characters that follow on are included.
Relic - 1995
Mount Dragon - 1996 - NP
Reliquary - 1997
Riptide - 1998 - NP
Thunderhead - 1999 - NP
The Ice Limit - 2001 - NP
The Cabinet Of Curiosities - 2002
Still Life With Crows - 2003
Brimstone - 2004
Dance Of The Dead - June 2005
The Book Of The Dead - 2006
Wheel of Darkness - 2007
Cemetery Dance - summer 2009 - r
Fever Dreams - 2010 - r
Cold Vengeance - 2011 - r
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – Gideon Crew series
Gideon's Sword - 2011 - r
Gideon's Corpse - 2012 - r - dave has read
J.A. Jance – J.P. Beaumont series
The setting is Seattle.
Until Proven Guilty - 1985 - r
Injustice for All - r
Trial By Fury - r
Taking the Fifth - r
Improbable Cause - r
A More Perfect Union - r
Dismissed With Prejudice - r
Minor In Possession - r
Payment In Kind - r
Without Due Process - r
Failure To Appear -r
Lying In Wait - r
Name Withheld - r
Breach Of Duty r
Birds Of Prey - r
Partner In Crime - also in the Joanna Brady series
Long Time Gone - 2005 - r
Justice Denied - 2007 - r
Fire and Ice - 2009 - r - also in the Joanna Brady series
Betrayal of Trust - 2011 - r - Dave
J.A. Jance – Joanna Brady series
The setting is Bisbee, Arizona.
Desert Heat 1 - 1993 - r
Tombstone Courage 1994 - r
Shoot, don't Shoot 1995 - r
Dead to Rights - 1996 - r
Skeleton Canyon - 1997 - r
Rattlesnake Crossing - 1998 - r
Outlaw Mountain - 1999 - r
Devils Claw - 2000 - r
Paradise Lost - 2001 - r
Partner in Crime - 2001 - r - also in the J.P. Beaumont series
Exit Wounds - 2003 r
Dead Wrong - 2006 r
Damage Control - 2008 r
Fire and Ice - 2009 - r -also in the J.P. Beaumont series
J.A. Jance – Alison Reynolds series
Edge of Evil - r
Web of Evil - r
Hand of Evil - r
Cruel Intent - r
Trial by Fire - reviews were poor
J.A. Jance – Brandon Walker series
The setting is the Tucson and Tohono O'Odham areas.
Hour of the Hunter - 1991 - r
Kiss of the Bees - 1999 - r
Day of the Dead - 2004 - r
Queen of the Night - 2010 - r
Arnaldur Indridason – Detective Eriendur series
Voices: (a Reykjavik thriller) - 2003 - dave will pass on to me
G.M. Ford – Frank Corso series
Frank Corso is a journalist in Seattle.
Fury - 2001 - r
Black River - 2002 - r
A Blind Eye - r
Red Tide - r
No Man's Land - r
Blown Away - r
G.M. Ford – Leo Watterman series
My local library does not have any of these books. The reviews on Amazon.com were not too positive.
Fred Grove, Jesse Wilder series
Civil War era.
Bitter Trumpet -res
Trail of Rogues
Man on a Red Horse
Into the Far Mountains
A Soldier Returns
Vince
Flynn, Mitch
Rapp series
Mitch Rapp is a CIA Special Activities Staff ("black ops") counterterrorism agent. In the novels in the series, Mitch is concerned with thwarting Middle Eastern terrorist attacks on the United States.
Anne Perry - William Monk series
The setting is London.
Book 1 Face of a stranger
Book 2 Dangerous mourning
Book 3 Defend and betray
Book 4 A sudden, fearful death
Book 5 The sins of the wolf
Book 6 Cain his brother
Book 7 Weighed in the balance
Book 8 Silent cry
Book 9 Breach of promise
Book 10 Twisted root
Book 11 Slaves of obsession
Book 12 Funeral in blue
Book 13 Death of a stranger
Book 14 Shifting tide
Book 15 Dark Assassin
Anne Perry - Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series
The setting is London.
Book 1 Cater Street hangman - R
Book 2 Callander Square - R
Book 3 Paragon Walk - R
Book 4 Resurrection Row
Book 5 Rutland Place
Book 6 Bluegate Fields
Book 7 Death in the Devil's Acre
Book 8 Cardington Crescent
Book 9 Silence in Hanover Close
Book 10 Bethlehem Road
Book 11 Highgate Rise
Book 12 Belgrave Square
Book 13 Farrier's Lane (r)
Book 14 Hyde Park headsman
Book 15 Traitor's gate
Book 16 Pentecost Alley
Book 17 Ashworth Hall
Book 18 Brunswick Garden
Book 19 Bedford Square
Book 20 Half Moon Street
Book 21 Whitechapel conspiracy
Book 22 Southhampton row
Book 23 Seven dials
Book 24 Long Spoon Lane
Book 25 Christmas guest
Robert B. Parker - Spenser series
The Godwulf manuscript - not at our Pima Co. Library
| Book 1 The Godwulf manuscript - r |
| Book 2 God save the child - r |
| Book 3 Mortal stakes |
| Book 4 Promised land - r |
| Book 5 The Judas goat - r |
| Book 6 Looking for Rachel Wallace |
| Book 7 Early autumn |
| Book 8 A savage place |
| Book 9 Surrogate: a Spenser short story |
| Book 10 Ceremony |
| Book 11 The widening gyre |
| Book 12 Valediction |
| Book 13 A Catskill eagle |
| Book 14 Taming a sea-horse |
| Book 15 Pale kings and princes |
| Book 16 Crimson joy |
| Book 17 Playmates |
| Book 18 Stardust |
| Book 19 Pastime |
| Book 20 Double deuce |
| Book 21 Paper doll |
| Book 22 Walking shadow |
| Book 23 Thin air |
| Book 24 Chance |
| Book 25 Small vices |
| Book 26 Sudden mischief |
| Book 27 Hush money |
| Book 28 Hugger mugger |
| Book 29 Potshot |
| Book 30 Widow's walk |
| Book 31 Back story |
| Book 32 Bad business |
| Book 33 Cold service |
| Book 34 School days |
| Book 35 Hundred-dollar baby |
| Book 36 Now and then |
|
Book 37 Rough
weather
Book 38 Chasing the Bear - Young Spenser 2009 Book 39 The Professional - 2009 Book 40 Painted Ladies - 2010 Book 41 Sixkill - r - published posthumously |
Robert B. Parker - Jesse Stone series
James Lee Burke - Dave Robicheaux series
The setting is the New Orleans area. These books start to sound alike after reading the first few. I stopped putting them on the list.
Black Cherry Blues - 1989 r
A Morning For Flamingos 1990 r
A Stained White Radiance 1993 r
In The Electric Mist With Confederate Dead 1993 nr
Sunset Limited - 1998 r
Jolie Blon's Bounce - 2002 r
Last Car To Elysian Fields - 2003 r
Crusader's Cross - 2005 nr
Clive Cussler & Paul Kemprecos – Kurt Austin series*
* placed at the bottom of the list because I have not read any of these books
Serpent - 1999 nr
Blue Gold - 2000 nr
Fire Ice - 2002 nr
White Death - 2003 nr
Lost City - 2004 nr
John Sandford - The Lucas Davenport series
Rules of Prey - 1989 - r
Shadow Prey - 1990 - r
Eyes of Prey - 1991 - r
Silent Prey - 1992 - r
Winter Prey - 1993 - r
Night Prey - 1994 - r
Mind Prey - 1995 - r
Sudden Prey - 1996 - r
Secret Prey - 1998 -r
Certain Prey - 1999 - r
Easy Prey - 2000 - r
Chosen Prey - 2001 - r
Mortal Prey - 2002 - r
Naked Prey - 2003 - r
Hidden Prey - 2004 - r
Broken Prey - 2005 - r
Invisible Prey - 2007 - r
Phantom Prey - 2008 -r
Wicked Prey - 2009 - r
Storm Prey - 2010 - r
Buried Prey - 2011 - r
John Sandford - The Virgil Flowers series
Dark of the Moon - r
Heat Lightning - 2008 - r
Rough Country - 2009 - res
Bad Blood
Shock Wave
John Sandford - The kidd series
The Empress File
The Fool's Run
The Devil's Code
The Hanged Man's Song
Daniel Silva - The Gabriel Allon series
The Unlikely Spy - 1994 - not Gabriel Allon series, but try it sometime
The kill artist - 2000
The English Assassin 2002
The Confessor - 2003
A Death in Vienna -
Prince of Fire - 2005
The Messenger - 2006
The Secret Servant - 2007
Moscow Rules - 2008
The Defector - 2009
The Rembrant Affair - r - Dave
Portrait of a Spy - r - Dave
older books to check out - The Mark of the Assassin - 1998 - The Marching Season - 1999
| Ross McDonald – Lew Archer series |
* placed at the bottom of the list because I have not read very many of these books
John Sandford - the Kidd series*
Lawrence Block - The Evan Tanner series
A The thief who couldn't sleep - r
The canceled Czech - not in library catalog
Tanner's twelve swingers -res
Two for Tanner
Tanner's tiger
Here comes a hero
Me Tanner, you Jane
Tanner on ice
Georges
Simenon - The Inspector Maigret series
These books are not at my local library.
Michael McGarrity*
| Book 1 Tularosa - 1996 - res |
| Book 2 Mexican hat |
| Book 3 Serpent gate |
| Book 4 Hermit's Peak |
| Book 5 The Judas judge |
| Book 6 Under the color of law |
| Book 7 The big gamble |
| Book 8 Everyone dies |
| Book 9 Slow kill |
| Book 10 Nothing but trouble |
|
Book 11 Death
song
Book 12 Dead or Alive |
Clive Cussler – Dirk Pitt series*
* placed at the bottom of the list because I have not read any of these books
Pacific Vortex - 1986 - nr
Arctic Drift
Karin Fossum – Inspectors Konrad Sejer and Jakob Skarre series*
The setting is Norway.
Magdalen Nabb – Inspector Salvatore Guarnaccia series*
| Death of an Englishman (#1) - r - dave |
©1981
|
Florence |
|
Death
of a Dutchman (#2) - res - dave
|
©1982
|
Florence |
|
Death
in Springtime (#3) - dave
|
©1983
|
Florence |
|
Death
in Autumn (#4)
|
©1984
|
Florence |
|
©1987
|
Florence | |
|
©1988
|
Florence | |
|
©1990
|
Florence | |
| The Marshal Makes His Report (#8) |
©1991
|
Florence |
| The Marshal at the Villa Torrini (#9) |
©1993
|
Florence |
| The Monster of Florence (#10) |
©1996
|
Florence |
|
Property
of Blood (#11)
|
©1999
|
Florence |
| Some Bitter Taste (#12) |
©2002
|
Florence |
| The Innocent (#13) |
©2005
|
Florence |
| Vita Nuova (#14, the Last) Spring 2008 Publication Date |
Good Mysteries that are not series
David Baldacci
Absolute Power - 1996 check to see if I have read this one
Total Control - 1997 - r
The Winner - 1997
The Simple Truth - 1998 -
Saving Faith - 1999
Last Man Standing - 2001 - r
Wish You Well - 2001
Split Second - 2003
Hour Game - 2004
The Collectors - 2006
Simple Genius - May 2007 - r
Stone Cold - 2007 - r
Divine Justice - 2008
The Whole Truth - 2008
David Baldacci - The Camel Club series
The Camel Club -
The Collectors -
Stone Cold -
Michael Jecks - Medieval West Country England series (24)
The Last Templar - r
The Merchants Partner
A moorland Hanging
The Credition Killings
The Abbot's Gibbet
The Leper's Return
Squire Throwleigh's Heir
Belladonnna at Belstone
Historical Fiction
Edward Rutherfurd
Sarum - 1987
London - 1997
The Forest - 2000
The Princess of Ireland - 2004
The Rebels of Ireland - 2006
Russka - 1991
Ken Follett - England
The pillars of the earth - 1989 - r
World without end - 2007
Fall of Giants - 2010
Khaled Hosseini - Afghanistan
The Kite Runner - 2003
A Thousand Splendid Suns - 2007
Alan Furst - WW2 spy series
Night Soldiers - 1988
Spies of the Balkins - 2010
Patrick O'Brian - Captain Jack Aubrey series
Adam Johnson
The setting is North Korea.
The Orphan Master's Son - 2012
Scott Turow - WW2 story
Ordinary Heroes - r
Wendell Berry
Andy Catlett -
Jayber Crow
The memory of old Jack
Nathan Coulter
A place on Earth
Remembering
That distant land
A world lost
Hannah Coulter - r
Non-Fiction
Slavomir Rawicz
The Long Walk - a true story of a trek to freedom
Robert Hughes
Fatal Shore - The Epic of Australia's founding
Travel:
Jeffrey Tayler
Siberian dawn: a journey across the new Russia - r
River of no reprieve: descending Siberia's waterway of exile, death, and destiny - r
Angry Wind: through Muslim black Africa by truck, bus, boat, and camel - r
Paul Theroux
The Great Railway Bazaar - 1975 - read sometime
Riding the Iron Rooster: by train through China - 1988 - R
Dark Star Safari - 2002 - read sometime
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Books to look for at the library
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Aviation
Classics) (Hardcover)
by Ted
W. Lawson (Author), Peter
B. Mersky (Author) "I HELPED BOMB TOKYO on the
Doolittle raid of April 18, 1942..."
City of Thieves by David Benioff, recommended by Susan
Disclosure by Michael Crichton - suggested by Dave
The
amazing story of Sergeant Jacob DeShazer
by C. Hoyt
Watson [not at tppl, u of a, nor pima college]
Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
The Color of Water by James McBride
Horatio Hornblower series – during Napoleonic Wars
Allan Folsom – The Day after Tomorrow
Gunter Grass – The Tin Drum - This novel is the first book of Grass' Danziger Trilogie (Danzig Trilogy)
Mary Kingsle – Travels in West Africa
Andrew Eames – The 8:55 to Bagdad
Helen Whybrow – Dead Reckoning
Wendy Orr – Peeling the Onion
Xx – The Tim Drum
David Baldacci – The Camel Club – 2005 – check to see if this is a series
David Baldacci - The Collectors
David Baldacci - Stone Cold
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Grace –Read it Again author suggestions:
Greg Lies
Jeff Abbot
Dale Brown
Vince Flynn – ask Dave
Clive Cussler
Lawrence block = has several series