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Ruth Rendell Books in Order
Every Ruth Rendell book in publication order — 101 in total, spanning 1964–2017.
Publication Order of Inspector Wexford Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  From Doon With Death | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Wolf to the Slaughter | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Best Man to Die | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  A Guilty Thing Surprised | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  No More Dying Then | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Murder Being Once Done | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Some Lie and Some Die | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Shake Hands Forever | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  A Sleeping Life | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Death Notes / Put On By Cunning | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Speaker of Mandarin | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  The Speaker Of Mandarin | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  An Unkindness of Ravens | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  The Veiled One | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  Simisola | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  Road Rage | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 |  Harm Done | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 |  The Babes in the Wood | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 |  End in Tears | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 |  Not in the Flesh | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 |  The Monster in the Box | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 |  The Vault | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 |  No Man's Nightingale | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Inspector Wexford Collections Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Means of Evil | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  To Fear a Painted Devil | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Vanity Dies Hard | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Secret House Of Death | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  One Across, Two Down | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Face of Trespass | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  A Demon in My View | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  A Judgement in Stone | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Make Death Love Me | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  The Lake of Darkness | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Master of the Moor | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  The Killing Doll | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  The Tree of Hands | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Live Flesh | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  A Dark-Adapted Eye (As: Barbara Vine) | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Talking to Strange Men | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  A Fatal Inversion (As: Barbara Vine) | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 |  The House of Stairs (As: Barbara Vine) | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 |  The Bridesmaid | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 |  Going Wrong | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 |  Gallowglass (As: Barbara Vine) | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 |  King Solomon's Carpet (As: Barbara Vine) | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 |  The Crocodile Bird | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 |  Asta's Book (As: Barbara Vine) | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 |  No Night Is Too Long (As: Barbara Vine) | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 |  The Brimstone Wedding (As: Barbara Vine) | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 |  The Keys to the Street | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 |  A Sight for Sore Eyes | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 |  The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (As: Barbara Vine) | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 |  Grasshopper (As: Barbara Vine) | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 |  Adam and Eve and Pinch Me | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 |  The Blood Doctor (As: Barbara Vine) | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 |  The Rottweiler | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 |  13 Steps Down | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 |  Minotaur (As: Barbara Vine) | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 |  The Water's Lovely | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 |  Portobello | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 |  Birthday Present (As: Barbara Vine) | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 |  Tigerlily's Orchids | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 |  The Saint Zita Society | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 |  The Child's Child (As: Barbara Vine) | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 |  The Girl Next Door | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 |  Dark Corners | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Heartstones | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Thornapple | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Thief | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Fallen Curtain | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The Fever Tree | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The New Girlfriend | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Copper Peacock and Other Stories | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Blood Lines | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Piranha to Scurfy | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Ruth Rendell: Short Stories | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Collected Stories Vol 1 | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Collected Stories Vol 2 | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  A Spot of Folly | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Children's Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Archie and Archie | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Reason Why | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Web She Weaves | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Mystery Cats | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  1st Culprit | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Women of Mystery | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  3rd Culprit | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Tales of Obsession | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Murder by the Book | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Crossing the Border: Tales of Erotic Ambiguity | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Crime After Crime | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 101, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From Doon With Death | 1964 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | To Fear a Painted Devil | 1965 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Vanity Dies Hard | 1966 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Wolf to the Slaughter | 1967 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Secret House Of Death | 1968 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Best Man to Die | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | A Guilty Thing Surprised | 1970 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | No More Dying Then | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | One Across, Two Down | 1971 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Murder Being Once Done | 1972 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Some Lie and Some Die | 1973 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Face of Trespass | 1974 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Shake Hands Forever | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | A Demon in My View | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Fallen Curtain | 1976 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | A Judgement in Stone | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | A Sleeping Life | 1978 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Means of Evil | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Make Death Love Me | 1979 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Lake of Darkness | 1980 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Death Notes / Put On By Cunning | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Master of the Moor | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Fever Tree | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Speaker of Mandarin | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Speaker Of Mandarin | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The Web She Weaves | 1983 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | The Killing Doll | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Tree of Hands | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | An Unkindness of Ravens | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The New Girlfriend | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Live Flesh | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | A Dark-Adapted Eye (As: Barbara Vine) | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Talking to Strange Men | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | A Fatal Inversion (As: Barbara Vine) | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Heartstones | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Veiled One | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The House of Stairs (As: Barbara Vine) | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The Bridesmaid | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Going Wrong | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Gallowglass (As: Barbara Vine) | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | King Solomon's Carpet (As: Barbara Vine) | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Copper Peacock and Other Stories | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Mystery Cats | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | 1st Culprit | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Women of Mystery | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Crocodile Bird | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Asta's Book (As: Barbara Vine) | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Simisola | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | No Night Is Too Long (As: Barbara Vine) | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | 3rd Culprit | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Tales of Obsession | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | The Brimstone Wedding (As: Barbara Vine) | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Blood Lines | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | The Reason Why | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Keys to the Street | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Murder by the Book | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Road Rage | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | A Sight for Sore Eyes | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (As: Barbara Vine) | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Crossing the Border: Tales of Erotic Ambiguity | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Harm Done | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Crime After Crime | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | Grasshopper (As: Barbara Vine) | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Thornapple | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | Piranha to Scurfy | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Adam and Eve and Pinch Me | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | The Babes in the Wood | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | The Blood Doctor (As: Barbara Vine) | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | The Rottweiler | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | 13 Steps Down | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | End in Tears | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | Minotaur (As: Barbara Vine) | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | The Thief | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | The Water's Lovely | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | Ruth Rendell: Short Stories | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | Collected Stories Vol 1 | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | Not in the Flesh | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Portobello | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | Birthday Present (As: Barbara Vine) | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | Collected Stories Vol 2 | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | The Monster in the Box | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | Tigerlily's Orchids | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | The Vault | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 95 | The Saint Zita Society | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 96 | The Child's Child (As: Barbara Vine) | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 97 | No Man's Nightingale | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 98 | Archie and Archie | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 99 | The Girl Next Door | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 100 | Dark Corners | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 101 | A Spot of Folly | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
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