Author · updated 2026
Sara Paretsky Books in Order
Every Sara Paretsky book in publication order — 51 in total, spanning 1982–2020.
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indemnity Only | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Deadlock | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Killing Orders | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Bitter Medicine | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Blood Shot | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Burn Marks | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Guardian Angel | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Tunnel Vision | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Hard Time | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Total Recall | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Blacklist | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Fire Sale | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | Hardball | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Body Work | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Breakdown | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Critical Mass | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Brush Back | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Fallout | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Shell Game | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Dead Land | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photo Finish | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Wildcat | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Death on the Edge | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windy City Blues | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Country | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Bleeding Kansas | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taste of Life | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Taste of Life and Other Stories | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Love & Other Crimes: Stories | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing In An Age Of Silence | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Beastly Tales | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Woman's Eye | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | 1st Culprit | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Women of Mystery | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Female Sleuths | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | 3rd Culprit | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Women on the Case | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Crime After Crime | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Crime Story Collection | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Sisters On the Case | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Chicago Blues | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 51, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indemnity Only | 1982 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Deadlock | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Killing Orders | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology | 1986 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Bitter Medicine | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Blood Shot | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Ghost Country | 1988 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Beastly Tales | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Burn Marks | 1990 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | A Woman's Eye | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Guardian Angel | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | 1st Culprit | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Women of Mystery | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Female Sleuths | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Tunnel Vision | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | 3rd Culprit | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Windy City Blues | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | A Taste of Life and Other Stories | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Women on the Case | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Hard Time | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Crime After Crime | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Crime Story Collection | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Total Recall | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Blacklist | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Fire Sale | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Bleeding Kansas | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Writing In An Age Of Silence | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Sisters On the Case | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Hardball | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Body Work | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Photo Finish | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Breakdown | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Critical Mass | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Chicago Blues | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Brush Back | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Fallout | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Wildcat | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Taste of Life | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Shell Game | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Death on the Edge | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Dead Land | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Love & Other Crimes: Stories | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
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