New York Times Bestsellers
Laurie R King has placed 7 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 10 weeks on the charts.
2 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #14 · debuted Mar 2004
Full chart history →1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #9 · debuted Sep 2012 · 2 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Reading Order
9 series · 57 books
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Grave Talent | 1993 | 🏆 CWA New Blood Dagger 1995🏆 Edgar Awards 1994Anthony Award 1994Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | To Play the Fool | 1995 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | With Child | 1996 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Night Work | 2000 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Art of Detection | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Beginnings (Short Story) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Mary Russell Non-Fiction Books
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mary Russell Companion | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Harris Stuyvesant Series
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Touchstone | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Bones of Paris | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Folly Island Series
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Folly | 2001 | 🏆 Macavity Award 2002Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Laurie R. King Other Novels
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Darker Place | 1998 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Keeping Watch | 2003 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Califia's Daughters | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | My Thesis Being... (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Lockdown | 2017 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Back to the Garden | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Laurie R. King Short Stories/Novellas
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paleta Man (Short Story) | 1999 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Hellbender | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Mila's Tale | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Laurie R. King Non-Fiction Books
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Arvon Book of Crime and Thriller Writing | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Laurie R. King's Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Crime and Thriller Writing with Michelle Spring | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Laurie R. King Anthologies
Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was chosen as one of the “20th Century’s Best Crime Novels” by the IMBA.) She has won the Agatha, Anthony, Creasey, Edgar, Lambda, Macavity, Wolfe, and Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, has an honorary doctorate in theology, and is a Baker Street Irregular.