Reading Order
8 series · 119 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | From Doon With Death | 1964 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death | 1967 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Wolf to the Slaughter | 1967 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | The Best Man to Die | 1969 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | A Guilty Thing Surprised | 1970 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | No More Dying Then | 1971 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Murder Being Once Done | 1972 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Some Lie and Some Die | 1973 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Shake Hands Forever | 1975 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | A Sleeping Life | 1978 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Death Notes / Put On By Cunning | 1981 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Speaker of Mandarin | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | An Unkindness of Ravens | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | The Veiled One | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Ginger and the Kingsmarkham | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Simisola | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Road Rage | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Harm Done | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | The Babes in the Wood | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | End in Tears | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Not in the Flesh | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | The Monster in the Box | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | The Vault | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | No Man's Nightingale | 2013 | Buy from Amazon |
Inspector Wexford Collections Series
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| 1 | Means of Evil | 1979 | Buy from Amazon |
Ruth Rendell Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | To Fear a Painted Devil | 1965 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Vanity Dies Hard | 1966 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Secret House Of Death | 1968 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | One Across, Two Down | 1971 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Face of Trespass | 1974 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | A Demon in My View | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | A Judgement in Stone | 1977 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Make Death Love Me | 1979 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | The Lake of Darkness | 1980 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Master of the Moor | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Killing Doll | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Tree of Hands | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Live Flesh | 1986 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | A Dark-Adapted Eye (As: Barbara Vine) | 1986 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Talking to Strange Men | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | A Fatal Inversion (As: Barbara Vine) | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | The House of Stairs (As: Barbara Vine) | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | The Bridesmaid | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Going Wrong | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Gallowglass (As: Barbara Vine) | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | King Solomon's Carpet (As: Barbara Vine) | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | The Crocodile Bird | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Asta's Book / Anna's Book (As: Barbara Vine) | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | No Night Is Too Long (As: Barbara Vine) | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | In the Time of His Prosperity (Short Story) (As: Barbara Vine) | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | The Brimstone Wedding (As: Barbara Vine) | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | The Keys to the Street | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | A Sight for Sore Eyes | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (As: Barbara Vine) | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Grasshopper (As: Barbara Vine) | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Adam and Eve and Pinch Me | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | The Blood Doctor (As: Barbara Vine) | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | The Rottweiler | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 34 | 13 Steps Down | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 35 | Minotaur (As: Barbara Vine) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 36 | The Water's Lovely | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 37 | Birthday Present (As: Barbara Vine) | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 38 | Portobello | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 39 | Tigerlily's Orchids | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 40 | The Saint Zita Society | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 41 | The Child's Child (As: Barbara Vine) | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 42 | The Girl Next Door | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 43 | Dark Corners | 2015 | Buy from Amazon |
Ruth Rendell Short Stories/Novellas
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Convolvulus Clock (Short Story) | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Heartstones (Short Story) | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Long Live The Queen (Short Story) | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Thornapple (Short Story) | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Thief (Short Story) | 2005 | Buy from Amazon |
Ruth Rendell Short Story Collections
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Fallen Curtain | 1976 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Fever Tree | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The New Girlfriend | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Collected Short Stories | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | The Copper Peacock and Other Stories | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Blood Lines | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Piranha to Scurfy | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Ruth Rendell: Short Stories | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Collected Stories Vol 1 | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | A Spot of Folly | 2017 | Buy from Amazon |
Ruth Rendell Children's Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Archie and Archie (Short Story) | 2013 | Buy from Amazon |
Ruth Rendell Non-Fiction Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Ruth Rendell's Suffolk | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The Reason Why | 1995 | Buy from Amazon |
Ruth Rendell Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners | 1970 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | The Web She Weaves | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Murder in the Dark | 1983 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | English Country House Murders | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | The Picador Book of the New Gothic | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Mystery Cats | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | 1st Culprit | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | The Man Who... | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Women of Mystery | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Fifty Best Mysteries | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | 3rd Culprit | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Women of Mystery II | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: November 1994 | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Murder Intercontinental | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Murder by the Book | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Women of Mystery III | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Crime After Crime | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Crime Never Pays | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Murder On The Railways | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Feline Felonies | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Great Modern Stories | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Midsummer Nights | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays | 2019 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer | 2021 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Ruth Rendell (1930-2015) was an English crime writer renowned for her psychological thrillers and for creating the memorable characters of Chief Inspector Reg Wexford and Inspector Barbara Vine. Born in London, Rendell worked as a journalist and a teacher before publishing her first novel in 1964. Her prolific career spanned over 60 novels, including the Inspector Wexford series, the standalone thrillers, and the Barbara Vine books (written under a pseudonym). Rendell's works garnered critical acclaim and multiple awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award three times, the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and a nomination for the Man Booker Prize. Her novels have been praised for their complex characters, intricate plots, and exploration of human nature's dark side. Rendell's writing has been translated into over 20 languages and has been adapted for television and film.