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Sara Paretsky Books in Order

8 series including V.I. Warshawski Series, V.I. Warshawski Collections and more

★ 11 NYT bestsellers 8 series 77 books Latest: Pay Dirt (2024)

Sara Paretsky's writing career reaches back to 1982 and spans 77 books. In all there are 8 series, the deepest being V.I. Warshawski (22 books). Pay Dirt (2024) is the most recent addition we've catalogued.

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1 V.I. Warshawski 2 V.I. Warshawski Short Stories/Novellas 3 V.I. Warshawski Collections 4 Sara Paretsky Other Novels 5 Sara Paretsky Short Stories/Novellas 6 Sara Paretsky Short Story Collections 7 Sara Paretsky Non-Fiction Books 8 Sara Paretsky Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

11 books

Sara Paretsky has placed 11 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 30 weeks on the charts.

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Guardian Angel
V.I. Warshawski Series

7 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #8 · debuted Feb 1992

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Tunnel Vision
V.I. Warshawski Series

4 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #12 · debuted Jun 1994

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Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Sara Paretsky’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

8 series · 77 books
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky

V.I. Warshawski Series

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1 Indemnity Only 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Deadlock 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Killing Orders 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Bitter Medicine 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Blood Shot / Toxic Shock 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Burn Marks 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Guardian Angel 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Tunnel Vision 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Hard Time 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Total Recall 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Blacklist 2003 🏆 Gold Dagger 2004Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Fire Sale 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Hardball 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Body Work 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Breakdown 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Critical Mass 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Brush Back 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 Fallout 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Shell Game 2018 🏆 Edgar Awards 2019Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Dead Land 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Overboard 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 Pay Dirt 2024 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

V.I. Warshawski Short Stories/Novellas

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1 Photo Finish (Short Story) 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Wildcat (Short Story) 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Death on the Edge 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Windy City Blues by Sara Paretsky

V.I. Warshawski Collections

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1 Windy City Blues 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Ghost Country by Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky Other Novels

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1 Ghost Country 1988 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Bleeding Kansas 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Sara Paretsky Short Stories/Novellas

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1 Taste of Life (Short Story) 2017 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
A Taste of Life and Other Stories (Short Story) by Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky Short Story Collections

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1 A Taste of Life and Other Stories (Short Story) 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Love & Other Crimes: Stories 2020 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Writing In An Age Of Silence by Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky Non-Fiction Books

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1 Writing In An Age Of Silence 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award 2007Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing 2016 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Sara Paretsky Anthologies

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1 The Eyes Have It 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Mean Streets 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Beastly Tales 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 City Sleuths and Tough Guys 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Sisters in Crime 3 1990 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 A Woman's Eye 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 1st Culprit 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Women of Mystery 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Deadly Allies 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Sisters In Crime 5 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1991 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Female Sleuths 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 The New Mystery 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 3rd Culprit 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Seventh Annual Collection 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Bad Behavior 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
20 Women on the Case 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
21 Murder For Love 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
22 First Cases, Volume 1 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
23 The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
24 Win, Lose or Die 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
25 Mystery's Most Wanted 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
26 Women of Mystery III 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
27 Crime After Crime 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
28 The Oxford Book of Detective Stories 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
29 The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
30 Crime Story Collection 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
31 Writers on Writing 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
32 A Century of Great Suspense Stories 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
33 The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
34 Chicago Noir 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
35 Sisters on the Case 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
36 Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
37 Suspense Magazine December 2013 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
38 Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
39 Chicago Blues 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
40 The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
41 Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire 2018 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
42 Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider 2021 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
43 Crime Hits Home 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
44 The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 2022 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
About the Author

Sara Paretsky (born June 8, 1947) is an American author of detective fiction, most notable for her novels focused on the protagonist V. I. Warshawski.

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