Reading Order
9 series · 175 books| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Indemnity Only | 1982 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Deadlock | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Killing Orders | 1985 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Bitter Medicine | 1987 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Blood Shot / Toxic Shock | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Burn Marks | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Guardian Angel | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Tunnel Vision | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Hard Time | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Total Recall | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | Blacklist | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Fire Sale | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Hardball | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Body Work | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Breakdown | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Critical Mass | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Brush Back | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Fallout | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Shell Game | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Dead Land | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Overboard | 2022 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Pay Dirt | 2024 | Buy from Amazon |
V.I. Warshawski Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | Photo Finish (Short Story) | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Wildcat (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Death on the Edge | 2018 | Buy from Amazon |
V.I. Warshawski Collections
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| 1 | Windy City Blues | 1995 | Buy from Amazon |
Sara Paretsky Other Novels
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| 1 | Ghost Country | 1988 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Bleeding Kansas | 2007 | Buy from Amazon |
Sara Paretsky Short Stories/Novellas
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| 1 | Taste of Life (Short Story) | 2017 | Buy from Amazon |
Sara Paretsky Short Story Collections
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| 1 | A Taste of Life and Other Stories (Short Story) | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Love & Other Crimes: Stories | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
Sara Paretsky Non-Fiction Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | Writing In An Age Of Silence | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing | 2016 | Buy from Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 34 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 35 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 36 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 37 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 38 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 39 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 40 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 41 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 42 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 43 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 44 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 45 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 46 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 47 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 48 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 49 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 50 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 51 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 52 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 53 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 54 | Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 55 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 56 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 57 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 58 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 59 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 60 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 61 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 62 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 63 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 64 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 65 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 66 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 67 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 68 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 69 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 70 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 71 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 72 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 73 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 74 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 75 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 76 | Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 77 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 78 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 79 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 80 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 81 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 82 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 83 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 84 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 85 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 86 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 87 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 88 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 89 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 90 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 91 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 92 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 93 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 94 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 95 | Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 96 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 97 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 98 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy from Amazon |
Sara Paretsky Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Eyes Have It | 1984 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 2 | Mean Streets | 1986 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 3 | Beastly Tales | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 4 | City Sleuths and Tough Guys | 1989 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 5 | Sisters in Crime 3 | 1990 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 6 | A Woman's Eye | 1991 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 7 | 1st Culprit | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 8 | Women of Mystery | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 9 | Deadly Allies | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 10 | Sisters In Crime 5 | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 11 | The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1991 | 1992 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 12 | Female Sleuths | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 13 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 14 | Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 15 | The New Mystery | 1993 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 16 | 3rd Culprit | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 17 | Seventh Annual Collection | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 18 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 | 1994 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 19 | Bad Behavior | 1995 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 20 | Women on the Case | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 21 | Murder For Love | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 22 | First Cases, Volume 1 | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 23 | The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1995 | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 24 | Win, Lose or Die | 1996 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 25 | Mystery's Most Wanted | 1997 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 26 | Women of Mystery III | 1998 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 27 | Crime After Crime | 1999 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 28 | The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 29 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 30 | Crime Story Collection | 2000 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 31 | Writers on Writing | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 32 | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 33 | The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 34 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 35 | Sisters on the Case | 2007 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 36 | Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe | 2011 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 37 | Suspense Magazine December 2013 | 2013 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 38 | Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 39 | Chicago Blues | 2014 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 40 | The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For | 2015 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 41 | Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire | 2018 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 42 | Bullets and Other Hurting Things: A Tribute to Bill Crider | 2021 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 43 | Crime Hits Home | 2022 | Buy from Amazon | |
| 44 | The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 | 2022 | Buy from Amazon |
About the Author
Sara Paretsky is an American mystery writer who introduced the first female private investigator, V.I. Warshawski, to the hard-boiled detective genre. Born in 1947 in Lawrence, Kansas, she grew up in Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago. Her writing career took off in the 1980s with her Warshawski mysteries. Paretsky's debut novel, "Indemnity Only" (1982), established V.I. Warshawski as a tough, independent, and socially conscious private investigator. The series has since grown to include over 20 books, several of which have won awards such as the Macavity Award, Edgar Award, and Maltese Falcon Award. Paretsky's work has also been praised for its strong female characters and its exploration of social and political issues.