Order of Laura Lippman Books
Laura Lippman is an American novelist of detective fiction. The daughter of a writer for the Baltimore Sun, she started out as a reporter, which became the inspiration for her Tess Monaghan series – a reporter turned private investigator. She is married to David Simon, creator of The Wire, who she met while working at the Baltimore Sun.
Laura Lippman made her fiction debut with Baltimore Blues, published in 1997. Below is a list of Laura Lippman’s books in order of when they were originally published (and in chronological order):
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Publication Order of Tess Monaghan Books
| Baltimore Blues | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Charm City | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Butchers Hill | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In Big Trouble | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sugar House | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In a Strange City | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Last Place | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| By a Spider's Thread | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| No Good Deeds | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Another Thing to Fall | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Girl in the Green Raincoat | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Book Thing | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hush Hush | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Tess Monaghan Collections
| The Tess Chronicles | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Every Secret Thing | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| To the Power of Three | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What the Dead Know / Little Sister | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Life Sentences | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| I'd Know You Anywhere / Don't Look Back | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Most Dangerous Thing / The Innocents | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| And When She Was Good | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| After I'm Gone | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Five Fires | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wilde Lake | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sunburn | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lady in the Lake | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dream Girl | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prom Mom | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Hardly Knew Her | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| One True Love | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Black-Eyed Susan | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Scratch a Woman | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Good Fuck Spoiled | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crack Cocaine Diet | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Easy as A-B-C | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What He Needed | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dear Penthouse Forum | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Honor Bar | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shoeshine Man's Regrets | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Femme Fatale | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pony Girl | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| ARM and the Woman | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ropa Vieja | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Babysitter's Code | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Waco 1982 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Hardly Knew Her: Stories | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hints of Heloise | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Different for Girls | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Nasty Girls | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Weaker Sex | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Seasonal Work | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| My Life as a Villainess | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Akashic Drug Chronicles Books
| The Cocaine Chronicles | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Marijuana Chronicles | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Nicotine Chronicles | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
Publication Order of Hush Collection Books
| Treasure | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Snowflakes | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Buried | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Let Her Be | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gift | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Slow Burner | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Tart Noir | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the Shadow of the Master | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cocaine Chronicles | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dangerous Women | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Baltimore Noir | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Damn Near Dead | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death Do Us Part | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| New Orleans Noir | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Killer Year: Stories to Die For... | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pulp Fiction - The Dames | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Study in Sherlock | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| USA Noir | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pretty Bitches | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: What the Dead Know is alternatively titled Little Sister. I’d Know You Anywhere is also known as Don’t Look Back. The Most Dangerous Thing was also published as The Innocents. By Hook or By Crook also contains stories by Dana Cameron, Mary Higgins Clark, Max Allan Collins, Dennis Lehane, Marcia Muller, Kris Nelscott, Nancy Pickard, S.J. Rozan and Luis Alberto Urrea.