Sue Grafton (1940-2017) was the American author behind the series of detective books starring Kinsey Millhone. This series of books is known as the “alphabet series” of books due to the title of the books all organized in alphabetical order.

Below is a list of the Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone series of books, which began in 1982:

Publication Order of Kinsey Millhone Books

A is for Alibi (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
B is for Burglar (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
C is for Corpse (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
D is for Deadbeat (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
E is for Evidence (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
F is for Fugitive (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
G is for Gumshoe (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
H is for Homicide (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
I is for Innocent (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
J is for Judgment (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
K is for Killer (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
L is for Lawless (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
M is for Malice (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
N is for Noose (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
O is for Outlaw (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
P is for Peril (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Q is for Quarry (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
R is for Ricochet (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
S is for Silence (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
T is for Trespass (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
U is for Undertow (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
V is for Vengeance (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
W is for Wasted (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
X (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Y is for Yesterday (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Kinsey Millhone Collections

Kinsey and Me: Stories (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Keziah Dane (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lolly-madonna War (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Parker Shotgun (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Between the Sheets (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Poison That Leaves No Trace (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Full Circle (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Little Missionary Work (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Writing Mysteries (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Deadly Allies Books

Deadly Allies (With: Sara Paretsky,Jan Grape,Susan Dunlap,Margaret Maron,Nancy Pickard,Loren D. Estleman,Julie Smith,Jeremiah Healy,Max Allan Collins,Benjamin M. Schutz,John Lutz,Robert J. Randisi,Carolyn Hart,Lia Matera,Michael Collins,Marilyn Wallace,Rob Kantner,Sandra Scoppettone,Sarah Andrews,Bob Randisi) (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deadly Allies II (By: Susan Dunlap,Loren D. Estleman,John Lutz,Robert J. Randisi) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Mean Streets(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Eye for Justice(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
City Sleuths and Tough Guys(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sisters in Crime 2(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Woman's Eye(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deadly Allies(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1991(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Female Sleuths(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
2nd Culprit(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crown Crime Companion(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
First Cases, Volume 1(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Crime Story Collection(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Most Wanted(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A New Omnibus of Crime(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Shamus Winners(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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4 Responses to “Order of Sue Grafton Books”

  1. bobbi: 3 years ago

    I have been out of the reading arena for awhile sooo is there a ” Z” ?

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  2. erik: 6 years ago

    There will be noZ as per her request

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  3. Steve Maxedon: 6 years ago

    Did she have a draft of “Z is for ….”?

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    • Brandon: 6 years ago

      Z is for Zero is slated for Fall 2019. I am unsure of how far along she was.

      Reply

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