Order of John Sandford Books
John Sandford is an American novelist who is best known for his excellent Prey series, along with the popular Kidd and Virgil Flowers series. In addition to these book series, he has written a couple of standalone novels as well.
John Sandford is not only a best-selling author, but he is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist under his real name of John Roswell Camp. Although his books are usually published under the Sandford pseudonym, he has been published under the name John Camp as well earlier in his career. Below is a list of John Sandford’s novels in order of when they were published:
Publication Order of Prey/Lucas Davenport Books
| Rules of Prey | (1989) |
  
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| Shadow Prey | (1990) |
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| Eyes of Prey | (1991) |
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| Silent Prey | (1992) |
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| Winter Prey | (1993) |
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| Night Prey | (1994) |
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| Mind Prey | (1995) |
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| Sudden Prey | (1996) |
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| Secret Prey | (1998) |
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| Certain Prey | (1999) |
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| Easy Prey | (2000) |
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| Chosen Prey | (2001) |
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| Mortal Prey | (2002) |
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| Naked Prey | (2003) |
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| Hidden Prey | (2004) |
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| Broken Prey | (2005) |
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| Invisible Prey | (2007) |
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| Phantom Prey | (2008) |
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| Wicked Prey | (2009) |
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| Storm Prey | (2010) |
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| Buried Prey | (2011) |
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| Stolen Prey | (2012) |
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| Silken Prey | (2013) |
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| Field of Prey | (2014) |
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| Gathering Prey | (2015) |
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| Extreme Prey | (2016) |
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| Golden Prey | (2017) |
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| Twisted Prey | (2018) |
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Publication Order of Lucas Davenport vs. Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories
| Rhymes with Prey | (2014) |
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Publication Order of Kidd Books
| The Fool's Run | (1989) |
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| The Empress File | (1991) |
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| The Devil's Code | (2000) |
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| The Hanged Man's Song | (2003) |
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Publication Order of Virgil Flowers Books
| Dark of the Moon | (2007) |
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| Heat Lightning | (2008) |
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| Rough Country | (2009) |
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| Bad Blood | (2010) |
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| Shock Wave | (2011) |
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| Mad River | (2012) |
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| Storm Front | (2013) |
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| Deadline | (2014) |
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| Escape Clause | (2016) |
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| Deep Freeze | (2017) |
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| Holy Ghost | (2018) |
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Publication Order of Singular Menace Books
| Uncaged | (2014) |
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| Outrage | (2015) |
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| Rampage | (2016) |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Night Crew | (1997) |
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| Dead Watch | (2006) |
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| Saturn Run | (2015) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Best American Mysteries Stories 2017 | (2017) |
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Eye and the Heart | (1988) |
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| Plastic Surgery | (1989) |
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Notes: The Singular Menace series is written with Michele Cook. Rhymes with Prey is a short story written with Jeffery Deaver (co-starring Lincoln Rhyme) that originally appeared in the anthology FaceOff. The standalone novel Saturn Run was co-authored by Ctein. Non-fiction is written as John Camp.
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John Sandford Synopses: In Silent Prey (book 4 of the Prey series), An old nemesis of Lt. Davenport’s has broken out of jail (and rather easily too). As bodies keep piling up, Davenport must come to Manhattan in order to assist with the investigation. Also, Davenport goes undercover in order to help nab a vigilante gang responsible for the death of a cop as well as many others.
In Dead Watch, John Winter is selected to investigate the death of a former Republican senator, who had a notable enemy in the governor of Virginia. Was Governor Goodman responsible for his rival’s murder or is it all a set up in order to shoot down the governor’s hopes of becoming president?
John Sandford Reviews:
Submitted by Ted L.
John Sandford is a journalist from America. He also goes by John Roswell Camp. Why does he go by a different name? This is because the dates of two novels named “The Fool’s Run” and “Rules of Prey” were so close together that they said it’s advisable not to debut and release two novels in that short of time. A pseudonym had to be used for one of his books since the other was sold under the John Camp name. Mr. Sandford has won several awards during his career one being the Pulitzer Price in 1986 and the other being the Distinguished Writing Award of Newspaper Editors in 1985.
Camp has published over thirty one novels and all were in the New York Best sellers list. These novels were all formatted different ways. He also wrote two non fiction books, one is about art and the other is about cosmetic surgery. Some of his books has been interpreted in European, Japanese and Korean languages.
John Sandford has been affiliated with the Albright Institue of Archaeological Research and he’s also been responsible for a significant anthroplogy dig in Israel. He has been the financial supporter of an archaelogical project called the Beth-Shean Valley Archaeological Project. John was a reporter and editor at “The Miami Herald” and an anchor and writer from 1978-1990 for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Today he now and then will do a little journalism. He was also part of an Air Assault Battalion during the Iraq War. John also spent two years serving the army after he graduated from UIOWA (University of Iowa). His service then was spent in Korea.
Born on February 23, 1944 in Iowa, he was a student at a Catholic school and he also went to public schools. When Sandford graduated college, he graduated with a master’s degree in Journalism and a bachelor’s degree in American Studies. He soon met his wife Susan Lee Jones and they married in 1966; they have two children Emily Curtis and Roswell Camp. His wife later passed away of breast cancer in early 2007. Along with archaeology, he is very involved with photography and art painting. You will see that once in a blue moon he will write articles about the two. He likes to read history and is involved ina variety of outdoor sports such as skiing, hunting, canoeing and fishing.
So what are some novels that have been written by Mr. Sandford? There are several series that have been released. Some have asked how many were written before one was approved.This question is important for most amateur authors and writers. There are a variety of books that have been written such as the Prey series. Some of them are: “Winter Prey”, “Wicked Prey”, “Mortal Prey”, “Night Prey”, and “Mind Prey”. There are sixteen other novels within this series as well. He also has the Kidd series, Virgil Flowers, other novels such as the “Night Crew” and “Dead Watch”. When purchasing his books there is an “Order of John Sandford Books”. Some people may read his books out of order for instance his Prey series. All of his series are written in chronological order.
The Prey series is about a wealthy detective (Lucas Davenport), who attained his wealth by creating acute computer games. From the start, he works with the police department as a lieutenant but later hands in his resignation. He still helps the department with their more formidable cases. Lucas knows how to play mind games, and with his criminal mastermind, this makes him a great asset to solving crimes. This is just one of many examples of Sandford’s great work. As you get further into his series, things begin to change. It’s highly suggested that if you enjoy reading plot twists, you should start reading him today because you will be in for a treat.
Just be sure before you start to read these books that the “Order of John Sandford Books” are in the correct order. You don’t want to skip around and miss parts of the stories that may be crucial to understanding.
Two novels that were written were not approved before “The Fools Run”. One of them was called “The Chippewa Zoo” which was a near future science fiction novel. The other was called “The Wheel Key Number” and this was a realistic detective story. Neither of these will ever be published. “Silken Prey” has been his latest book which will be released sometime in May of 2013. After that he plans to begin his 24th novel of the Prey series. There is also another book on the way of the Virgil Flower series that will possibly be released late October of 2013. John Sandford has always been an outstanding author and always seems to amaze his audience. Be sure to be on the lookout for the books that will be released this year!
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