Peter James is an English novelist who also worked as a screenwriter and producer in film. His series features Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who is based in Brighton (James’ hometown). The genres covered by James include techno-thrillers, spy fiction and supernatural thrillers.

Peter James’ first novel, Dead Letter Drop, was published in 1981. For the next 20+ years, he wrote standalone novels until beginning the Roy Grace series in 2005. Below is a list of Peter James’ novels in order of publication date and chronological order:

Publication Order of Roy Grace Books

Dead Simple (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Looking Good Dead (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Not Dead Enough (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Man's Footsteps (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Tomorrow (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Like You (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Man's Grip (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Not Dead Yet (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Man's Time (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Want You Dead (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
You Are Dead (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Love You Dead (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Need You Dead (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead If You Don't (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead at First Sight (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Find Them Dead (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Left You Dead (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Picture You Dead (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Roy Grace Short Stories/Novellas Books

Footloose (With: Val McDermid) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Wish You Were Dead (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Cold Hill Books

The House on Cold Hill (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Secret of Cold Hill (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Max Flynn Books

Dead Letter Drop (1981)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Atom Bomb Angel (1983)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Billionaire (1983)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Biggles The Storybook (1986)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Possession (1988)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dreamer (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sweet Heart (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Twilight (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Prophecy (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Host (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Alchemist (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Getting Wired! (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Truth (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Denial (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Faith (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Perfect People (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Absolute Proof (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I Follow You (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

A Twist of the Knife (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Christmas is for the Kids (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
In the Nick of Time (With: Ian Rankin) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Footloose (With: Val McDermid) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Afraid of the Light Anthology Books

Afraid of the Light (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Afraid of the Christmas Lights (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Afraid of the Shadows (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Inspector Rebus Short Stories/Novellas

(with Ian Rankin)

A Good Hanging (By: Ian Rankin) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Death is Not the End (By: Ian Rankin) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Good Hanging and Other Stories (By: Ian Rankin) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
In the Nick of Time (With: Ian Rankin) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Beat Goes On (By: Ian Rankin) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Long Shadows (Play) (By: Ian Rankin) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books

Honor & ... (By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown) (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Deserves to Be Dead (By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson) (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Getaway (By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille) (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Midnight Flame (By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian) (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Short Story (By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Past Prologue (By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Faking a Murderer (By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dig Here (By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Taking the Veil (By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Rambo on Their Minds (By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Footloose (With: Val McDermid) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Fantasy Tales Books

Fantasy Tales 1 (By: Stephen Jones) (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fantasy Tales 2 (By: Stephen Jones) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fantasy Tales 3 (By: Stephen Jones) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fantasy Tales 4 (By: Charles L. Grant,Kim Newman,Steve Tem,Stephen Jones) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fantasy Tales 5 (By: Stephen Jones) (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fantasy Tales 6 (By: Stephen Jones) (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fantasy Tales 7 (By: Stephen Jones) (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Death Comes Knocking (With: Graham Bartlett) (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Babes In The Wood (With: Graham Bartlett) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

Giant Book of Fantasy Tales(1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7(2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
No Rest for the Dead(2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Killer Cookbook(2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
FaceOff(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
MatchUp(2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Ten Year Stretch(2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Afraid of the Shadows(2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Notes: In the Nick of Time was co-authored with Ian Rankin. Death Comes Knocking was written with Graham Bartlett.

If You Like Peter James Books, You’ll Love…

Peter James Synopses: I Follow You is a standalone novel by Peter James. Marcus Valentine is a suave, charming, and self-assured doctor who appears to have everything. A great job, a loving wife, and three children. However, something is missing – it always has been… or, more accurately, someone…

He almost hits a female jogger on a crossing one morning as he drove to work with his mind off the road. Marcus stares in awe as she continues to run. She resembles a girl he adored as a teenager in every way – a girl who he has never been able to forget.

He had been harshly dumped by Lynette.He has fantasized about seeing her once more and rekindling their romance for years. After all these years, could that jogger be her? Could this be the most amazing synchronicity?

He tries to resist, but his cravings for this woman consume him. His obsession also threatens to devastate both of their worlds when circumstances take tragically unexpected turns. He still won’t stop, though. He cannot.

Perfect People by Peter James is a standalone title. John and Naomi are in mourning after their four-year-old son passed away from a rare genetic condition. Despite the fact that they are aware that their next child has a high risk of contracting the same disease, they long for another child.

Then they learn about Dr. Leo Dettore, a geneticist. He has techniques that can prevent them from suffering the pain of losing another child to disease.

When they saw the list, they should have realized that something was wrong. Choices regarding hair, sporting abilities, and eye color. They are actually able to design their child. It is too late to turn around now. Naomi is pregnant, and there are already serious problems.

Faith is a standalone novel by Peter James. Ross Ransom is the best in his field; one of the business’s most successful and unquestionably wealthiest plastic surgeons. It makes sense that such a man would expect his wife to be flawless. After all, he has performed enough surgeries to get her there. However, when his wife becomes ill, she abandons conventional medicine and her unhappy marriage to Ransom in favor of alternative medicine and a charismatic therapist who promises more than just medical relief. This is Ransom’s greatest act of betrayal. It defies logic, and Ross Ransom is a deeply logical individual who sees no reason why any man should have a wife if they are unable to do so. Ross Ransom is about to take a very rational, murderous, course of action.

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2 Responses to “Order of Peter James Books”

  1. Joann Ciprut: 9 years ago

    I am also an avid reader. I have discovered Peter James and I can’t put any of his books down. I stay up late at night just to see what will happen next. I am so happy to have found this wonderful author. What a gift you have to write such extrordinary stories. I’m in awe.

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  2. Carolyn: 10 years ago

    as an avid book reader and casual library assistant i have only just discovered Peter James, my first book was “Perfect People” my whole world ground to a halt as i could not put this book down, i also lost sleep to and i am now addicted to this amazing author…thanks

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