Order of Ruth Rendell Books
Ruth Rendell (1930-2015) was an English author of crime fiction, psychological thrillers and mystery novels. She is credited alongside P.D. James for developing the whodunit subgenre into more of a whydunit. She is best known for her Inspector Wexford series. She also writes under the pen name Barbara Vine.
Ruth Rendell made her literary debut in From Doon With Death in 1964, which began her Inspector Wexford series. Below is a list of Ruth Rendell’s books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Wexford Books
| From Doon With Death | (1964) |
  
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| Sins of the Fathers | (1986) |
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| A New Lease of Death | (1967) |
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| Wolf to the Slaughter | (1967) |
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| The Best Man to Die | (1969) |
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| A Guilty Thing Surprised | (1970) |
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| No More Dying Then | (1971) |
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| Murder Being Once Done | (1972) |
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| Some Lie and Some Die | (1973) |
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| Shake Hands Forever | (1975) |
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| A Sleeping Life | (1979) |
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| Putting on by Cunning | (1981) |
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| The Speaker of Mandarin | (1983) |
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| An Unkindness of Ravens | (1985) |
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| The Veiled One | (1988) |
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| Kissing the Gunner's Daughter | (1991) |
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| Simisola | (1994) |
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| Road Rage | (1997) |
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| Harm Done | (1999) |
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| The Babes in the Wood | (2002) |
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| End in Tears | (2005) |
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| Not in the Flesh | (2007) |
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| The Monster in the Box | (2009) |
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| The Vault | (2011) |
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| No Man's Nightingale | (2013) |
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Publication Order of Inspector Wexford Collections
| Means of Evil and Other Stories | (1979) |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| To Fear a Painted Devil | (1965) |
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| Vanity Dies Hard | (1965) |
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| The Secret House of Death | (1968) |
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| One Across, Two Down | (1971) |
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| The Face of Trespass | (1974) |
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| A Demon in My View | (1976) |
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| A Judgement in Stone | (1977) |
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| Make Death Love Me | (1979) |
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| The Lake of Darkness | (1980) |
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| Master of the Moor | (1982) |
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| The Killing Doll | (1984) |
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| The Tree of Hands | (1984) |
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| A Dark Adapted Eye | (1986) |
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| Live Flesh | (1986) |
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| Heartstones | (1987) |
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| A Fatal Inversion | (1987) |
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| Talking to Strange Men | (1987) |
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| The House of Stairs | (1988) |
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| The Bridesmaid | (1989) |
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| Gallowglass | (1990) |
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| Going Wrong | (1990) |
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| King Solomon's Carpet | (1991) |
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| Asta's Book | (1993) |
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| The Crocodile Bird | (1993) |
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| No Night is Too Long | (1994) |
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| The Brimstone Wedding | (1995) |
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| The Keys to the Street | (1996) |
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| A Sight For Sore Eyes | (1998) |
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| The Chimney Sweeper's Boy | (1998) |
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| Grasshopper | (2000) |
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| Piranha to Scurfy and Other Stories | (2001) |
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| Adam and Eve and Pinch Me | (2001) |
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| The Blood Doctor | (2002) |
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| Rottweiler | (2003) |
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| 13 Steps Down | (2004) |
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| The Minotaur | (2005) |
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| The Water's Lovely | (2006) |
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| The Thief | (2006) |
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| Portobello | (2008) |
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| The Birthday Present | (2008) |
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| Tigerlily's Orchids | (2010) |
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| The St. Zita Society | (2012) |
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| The Child's Child | (2012) |
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| The Girl Next Door | (2014) |
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| Dark Corners | (2015) |
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Notes: A New Lease of Death was also published as The Sins of the Fathers. Put on by Cunning was also published as Death Notes. Asta’s Book was also published as Anna’s Book.
A Dark Adapted Eye, A Fatal Inversion, The House of Stairs, Gallowglass, King Solomon’s Carpet, Asta’s Book, No Night is Too Long, The Brimstone Wedding, The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy, Grasshopper, The Blood Doctor, The Minotaur, The Birthday Present and The Child’s Child were published under the nom de plume of Barbara Vine.
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