Order of Sara Paretsky Books
Sara Paretsky is an American novelist of detective fiction, largely featuring female private investigator V.I. Warshawski. Paretsky’s contributions to crime fiction include writing a female character who breaks all of the rules of what a female detective is “supposed” to be and transcending the typical labels.
Sara Paretsky had her first novel published in 1982, which was Indemnity Only. The frequency of her novels are typically about one every two years – sometimes more, sometimes less. Below is a list of all of Sara Paretsky’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Books
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Collections
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: Blood Shot was published in the United Kingdom as Toxic Shock. Windy City Blues was also published as V.I. for Short.
do the books need to be read in order?
Not really but I’d recommend reading in publication order. There’s a change late on in the series that affects the chronology of the books and also changes a lot of things that occurs in the books that could make things very confusing.
where does the windy city blues come in the v.i. warshawski series
It was published between Burn Marks & Guardian Angel. I’ll have it added under the “Collections” section soon.