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
| Indemnity Only | (1982) |    |
| Deadlock | (1984) | |
| Killing Orders | (1985) | |
| Bitter Medicine | (1987) | |
| Blood Shot | (1988) | |
| Burn Marks | (1990) | |
| Guardian Angel | (1992) | |
| Tunnel Vision | (1994) | |
| Hard Time | (1999) | |
| Total Recall | (2001) | |
| Blacklist | (2003) | |
| Fire Sale | (2005) | |
| Hardball | (2009) | |
| Body Work | (2010) | |
| Breakdown | (2012) | |
| Critical Mass | (2013) | |
| Brush Back | (2015) | |
| Fallout | (2017) | |
| Shell Game | (2018) | |
| Dead Land | (2020) | |
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Short Stories/Novellas
| Photo Finish | (2011) | |
| Wildcat | (2017) | |
| Death on the Edge | (2018) | |
Publication Order of V.I. Warshawski Collections
| Windy City Blues | (1995) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Ghost Country | (1988) | |
| Bleeding Kansas | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Taste of Life | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| A Taste of Life and Other Stories | (1995) | |
| Love & Other Crimes: Stories | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Writing In An Age Of Silence | (2007) | |
| Words, Works, and Ways of Knowing | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers of America Anthology | (1986) | |
| Beastly Tales | (1989) | |
| City Sleuths and Tough Guys | (1989) | |
| A Woman's Eye | (1991) | |
| Women of Mystery | (1992) | |
| The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories | (1992) | |
| Female Sleuths | (1993) | |
| Women on the Case | (1996) | |
| Win, Lose or Die | (1996) | |
| Crime After Crime | (1999) | |
| The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | (2000) | |
| Crime Story Collection | (2000) | |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories | (2001) | |
| Sisters On the Case | (2007) | |
| Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe | (2011) | |
| Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold | (2014) | |
| Gary Phillips' Hollis for Hire | (2018) | |
Notes: Blood Shot was published in the United Kingdom as Toxic Shock. Windy City Blues was also published as V.I. for Short.
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