Order of Shetland Island Books
The Shetland Island series is a series of mystery/thriller novels by English author Ann Cleeves. The featured character in the series is Inspector Jimmy Perez. The series was adapted into a television drama.
Ann Cleeves began her Shetland Island series in 1997 with Raven Black. Originally intended as a quartet, the series has continued on and is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Ann Cleeves’ Shetland Island books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Shetland Island Books
Raven Black | (2006) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
White Nights | (2008) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Red Bones | (2009) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Blue Lightning | (2010) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Dead Water | (2013) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thin Air | (2014) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Too Good To Be True | (2016) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cold Earth | (2016) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wild Fire | (2018) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Publication Order of Shetland Island Non-Fiction Books
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Excellent series: also see the other series by Ann Cleeves: https://www.orderofbooks.com/characters/vera-stanhope/
A bit out of date – I am reading Cold Earth in this series now…
Not really “out of date”….the last book in the series was just released, it is Wild Fire.
This site tries to show all the past and present books in any given series.