Robert B. Parker books

Robert B. Parker was an American crime fiction author famous for creating the Spenser private detective series, one of the most influential mystery franchises of the 20th century.

Akashic Noir Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
San Francisco Noir 2002 Buy
Seattle Noir 2003 Buy
Bronx Noir 2003 Buy
Brooklyn Noir 2004 Buy
Hasidic Noir 2004 Buy
Brooklyn Noir 2 2005 Buy
Chicago Noir 2005 Buy
Dublin Noir 2005 Buy
Manhattan Noir 2006 Buy
Miami Noir 2006 Buy
D.C. Noir 2006 Buy
Baltimore Noir 2006 Buy
Twin Cities Noir 2006 Buy
London Noir 2006 Buy
New Orleans Noir 2007 Buy
Los Angeles Noir 2007 Buy
Wall Street Noir 2007 Buy
Havana Noir 2007 Buy
Detroit Noir 2007 Buy
Queens Noir 2008 Buy
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008 Buy
Toronto Noir 2008 Buy
Las Vegas Noir 2008 Buy
Trinidad Noir 2008 Buy
D.C. Noir 2 2008 Buy
Manhattan Noir 2 2008 Buy
Paris Noir 2008 Buy
Istanbul Noir 2008 Buy
Boston Noir 2009 Buy
Rome Noir 2009 Buy
San Francisco Noir 2 2009 Buy
Portland Noir 2009 Buy
Delhi Noir 2009 Buy
Phoenix Noir 2009 Buy
Los Angeles Noir 2 2010 Buy
Mexico City Noir 2010 Buy
Richmond Noir 2010 Buy
Orange County Noir 2010 Buy
Indian Country Noir 2010 Buy
Moscow Noir 2010 Buy
Lone Star Noir 2010 Buy
Philadelphia Noir 2010 Buy
Haiti Noir 2010 Buy
Copenhagen Noir 2010 Buy
Pittsburgh Noir 2011 Buy
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Barcelona Noir 2011 Buy
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Staten Island Noir 2012 Buy
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Kansas City Noir 2012 Buy
Boston Noir 2 2012 Buy
USA Noir 2013 Buy
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Dallas Noir 2013 Buy
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Singapore Noir 2014 Buy
Prison Noir 2014 Buy
Tel Aviv Noir 2014 Buy
Tehran Noir 2014 Buy
Belfast Noir 2014 Buy
Helsinki Noir 2014 Buy
Rio Noir 2014 Buy
Providence Noir 2015 Buy
Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015 Buy
Memphis Noir 2015 Buy
Zagreb Noir 2015 Buy
Marseille Noir 2015 Buy
Beirut Noir 2015 Buy
New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016 Buy
Stockholm Noir 2016 Buy
Brussels Noir 2016 Buy
Mississippi Noir 2016 Buy
St. Louis Noir 2016 Buy
Prague Noir 2016 Buy
San Juan Noir 2016 Buy
Oakland Noir 2017 Buy
Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017 Buy
Atlanta Noir 2017 Buy
New Haven Noir 2017 Buy
Montana Noir 2017 Buy
Buenos Aires Noir 2017 Buy
Montreal Noir 2017 Buy
Berlin Noir 2018 Buy
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Santa Cruz Noir 2018 Buy
Lagos Noir 2018 Buy
Marrakech Noir 2018 Buy
Baghdad Noir 2018 Buy
Vancouver Noir 2018 Buy
Sydney Noir 2018 Buy
Hong Kong Noir 2018 Buy
Amsterdam Noir 2019 Buy
Milwaukee Noir 2019 Buy
Houston Noir 2019 Buy
Nairobi Noir 2020 Buy
Columbus Noir 2020 Buy
Santa Fe Noir 2020 Buy
Alabama Noir 2020 Buy
Berkeley Noir 2020 Buy
Addis Ababa Noir 2020 Buy
Tampa Bay Noir 2020 Buy
Miami Noir: The Classics 2020 Buy
Accra Noir 2020 Buy
Belgrade Noir 2020 Buy
Palm Springs Noir 2021 Buy
Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022 Buy
Denver Noir 2022 Buy
South Central Noir 2022 Buy
Cleveland Noir 2023 Buy
East Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
West Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
Honolulu Noir 2024 Buy
Sacramento Noir 2025 Buy
Hamburg Noir 2025 Buy

Anthologies

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 1997 Buy
Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe 2011 Buy

Jesse Stone Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Night Passage 1997 Buy
Trouble in Paradise 1998 Buy
Death in Paradise 2001 Buy
Stone Cold 2003 Buy
Sea Change 2005 Buy
High Profile 2007 Buy
Stranger in Paradise 2008 Buy
Night and Day 2009 Buy
Split Image 2010 Buy
Killing The Blues 2011 Buy
Fool Me Twice 2012 Buy
Damned If You Do 2013 Buy
Blind Spot 2014 Buy
The Devil Wins 2015 Buy
Debt to Pay 2016 Buy
The Hangman’s Sonnet 2018 Buy
Colorblind 2018 Buy
The Bitterest Pill 2019 Buy
Fool’s Paradise 2020 Buy
Stone’s Throw 2021 Buy
Fallout 2022 Buy
Buried Secrets 2025 Buy
Big Shot 2026 Buy

Non-Fiction

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Training with Weights 1974 Buy
Three Weeks In Spring 1978 Buy
A Year at the Races 1991 Buy
Spenser’s Boston 1994 Buy

Philip Marlowe Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Big Sleep 1939 Buy
Farewell, My Lovely 1940 Buy
The High Window 1942 Buy
The Lady in the Lake 1943 Buy
The Little Sister 1949 Buy
The Long Goodbye 1953 Buy
Playback 1958 Buy
Poodle Springs 1989 Buy
Perchance to Dream 1991 Buy
The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe 2014 Buy
Only to Sleep 2018 Buy
The Goodbye Coast 2022 Buy
The Second Murderer 2023 Buy

Spenser Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
The Godwulf Manuscript 1973 Buy
God Save the Child 1974 Buy
Mortal Stakes 1975 Buy
Promised Land 1976 Buy
The Judas Goat 1978 Buy
Looking for Rachel Wallace 1980 Buy
Early Autumn 1981 Buy
A Savage Place 1981 Buy
Ceremony 1982 Buy
The Widening Gyre 1983 Buy
Valediction 1984 Buy
A Catskill Eagle 1985 Buy
Taming a Sea-Horse 1986 Buy
Pale Kings and Princes 1987 Buy
Crimson Joy 1988 Buy
Playmates 1989 Buy
Stardust 1990 Buy
Pastime 1991 Buy
Double Deuce 1992 Buy
Paper Doll 1993 Buy
Walking Shadow 1994 Buy
Thin Air 1995 Buy
Chance 1996 Buy
Small Vices 1997 Buy
Sudden Mischief 1998 Buy
Hush Money 1999 Buy
Hugger Mugger 2000 Buy
Potshot 2001 Buy
Widow’s Walk 2002 Buy
Back Story 2003 Buy
Bad Business 2004 Buy
Cold Service 2005 Buy
School Days 2005 Buy
Hundred-Dollar Baby / Dream Girl 2006 Buy
Now and Then 2007 Buy
Rough Weather 2008 Buy
The Professional 2009 Buy
Painted Ladies 2010 Buy
Sixkill 2011 Buy
Silent Night 2011 Buy
Lullaby 2012 Buy
Wonderland / Spenser Confidential 2013 Buy
Cheap Shot 2014 Buy
Kickback 2015 Buy
Slow Burn 2016 Buy
Little White Lies 2017 Buy
Old Black Magic 2018 Buy
Angel Eyes 2019 Buy
Someone to Watch Over Me 2020 Buy
Bye Bye Baby 2022 Buy
Broken Trust 2023 Buy
Hot Property 2024 Buy
Showdown 2025 Buy

Standalone Novels

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Passport To Peril 1951 Buy
Wilderness 1979 Buy
Surrogate 1982 Buy
Love and Glory 1983 Buy
All Our Yesterdays 1994 Buy
Gunman’s Rhapsody 2001 Buy
Double Play 2004 Buy
Edenville Owls 2007 Buy
The Boxer and the Spy 2008 Buy

Sunny Randall Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Family Honor 1999 Buy
Perish Twice 2000 Buy
Shrink Rap 2002 Buy
Melancholy Baby 2004 Buy
Blue Screen 2006 Buy
Spare Change 2007 Buy
Blood Feud 2018 Buy
Grudge Match 2020 Buy
Payback 2021 Buy
Revenge Tour 2022 Buy
Bad Influence 2023 Buy
Buzz Kill 2024 Buy
Booked 2026 Buy

Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch Reading Order

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Appaloosa 2005 Buy
Resolution 2008 Buy
Brimstone 2009 Buy
Blue-Eyed Devil 2010 Buy
Ironhorse 2013 Buy
Bull River 2014 Buy
The Bridge 2014 Buy
Blackjack 2016 Buy
Revelation 2017 Buy
Buckskin 2019 Buy
Opium Rose 2027 Buy

Young Spenser

Title Published Buy on Amazon
Chasing the Bear 2009 Buy

Robert B. Parker was one of the most important American crime fiction writers of the late 20th century. He created the Spenser series in 1973, reviving the private detective novel with a Boston-based PI who combined toughness with a love of cooking and literature. Parker published nearly 40 Spenser novels before his death in 2010, and the series has continued through other authors.

Beyond Spenser, Parker launched the Jesse Stone series about a small-town California-transplant police chief in Massachusetts, the Sunny Randall series featuring a female private investigator, and the Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch Western novels. He also completed Raymond Chandler’s unfinished Philip Marlowe novel Poodle Springs. His straightforward prose style and prolific output made him one of the bestselling mystery writers of his generation.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Robert B. Parker written?

Robert B. Parker has written 250 books across ten series.

What was Robert B. Parker's first book?

Robert B. Parker’s first book is The Big Sleep, published in 1939.

What are Robert B. Parker's major series?

Parker’s major series include the Spenser private detective novels (53 books), the Jesse Stone small-town police chief series (23 books), the Sunny Randall female PI series (13 books), and the Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch Western series (11 books). After Parker’s death in 2010, several authors continued his series with the approval of his estate.

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