Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eerste steen rechts | 2011 | Darynda Jones | N/A |
| 2 | Second Grave on the Left | 2011 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 3 | For I Have Sinned | 2011 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 4 | Third Grave Dead Ahead | 2012 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 5 | Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet | 2012 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 6 | First Grave on the Right | 2011 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 7 | Shimmer | 2013 | Darynda Jones | N/A |
| 8 | Glow | 2014 | Darynda Jones | N/A |
| 9 | Fifth Grave Past the Light | 2013 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 10 | Sixth Grave on the Edge | 2014 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 11 | Seventh Grave and No Body | 2014 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 12 | Brighter Than the Sun | 2015 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 13 | Eighth Grave After Dark | 2015 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 14 | The Dirt on Ninth Grave | 2016 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 15 | A Very Charley Christmas | 2016 | Darynda Jones | N/A |
| 16 | The Curse of Tenth Grave | 2016 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 17 | Shimmer / Glow | 2015 | Darynda Jones | N/A |
| 18 | Eleventh Grave in Moonlight | 2017 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 19 | The Trouble with Twelfth Grave | 2017 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 20 | Summoned to Thirteenth Grave | 2019 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 21 | The Graveyard Shift | 2020 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 22 | The Gravedigger’s Son | 2021 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 23 | The Graveside Bar and Grill | 2022 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 24 | The Grave Robber | 2023 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 25 | Graveyard Dog | 2024 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 26 | Death and the Girl Next Door | 2012 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 27 | Death, Doom and Detention | 2013 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
| 28 | Death, and the Girl He Loves | 2013 | Darynda Jones | Buy |
The Charley Davidson series is Darynda Jones’s flagship work, running 28 books from First Grave on the Right (2011) through Graveyard Dog (2024). Charley is a private investigator in Albuquerque who can see the dead, which makes her useful as both a PI and the literal Grim Reaper. The series blends mystery-of-the-week cases with a longer supernatural arc involving Charley’s powers and the forces that want to control them.
The earlier books (numbered “graves”) follow Charley through escalating supernatural threats, while later entries like The Graveyard Shift, The Gravedigger’s Son, and The Grave Robber continue the story in what fans call the “after” phase. The series also includes connected YA novels (Death and the Girl Next Door trilogy) set in the same world. The humor is a major draw, with Charley’s narration full of pop culture references and deadpan observations.