Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Night Passage | 1997 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 2 | Trouble in Paradise | 1998 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 3 | Death in Paradise | 2001 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 4 | Stone Cold | 2003 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 5 | Sea Change | 2005 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 6 | High Profile | 2007 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 7 | Stranger in Paradise | 2008 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 8 | Night and Day | 2009 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 9 | Split Image | 2010 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 10 | Killing The Blues | 2011 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 11 | Fool Me Twice | 2012 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 12 | Damned If You Do | 2013 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 13 | Blind Spot | 2014 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 14 | The Devil Wins | 2015 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 15 | Debt to Pay | 2016 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 16 | The Hangman’s Sonnet | 2018 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 17 | Colorblind | 2018 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 18 | The Bitterest Pill | 2019 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 19 | Fool’s Paradise | 2020 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 20 | Stone’s Throw | 2021 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 21 | Fallout | 2022 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 22 | Buried Secrets | 2025 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
| 23 | Big Shot | 2026 | Robert B. Parker | Buy |
The Jesse Stone series began in 1997 with Night Passage, introducing a disgraced LA cop who takes a police chief job in the quiet Massachusetts town of Paradise. Robert B. Parker wrote nine Jesse Stone novels before his death, establishing a character who deals with personal demons, particularly drinking, while handling surprisingly violent crimes in his small jurisdiction.
The series has been continued by Michael Brandman and then Reed Farrel Coleman, growing to 23 books. Tom Selleck portrayed Stone in a popular series of TV movies starting in 2005. The combination of small-town setting and big-city crime gives the series its distinctive appeal.