Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obsessed | 1991 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 2 | Penance | 1992 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 3 | A Face without a Heart | 2000 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 4 | IM | 2007 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 5 | In the Blood | 2007 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 6 | Deadly Vision | 2007 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 7 | High Risk | 2008 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 8 | Orientation | 2008 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 9 | Dead End Street | 2008 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 10 | Bashed | 2009 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 11 | M4M | 2009 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 12 | Mute Witness | 2009 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 13 | Tales From The Sexual Underground | 2010 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 14 | The Blue Moon Cafe | 2010 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 15 | A Demon Inside | 2010 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 16 | On the Edge | 2010 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 17 | Tricks | 2010 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 18 | Dignity Takes A Holiday | 2011 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 19 | Heartrace | 2011 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 20 | Caregiver | 2011 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 21 | Blood Sacrifice | 2011 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 22 | Rent | 2012 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 23 | The Course Of True Love | 2013 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 24 | Family Obligations | 2013 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 25 | Hungry for Love | 2013 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 26 | Legally Wed | 2014 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 27 | Dinner at Home | 2014 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 28 | Husband Hunters | 2014 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 29 | Third Eye | 2014 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 30 | Blink | 2015 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 31 | Dinner at Fiorello’s | 2015 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 32 | The Couple Next Door | 2015 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 33 | Out on the Net | 2016 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 34 | A Dangerous Game | 2016 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 35 | Stranded with Desire | 2016 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 36 | Dinner at Jack’s | 2016 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 37 | Lost and Found | 2016 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 38 | Dinner at the Blue Moon Cafe | 2017 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 39 | The Perils of Intimacy | 2017 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 40 | Sky Full of Mysteries | 2018 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 41 | Blue Umbrella Sky | 2019 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 42 | Torn | 2019 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 43 | The Secrets We Keep | 2019 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 44 | Unraveling | 2020 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 45 | The Man from Milwaukee | 2020 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 46 | The Q | 2021 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 47 | Wounded Air | 2021 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 48 | Immortal Things | 2021 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 49 | Toxic | 2022 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 50 | Seaspray | 2022 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 51 | The Impossible Childhood of My Desires | 2022 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 52 | Eclectic Mix Tape | 2023 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 53 | Silence of the Missing | 2023 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 54 | Beautiful Monster | 2024 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
| 55 | Jealous of the Clouds | 2025 | Rick R. Reed | Buy |
Rick R. Reed’s standalone novels represent the bulk of his output, with 55 titles spanning from 1991 to 2025. The range is remarkable. Early books like Obsessed and Penance are straightforward horror, while later titles like Dinner at Home and Hungry for Love are warm contemporary romances. In between, there are psychological thrillers, literary character studies, and books that resist easy categorization.
The standalones cover many corners of gay male experience. Caregiver explores what happens when someone must care for an ailing partner. Bashed deals with the aftermath of a hate crime. Blue Umbrella Sky is a gentler story about finding love later in life. Reed returns to certain themes across these books, particularly the search for genuine connection and the challenge of being honest about who you are, but each novel has its own distinct setting and cast.