Alex Kava Books in Order
Alex Kava has written 27 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is A Perfect Evil (2000) and the newest is Chasing Creed (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 2000–2026
- Confirmed
- 27 of 27 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,032 in 17 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 101–151 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,032 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Maggie O'Dell, a criminal profiler, and Ryder Creed, who works with search dogs, carry Alex Kava's two thriller series. A Perfect Evil (2000) opens the O'Dell run, and the catalogue reaches 27 books with Chasing Creed in 2026. Criminal profilers, women detectives, veterans and search dogs are the catalogued subjects, with Washington D.C. among the settings.
How many Alex Kava books are there?
Alex Kava has 27 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.
Alex Kava Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Alex Kava books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120004003/4
- 220014083/4
- 320024113/4
- 420033783/4
- 520043173/4
- 620064963/4
- 720074003/4
- 820083323/4
- 92009–3/4
- 102010–3/4
- 112010–3/4
- 1220111703/4
- 132011–3/4
- 142012–3/4
- 1520134323/4
- 1620143103/4
- 1720153263/4
- 182016–3/4
- 192016–3/4
- 2020163283/4
- 2120173323/4
- 2220183103/4
- 2320193323/4
- 252022–3/4
- 262023–3/4
- 272026–3/4
Alex Kava series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Ryder Creed books in order 9 books
- Maggie O'Dell books in order 12 books
- Maggie O’Dell books in order 13 books
Alex Kava books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Alex Kava Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Maggie O'Dell Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alex Kava Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Erica Spindler Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alex Kava Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Alex Kava books run from A Perfect Evil (2000) to Chasing Creed (2026), the sequence in the table above. The Maggie O'Dell series also has a separate in-universe order on record: Maggie O'Dell books in chronological order. No other Alex Kava story order is on record.
Do you have to read Alex Kava books in order?
You only need to read Alex Kava books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Alex Kava books in?
Read Alex Kava one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Ryder Creed starts with Breaking Creed (2014), Maggie O'Dell starts with A Perfect Evil (2000) and Maggie O’Dell starts with A Perfect Evil (2000). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Perfect Evil (2000).
What is the newest Alex Kava book?
Chasing Creed (2026) is the newest Alex Kava book released so far.
Is there a new Alex Kava book coming?
No next Alex Kava book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alex Kava at a glance
- Still publishing
- Alex Kava published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Alex Kava books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,032 pages across the 17 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alex Kava books, 14 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
What the Alex Kava books are about
18 of the 27 Alex Kava books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: criminal profilers is tagged on 8 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Criminal profilers 8 of 18 books
- Maggie O'Dell (Fictitious character) 7 of 18 books
- Suspense 6 of 18 books
- Thrillers 6 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 6 of 18 books
- Dog trainers 3 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 18 books
- Search dogs 3 of 18 books
- Veterans 3 of 18 books
- Conspiracies 2 of 18 books