Faye Kellerman Books in Order
Faye Kellerman has written 37 books, published between 1986 and 2022. The first book is The Ritual Bath (1986) and the newest is The Hunt (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 27 of the 37 books listed here are in the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series, which has its own page: Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus books in order.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1986–2022
- Confirmed
- 37 of 37 titles
- Pages on record
- 14,412 in 33 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 240–360 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 14,412 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Faye Kellerman (Faye Marder Kellerman, born July 31, 1952) is an American author of mystery novels. The Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series is the centre of the work, and the catalogue opens with The Ritual Bath in 1986. Kellerman also wrote non-series novels, among them The Quality of Mercy (1989). The catalogue contains 37 books through The Hunt (2022). Police procedure, murder investigation and Jewish life appear in the subjects.
How many Faye Kellerman books are there?
Faye Kellerman has 37 books, released between 1986 and 2022. 27 of them belong to the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series.
Faye Kellerman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Faye Kellerman books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119863743/4
- 219873743/4
- 319896563/4
- 419904163/4
- 519914003/4
- 619924193/4
- 719934203/4
- 819944283/4
- 919954663/4
- 1019964243/4
- 1119975443/4
- 1219985963/4
- 1319994373/4
- 1420004423/4
- 1520015443/4
- 1620025173/4
- 1720035323/4
- 1820043623/4
- 192005–3/4
- 20The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal DelightsFaye Kellerman Short Story #12006 · 327 pages · confirmed 3/420063273/4
- 2120064323/4
- 2220074963/4
- 2320084173/4
- 2420092643/4
- 2520094163/4
- 2620104223/4
- 2720113753/4
- 2820133713/4
- 2920143743/4
- 3020153843/4
- 312016–3/4
- 322016–3/4
- 3320174153/4
- 3420185163/4
- 3520213683/4
- 362022–3/4
- 3720224843/4
Faye Kellerman series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
Faye Kellerman 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.
Faye Kellerman Standalone Novels
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Faye Kellerman Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mysterious Profiles in order
1 bookFaye Kellerman Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Faye Kellerman books run from The Ritual Bath (1986) to The Hunt (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Faye Kellerman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Faye Kellerman books in order?
You only need to read Faye Kellerman books in order within the Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series, which holds 27 of the 37 Faye Kellerman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Faye Kellerman
Start with the first book of the Faye Kellerman series you want to read: Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus starts with The Ritual Bath (1986) and Decker and Lazarus starts with The Ritual Bath (1986). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Ritual Bath (1986).
What is the newest Faye Kellerman book?
The Hunt (2022) is the newest Faye Kellerman book released so far.
Is there a new Faye Kellerman book coming?
No next Faye Kellerman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Printable Faye Kellerman Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 37 books in publication order is on the Faye Kellerman reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Faye Kellerman at a glance
- Paused
- No new Faye Kellerman title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Faye Kellerman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 14,412 pages across the 33 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 420 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Faye Kellerman books, 12 of 37, were published in the 2000s.
What the Faye Kellerman books are about
33 of the 37 Faye Kellerman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 26 of 33. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 26 of 33 books
- Police spouses 20 of 33 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 17 of 33 books
- Mystery & detective 15 of 33 books
- Murder 9 of 33 books
- Investigation 7 of 33 books
- Thrillers 6 of 33 books
- Crime 2 of 33 books