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John E. Douglas Books in Order

John E. Douglas has written 20 books, published between 1992 and 2022. The first book is Crime Classification Manual (1992) and the newest is When a Killer Calls (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1992–2022
Pages on record
6,610 in 17 of 20 books
Reading time
110–165 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,610 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of John E. Douglas, author

John E. Douglas is a retired FBI special agent, born in 1945, who served as a unit chief in the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit and helped build criminal profiling in the United States. Mindhunter (1995) is the best known of 20 catalogued books, which open with the Crime Classification Manual (1992) and end with When a Killer Calls (2022). Sexual Homicide (1993), Unabomber (1996), Journey Into Darkness (1997) and The Anatomy of Motive (1999) work through serial murder investigation as case studies.

How many John E. Douglas books are there?

John E. Douglas has 20 books, released between 1992 and 2022. They include 2 series and 16 titles listed outside any series.

John E. Douglas Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 John E. Douglas 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.

  1. Cover of Crime Classification Manual by John E. Douglas (1992)
  2. Cover of Pocket Guide to the Crime Classification Manual by John E. Douglas (1992)
  3. Cover of Mindhunter by John E. Douglas, book 1 of the Mindhunter series (1995)
  4. Cover of Unabomber by John E. Douglas (1996)
  5. Cover of Journey Into Darkness by John E. Douglas, book 2 of the Mindhunter series (1997)
  6. Cover of Obsession by John E. Douglas (1998)
  7. Cover of John Douglas's Guide to Careers in the FBI by John E. Douglas (1998)
  8. Cover of Broken Wings by John E. Douglas, book 1 of the Broken Wings series (1999)
  9. Cover of The Anatomy of Motive by John E. Douglas (1999)
  10. Cover of The Cases That Haunt Us by John E. Douglas (2000)
  11. Cover of Man Down by John E. Douglas, book 2 of the Broken Wings series (2002)
  12. Cover of Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet by John E. Douglas (2003)
  13. Cover of John Douglas's Guide to Landing a Career in Law Enforcement by John E. Douglas (2004)
  14. Cover of Inside the Mind of BTK by John E. Douglas (2007)
  15. Cover of Law and Disorder by John E. Douglas (2013)
  16. Cover of The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas (2019)
  17. Cover of When a Killer Calls by John E. Douglas (2022)
  1. 1
    Crime Classification Manual1992 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992576
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Pocket Guide to the Crime Classification Manual1992 · 134 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992134
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Sexual Homicide1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    MindhunterMindhunter #11995 · 397 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995397
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Unabomber1996 · 286 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996286
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Journey Into DarknessMindhunter #21997 · 382 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997382
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Obsession1998 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998496
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    John Douglas's Guide to Careers in the FBI1998 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Broken WingsBroken Wings #11999 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Anatomy of Motive1999 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999413
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Cases That Haunt Us2000 · 512 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000512
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Man DownBroken Wings #22002 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet2003 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003432
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    John Douglas's Guide to Landing a Career in Law Enforcement2004 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004328
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Inside the Mind of BTK2007 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007344
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    A Criminal Investigative Analysis of Jack The Ripper2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Law and Disorder2013 · 566 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013566
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    The Killer Across the Table2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    The Killer's Shadow2020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    When a Killer Calls2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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John E. Douglas series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

John E. Douglas 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.

Broken Wings in order

2 books
  1. 1. Broken Wings
  2. 2. Man Down

Standalone books

16 books

16 John E. Douglas titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read John E. Douglas books in order?

You only need to read John E. Douglas books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with John E. Douglas

Start with Mindhunter (1995), the first Mindhunter book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Crime Classification Manual (1992).

What is the newest John E. Douglas book?

When a Killer Calls (2022) is the newest John E. Douglas book released so far.

Is there a new John E. Douglas book coming?

No next John E. Douglas book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

John E. Douglas at a glance

Paused
No new John E. Douglas title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
John E. Douglas books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
6,610 pages across the 17 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John E. Douglas books, 10 of 20, were published in the 1990s.

What the John E. Douglas books are about

17 of the 20 John E. Douglas books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: psychology is tagged on 7 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.