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John Rector Books in Order

John Rector has written 9 books, published between 2009 and 2020. The first book is The Grove (2009) and the newest is Broken (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2009–2020
Pages on record
827 in 3 of 9 books
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John Rector writes crime and psychological suspense, and has taken prizes for short fiction. Nine books are catalogued, from The Grove (2009) to Broken (2020), with The Cold Kiss (2010), Already Gone (2011), The Walls Around Us (2011), Lost Things (2012), Out of the Black (2013), Ruthless (2015) and The Ridge (2017) between. Rector lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and rights to the novels have sold in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands. Subjects record crime, conspiracy, alcoholics and life change events.

How many John Rector books are there?

John Rector has 9 books, released between 2009 and 2020.

John Rector Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 John Rector 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 The Grove by John Rector (2009)
  2. Cover of The Cold Kiss by John Rector (2010)
  3. Cover of Ruthless by John Rector (2015)
  1. 1
    The Grove2009 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009248
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  2. 2
    The Cold Kiss2010 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010309
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  3. 3
    The Walls Around Us2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    Already Gone2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    Lost Things2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    Out of the Black2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    Ruthless2015 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015270
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  8. 8
    The Ridge2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  9. 9
    Broken2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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John Rector 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.

Standalone books

9 books

9 John Rector titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read John Rector books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 9 John Rector books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with John Rector

Start with The Grove (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest John Rector book?

Broken (2020) is the newest John Rector book released so far.

Is there a new John Rector book coming?

No next John Rector 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 Rector at a glance

No recent titles
The newest John Rector title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
John Rector books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
827 pages across the 3 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most John Rector books, 7 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the John Rector books are about

3 of the 9 John Rector books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.