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Jonathan Nasaw Books in Order

Jonathan Nasaw has written 10 books, published between 1975 and 2010. The first book is Easy Walking (1975) and the newest is The Boys from Santa Cruz (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1975–2010
Pages on record
2,201 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
37–55 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,201 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Jonathan Nasaw checklist

Jonathan Nasaw writes psychological thrillers and horror, and the catalogue holds 10 books from 1975 to 2010. E.L. Pender and James Whistler are the named series. For the Jonathan Nasaw books in order, Easy Walking (1975) comes first, then West Of The Moon (1987), Shakedown Street (1993), The World on Blood (1996) and Shadows (1997). The Girls He Adored (2001), Fear Itself (2002), Twenty-Seven Bones (2004) and When She Was Bad (2007) follow, and The Boys from Santa Cruz (2010) is the newest. Subject headings include serial murders, vampires, phobias, California and the Caribbean.

How many Jonathan Nasaw books are there?

Jonathan Nasaw has 10 books, released between 1975 and 2010. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Jonathan Nasaw Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Jonathan Nasaw 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 West Of The Moon by Jonathan Nasaw (1987)
  2. Cover of Shadows by Jonathan Nasaw, book 2 of the James Whistler series (1997)
  3. Cover of The Girls He Adored by Jonathan Nasaw, book 1 of the E.L. Pender series (2001)
  4. Cover of Fear Itself by Jonathan Nasaw, book 2 of the E.L. Pender series (2002)
  5. Cover of Twenty-Seven Bones by Jonathan Nasaw, book 3 of the E.L. Pender series (2004)
  6. Cover of The Boys from Santa Cruz by Jonathan Nasaw, book 5 of the E.L. Pender series (2010)
  1. 1
    Easy Walking1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  2. 2
    West Of The Moon1987 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987212
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  3. 3
    Shakedown Street1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  4. 4
    The World on BloodJames Whistler #11996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  5. 5
    ShadowsJames Whistler #21997 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997400
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  6. 6
    The Girls He AdoredE.L. Pender #12001 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001448
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  7. 7
    Fear ItselfE.L. Pender #22002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  8. 8
    Twenty-Seven BonesE.L. Pender #32004 · 448 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004448
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  9. 9
    When She Was BadE.L. Pender #42007 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007368
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  10. 10
    The Boys from Santa CruzE.L. Pender #52010 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010325
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Jonathan Nasaw 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.

E.L. Pender in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Girls He Adored
  2. 2. Fear Itself
  3. 3. Twenty-Seven Bones
  4. 4. When She Was Bad
  5. 5. The Boys from Santa Cruz

James Whistler in order

2 books
  1. 1. The World on Blood
  2. 2. Shadows

Standalone books

3 books

3 Jonathan Nasaw titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jonathan Nasaw books in order?

You only need to read Jonathan Nasaw 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 Jonathan Nasaw

Start with Easy Walking (1975), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jonathan Nasaw book?

The Boys from Santa Cruz (2010) is the newest Jonathan Nasaw book released so far.

Is there a new Jonathan Nasaw book coming?

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

Jonathan Nasaw at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Jonathan Nasaw title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Jonathan Nasaw books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,201 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jonathan Nasaw books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Jonathan Nasaw books are about

7 of the 10 Jonathan Nasaw books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: serial murders is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.