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Jonathan Stone Books in Order

Jonathan Stone has written 11 books, published between 1999 and 2022. The first book is The Cold Truth (1999) and the newest is The Prison Minyan (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1999–2022
Pages on record
2,440 in 8 of 11 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,440 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Jonathan Stone writes thrillers and suspense fiction, with 11 catalogued books between 1999 and 2022. Julian Palmer is the series in the catalogue, and subject headings include police procedurals, New York State, police chiefs, police training, psychics and theft. For the Jonathan Stone books in order, start with The Cold Truth (1999) and The Heat of Lies (2000), then Breakthrough (2003) and Parting Shot (2006). Dead Letters (2013), Moving Day (2014), The Teller (2015), Two for the Show (2016), Days of Night (2017) and Die Next (2020) follow. The Prison Minyan (2022) is the newest, and the author is marked dormant.

How many Jonathan Stone books are there?

Jonathan Stone has 11 books, released between 1999 and 2022. 3 of them belong to the Julian Palmer series.

Jonathan Stone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Jonathan Stone 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 Cold Truth by Jonathan Stone, book 1 of the Julian Palmer series (1999)
  2. Cover of The Heat of Lies by Jonathan Stone, book 2 of the Julian Palmer series (2000)
  3. Cover of Breakthrough by Jonathan Stone, book 3 of the Julian Palmer series (2003)
  4. Cover of Parting Shot by Jonathan Stone (2006)
  5. Cover of Moving Day by Jonathan Stone (2014)
  6. Cover of The Teller by Jonathan Stone (2015)
  1. 1
    The Cold TruthJulian Palmer #11999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    The Heat of LiesJulian Palmer #22000 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000320
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  3. 3
    BreakthroughJulian Palmer #32003 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003326
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  4. 4
    Parting Shot2006 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006282
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Dead Letters2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Moving Day2014 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014273
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  7. 7
    The Teller2015 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015266
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  8. 8
    Two for the Show2016 · 257 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016257
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Days of Night2017 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017348
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Die Next2020 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Prison Minyan2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Jonathan Stone 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.

Julian Palmer in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Cold Truth
  2. 2. The Heat of Lies
  3. 3. Breakthrough

Standalone books

8 books

8 Jonathan Stone titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jonathan Stone books in order?

You only need to read Jonathan Stone books in order within the Julian Palmer series, which holds 3 of the 11 Jonathan Stone books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jonathan Stone

Start with The Cold Truth (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jonathan Stone book?

The Prison Minyan (2022) is the newest Jonathan Stone book released so far.

Is there a new Jonathan Stone book coming?

No next Jonathan Stone 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 Stone at a glance

Paused
No new Jonathan Stone title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Jonathan Stone books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,440 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 301 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jonathan Stone books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jonathan Stone books are about

9 of the 11 Jonathan Stone 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 3 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.