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Katherine Ramsland Books in Order

Katherine Ramsland has written 70 books, published between 1989 and 2025. The first book is Engaging The Immediate (1989) and the newest is You Can't Hide (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
70
Published
1989–2025
Pages on record
6,458 in 19 of 70 books
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Katherine Ramsland, born January 2, 1953, is an American nonfiction author and professor of forensic psychology who writes about crime, forensic science and the supernatural. Ramsland is Assistant Provost and Professor Emerita of Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice at DeSales University. The catalogue lists 70 books from 1989 to 2025, including Prism of the Night (1991), The Vampire Companion (1991) and Dean Koontz: A Writer's Biography (1997). Subjects include Anne Rice, criminal investigation and case studies.

How many Katherine Ramsland books are there?

Katherine Ramsland has 70 books, released between 1989 and 2025. They include 5 series and 41 titles listed outside any series.

Katherine Ramsland Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 70 Katherine Ramsland 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 Engaging The Immediate by Katherine Ramsland (1989)
  2. Cover of Prism of the Night by Katherine Ramsland (1991)
  3. Cover of The Vampire Companion by Katherine Ramsland (1991)
  4. Cover of The Art of Learning by Katherine Ramsland (1992)
  5. Cover of The Witches' Companion by Katherine Ramsland (1994)
  6. Cover of Anne Rice Trivia Book by Katherine Ramsland (1994)
  7. Cover of The Roquelaure Reader by Katherine Ramsland (1996)
  8. Cover of Dean Koontz: A Writer's Biography by Katherine Ramsland (1997)
  9. Cover of Quesadillas by Katherine Ramsland (1997)
  10. Cover of Ghost: Investigating the Other Side by Katherine Ramsland (2001)
  11. Cover of The Unknown Darkness by Katherine Ramsland (2003)
  12. Cover of A Voice for the Dead by Katherine Ramsland (2005)
  13. Cover of The C.S.I. Effect by Katherine Ramsland (2006)
  14. Cover of Inside the Minds of Serial Killers by Katherine Ramsland (2006)
  15. Cover of Into the Devil's Den by Katherine Ramsland (2008)
  16. Cover of Inside the Minds of Sexual Predators by Katherine Ramsland (2009)
  17. Cover of The Real World of a Forensic Scientist by Katherine Ramsland (2009)
  18. Cover of Blood and Ghosts by Katherine Ramsland (2012)
  19. Cover of Dangerous Dozen, book 20 of the Notorious USA Series (2017)
  1. 1
    Engaging The Immediate1989 · 133 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989133
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  2. 2
    Prism of the Night1991 · 414 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991414
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  3. 3
    The Vampire Companion1991 · 581 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991581
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  4. 4
    The Art of Learning1992 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992236
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  5. 5
    The Witches' Companion1994 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994544
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  6. 6
    Anne Rice Trivia Book1994 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994242
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  7. 7
    The Roquelaure Reader1996 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996244
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  8. 8
    Dean Koontz: A Writer's Biography1997 · 508 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997508
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  9. 9
    Quesadillas1997 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997178
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  10. 10
    Anne Rice Reader1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  11. 11
    Piercing the Darkness1998 · confirmed 1/4
    1998–
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  12. 12
    Bliss: Writing to Find Your True Self2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  13. 13
    Ghost: Investigating the Other Side2001 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001360
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  14. 14
    Forensic Science of CSI2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  15. 15
    Cemetery Stories2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  16. 16
    The Heat SeekersHeat Seekers #12002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  17. 17
    The Criminal Mind2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  18. 18
    The Science of Vampires2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  19. 19
    The Unknown Darkness2003 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003324
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  20. 20
    The Blood HuntersHeat Seekers #22004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  21. 21
    Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  22. 22
    A Voice for the Dead2005 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005304
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  23. 23
    The Human Predator2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  24. 24
    The C.S.I. Effect2006 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006301
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  25. 25
    Inside the Minds of Serial Killers2006 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006199
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  26. 26
    Beating the Devil's Game2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  27. 27
    Inside the Minds of Healthcare Serial Killers2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  28. 28
    Bethlehem Ghosts2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  29. 29
    Into the Devil's Den2008 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008320
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  30. 30
    True Stories of C.S.I.2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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Katherine Ramsland 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.

Notorious USA Series in order

11 books
  1. 3. Under the Light of the Moon
  2. 4. The Murder Game
  3. 5. Many Secrets, Many Graves
  4. 6. Strangers in the Night
  5. 11. Garden State Thrill Killers
  6. 12. The Corridor Killer
  7. 13. Crimes of the Century
  8. 14. Shadows of Death
  9. 20. Dangerous Dozen
  10. 21. Murder Alley
  11. 22. Heartless

Crimescape in order

5 books
  1. 3. The Vampire Trap
  2. 7. Psychopath
  3. 10. The Ivy League Killer
  4. 12. Moonlight Murders on Lovers' Lane
  5. 16. The Sex Beast

Nut Cracker Investigations in order

4 books
  1. 1. I Scream Man
  2. 2. In the Damage Path
  3. 3. Dead-Handed
  4. 4. You Can't Hide

Heat Seekers in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Heat Seekers
  2. 2. The Blood Hunters

Haunted Crime Scenes in order

2 books
  1. 1. Blood & Ghosts
  2. 2. Haunted Crime Scenes

Hearts of Darkness in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Ripper Letter
  2. 2. Track the Ripper

Sunny's Tales in order

2 books
  1. 1. Sunny Says
  2. 2. Sherlock Horse: The Palomino P.I.

Profiles In Crime in order

1 book
  1. 1. How to Catch a Killer: Hunting and Capturing the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Standalone books

41 books

41 Katherine Ramsland titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Katherine Ramsland books in order?

You only need to read Katherine Ramsland books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Katherine Ramsland

Start with Engaging The Immediate (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Katherine Ramsland book?

You Can't Hide (2025) is the newest Katherine Ramsland book released so far.

Is there a new Katherine Ramsland book coming?

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

Katherine Ramsland at a glance

Still publishing
Katherine Ramsland published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Katherine Ramsland books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
6,458 pages across the 19 of 70 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Katherine Ramsland books, 28 of 70, were published in the 2010s.

What the Katherine Ramsland books are about

19 of the 70 Katherine Ramsland books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: forensic sciences is tagged on 4 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Forensic sciences 4 of 19 books
  • Horror 3 of 19 books
  • Biography 3 of 19 books
  • Case studies 3 of 19 books
  • Criminal investigation 3 of 19 books
  • Rice, anne, 1941-2021 3 of 19 books
  • American Erotic stories 2 of 19 books
  • Novelists 2 of 19 books
  • Cas, Études de 2 of 19 books
  • Criminal psychology 2 of 19 books
  • History and criticism 2 of 19 books
  • Horror tales, American 2 of 19 books