Laura Lippman Books in Order
Laura Lippman has written 56 books, published between 1997 and 2025. The first book is Baltimore Blues (1997) and the newest is Murder Takes a Vacation (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 56
- Published
- 1997–2025
- Confirmed
- 56 of 56 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,395 in 22 of 56 books
Laura Lippman, born January 31, 1959, is an American journalist and the author of more than 20 detective novels. Subjects on the books include Tess Monaghan, women private investigators, murder and Baltimore. The catalogue lists 56 Lippman books, beginning with Baltimore Blues and Charm City (both 1997) and reaching Murder Takes a Vacation (2025). Lippman's awards include an Edgar Award, an Agatha Award, seven Anthony Awards, two Barry Awards and two Shamus Awards.
How many Laura Lippman books are there?
Laura Lippman has 56 books, released between 1997 and 2025. 13 of them belong to the Tess Monaghan series.
Laura Lippman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 56 Laura Lippman books in the order they were released, 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.
- 11997–4/4
- 21997–4/4
- 319982754/4
- 419993424/4
- 52000–4/4
- 620013104/4
- 72002–4/4
- 820034103/4
- 92004–4/4
- 1020054293/4
- 1120063834/4
- 12What the Dead Know / Little SisterLaura Lippman Standalone Novels #32007 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/420074163/4
- 1320083043/4
- 142008–3/4
- 152008–3/4
- 162008–3/4
- 172008–3/4
- 182008–3/4
- 192008–3/4
- 202008–3/4
- 212008–3/4
- 2220083524/4
- 232008–3/4
- 242008–3/4
- 2520081584/4
- 262008–3/4
- 272008–3/4
- 282008–3/4
- 292008–3/4
- 302008–3/4
- 312008–3/4
- 3220093683/4
- 33I'd Know You Anywhere / Don't Look BackLaura Lippman Standalone Novels #52010 · 372 pages · confirmed 3/420103723/4
- 34The Most Dangerous Thing / The InnocentsLaura Lippman Standalone Novels #62011 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/420113683/4
- 352012–3/4
- 362012–3/4
- 3720123423/4
- 382013–3/4
- 3920143343/4
- 402014–3/4
- 4120153034/4
- 4220163523/4
- 432018–3/4
- 442018–3/4
- 452018–3/4
- 462018–3/4
- 4720183043/4
- 4820193403/4
- 4920202883/4
- 502020–3/4
- 5120213203/4
- 5220223253/4
- 532022–3/4
- 542023–3/4
- 552023–3/4
- 562025–3/4
Laura Lippman series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Tess Monaghan books in order 14 books
Laura Lippman books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Laura Lippman Short Stories/Novellas
18 books18 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Laura Lippman Standalone Novels
15 books15 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Tess Monaghan books in order
13 books by Laura Lippman- 1. Baltimore Blues
- 1. The Tess Chronicles
- 2. Charm City
- 3. Butchers Hill
- 4. In Big Trouble
- 5. The Sugar House
- 6. In a Strange City
- 7. The Last Place
- 8. By a Spider's Thread
- 9. No Good Deeds
- 10. Another Thing to Fall
- 11. The Girl in the Green Raincoat
- and 1 more in the table above
Laura Lippman Short Story
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Laura Lippman Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Bibliomysteries in order
1 bookHush Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mysterious Profiles in order
1 bookLaura Lippman Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Laura Lippman books run from Baltimore Blues (1997) to Murder Takes a Vacation (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Laura Lippman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Laura Lippman books in order?
You only need to read Laura Lippman books in order within the Tess Monaghan series, which holds 13 of the 56 Laura Lippman books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Laura Lippman
Start with Baltimore Blues (1997), the first Tess Monaghan book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Laura Lippman book?
Murder Takes a Vacation (2025) is the newest Laura Lippman book released so far.
Is there a new Laura Lippman book coming?
No next Laura Lippman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Laura Lippman has won
Wikidata records 14 awards for Laura Lippman. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Anthony Award for Best Novel2015Wonfor After I'm Gone
- Macavity Awards2008Wonfor What the Dead Know
- Anthony Award for Best Novel2008Wonfor What the Dead Know
- Barry Award for Best Novel2008Wonfor What the Dead Know
- Anthony Award for Best Novel2007Wonfor No Good Deeds
- Barry Award for Best Novel2004Wonfor Every Secret Thing
- Anthony Award for Best Novel2004Wonfor Every Secret Thing
- Nero Award2001Won
- Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original2000Wonfor In Big Trouble
- Shamus Award2000Wonfor In Big Trouble
- Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original1999Won
- Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original1998Won
Laura Lippman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Laura Lippman published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Laura Lippman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,395 pages across the 22 of 56 books with a recorded length, a median of 341 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Laura Lippman books, 28 of 56, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 12 of the 56 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Laura Lippman books are about
28 of the 56 Laura Lippman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: tess monaghan (fictitious character) is tagged on 10 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Tess Monaghan (Fictitious character) 10 of 28 books
- Women private investigators 10 of 28 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 28 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 8 of 28 books
- Suspense 7 of 28 books
- Monaghan, tess (fictitious character) 6 of 28 books
- Murder 5 of 28 books
- Private investigators 5 of 28 books
- Baltimore (md.) 4 of 28 books
- Police 4 of 28 books
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Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
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