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Lee Goldberg Books in Order

Lee Goldberg has written 87 books, published between 1990 and 2026. The first book is Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw (1990) and the newest is Split Screen (2026). One more title is announced: The Invisible Architect (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
87 + 1 announced
Published
1990–2026
Confirmed
7 of 88 titles
Pages on record
10,328 in 40 of 88 books
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Lee Goldberg is an American author, screenwriter, producer and publisher, with television crime work that includes Diagnosis: Murder, Monk, The Glades and SeaQuest. Lost Hills and True Fiction are bestselling Goldberg novels. The catalogue carries 88 books from 1990 to 2027, beginning with Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw (1990) and later Successful Television Writing (2003). Fiction series include Monk, Diagnosis Murder, Eve Ronin, Ian Ludlow Thrillers, Sharpe & Walker, Charlie Willis and Crown Vic. Split Screen appeared in 2026 and The Invisible Architect is due in 2027.

How many Lee Goldberg books are there?

Lee Goldberg has 87 published books, released between 1990 and 2026. They include 11 series and 17 titles listed outside any series. One more, The Invisible Architect (2027), is announced.

Lee Goldberg Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 88 Lee Goldberg 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 Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw by Lee Goldberg (1990)
  2. Cover of My Gun Has Bullets by Lee Goldberg, book 1 of the Charlie Willis series (1995)
  3. Cover of Science Fiction Filmmaking in the 1980s: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers by Lee Goldberg
  4. Cover of The Dreamweavers: Interviews with Fantasy Filmmakers of the 1980's by Lee Goldberg (1995)
  5. Cover of The Silent Partner by Lee Goldberg, book 1 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2003)
  6. Cover of Successful Television Writing by Lee Goldberg (2003)
  7. Cover of The Walk by Lee Goldberg (2004)
  8. Cover of The Death Merchant by Lee Goldberg, book 2 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2004)
  9. Cover of The Shooting Script by Lee Goldberg, book 3 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2004)
  10. Cover of The Waking Nightmare by Lee Goldberg, book 4 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2005)
  11. Cover of The Past Tense by Lee Goldberg, book 5 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2005)
  12. Cover of Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii by Lee Goldberg, book 2 of the Monk series (2006)
  13. Cover of The Dead Letter by Lee Goldberg, book 6 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2006)
  14. Cover of The Double Life by Lee Goldberg, book 7 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2006)
  15. Cover of Mr. Monk and The Two Assistants by Lee Goldberg, book 4 of the Monk series (2007)
  16. Cover of Mr. Monk in Outer Space by Lee Goldberg, book 5 of the Monk series (2007)
  17. Cover of The Last Word by Lee Goldberg, book 8 of the Diagnosis Murder series (2007)
  18. Cover of Mr. Monk Goes to Germany by Lee Goldberg, book 6 of the Monk series (2008)
  19. Cover of Mr. Monk is Miserable by Lee Goldberg, book 7 of the Monk series (2008)
  20. Cover of Three Ways to Die by Lee Goldberg (2009)
  21. Cover of Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop by Lee Goldberg, book 8 of the Monk series (2009)
  22. Cover of Mr. Monk in Trouble by Lee Goldberg, book 9 of the Monk series (2009)
  23. Cover of Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out by Lee Goldberg, book 10 of the Monk series (2010)
  24. Cover of Mr. Monk on the Road by Lee Goldberg, book 11 of the Monk series (2010)
  1. 1
    Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw1990 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990194
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  2. 2
    Television Series Revivals: Sequels or Remakes of Cancelled Shows1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  3. 3
    Deadly GamesStandalone Plays #11995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  4. 4
    My Gun Has BulletsCharlie Willis #11995 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995273
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  5. 5
    Science Fiction Filmmaking in the 1980s: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers1995 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995267
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  6. 6
    The Dreamweavers: Interviews with Fantasy Filmmakers of the 1980's1995 · 289 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995289
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  7. 7
    Dead SpaceCharlie Willis #21997 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997276
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  8. 8
    The Silent PartnerDiagnosis Murder #12003 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003296
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  9. 9
    Successful Television Writing2003 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003224
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  10. 10
    The Walk2004 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004181
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  11. 11
    The Death MerchantDiagnosis Murder #22004 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004246
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  12. 12
    The Shooting ScriptDiagnosis Murder #32004 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004248
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  13. 13
    Watch Me Die / The Man with the Iron-On Badge2005 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005208
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  14. 14
    The Waking NightmareDiagnosis Murder #42005 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005245
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  15. 15
    The Past TenseDiagnosis Murder #52005 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005243
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  16. 16
    Mr. Monk Goes to the FirehouseMonk #12006 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006292
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  17. 17
    Mr. Monk Goes to HawaiiMonk #22006 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006295
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  18. 18
    The Dead LetterDiagnosis Murder #62006 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006245
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  19. 19
    The Double LifeDiagnosis Murder #72006 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006256
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  20. 20
    Mr. Monk and The Blue FluMonk #32007 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007295
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  21. 21
    Mr. Monk and The Two AssistantsMonk #42007 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007280
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  22. 22
    Mr. Monk in Outer SpaceMonk #52007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  23. 23
    The Last WordDiagnosis Murder #82007 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007245
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  24. 24
    Mr. Monk Goes to GermanyMonk #62008 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008288
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  25. 25
    Mr. Monk is MiserableMonk #72008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  26. 26
    AdjournedJury #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  27. 27
    Three Ways to Die2009 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200956
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  28. 28
    JudgmentJury #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  29. 29
    PaybackJury #32009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  30. 30
    GuiltyJury #42009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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Lee Goldberg series in order

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Lee Goldberg 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.

Dead Man in order

17 books
  1. 1. Face of Evil
  2. 2. Ring of Knives
  3. 3. Hell In Heaven
  4. 4. The Dead Woman
  5. 6. Kill Them All
  6. 7. The Beast Within
  7. 10. Freaks Must Die
  8. 11. Slaves to Evil
  9. 13. The Death Match
  10. 14. The Black Death
  11. 15. The Killing Floor
  12. 16. Colder than Hell
  13. and 5 more in the table above

Diagnosis Murder in order

8 books
  1. 1. The Silent Partner
  2. 2. The Death Merchant
  3. 3. The Shooting Script
  4. 4. The Waking Nightmare
  5. 5. The Past Tense
  6. 6. The Dead Letter
  7. 7. The Double Life
  8. 8. The Last Word

Television Books in order

6 books
  1. 1. Television Fast Forward
  2. 2. The Best TV Shows That Never Were
  3. 3. Unsold Television Pilots. 1955-1989
  4. 4. Acting Out
  5. 5. These Are The Interviews
  6. 6. Channeling the Eighties

Jury in order

4 books
  1. 1. Adjourned
  2. 2. Judgment
  3. 3. Payback
  4. 4. Guilty

Ian Ludlow Thrillers in order

3 books
  1. 1. True Fiction
  2. 2. Killer Thriller
  3. 3. Fake Truth

Sharpe & Walker in order

3 books
  1. 1. Malibu Burning
  2. 2. Ashes Never Lie
  3. 3. Hidden in Smoke

Standalone Plays

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Charlie Willis in order

2 books
  1. 1. My Gun Has Bullets
  2. 2. Dead Space

Crown Vic in order

2 books
  1. 1. Crown Vic
  2. 2. Crown Vic 2

Standalone books

17 books

17 Lee Goldberg titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lee Goldberg books in order?

You only need to read Lee Goldberg books in order within each series: the books listed here span 11 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lee Goldberg

Start with the first book of the Lee Goldberg series you want to read: Eve Ronin starts with Lost Hills (2020), Monk starts with Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (2006) and Edison Bixby starts with Murder by Design (2026). The earliest catalogued title overall is Unsold TV Pilots: The Greatest Shows You Never Saw (1990).

What is the newest Lee Goldberg book?

Split Screen (2026) is the newest Lee Goldberg book released so far.

Is there a new Lee Goldberg book coming?

Yes. The Invisible Architect (2027) is the next Lee Goldberg book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Lee Goldberg at a glance

Still publishing
Lee Goldberg is still publishing. The Invisible Architect is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Lee Goldberg books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
10,328 pages across the 40 of 88 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lee Goldberg books, 35 of 88, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lee Goldberg books are about

37 of the 88 Lee Goldberg books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 23 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other Mystery authors

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.