Lisa Black Books in Order
Lisa Black has written 17 books, published between 2008 and 2025. The first book is Takeover (2008) and the newest is Not Who We Expected (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2008–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,836 in 12 of 17 books
- Reading time
- 64–96 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,836 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 17 titles with a page count on record.
Forensic science carries Lisa Black's crime novels, set largely in Cleveland. Theresa MacLean, a woman forensic scientist, heads the first series, with Gardiner and Renner and the Locard Institute thrillers after it. Seventeen catalogued books run from Takeover (2008) through Trail Of Blood (2010), That Darkness (2016) and Perish (2018) to Not Who We Expected in 2025.
How many Lisa Black books are there?
Lisa Black has 17 books, released between 2008 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.
Lisa Black Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Lisa Black 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.
- 120083842/4
- 220093682/4
- 320104322/4
- 420113402/4
- 520132152/4
- 620132322/4
- 720142172/4
- 82016–2/4
- 920173842/4
- 1020183202/4
- 1120183042/4
- 122019–2/4
- 1320203202/4
- 142022–2/4
- 1520233202/4
- 162024–2/4
- 172025–2/4
Lisa Black 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.
Theresa MacLean in order
7 booksGardiner and Renner in order
6 booksLocard Institute Thriller in order
4 booksDo you have to read Lisa Black books in order?
You only need to read Lisa Black books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Lisa Black
Start with Takeover (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Lisa Black book?
Not Who We Expected (2025) is the newest Lisa Black book released so far.
Is there a new Lisa Black book coming?
No next Lisa Black book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Lisa Black at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lisa Black published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Lisa Black books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,836 pages across the 12 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lisa Black books, 10 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Lisa Black books are about
12 of the 17 Lisa Black books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 8 of 12 books
- Murder 8 of 12 books
- Women forensic scientists 6 of 12 books
- Crime 5 of 12 books
- Theresa MacLean (Fictitious character) 5 of 12 books
- Cleveland (ohio) 4 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 12 books
- Forensic scientists 2 of 12 books
- Suspense 2 of 12 books
- Thrillers 2 of 12 books
- Women scientists 2 of 12 books