Lisa Gardner Books in Order
Lisa Gardner has written 48 books, published between 1992 and 2026. The first book is Walking After Midnight (1992) and the newest is You'll Be Sorry (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 48
- Published
- 1992–2026
- Confirmed
- 48 of 48 titles
- Pages on record
- 11,832 in 32 of 48 books
- Reading time
- 197–296 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,832 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 48 titles with a page count on record.
Lisa Gardner, born in 1972, is an American suspense novelist and a #1 New York Times bestseller. Gardner started out in romantic suspense under the name Alicia Scott, and three series here carry that pseudonym. The domestic thriller The Perfect Husband (1997) was the breakthrough. Gardner's series follow Detective D.D. Warren, Tessa Leoni and Frankie Elkin, and police investigations, missing persons and Boston recur in the subjects. The catalogue counts 48 books from Walking After Midnight (1992) to You'll Be Sorry (2026). Gardner's novels appear in more than 30 countries, and screen credits include At the Midnight House, The Survivors Club and Hide.
How many Lisa Gardner books are there?
Lisa Gardner has 48 books, released between 1992 and 2026. They include 7 separate series.
Lisa Gardner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 48 Lisa Gardner 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.
- 1Walking After MidnightWalking After Midnight Series as Alicia Scott #11992 · 251 pages · confirmed 4/419922514/4
- 21994–4/4
- 319942524/4
- 419952564/4
- 519962484/4
- 619962504/4
- 719962564/4
- 819973204/4
- 919974164/4
- 1019973204/4
- 1119983074/4
- 1219982564/4
- 1319994044/4
- 1420002564/4
- 1520013734/4
- 1620013394/4
- 1720024974/4
- 182003–4/4
- 1920044674/4
- 2020064514/4
- 2120073844/4
- 2220083684/4
- 232009–4/4
- 242010–4/4
- 2520114124/4
- 262011–4/4
- 272012–4/4
- 2820123914/4
- 2920134234/4
- 3020144044/4
- 312014–4/4
- 322014–4/4
- 332014–4/4
- 34The Laughing Buddha: Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. WarrenDetective D.D. Warren Short Stories/Novellas #22015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 3520153894/4
- 362016–3/4
- 372016–3/4
- 3820164024/4
- 3920173894/4
- 4020183914/4
- 412019–4/4
- 4220194164/4
- 432020–4/4
- 4420214964/4
- 4520226404/4
- 462024–4/4
- 4720254083/4
- 482026–3/4
Lisa Gardner series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Frankie Elkin books in order 4 books
- D.D Warren books in order 15 books
- Detective D.D. Warren books in order 15 books
- FBI Profiler books in order 10 books
Lisa Gardner 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.
Detective D.D. Warren books in order
12 books by Lisa Gardner- 1. Alone
- 2. Hide
- 3. The Neighbor
- 4. Live to Tell
- 5. Love You More
- 6. Catch Me
- 7. Fear Nothing
- 8. Find Her
- 9. Look For Me
- 10. The Guy Who Died Twice
- 11. Never Tell
- 12. When You See Me
FBI Profiler books in order
8 books by Lisa GardnerLisa Gardner Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Guiness Gang Series as Alicia Scott in order
4 books36 Hours in order
4 booksMaximillian's Children Series as Alicia Scott in order
3 booksTessa Leoni in order
3 books- 1. Love You More
- 2. Touch & Go
- 3. Crash & Burn
Detective D.D. Warren Short Stories/Novellas
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Walking After Midnight Series as Alicia Scott in order
2 booksMen In Blue in order
1 bookLisa Gardner Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Lisa Gardner books run from Walking After Midnight (1992) to You'll Be Sorry (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Lisa Gardner in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Lisa Gardner books in order?
You only need to read Lisa Gardner books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Lisa Gardner books in?
Read Lisa Gardner one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Frankie Elkin starts with Before She Disappeared (2021), D.D Warren starts with Alone (2004) and Detective D.D. Warren starts with Alone (2004). The earliest catalogued title overall is Walking After Midnight (1992).
What is the newest Lisa Gardner book?
You'll Be Sorry (2026) is the newest Lisa Gardner book released so far.
Is there a new Lisa Gardner book coming?
No next Lisa Gardner 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 Lisa Gardner has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Lisa Gardner. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Grand prix des lectrices de Elle, catégorie policier2011Won
Printable Lisa Gardner Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 48 books in publication order is on the Lisa Gardner reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Lisa Gardner at a glance
- Still publishing
- Lisa Gardner published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Lisa Gardner books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,832 pages across the 32 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 389 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Lisa Gardner books, 19 of 48, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 44 of the 48 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Lisa Gardner books are about
36 of the 48 Lisa Gardner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 8 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 8 of 36 books
- Thrillers 7 of 36 books
- Boston (Mass.) 6 of 36 books
- Investigation 6 of 36 books
- Suspense 6 of 36 books
- Missing persons 5 of 36 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 5 of 36 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 36 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 36 books
- Government investigators 4 of 36 books
- Murder 4 of 36 books
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