P.J. Parrish Books in Order
P.J. Parrish has written 16 books, published between 1999 and 2019. The first book is Dark of the Moon (1999) and the newest is Our Noir (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 1999–2019
- Confirmed
- 16 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,852 in 12 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 81–121 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,852 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
P.J. Parrish writes crime fiction built around Louis Kincaid, a private investigator. Sixteen books are catalogued, from Dark of the Moon (1999) to Our Noir (2019), taking in Dead of Winter (2001), Paint It Black (2002), Island of Bones (2004) and A Thousand Bones (2007). Florida, serial murders, murder investigation and racially mixed people appear among the subject headings. Standalone novels and short stories sit beside the Kincaid books. No new title has appeared since 2019.
How many P.J. Parrish books are there?
P.J. Parrish has 16 books, released between 1999 and 2019. 13 of them belong to the Louis Kincaid series.
P.J. Parrish Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 P.J. Parrish 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.
- 119994323/4
- 22001–3/4
- 320024113/4
- 420033803/4
- 520043823/4
- 620053833/4
- 720064293/4
- 820074703/4
- 920083843/4
- 102009–3/4
- 1120114163/4
- 122013–3/4
- 1320134223/4
- 1420153823/4
- 1520183613/4
- 162019–3/4
P.J. Parrish 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.
Louis Kincaid in order
13 books- 1. Dark of the Moon
- 2. Dead of Winter
- 3. Paint It Black
- 4. Thicker Than Water
- 5. Island of Bones
- 6. A Killing Rain
- 7. An Unquiet Grave
- 8. A Thousand Bones
- 9. South of Hell
- 10. The Little Death
- 11. Claw Back
- 12. Heart of Ice
- and 1 more in the table above
P.J. Parrish Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
P.J. Parrish Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read P.J. Parrish books in order?
You only need to read P.J. Parrish books in order within the Louis Kincaid series, which holds 13 of the 16 P.J. Parrish books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read P.J. Parrish books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Dark of the Moon (1999), the earliest published title. After it come Dead of Winter (2001), Paint It Black (2002), Thicker Than Water (2003) and Island of Bones (2004); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest P.J. Parrish book?
Our Noir (2019) is the newest P.J. Parrish book released so far.
Is there a new P.J. Parrish book coming?
No next P.J. Parrish book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
P.J. Parrish at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest P.J. Parrish title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- P.J. Parrish books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,852 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 398 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most P.J. Parrish books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2000s.
What the P.J. Parrish books are about
13 of the 16 P.J. Parrish books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 7 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 7 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 13 books
- Private investigators 6 of 13 books
- Louis Kincaid (Fictitious character) 5 of 13 books
- Crimes against 3 of 13 books
- Racially mixed people 3 of 13 books
- Serial murders 3 of 13 books
- Suspense 3 of 13 books
- Florida 2 of 13 books
- Murder 2 of 13 books
- Young women 2 of 13 books