R.J. Parker Books in Order

R.J. Parker has written 34 books, published between 2011 and 2019. The first book is TOP CASES of The FBI - Vol. I (2011) and the newest is Notorious San Francisco (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
34
Published
2011–2019
Pages on record
4,173 in 21 of 34 books
Reading time
70–104 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,173 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 34 titles with a page count on record.

True crime organises R.J. Parker's listing, whose recorded series are Notorious Serial Killers, Top Cases of the FBI, Forensic Science and True Crime Cases. The catalogue holds 34 books published between 2011 and 2019, among them Doctors Who Killed and Women Who Kill (2011), The Serial Killer Compendium (2012), Cold Blooded Killers (2013), Parents Who Killed Their Children (2014) and Notorious San Francisco (2019). All 34 books are credited to Parker alone, and the listing is marked likely complete.

How many R.J. Parker books are there?

R.J. Parker has 34 books, released between 2011 and 2019. They include 4 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

R.J. Parker Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 34 R.J. Parker 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. 1
    TOP CASES of The FBI - Vol. ITop Cases of the FBI #12011 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011196
  2. 2
    Women Who KillTrue Crime #12011 · 100 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011100
  3. 3
    Case ClosedTrue Crime #22011 · 148 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011148
  4. 4
    Doctors Who KilledTrue Crime #32011 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201176
  5. 5
    The Serial Killer CompendiumTrue Crime #42012 · 396 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012396
  6. 6
    RampageTrue Crime #52012 · 118 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012118
  7. 7
    Serial Killers Case FilesTrue Crime #62013 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013298
  8. 8
    Cold Blooded KillersTrue Crime #72013 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013238
  9. 9
    Serial Killers Abridged2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  10. 10
    Parents Who Killed Their ChildrenTrue Crime #82014 · 200 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014200
  11. 11
    Social Media MonstersTrue Crime #92014 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014328
  12. 12
    Serial Killer GroupiesTrue Crime #102014 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014226
  13. 13
    Forensic Analysis and DNA in Criminal InvestigationsForensic Science #12015 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015400
  14. 14
    Marc LépineCrimes Canada #22015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  15. 15
    Hell's Angels Biker WarsCrimes Canada #72015 · 153 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015153
  16. 16
    Backseat TragediesTrue Crime #112015 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015250
  17. 17
    Revenge Killings - Chris DornerTrue Crime Cases #12016 · 101 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016101
  18. 18
    Serial Homicide Vol 1Notorious Serial Killers #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  19. 19
    Serial Homicide Vol 2Notorious Serial Killers #22016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  20. 20
    Serial Homicide Vol 3Notorious Serial Killers #32016 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016110
  21. 21
    Radical Islamic Terrorism in America TodayTrue Crime #122016 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016298
  22. 22
    Killing the RainbowTrue Crime #132016 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016152
  23. 23
    The BasementTrue Crime #142016 · 86 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201686
  24. 24
    TOP CASES of The FBI - Vol. IITop Cases of the FBI #22017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  25. 25
    Escaped KillerTrue Crime #152017 · 77 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201777
  26. 26
    Blood MoneyTrue Crime #162017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  27. 27
    AbductionTrue Crime #172017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  28. 28
    Just a Cop2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  29. 29
    Serial Homicide Vol 4Notorious Serial Killers #42018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  30. 30
    The StaircaseTrue Crime #182018 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018222
  31. 31
    Beyond Sticks and Stones2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  32. 32
    IntercorpseTrue Crime #192019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  33. 33
    In ChainsTrue Crime #202019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  34. 34
    Notorious San FranciscoTrue Crime #212019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019

R.J. Parker 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.

True Crime in order

21 books
  1. 1. Women Who Kill
  2. 2. Case Closed
  3. 3. Doctors Who Killed
  4. 4. The Serial Killer Compendium
  5. 5. Rampage
  6. 6. Serial Killers Case Files
  7. 7. Cold Blooded Killers
  8. 8. Parents Who Killed Their Children
  9. 9. Social Media Monsters
  10. 10. Serial Killer Groupies
  11. 11. Backseat Tragedies
  12. 12. Radical Islamic Terrorism in America Today
  13. and 9 more in the table above

Notorious Serial Killers in order

4 books
  1. 1. Serial Homicide Vol 1
  2. 2. Serial Homicide Vol 2
  3. 3. Serial Homicide Vol 3
  4. 4. Serial Homicide Vol 4

Top Cases of the FBI in order

2 books
  1. 1. TOP CASES of The FBI - Vol. I
  2. 2. TOP CASES of The FBI - Vol. II

Crimes Canada in order

2 books
  1. 2. Marc Lépine
  2. 7. Hell's Angels Biker Wars

Forensic Science in order

1 book
  1. 1. Forensic Analysis and DNA in Criminal Investigations

True Crime Cases in order

1 book
  1. 1. Revenge Killings - Chris Dorner

Standalone books

3 books

3 R.J. Parker titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read R.J. Parker books in order?

You only need to read R.J. Parker books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with R.J. Parker

Start with TOP CASES of The FBI - Vol. I (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest R.J. Parker book?

Notorious San Francisco (2019) is the newest R.J. Parker book released so far.

Is there a new R.J. Parker book coming?

No next R.J. Parker book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

R.J. Parker at a glance

No recent titles
The newest R.J. Parker title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
R.J. Parker books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,173 pages across the 21 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 196 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most R.J. Parker books, 34 of 34, were published in the 2010s.