Reed Farrel Coleman Books in Order
Reed Farrel Coleman has written 57 books, published between 1991 and 2024. The first book is Life Goes Sleeping (1991) and the newest is Blind to Midnight (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
Reed Farrel Coleman also publishes as Tony Spinosa.
- Books
- 57
- Published
- 1991–2024
- Confirmed
- 57 of 57 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,092 in 26 of 57 books
Reed Farrel Coleman, born March 29, 1956, is an American crime fiction writer and poet. Series include Moe Prager, Gus Murphy, Gulliver Dowd, Dylan Klein, Nick Ryan and Jack Kenny, and the Joe Serpe books appeared as Tony Spinosa. The catalogue also links Coleman to Jesse Stone. The 57 books run from Life Goes Sleeping (1991) to Blind to Midnight (2024), with Walking the Perfect Square (2002) and Redemption Street (2004) among them. Subjects include private investigators, ex-police officers and police chiefs.
How many Reed Farrel Coleman books are there?
Reed Farrel Coleman has 57 books, released between 1991 and 2024. They include 7 separate series.
Reed Farrel Coleman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 57 Reed Farrel Coleman 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.
- 11991–3/4
- 219932213/4
- 319972083/4
- 42002–3/4
- 520042503/4
- 620052773/4
- 720062003/4
- 820072963/4
- 92007–3/4
- 1020072723/4
- 1120082363/4
- 1220091723/4
- 132010–3/4
- 1420113963/4
- 1520113093/4
- 162011–3/4
- 172012–3/4
- 1820123203/4
- 1920131293/4
- 2020133213/4
- 212013–3/4
- 2220131373/4
- 232013–3/4
- 2420133043/4
- 252014–3/4
- 26Newt and Zinka's Wild, Wild Week OR How the K.G.B. Got Ice-NineWorld Of Kurt Vonnegut #62014 · confirmed 3/42014–3/4
- 2720143043/4
- 2820143393/4
- 2920151493/4
- 3020153423/4
- 3120163533/4
- 3220161543/4
- 3320163383/4
- 3420173573/4
- 352018–3/4
- 3620183563/4
- 372019–3/4
- 382019–3/4
- 392019–3/4
- 402019–3/4
- 412019–3/4
- 422019–3/4
- 43Portrait of The Killer as a Young ManReed Farrel Coleman Short Stories/Novellas #82019 · confirmed 3/42019–3/4
- 442019–3/4
- 452019–3/4
- 462019–3/4
- 472019–3/4
- 482019–3/4
- 492019–3/4
- 502019–3/4
- 512019–3/4
- 522019–3/4
- 532019–3/4
- 542019–4/4
- 5520203523/4
- 562023–3/4
- 572024–3/4
Reed Farrel Coleman series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Moe Prager books in order 9 books
Reed Farrel Coleman 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.
Reed Farrel Coleman Short Stories/Novellas
18 books18 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jesse Stone in order
10 books- 10. Killing The Blues
- 11. Fool Me Twice
- 12. Damned If You Do
- 13. Blind Spot
- 14. The Devil Wins
- 15. Debt to Pay
- 16. The Hangman's Sonnet
- 17. Colorblind
- 18. The Bitterest Pill
- 19. Fool's Paradise
Gulliver Dowd in order
4 booksDylan Klein in order
3 booksJoe Serpe Series as Tony Spinosa in order
3 booksReed Farrel Coleman Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Gus Murphy in order
2 booksNick Ryan in order
2 booksWorld Of Kurt Vonnegut in order
2 booksJack Kenny in order
1 bookReed Farrel Coleman Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Reed Farrel Coleman books in order?
You only need to read Reed Farrel Coleman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Reed Farrel Coleman
Start with Walking the Perfect Square (2002), the first Moe Prager book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Life Goes Sleeping (1991).
What is the newest Reed Farrel Coleman book?
Blind to Midnight (2024) is the newest Reed Farrel Coleman book released so far.
Is there a new Reed Farrel Coleman book coming?
No next Reed Farrel Coleman 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 Reed Farrel Coleman has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Reed Farrel Coleman. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Shamus Award2006Wonfor The James Deans
- Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original2006Wonfor The James Deans
Reed Farrel Coleman at a glance
- Still publishing
- Reed Farrel Coleman published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Reed Farrel Coleman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,092 pages across the 26 of 57 books with a recorded length, a median of 300 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Reed Farrel Coleman books, 42 of 57, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 57 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Reed Farrel Coleman books are about
24 of the 57 Reed Farrel Coleman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 8 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 8 of 24 books
- Private investigators 7 of 24 books
- Crime 6 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 24 books
- Ex-police officers 5 of 24 books
- Investigation 5 of 24 books
- Police chiefs 5 of 24 books
- Stone, jesse (fictitious character) 5 of 24 books
- Thrillers 5 of 24 books
- Moe Prager (Fictitious character) 4 of 24 books
- Missing persons 3 of 24 books