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Rizzoli & Isles Books in Order

Tess Gerritsen has written 15 Rizzoli & Isles books, published between 2001 and 2022: 13 in the Rizzoli & Isles series and 2 related titles. The first book is The Surgeon (2001) and the newest main-line book is Listen to Me (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2001–2022
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
4,035 in 11 of 15 books
Reading time
67–101 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,035 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Jane Rizzoli, a police detective, and Maura Isles, a forensic scientist, share the lead across Tess Gerritsen's 15-book crime series. The Surgeon (2001) opens the run and Listen to Me (2022) closes the current list. Serial murder, suspense and police investigation supply the material, and a set of short stories sits alongside the novels. No new title has appeared since 2022.

How many Rizzoli & Isles books are there?

Rizzoli & Isles has 15 books, released between 2001 and 2022. 13 of them belong to the Rizzoli & Isles series, and 2 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.

Rizzoli & Isles Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Rizzoli & Isles 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.

  1. Cover of The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen, book 1 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2001)
  2. Cover of The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen, book 2 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2002)
  3. Cover of The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen, book 3 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2003)
  4. Cover of Body Double by Tess Gerritsen, book 4 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2004)
  5. Cover of Vanish by Tess Gerritsen, book 5 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen, book 6 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2006)
  7. Cover of The Keepsake / Keeping The Dead by Tess Gerritsen, book 7 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2008)
  8. Cover of Ice Cold / The Killing Place by Tess Gerritsen, book 8 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2010)
  9. Cover of The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen, book 9 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2011)
  10. Cover of Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen, book 10 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2012)
  11. Cover of Die Again by Tess Gerritsen, book 11 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2014)
  12. Cover of I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen, book 12 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2017)
  13. Cover of Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen, book 13 of the Rizzoli & Isles series (2022)
  1. 1
    The SurgeonRizzoli & Isles #12001 · 350 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2001350
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  2. 2
    The ApprenticeRizzoli & Isles #22002 · 376 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2002376
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  3. 3
    The SinnerRizzoli & Isles #32003 · 355 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2003355
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  4. 4
    Body DoubleRizzoli & Isles #42004 · 391 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2004391
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  5. 5
    VanishRizzoli & Isles #52006 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006336
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  6. 6
    The Mephisto ClubRizzoli & Isles #62006 · 448 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006448
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  7. 7
    FreaksRizzoli & Isles Short Stories #12007 · confirmed 4/4
    2007–
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  8. 8
    The Keepsake / Keeping The DeadRizzoli & Isles #72008 · 349 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2008349
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  9. 9
    Ice Cold / The Killing PlaceRizzoli & Isles #82010 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2010464
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  10. 10
    The Silent GirlRizzoli & Isles #92011 · 318 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011318
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  11. 11
    John DoeRizzoli & Isles Short Stories #22012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    Last to DieRizzoli & Isles #102012 · confirmed 4/4
    2012–
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  13. 13
    Die AgainRizzoli & Isles #112014 · 330 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014330
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  14. 14
    I Know a SecretRizzoli & Isles #122017 · 318 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017318
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  15. 15
    Listen to MeRizzoli & Isles #132022 · confirmed 4/4
    2022–
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Rizzoli & Isles Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the books of the Rizzoli & Isles series run from The Surgeon (2001) to Listen to Me (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Rizzoli & Isles in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Rizzoli & Isles books in order?

You should read the Rizzoli & Isles series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Rizzoli & Isles book also stands alone.

What order should you read Rizzoli & Isles books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with The Surgeon (2001), the earliest published book in the Rizzoli & Isles series. After it come The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004) and Vanish (2006); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Rizzoli & Isles book?

Listen to Me (2022) is the newest book in the Rizzoli & Isles series.

Is there a new Rizzoli & Isles book coming?

No next Rizzoli & Isles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Rizzoli & Isles at a glance

Paused
No new main-line Rizzoli & Isles title has appeared for 4 years. The last was Listen to Me (2022).
Release pace
Rizzoli & Isles books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,035 pages across the 11 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 350 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rizzoli & Isles books, 8 of 15, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
15 of the 15 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Rizzoli & Isles books are about

12 of the 15 Rizzoli & Isles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: policewomen is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Tess Gerritsen

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.