Catherine Ling Books in Order
Catherine Ling by Iris Johansen contains 5 books, published between 2005 and 2018. The first book is What Doesn't Kill You (2005) and the newest is Vendetta (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2005–2018
- Confirmed
- 5 of 5 titles
- Total pages
- 1,940 across 5 books
- Reading time
- 32–49 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,940 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Catherine Ling is the recurring lead of five Iris Johansen thrillers, published between 2005 and 2018. What Doesn't Kill You (2005) is the earliest catalogued title, with Chasing the Night (2010), Live to See Tomorrow (2014), Your Next Breath (2015) and Vendetta (2018) after it. Espionage, kidnapping and missing persons drive the plots. Eve Duncan, the forensic sculptor, appears alongside Catherine Ling across the run.
How many Catherine Ling books are there?
Catherine Ling has 5 books, released between 2005 and 2018.
Catherine Ling Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Catherine Ling 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.
- 1Chasing the Night2010 · 374 pages · confirmed 3/420103743/4
- 2What Doesn't Kill You2005 · 416 pages · confirmed 4/420054164/4
- 3Live to See Tomorrow2014 · 408 pages · confirmed 3/420144083/4
- 4Your Next Breath2015 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/420153383/4
- 5Vendetta2018 · 404 pages · confirmed 3/420184043/4
Is there a chronological order for Catherine Ling?
No separate chronological order is on record for Catherine Ling, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Catherine Ling books in order?
You should read the Catherine Ling books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Catherine Ling book also stands alone.
Where to start with Catherine Ling
Start with What Doesn't Kill You (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Catherine Ling book?
Vendetta (2018) is the newest Catherine Ling book released so far.
Is there a new Catherine Ling book coming?
No next Catherine Ling book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Catherine Ling at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Catherine Ling title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Catherine Ling books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,940 pages across all 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 404 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Catherine Ling books, 4 of 5, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 5 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Catherine Ling books are about
All 5 Catherine Ling books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: kidnapping is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Kidnapping 3 of 5 books
- Eve Duncan (Fictitious character) 2 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 5 books
- Thrillers 2 of 5 books
- Chinese American women 1 of 5 books
- Chinese Americans 1 of 5 books
- Choice 1 of 5 books
- Criminals 1 of 5 books
- Employees 1 of 5 books
- Espionage 1 of 5 books
- Facial reconstruction (Anthropology) 1 of 5 books
- Family life 1 of 5 books
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The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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Characters in the Catherine Ling books
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
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Other series by Iris Johansen
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
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