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Commissario Ricciardi Books in Order

Commissario Ricciardi by Maurizio de Giovanni contains 15 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is I Will Have Vengeance (2007) and the newest is Volver (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2007–2024
Pages on record
3,512 in 10 of 15 books
Reading time
59–88 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,512 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable Commissario Ricciardi checklist

Commissario Ricciardi is Maurizio de Giovanni's historical crime series, following an Italian police commissario through murder investigations. I Will Have Vengeance (2007) opens the run and Volver (2024) is the fifteenth book, with Blood Curse, Day of the Dead, By My Hand, Viper and Glass Souls among those between. Singers and fortune-tellers turn up among the cast, and the series continues.

How many Commissario Ricciardi books are there?

Commissario Ricciardi has 15 books, released between 2007 and 2024.

Commissario Ricciardi Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Commissario Ricciardi 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. Cover of I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 1 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2007)
  2. Cover of Blood Curse by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 2 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2008)
  3. Cover of Everyone in Their Place by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 3 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2009)
  4. Cover of Day of the Dead by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 4 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2010)
  5. Cover of By My Hand by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 5 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2011)
  6. Cover of Viper by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 6 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2012)
  7. Cover of The Bottom of Your Heart by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 7 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2014)
  8. Cover of Glass Souls by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 8 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2015)
  9. Cover of Il pianto dell'alba by Maurizio de Giovanni, book 12 of the Commissario Ricciardi series (2019)
  1. 1
    I Will Have Vengeance2007 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007216
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  2. 2
    Blood Curse2008 · 343 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008343
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  3. 3
    Everyone in Their Place2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  4. 4
    Day of the Dead2010 · 366 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010366
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  5. 5
    By My Hand2011 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011350
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  6. 6
    Viper2012 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012325
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  7. 7
    The Bottom of Your Heart2014 · 456 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014456
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  8. 8
    Glass Souls2015 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015412
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  9. 9
    Nameless Serenade2016 · 397 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016397
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  10. 10
    Winter Swallows2017 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017384
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  11. 11
    Il purgatorio dell'angelo2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  12. 12
    Il pianto dell'alba2019 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019263
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  13. 13
    Caminito2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    Soledad2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  15. 15
    Volver2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Is there a chronological order for Commissario Ricciardi?

No separate chronological order is on record for Commissario Ricciardi, 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 Commissario Ricciardi books in order?

You should read the Commissario Ricciardi books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Commissario Ricciardi book also stands alone.

Where to start with Commissario Ricciardi

Start with I Will Have Vengeance (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Commissario Ricciardi book?

Volver (2024) is the newest Commissario Ricciardi book released so far.

Is there a new Commissario Ricciardi book coming?

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

Commissario Ricciardi at a glance

Still running
Commissario Ricciardi is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Commissario Ricciardi books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,512 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 358 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Commissario Ricciardi books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Commissario Ricciardi books are about

9 of the 15 Commissario Ricciardi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: italy is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Maurizio de Giovanni

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

Characters in the Commissario Ricciardi books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.