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Jesse Stone Books in Order

Jesse Stone contains 23 books, published between 1997 and 2026. The first book is Night Passage (1997) and the newest is Big Shot (2026). One more title is announced: Lockdown (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23 + 1 announced
Published
1997–2026
Confirmed
24 of 24 titles
Pages on record
5,096 in 16 of 24 books
Reading time
85–127 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,096 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Jesse Stone checklistNext: Lockdown (2027)

Jesse Stone is a police procedural series about a police chief in Massachusetts. The run holds 24 books, opening with Night Passage in 1997 and followed by Trouble in Paradise (1998) and Death in Paradise (2001). The most recent entry is Big Shot (2026), and Lockdown is scheduled for 2027, so the series remains ongoing. The subject tags place the books in hard-boiled mystery, crime and suspense.

How many Jesse Stone books are there?

Jesse Stone has 23 published books, released between 1997 and 2026. One more, Lockdown (2027), is announced.

Who wrote Jesse Stone?

The Jesse Stone books have more than one credited writer. Of the 24 titles, 10 are credited to Reed Farrel Coleman, 9 to Robert B. Parker, 3 to Christopher Farnsworth and 2 to Mike Lupica.

Jesse Stone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Jesse Stone 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 Night Passage by Robert B. Parker, book 1 of the Jesse Stone series (1997)
  2. Cover of Trouble in Paradise by Robert B. Parker, book 2 of the Jesse Stone series (1998)
  3. Cover of Death in Paradise by Robert B. Parker, book 3 of the Jesse Stone series (2001)
  4. Cover of Sea Change by Robert B. Parker, book 5 of the Jesse Stone series (2005)
  5. Cover of High Profile by Robert B. Parker, book 6 of the Jesse Stone series (2007)
  6. Cover of Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker, book 7 of the Jesse Stone series (2008)
  7. Cover of Night and Day by Robert B. Parker, book 8 of the Jesse Stone series (2009)
  8. Cover of Split Image by Robert B. Parker, book 9 of the Jesse Stone series (2010)
  9. Cover of Killing The Blues by Reed Farrel Coleman, book 10 of the Jesse Stone series (2011)
  10. Cover of Fool Me Twice by Reed Farrel Coleman, book 11 of the Jesse Stone series (2012)
  11. Cover of Damned If You Do by Reed Farrel Coleman, book 12 of the Jesse Stone series (2013)
  12. Cover of Blind Spot by Reed Farrel Coleman, book 13 of the Jesse Stone series (2014)
  13. Cover of The Devil Wins by Reed Farrel Coleman, book 14 of the Jesse Stone series (2015)
  14. Cover of Debt to Pay by Reed Farrel Coleman, book 15 of the Jesse Stone series (2016)
  15. Cover of Fool's Paradise by Reed Farrel Coleman, book 19 of the Jesse Stone series (2020)
  16. Cover of Stone's Throw by Mike Lupica, book 20 of the Jesse Stone series (2021)
  17. Cover of Fallout by Mike Lupica, book 21 of the Jesse Stone series (2022)
  1. 1
    Night Passage1997 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997324
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  2. 2
    Trouble in Paradise1998 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998304
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  3. 3
    Death in Paradise2001 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001289
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  4. 4
    Stone Cold2003 · 300 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003300
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  5. 5
    Sea Change2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005320
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  6. 6
    High Profile2007 · 290 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007290
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  7. 7
    Stranger in Paradise2008 · 293 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008293
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  8. 8
    Night and Day2009 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009289
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  9. 9
    Split Image2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  10. 10
    Killing The Blues2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  11. 11
    Fool Me Twice2012 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012320
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  12. 12
    Damned If You Do2013 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013304
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  13. 13
    Blind Spot2014 · 339 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014339
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  14. 14
    The Devil Wins2015 · 342 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015342
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  15. 15
    Debt to Pay2016 · 338 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016338
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  16. 16
    The Hangman's Sonnet2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  17. 17
    Colorblind2018 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018356
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  18. 18
    The Bitterest Pill2019 · confirmed 4/4
    2019–
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  19. 19
    Fool's Paradise2020 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020352
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  20. 20
    Stone's Throw2021 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021336
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  21. 21
    Fallout2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  22. 22
    Buried Secrets2025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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  23. 23
    Big Shot2026 · confirmed 4/4
    2026–
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  24. 24
    Lockdown2027 · confirmed 3/4
    2027–
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Jesse Stone Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jesse Stone books run from Night Passage (1997) to Big Shot (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jesse Stone in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

What order should you read Jesse Stone books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Night Passage (1997), the earliest published title. After it come Trouble in Paradise (1998), Death in Paradise (2001), Stone Cold (2003) and Sea Change (2005); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Jesse Stone book?

Big Shot (2026) is the newest Jesse Stone book released so far.

Is there a new Jesse Stone book coming?

Yes. Lockdown (2027) is the next Jesse Stone book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Jesse Stone at a glance

Still running
Jesse Stone is still running. Lockdown is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Jesse Stone books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,096 pages across the 16 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jesse Stone books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
3 of the 24 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
Attribution
Of the 24 titles, 10 are credited to Reed Farrel Coleman, 9 to Robert B. Parker, 3 to Christopher Farnsworth and 2 to Mike Lupica.

What the Jesse Stone books are about

19 of the 24 Jesse Stone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, police procedural is tagged on 12 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.