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Nikki Heat Books in Order

Nikki Heat by Richard Castle contains 10 books, published between 2008 and 2019. The first book is Heat Wave (2008) and the newest is Crashing Heat (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2008–2019
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
2,942 in 9 of 10 books
Reading time
49–74 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,942 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Nikki Heat checklist

Nikki Heat is a New York police detective, and the books carrying her name are credited to Richard Castle. Heat Wave (2008) opens a run of 10 titles that all keep Heat in the name - Naked Heat, Heat Rises, Frozen Heat, Deadly Heat, Raging Heat, Driving Heat, High Heat - and closes with Crashing Heat in 2019. Murder investigations and a journalist working beside the detective supply the plots.

How many Nikki Heat books are there?

Nikki Heat has 10 books, released between 2008 and 2019.

Nikki Heat Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Nikki Heat 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 Heat Wave by Richard Castle, book 1 of the Nikki Heat series (2008)
  2. Cover of Naked Heat by Richard Castle, book 2 of the Nikki Heat series (2010)
  3. Cover of Heat Rises by Richard Castle, book 3 of the Nikki Heat series (2011)
  4. Cover of Frozen Heat by Richard Castle, book 4 of the Nikki Heat series (2012)
  5. Cover of Deadly Heat by Richard Castle, book 5 of the Nikki Heat series (2013)
  6. Cover of Raging Heat by Richard Castle, book 6 of the Nikki Heat series (2014)
  7. Cover of Driving Heat by Richard Castle, book 7 of the Nikki Heat series (2015)
  8. Cover of High Heat by Richard Castle, book 8 of the Nikki Heat series (2016)
  9. Cover of Heat Storm by Richard Castle, book 9 of the Nikki Heat series (2017)
  10. Cover of Crashing Heat by Richard Castle, book 10 of the Nikki Heat series (2019)
  1. 1
    Heat Wave2008 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008358
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  2. 2
    Naked Heat2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010304
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  3. 3
    Heat Rises2011 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011432
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  4. 4
    Frozen Heat2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    Deadly Heat2013 · 291 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013291
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  6. 6
    Raging Heat2014 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014292
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  7. 7
    Driving Heat2015 · 329 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015329
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  8. 8
    High Heat2016 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016384
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  9. 9
    Heat Storm2017 · 312 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017312
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  10. 10
    Crashing Heat2019 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019240
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Nikki Heat Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Nikki Heat books run from Heat Wave (2008) to Crashing Heat (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Nikki Heat in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Nikki Heat books in order?

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

What order should you read Nikki Heat books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Heat Wave (2008), the earliest published title. After it come Naked Heat (2010), Heat Rises (2011), Frozen Heat (2012), Deadly Heat (2013), Raging Heat (2014), Driving Heat (2015), High Heat (2016), Heat Storm (2017) and Crashing Heat (2019).

What is the newest Nikki Heat book?

Crashing Heat (2019) is the newest Nikki Heat book released so far.

Is there a new Nikki Heat book coming?

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

Nikki Heat at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Nikki Heat title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Nikki Heat books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,942 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 312 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Nikki Heat books, 9 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Nikki Heat books are about

All 10 Nikki Heat books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 6 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Richard Castle

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

Other series by Richard Castle

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