Bounty hunters book series in reading order

by Janet Evanovich

by Jeanne C. Stein

Janet Evanovich

79 books• 13 series

Stephanie Plum, a bail bond agent turned bounty hunter, is the recurring lead of Janet Evanovich's longest series. Evanovich writes humorous mystery and romance, and the catalogue holds 79 books from Full House (1981) to Split Second in 2026. Other recurring lines include Kate O'Hare & Nicolas Fox, Lizzy & Diesel, Knight and Moon, Alexandra Barnaby and the Culhane Family.

Jeaniene Frost

34 books• 9 series

Jeaniene Frost, an American fantasy author born on 13 June 1974, created the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. Foreign rights to Frost novels have been sold in twenty countries. The catalogue lists 35 Frost books, from Halfway to the Grave (2007), At Grave's End (2008) and One Foot in the Grave (2008) to A Curse of Beasts and Magic (2026), with A Storm of Dragons and Sorcery due in 2027. Other series include Night Prince, Night Rebel, Broken Destiny and Beautiful and Beastly. Subjects include vampires, paranormal romance, romantic suspense and bounty hunters.

Lorie O’Clare's 46 catalogued books were published between 2003 and 2013, starting with Lunewulf Law and Nuworld in 2003. Subjects include erotica, romantic suspense, fantasy romance, werewolves, bounty hunters, private investigators and serial murders. Series include Lunewulf, Cariboo Lunewulf, Leopard Visions, Nuworld, Raptors Revealed, Black Jag and Werewolves of Malta. Titles from 2004 include In Her Blood, In Her Nature, In Her Soul and Jaded Prey, and Hot Pursuit (2013) is the most recent. J.C. Wilder and Ashleigh Raine each share the credit on 1 book.

Jeanne C. Stein is an American urban fantasy author who writes the Anna Strong Chronicles, about a vampire bounty hunter. Stein grew up and studied in San Diego, which serves as the setting of the vampire books, and now lives in Colorado. Ace Books publishes the Anna Strong novels, while the Fallen Siren series appears under the name S. J. Harper from ROC. The 20 catalogued books run from The Becoming (2004) to Repel All Boarders (2021), and include the 180 Degrees Magnetic series.

Sharon Sala has written under the Sharon Sala name and as Dinah McCall, with more than 85 books in print since a first publication in 1991. Sala is a seven-time RITA finalist and a Janet Dailey Award winner, and Romance Writers of America gave Sala its Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. The catalogue holds 144 Sala titles, from Sara's Angel (1991) to Reckoning (2026). Series include Blessings, Georgia; Mossy Creek; Jubilee, Kentucky; Jigsaw Files; Justice Way; Cat Dupree; Storm Front and Rebel Ridge. Romantic suspense and contemporary romance appear among the subject tags.

Jonathan Maberry

146 books• 35 series

Jonathan Maberry, born May 18, 1958, is an American suspense author who also works as an anthology editor, comic book writer, magazine feature writer, playwright and writing teacher. Horror Novel Reviews named Maberry one of Today's Top Ten Horror Writers. The catalogue holds 147 books from The Black Road (2002) to Bewilderness (2026), with Avalon Station due in 2027. Listed series include Pine Deep, V-Wars, Rogue Team International, Rot & Ruin Graphic Novels and Kagen The Damned, and Joe Ledger and Benny Imura are among the tagged characters. Subjects include horror, zombies, vampires, terrorism and superhero comics.

Lou Prophet, Sheriff Ben Stillman and Gideon Hawk are among the named figures in the westerns of Peter Brandvold, whose subject headings also cover outlaws, sheriffs, bounty hunters, revenge and frontier life. The catalogue counts 86 books from Once a Marshal (1998) to Finn and the Spirit Wolves (2026). Blood Mountain (1999), Dakota Kill (2000), Once a Lawman (2000) and Once Hell Freezes Over (2001) are early titles. Series include Lou Prophet, Sheriff Ben Stillman, Rogue Lawman, Bloody Joe Mannion, .45-Caliber, Rusty Spurr, Bush Riders, Lonnie Gentry, Tom Navarro and Bear Haskell: U.S. Deputy Marshal.

Kameron Hurley

85 books• 3 series

Kameron Hurley writes science fiction and fantasy about war, bounty hunters and female assassins, with queer characters throughout. The Bel Dame Apocrypha opens with God's War (2011), and the Worldbreaker Saga begins with The Mirror Empire (2014). Hurley also writes essays, including We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative (2013). The catalogue holds 85 titles dated 2011 to 2026, with a median length of 384 pages.

Kat Martin is a pen name of Kathleen Kelly Martin, born July 14, 1947, an American writer of romance novels who has also published as Kathy Lawrence and Kasey Marx. The catalogue holds 81 books from Magnificent Passage (1988) to The Unseen (2025), split between historical romance and romantic suspense, with private investigators among the recorded subjects. Series include the Raines of Wind Canyon, Maximum Security, the Brodies of Alaska, the Sinclair Sisters Trilogy and BOSS, Inc. Martin is married to the writer and photographer Larry Jay Martin.

William Wallace Johnstone, October 28, 1938 to February 8, 2004, was an American author of westerns, horror and survivalist fiction. The Devil's Kiss opened the run in 1981, followed by The Last of the Dog Team (1981), Out of the Ashes (1983) and Anarchy in the Ashes (1984). Series filed under the name include Ashes, First Mountain Man, Smoke Jensen, Last Gunfighter, Blood Bond and Duff MacCallister, and subjects include outlaws, frontier and pioneer life, revenge and Texas. The catalogue carries 544 titles under the Johnstone name dated 1981 to 2026, well past the 2004 death date, and 400 of them carry a William W. Johnstone credit.

Lori Foster

146 books• 33 series

Lori Foster is an American romance novelist who also publishes urban fantasy as L.L. Foster, and has appeared on the USA Today, Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestseller lists. Foster is currently published by Harlequin. The catalogue holds 146 books from Impetuous (1995) to The Lake House (2026), with the 2000s the busiest decade; one book also credits Christie Ridgway. Series include Buckhorn Brothers, SBC Fighters, Body Armor, Ultimate and Love Undercover, and mixed martial arts shows up among the subjects.

Kristen Ashley

109 books• 24 series

Kristen Ashley, born Kristen A L Moutaw on April 8, 1968, has reached the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists with 100 books published in 14 languages and more than three million copies sold. Two of the novels have been adapted into film. The catalogue carries 109 Ashley titles, from Rock Chick (2008) to After the Fall (2026). Rock Chick, River Rain, Colorado Mountain, 'Burg, Fantasyland, Dream Team, Dream Man, Unfinished Hero, Misted Pines and Avenging Angels are among the series. Subjects include contemporary and erotic romance, romantic suspense, motorcycle clubs and Denver.

Joe R. Lansdale

156 books• 24 series

Joe R. Lansdale, born Joe Richard Lansdale on October 28, 1951, is an American writer and martial arts instructor who works across Western, horror, science fiction, mystery and suspense and has also written comic books and screenplays. Lansdale's honours include the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award and eleven Bram Stoker Awards, and several novels have been adapted for film and television. The catalogue begins with Act of Love (1981) and includes Dead in the West (1986), The Magic Wagon (1986), The Nightrunners (1987), The Drive-In (1988) and Cold in July (1989); Petrified Dreams (2026) is the newest. Hap Collins and Leonard Pine head the Hap and Leonard series, and Texas features in the subjects.

Marie Lu

29 books• 11 series

Marie Lu, born Xiwei Lu on 11 July 1984, is an American author of young adult science fiction and fantasy. The Legend series, set in a dystopian and militarised future, is Lu's best known work, alongside Young Elites, Warcross and Batman: Nightwalker in the DC Icons line. The catalogue lists 30 books from Legend (2011) to Rebel (2026), with Silver Dawn listed for 2027. Skyhunter, Stars and Smoke and New Alchemists are further series. Subjects include resistance to government, plague, fugitives, soldiers and the supernatural.

Westerns make up J.A. Johnstone's catalogue: 20 books published between 2009 and 2020, with gunfights, revenge, bounty hunters and kidnapping among the recorded subjects. Loner is the series the books belong to, opening with The Devil's Badland and The Loner in 2009 and running through Rattlesnake Valley (2010), The Big Gundown (2010) and The Blood of Renegades (2011). Knockdown (2020) is the newest entry, and the list is marked likely complete. William W. Johnstone is credited alongside J.A. Johnstone on one title.

Josh Malerman

18 books• 2 series

Josh Malerman is an American horror novelist who also works as a songwriter, film director and producer and cartoonist, and plays rhythm guitar in the rock band The High Strung. The post-apocalyptic novel Bird Box (2014) inspired the Netflix film of the same name. In 2020 Malerman founded the production company Spin a Black Yarn with manager Ryan Lewis. The catalogue counts 18 books through Pictures of You (2026), including Black Mad Wheel, Unbury Carol, Inspection and Malorie, and lists the Bird Box series.

Greg Rucka

105 books• 35 series

Greg Rucka, born November 29, 1969, is an American novelist and comics writer. The Atticus Kodiak novels carry Rucka's name, as do the creator-owned comics Whiteout, Queen & Country, Stumptown and Lazarus. For DC Comics, Rucka wrote long runs on Detective Comics, Wonder Woman and Gotham Central, and co-created Kate Kane, the second Batwoman; the Marvel work includes Elektra, Wolverine and The Punisher. Crossover material by Rucka includes No Man's Land, Infinite Crisis and New Krypton. The catalogue lists 106 titles from 1994 onward, with Keeper (1996) and Whiteout (1998) among the early entries and a Batwoman collection scheduled for 2027.

Robert J. Randisi (August 24, 1951 – October 6, 2024) was an American author, editor and screenwriter working in detective fiction and westerns. Series credited to Randisi include Gunsmith, Shelter, Lady Gunsmith, Tracker, Angel Eyes, Rat Pack Mysteries, Miles Jacoby Mystery and Joe Keough Mystery. Catalogue subjects include Clint Adams, private investigators, police, serial murder and New York. Randisi is credited on 665 listed books, with titles such as Chain Gang Kill (1980), Circus of Death (1981) and Deadly Debt (2024).

David Robbins is a Western writer, according to subject records that name Skye Fargo and Canyon O'Grady as fictitious characters and cite frontier and pioneer life, Colorado and Texas. Series listed under the name include Wilderness, Canyon O'Grady, White Apache, Mountain Majesty, Davy Crockett, Preacher's Law and Blood Feud, alongside Omega Sub and Battlefield Mars. Endworld is also among the linked names. Stalked (2020) is the most recent title in the listing.

Shiloh Walker, born 1976, is an American writer of contemporary and erotic romance novels and novellas who has also used the pen name J.C. Daniels. The catalogue lists 125 books from 2003 to 2026, starting with Declan and Tori and including Make Me Believe and Eli and Sarel from the same year. Subjects include paranormal romance, romantic suspense, vampires, psychics, magic and murder. Series include FBI Psychics, Grimm's Circle, Secrets & Shadows, Barnes Brothers, Colbana Files, Ash Trilogy and Pretern Wars. I Choose the Bear (2026) is the newest title.

J.D. Rhoades writes mystery, thriller and suspense fiction. The catalogue holds 19 books, from The Devil's Right Hand (2005) to The Golden Mountain (2024), and it is still growing. Rhoades's series include Jack Keller, Tony Wolf / Tim Buckthorn, L.D. Cade and Taras Flinn, with Jack Keller as a recurring character. Recorded subjects include bounty hunters, North Carolina, the 1991 Persian Gulf War, serial murders and kidnapping victims.

James Patrick Hunt wrote 17 catalogued books between 2005 and 2017, in the police procedural and crime field. Series under the Hunt name are Lieutenant George Hastings, Evan Maitland and Dan Bridger. Before They Make You Run (2005) is the first title, and Maitland came out the same year, followed by Maitland Under Siege (2006) and Maitland's Reply (2009). Recorded subjects include police, St. Louis, judges, bounty hunters, fugitives, organized crime and antique dealers. Bridger (2010), The Silent Places (2010) and Bullet Beth (2011) are also listed, and The German (2017) is the last.