Reporters and reporting book series in reading order

by Alyssa Maxwell

by Leslie Meier

by Howard Owen

by Elisabetta Dami

Alyssa Maxwell writes historical cozy mysteries in two series. The Gilded Newport Mysteries follow a woman journalist through murders in the Rhode Island mansions, opening with Murder at the Breakers (2014) and continuing through Murder at Beechwood, Murder at Rough Point and Murder at Chateau Sur Mer. A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery runs alongside. Twenty-three books reach Murder at Rosecliff in 2026.

Leslie Meier's listed books run from 1991 to 2026, opening with Mistletoe Murder / Mail Order Murder and reaching Countdown to Christmas Murder. Meier's series are Lucy Stone and Carole and Poopsie Mystery. Lucy Stone appears in the subjects alongside women sleuths, reporters, librarians and Maine. Other titles include Tippy Toe Murder (1994), Trick or Treat Murder (1996), Back to School Murder (1997) and Turkey Day Murder (2000). Meier is still publishing.

Amanda M. Lee has 235 books in the catalogue, from Who, What, Where, When, Die (2011) to The Long Witch Goodnight (2026), with A Few Good Witches due in 2027. Witches, murder investigations, reporters and families are recurring subjects. Lee's series include Avery Shaw, Wicked Witches of the Midwest, Mystic Caravan, Moonstone Bay, Spell's Angels, Aisling Grimlock, Charlie Rhodes, Two Broomsticks Gas & Grill and Covenant College.

Seanan McGuire

160 books• 32 series

Seanan McGuire, born January 5, 1978, is an American writer and filker known for urban fantasy. McGuire writes science fiction and horror as Mira Grant, and the Up-and-Under children's portal fantasy series as A. Deborah Baker. McGuire received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2010, and the work has earned the Alex, Hugo, Locus and Nebula awards. The catalogue records 162 titles, starting with Rosemary and Rue (2009) and A Local Habitation (2010), with A Divided Duty (2026) the newest and A Song of Sugar Sparrows due in 2027. Series include October Daye, InCryptid, Wayward Children, Newsflesh, Velveteen, Alchemical Journeys and Parasitology.

Lis Wiehl, born August 19, 1961, is an American legal analyst and New York Times bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction. Wiehl worked at NBC News and NPR's All Things Considered, then spent more than fifteen years as a legal analyst and reporter at Fox News, and comments regularly for CNN. The catalogue lists 18 books from 2004, when The People v. George W. Bush and Winning Every Time appeared, to A Spy in Plain Sight (2022), an account of the FBI and Robert Hanssen. Other titles include Face of Betrayal (2008), Hand of Fate (2010) and Waking Hours (2011). Series include Newsmakers, East Salem Trilogy and Mia Quinn, with subjects such as women lawyers, women journalists and forensic psychiatrists.

Elisabetta Dami

309 books• 22 series

Elisabetta Dami, born 1 January 1958, is an Italian children's author known for the Geronimo Stilton book series. The catalogue credits Dami with 309 books from 1998 to 2026. Titles from 2000 include Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye, Attack Of The Bandit Cats and Four Mice Deep in the Jungle. Other listings include Geronimo Stilton: Thea Stilton, Mouseford Academy, Kingdom Of Fantasy, Geronimo Stilton Cavemice, Geronimo Stilton Spacemice and Creepella von Cacklefur. Subjects include mice, journalists, time travel and humorous stories. The Legend of Chocolate Hills (2026) is the newest title.

Howard Owen, born March 1, 1949, is an American writer of literary fiction, mysteries and thrillers. Owen won the Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers in 2012. Willie Black is the recurring character, and reporting and murder investigation are among the subjects. The 23 catalogued books begin with Littlejohn (1992), include Oregon Hill (2012) and end with Laburnum (2024).

Bonnie Hearn Hill writes mysteries and thrillers, with 22 books from 2001 to 2019. Huelga House (2001) is the first title, and the California grape strike of 1965 to 1970 appears among the subjects. Johnnie Ray and Miss Kilgallen followed in 2002, then Intern, Deadly Strike and Killer Body. Hill's series are Geri LaRue and Kit Doyle, and reporters and a woman radio talk show host are listed subjects. Released (2019) is the latest title.

Irene Hannon, also known as Irene Hannon Gottlieb, is an American author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense who previously worked as a communications executive at Anheuser-Busch. The catalogue holds 73 Hannon books, starting with Portrait of Love (1985). Harbor Pointe (2026) is the newest title, and Suncatcher Island is due in 2027. Hannon series include Hope Harbor, Starfish Bay, Lighthouse Lane, Heroes of Quantico, Guardians of Justice, Private Justice and Code of Honor. Catalogue subjects include Christian romance, inspirational fiction and suspense.

Mariah Stewart writes women's fiction and romantic suspense. The Chesapeake Diaries, Wyndham Beach, the Hudson Sisters, Mercy Street, Enright and Last are the series in a catalogue of 50 titles, which opens in 1995 with Moments in Time and reaches Wake-Up Calls (2026). Maryland settings, federal investigators, serial murders and family life fill the subject tags.

Marta Perry writes Christian and inspirational romance, and Amish life and Pennsylvania appear in the subjects. The catalogue holds 82 books from A Father's Promise (1998) to The Amish Matchmakers (2025). Series include Brides of Lost Creek, the Flanagans, Brotherhood of the Raven, Caldwell Kin, Three Sisters Inn, Lowcountry Suspense, Promise Glen, River Haven and Lost Sisters of Pleasant Valley. Romantic suspense also appears in the subject tags.

Rick Mofina

44 books• 8 series

Journalists and police investigators share the work in Rick Mofina's thrillers. If Angels Fall (2000) opens the Tom Reed and Walt Sydowski series, and Jack Gannon, Kate Page and Ray Wyatt head later runs. Missing persons, kidnapping, murder and terrorism supply the cases. Forty-four titles are catalogued, reaching One Second Away in 2026.

Brad Parks writes mystery and thriller fiction, split between standalone domestic suspense and the Carter Ross Mystery series. Carter Ross is an investigative reporter who covers crime for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, a fictional newspaper in Newark, New Jersey. The Parks catalogue runs to 15 books, from Faces of the Gone (2009) to The Flack (2026), and continues. Parks has taken the Shamus Award twice, the Nero Award once and the Lefty Award twice.

David Lagercrantz

15 books• 5 series

David Lagercrantz, born on 4 September 1962, is a Swedish journalist and bestselling writer and a columnist for the newspaper Expressen. I Am Zlatan (2014) and The Girl in the Spider's Web (2015) are the works Lagercrantz is known for, and the catalogue records Millennium among the associated series; Lagercrantz wrote the fourth through sixth Millennium installments. The catalogue lists 15 books from Ultimate High (1997) to Post Mortem (2026), including Fall of Man in Wilmslow (2009). Rekke & Vargas is the Lagercrantz series on record. Subjects include hackers, journalists, Stockholm, inventors and soccer players.

Mary Logue's 36 catalogued books span 1987 to 2026 and cross several forms: mystery fiction, juvenile literature and biography all appear among the recorded subjects, which also list women detectives, murder, investigation and Wisconsin. The Claire Watkins novels take their name from a recurring character, and the Bloodwater Mysteries, Brigid Reardon Mystery, Laura Malloy and Deadwood Mystery series are also listed. Red Lake of the Heart (1987) is the first title and A Wasp in the Beehive (2026) the most recent. One book carries a joint credit with Doug Ohman.

Stuart M. Kaminsky (29 September 1934 to 9 October 2009) was an American mystery novelist who also taught film. Four mystery series carry the name: Toby Peters, a private eye in 1940s Hollywood; Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov, a Moscow police inspector; Abe Lieberman, a Chicago police officer; and Lew Fonesca, a process server in Sarasota, Florida. A Cold Red Sunrise, a Rostnikov novel, won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1989. The catalogue holds 85 books from 1974 to 2011, and its earliest entries are American Film Genres (1974) and Don Siegel: Director (1974).

Crime fiction about journalists runs through the catalogue of R.G. Belsky, which spans 14 books from Loverboy (1997) to The Vanishers (2026). Belsky writes the Clare Carlson and Gil Malloy series. Subject tags include women journalists, women sleuths, New York, serial murderers and assassins. Titles include The Kennedy Connection (2014), Yesterday's News (2018) and The Last Scoop (2020).