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Ann Rule Books in Order

4 series including Crime Files Series and more

★ 10 NYT bestsellers 4 series 38 books Latest: Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (2014)

Since 1980, Ann Rule has published 38 books. Across 4 series, Crime Files stands out as the longest at 17 books. Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (2014) is the most recent addition we've catalogued.

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1 Crime Files 2 Ann Rule Other Novels 3 Ann Rule Non-Fiction 4 Ann Rule Anthologies

New York Times Bestsellers

10 books

Ann Rule has placed 10 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 28 weeks on the charts.

Cover of Every Breath You Take
Every Breath You Take
Ann Rule Non-Fiction

9 weeks on the Times Hardcover Nonfiction list · peaked at #3 · debuted Jan 2002

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Cover of If You Really Loved Me
If You Really Loved Me
Ann Rule Non-Fiction

4 weeks on the Times Hardcover Nonfiction list · peaked at #5 · debuted Jun 1991

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Reading Order

4 series · 38 books

Crime Files Series

0 of 17 read
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1 A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases 1993 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases 1996 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 In the Name of Love and Other True Cases 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The End of the Dream 1998 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Empty Promises and Other True Cases 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Last Dance, Last Chance 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Worth More Dead and Other True Cases 2005 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 No Regrets and Other True Cases 2006 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases 2007 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Mortal Danger and Other True Cases 2008 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 But I Trusted You and Other True Cases 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Don't Look Behind You 2011 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Lying in Wait and Other True Cases 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Possession by Ann Rule

Ann Rule Other Novels

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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Possession 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Ann Rule Non-Fiction

0 of 19 read
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1 The Stranger Beside Me 1980 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Lust Killer 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Want-Ad Killer 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The I-5 Killer 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Mind Games 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Small Sacrifices 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 If You Really Loved Me 1991 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Everything She Ever Wanted 1992 Anthony Award 1993Edgar Awards 1993Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Dead By Sunset 1995 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Bitter Harvest 1997 Edgar Awards 1998Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 And Never Let Her Go 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Jerry Harris Case 1999 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Every Breath You Take 2001 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Without Pity 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Heart Full of Lies 2003 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Green River, Running Red 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Too Late to Say Goodbye 2007 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
18 In the Still of the Night 2010 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
19 Practice to Deceive 2013 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Ann Rule Anthologies

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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Plot Thickens 1997 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
About the Author

Ann Rae Rule (née Stackhouse; October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015) was an American author of true crime books and articles.

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