About
Robert B. Parker
Robert B. Parker (1932-2010) was an American mystery writer best known for his detective novels featuring private investigator Spenser. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Parker served as an intelligence officer in the Army. After his military service, he received a PhD in English from Boston University and became a professor of literature. In the early 1970s, he turned to writing fiction, publishing his first Spenser novel, "The Godwulf Manuscript," in 1973. The Spenser series became a critical and commercial success, with over 40 books published. Parker's work was praised for its witty dialogue, complex characters, and intricate plots. He received numerous awards, including the Edgar Award for "Best Mystery Novel" in 1974 and the Shamus Award for "Best Novel" in 1978. Parker's Spenser novels were adapted into a television series starring Robert Urich, and several of his books were made into films. His work has been translated into over 20 languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
Book Series by Robert B. Parker
Spenser Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Godwulf Manuscript | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
| God Save the Child | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mortal Stakes | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Promised Land | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Judas Goat | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| Looking for Rachel Wallace | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Early Autumn | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Savage Place | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ceremony | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Widening Gyre | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| Valediction | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Catskill Eagle | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Taming a Sea-Horse | 1986 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pale Kings and Princes | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Crimson Joy | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Playmates | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stardust | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pastime | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Double Deuce | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Paper Doll | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| Walking Shadow | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Thin Air | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chance | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| Small Vices | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sudden Mischief | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hush Money | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hugger Mugger | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Potshot | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Widow's Walk | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Back Story | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bad Business | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cold Service | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| School Days | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hundred-Dollar Baby / Dream Girl | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Now and Then | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rough Weather | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Professional | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Painted Ladies | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sixkill | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Silent Night ( With: Helen Brann) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lullaby ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wonderland / Spenser Confidential ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cheap Shot ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kickback ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Slow Burn ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Little White Lies ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Old Black Magic ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Angel Eyes ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Someone to Watch Over Me ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bye Bye Baby ( By: Ace Atkins) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Broken Trust ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hot Property ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Jesse Stone Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Night Passage | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trouble in Paradise | 1998 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death in Paradise | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stone Cold | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sea Change | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| High Profile | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stranger in Paradise | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Night and Day | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Split Image | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Killing The Blues ( By: Michael Brandman) | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fool Me Twice ( By: Michael Brandman) | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Damned If You Do ( By: Michael Brandman) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blind Spot ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Devil Wins ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Debt to Pay ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Hangman's Sonnet ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Colorblind ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bitterest Pill ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fool's Paradise ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stone's Throw ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fallout ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buried Secrets ( By: Christopher Farnsworth) | 2025 | Buy on Amazon |
Sunny Randall Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Family Honor | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| Perish Twice | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shrink Rap | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Melancholy Baby | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blue Screen | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Spare Change | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blood Feud ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Grudge Match ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Payback ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2021 | Buy on Amazon |
| Revenge Tour ( By: Mike Lupica) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bad Influence ( By: Alison Gaylin) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buzz Kill ( By: Alison Gaylin) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| Booked ( By: Alison Gaylin) | 2025 | Buy on Amazon |
Virgil Cole & Everett Hitch Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Appaloosa | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Resolution | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brimstone | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blue-Eyed Devil | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ironhorse ( By: Robert Knott) | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bull River ( By: Robert Knott) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Bridge ( By: Robert Knott) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blackjack ( By: Robert Knott) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Revelation ( By: Robert Knott) | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buckskin ( By: Robert Knott) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Opium Rose ( By: Robert Knott) | 2026 | Buy on Amazon |
Robert B. Parker Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Wilderness | 1979 | Buy on Amazon |
| Surrogate | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| Love and Glory | 1983 | Buy on Amazon |
| All Our Yesterdays | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Gunman's Rhapsody | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| Double Play | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Edenville Owls | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Boxer and the Spy | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
Robert B. Parker Non-Fiction Books
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Training with Weights ( With: John R. Marsh) | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Three Weeks In Spring ( With: Joan H. Parker) | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Year at the Races ( With: Joan H. Parker) | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Spenser's Boston | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
Philip Marlowe Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Big Sleep ( By: Raymond Chandler) | 1939 | Buy on Amazon |
| Farewell, My Lovely ( By: Raymond Chandler) | 1940 | Buy on Amazon |
| The High Window ( By: Raymond Chandler) | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lady in the Lake ( By: Raymond Chandler) | 1943 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Little Sister ( By: Raymond Chandler) | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Goodbye ( By: Raymond Chandler) | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| Playback ( By: Raymond Chandler) | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Poodle Springs ( With: Raymond Chandler) | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Perchance to Dream | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Black-Eyed Blonde / Marlowe ( By: Benjamin Black) | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Only to Sleep ( By: Lawrence Osborne) | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Goodbye Coast ( By: Joe Ide) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Second Murderer ( By: Denise Mina) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
Young Spenser Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Chasing the Bear | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
Mysterious Profiles Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Rambo ( By: David Morrell) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Elvis Cole and Joe Pike ( By: Robert Crais) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jack Taylor ( By: Ken Bruen) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jack Reacher ( By: Lee Child) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Charlie Parker ( By: John Connolly) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hieronymus Bosch ( By: Michael Connelly) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lincoln Rhyme ( By: Jeffery Deaver) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alex Delaware ( By: Jonathan Kellerman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tess Monaghan ( By: Laura Lippman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Charlie Resnick ( By: John Harvey) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus ( By: Faye Kellerman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Inspector Morse ( By: Colin Dexter) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dismas Hardy ( By: John Lescroart) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bob Lee Swagger ( By: Stephen Hunter) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Aloysius X. L. Pendergast ( By: Douglas Preston) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lou Boldt (Short Story) ( By: Ridley Pearson) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Spenser | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Charlotte and Thomas Pitt ( By: Anne Perry) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| John Rebus ( By: Ian Rankin) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mallory ( By: Carol O'Connell) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Jane Whitefield (Short Story) ( By: Thomas Perry) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ian Rutledge (Short Story) ( By: Charles Todd) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amos Walker (Short Story) ( By: Loren D. Estleman) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Precious Ramotswe (Short Story) ( By: Alexander McCall Smith) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Maisie Dobbs (Short Story) ( By: Jacqueline Winspear) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lincoln Lawyer (Short Story) ( By: Michael Connelly) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
| Condor (Short Story) ( By: James Grady) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ben Kincaid (Short Story) ( By: William Bernhardt) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Repairman Jack (Short Story) ( By: F. Paul Wilson) | 2023 | Buy on Amazon |
| Joe Pickett (Short Story) ( By: C.J. Box) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| Peter Diamond (Short Story) ( By: Peter Lovesey) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nathan Heller (Short Story) ( By: Max Allan Collins) | 2024 | Buy on Amazon |
Akashic Noir Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seattle Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Bronx Noir | 2003 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir | 2005 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| D.C. Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| London Noir | 2006 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Havana Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Detroit Noir | 2007 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Toronto Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Paris Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Rome Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Portland Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Delhi Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Buy on Amazon |
| Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Richmond Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Orange County Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Moscow Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Diego Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
| Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Long Island Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Venice Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kingston Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon |
| Manila Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dallas Noir | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon |
| Singapore Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prison Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tehran Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belfast Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Buy on Amazon |
| Providence Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Memphis Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marseille Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beirut Noir | 2015 | Buy on Amazon |
| Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Brussels Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Prague Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| San Juan Noir | 2016 | Buy on Amazon |
| Oakland Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| New Haven Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montana Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Montreal Noir | 2017 | Buy on Amazon |
| Berlin Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Lagos Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Sydney Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Buy on Amazon |
| Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Houston Noir | 2019 | Buy on Amazon |
| Columbus Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Alabama Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
| Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Robert B. Parker Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 | 1997 | Buy on Amazon |
| Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe | 2011 | Buy on Amazon |
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