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Ruth Rendell Books in Order

8 series including Inspector Wexford Series, Inspector Wexford Collections Series and more

8 series 119 books Latest: Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer (2021)
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Inspector WexfordInspector Wexford CollectionsRuth Rendell Other NovelsRuth Rendell Short Stories/NovellasRuth Rendell Short Story CollectionsRuth Rendell Children's BooksRuth Rendell Non-Fiction BooksRuth Rendell Anthologies

Reading Order

8 series · 119 books

Inspector Wexford Series

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# Title Year Buy
1 From Doon With Death 1964 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Wolf to the Slaughter 1967 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Best Man to Die 1969 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 A Guilty Thing Surprised 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 No More Dying Then 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Murder Being Once Done 1972 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Some Lie and Some Die 1973 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Shake Hands Forever 1975 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 A Sleeping Life 1978 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Death Notes / Put On By Cunning 1981 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 Speaker of Mandarin 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 An Unkindness of Ravens 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 The Veiled One 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Kissing the Gunner's Daughter 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Ginger and the Kingsmarkham 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 Simisola 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Road Rage 1997 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Harm Done 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 The Babes in the Wood 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 End in Tears 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Not in the Flesh 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 The Monster in the Box 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 The Vault 2011 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 No Man's Nightingale 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Inspector Wexford Collections Series

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1 Means of Evil 1979 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Ruth Rendell Other Novels

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1 To Fear a Painted Devil 1965 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Vanity Dies Hard 1966 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Secret House Of Death 1968 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 One Across, Two Down 1971 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Face of Trespass 1974 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 A Demon in My View 1976 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 A Judgement in Stone 1977 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Make Death Love Me 1979 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 The Lake of Darkness 1980 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 Master of the Moor 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 The Killing Doll 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Tree of Hands 1984 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Live Flesh 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 A Dark-Adapted Eye (As: Barbara Vine) 1986 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Talking to Strange Men 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 A Fatal Inversion (As: Barbara Vine) 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 The House of Stairs (As: Barbara Vine) 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 The Bridesmaid 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Going Wrong 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Gallowglass (As: Barbara Vine) 1990 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 King Solomon's Carpet (As: Barbara Vine) 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 The Crocodile Bird 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 Asta's Book / Anna's Book (As: Barbara Vine) 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 No Night Is Too Long (As: Barbara Vine) 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 In the Time of His Prosperity (Short Story) (As: Barbara Vine) 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 The Brimstone Wedding (As: Barbara Vine) 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 The Keys to the Street 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 A Sight for Sore Eyes 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (As: Barbara Vine) 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
30 Grasshopper (As: Barbara Vine) 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
31 Adam and Eve and Pinch Me 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
32 The Blood Doctor (As: Barbara Vine) 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
33 The Rottweiler 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
34 13 Steps Down 2004 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
35 Minotaur (As: Barbara Vine) 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
36 The Water's Lovely 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
37 Birthday Present (As: Barbara Vine) 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
38 Portobello 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
39 Tigerlily's Orchids 2010 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
40 The Saint Zita Society 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
41 The Child's Child (As: Barbara Vine) 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
42 The Girl Next Door 2014 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
43 Dark Corners 2015 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Ruth Rendell Short Stories/Novellas

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1 The Convolvulus Clock (Short Story) 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Heartstones (Short Story) 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Long Live The Queen (Short Story) 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Thornapple (Short Story) 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Thief (Short Story) 2005 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Ruth Rendell Short Story Collections

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1 The Fallen Curtain 1976 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Fever Tree 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The New Girlfriend 1985 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Collected Short Stories 1989 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 The Copper Peacock and Other Stories 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 Blood Lines 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 Piranha to Scurfy 2000 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Ruth Rendell: Short Stories 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 Collected Stories Vol 1 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 A Spot of Folly 2017 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Ruth Rendell Children's Books

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1 Archie and Archie (Short Story) 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Ruth Rendell Non-Fiction Books

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1 Ruth Rendell's Suffolk 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Reason Why 1995 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Ruth Rendell Anthologies

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1 Simply The Best Mysteries, Edgar Award Winners And Front Runners 1970 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories 1982 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Web She Weaves 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 Murder in the Dark 1983 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
5 Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! 1987 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
6 English Country House Murders 1988 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
7 The Picador Book of the New Gothic 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
8 Mystery Cats 1991 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
9 1st Culprit 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
10 The Man Who... 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
11 Women of Mystery 1992 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
12 The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1992 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
13 Fifty Best Mysteries 1993 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
14 3rd Culprit 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
15 Women of Mystery II 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
16 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: November 1994 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
17 The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1993 1994 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
18 Murder Intercontinental 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
19 Murder by the Book 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
20 Win, Lose or Die 1996 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
21 Women of Mystery III 1998 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
22 Crime After Crime 1999 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
23 Crime Never Pays 2001 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
24 The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
25 Murder On The Railways 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
26 Feline Felonies 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
27 Unforgettable Ghost Stories by Women Writers 2008 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
28 Great Modern Stories 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
29 Midsummer Nights 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
30 Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection 2009 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
31 Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
32 Murder Takes a Holiday: Classic Crime Stories for Summer 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

Ruth Rendell (1930-2015) was an English crime writer renowned for her psychological thrillers and for creating the memorable characters of Chief Inspector Reg Wexford and Inspector Barbara Vine. Born in London, Rendell worked as a journalist and a teacher before publishing her first novel in 1964. Her prolific career spanned over 60 novels, including the Inspector Wexford series, the standalone thrillers, and the Barbara Vine books (written under a pseudonym). Rendell's works garnered critical acclaim and multiple awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award three times, the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and a nomination for the Man Booker Prize. Her novels have been praised for their complex characters, intricate plots, and exploration of human nature's dark side. Rendell's writing has been translated into over 20 languages and has been adapted for television and film.

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