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Ann Cleeves Books in Order

Find every Ann Cleeves book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 49 books / 10 series

British author best known for the Vera Stanhope and Shetland series. Her books have sold millions worldwide and won the CWA Diamond Dagger. This page lists Ann Cleeves books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Ann Cleeves Books in Chronological Order

1986 A Bird in the Hand POoPB / 1 Buy
1988 Come Death And High Water POoPB / 2 Buy
1988 Murder In Paradise POoPB / 3 Buy
1989 A Prey To Murder POoPB / 4 Buy
1990 A Lesson In Dying POoIRB / 1 Buy
1991 Murder In My Backyard POoIRB / 2 Buy
1992 A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy POoIRB / 3 Buy
1992 Another Man's Poison POoPB / 5 Buy
1993 Killjoy POoIRB / 4 Buy
1993 Sea Fever POoPB / 6 Buy
1994 The Mill On The Shore POoPB / 7 Buy
1995 The Healers POoIRB / 5 Buy
1996 High Island Blues POoPB / 8 Buy
1997 The Baby Snatcher POoIRB / 6 Buy
1999 The Crow Trap POoVSB / 1 Buy
2001 The Sleeping and the Dead POoSN / 1 Buy
2003 Burial of Ghosts POoSN / 2 Buy
2005 Telling Tales POoVSB / 2 Buy
2006 Raven Black POoSIB / 1 Buy
2007 Hidden Depths POoVSB / 3 Buy
2008 White Nights POoSIB / 2 Buy
2009 Red Bones POoSIB / 3 Buy
2010 Silent Voices POoVSB / 4 Buy
2010 Blue Lightning POoSIB / 4 Buy
2012 The Glass Room POoVSB / 5 Buy
2013 Dead Water POoSIB / 5 Buy
2014 Offshore POoC / 1 Buy
2014 Thin Air POoSIB / 6 Buy
2014 Harbour Street POoVSB / 6 Buy
2015 Shetland POoSINB / 1 Buy
2015 The Moth Catcher POoVSB / 7 Buy
2016 Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey POoSS / 1 Buy
2016 Too Good To Be True POoSIB / 7 Buy
2016 Cold Earth POoSIB / 8 Buy
2017 The Seagull POoVSB / 8 Buy
2018 Wild Fire POoSIB / 9 Buy
2019 The Long Call POoMV/TRB / 1 Buy
2020 Frozen POoVSB / 9 Buy
2020 The Darkest Evening POoVSB / 10 Buy
2021 The Heron's Cry POoMV/TRB / 2 Buy
2022 The Girls on the Shore POoMV/TRB / 3 Buy
2022 The Woman on the Island POoVSB / 11 Buy
2022 The Rising Tide POoVSB / 12 Buy
2023 The Raging Storm POoMV/TRB / 4 Buy
2023 Missing in the Snow POoSIB / 10 Buy
2024 The Dark Wives POoVSB / 13 Buy
2025 The Lonely Man POoWR&JPB / 1 Buy
2025 The Killing Stones POoWR&JPB / 2 Buy
2026 The Dying Light POoMV/TRB / 5 Buy

Ann Cleeves Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Offshore 2014 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 2 books / 2001-2003
01 The Sleeping and the Dead 2001 Buy
02 Burial of Ghosts 2003 Buy
01 A Bird in the Hand 1986 Buy
02 Come Death And High Water 1988 Buy
03 Murder In Paradise 1988 Buy
04 A Prey To Murder 1989 Buy
05 Another Man's Poison 1992 Buy
06 Sea Fever 1993 Buy
07 The Mill On The Shore 1994 Buy
08 High Island Blues 1996 Buy
01 Raven Black 2006 Buy
02 White Nights 2008 Buy
03 Red Bones 2009 Buy
04 Blue Lightning 2010 Buy
05 Dead Water 2013 Buy
06 Thin Air 2014 Buy
07 Too Good To Be True 2016 Buy
08 Cold Earth 2016 Buy
09 Wild Fire 2018 Buy
10 Missing in the Snow 2023 Buy
01 Dreaming of Rain and Peter Lovesey 2016 Buy
01 A Lesson In Dying 1990 Buy
02 Murder In My Backyard 1991 Buy
03 A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy 1992 Buy
04 Killjoy 1993 Buy
05 The Healers 1995 Buy
06 The Baby Snatcher 1997 Buy
01 The Long Call 2019 Buy
02 The Heron's Cry 2021 Buy
03 The Girls on the Shore 2022 Buy
04 The Raging Storm 2023 Buy
05 The Dying Light 2026 Buy
01 The Lonely Man 2025 Buy
02 The Killing Stones 2025 Buy
01 The Crow Trap 1999 Buy
02 Telling Tales 2005 Buy
03 Hidden Depths 2007 Buy
04 Silent Voices 2010 Buy
05 The Glass Room 2012 Buy
06 Harbour Street 2014 Buy
07 The Moth Catcher 2015 Buy
08 The Seagull 2017 Buy
09 Frozen 2020 Buy
10 The Darkest Evening 2020 Buy
11 The Woman on the Island 2022 Buy
12 The Rising Tide 2022 Buy
13 The Dark Wives 2024 Buy

Where to start with Ann Cleeves

What is the best order to read Ann Cleeves books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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