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Home / Authors / Ann Rule Ann Rule American author Ann Rule, best known for her true-crime masterpieces including *The Stranger Beside Me*, sold over 20 million copies and pioneered the modern crime nonfiction genre. This page provides Ann Rule’s books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
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1980 The Stranger Beside Me POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1981 Possession POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1981 Lust Killer POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1983 The Want-Ad Killer POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1984 The I-5 Killer POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1984 Mind Games POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1987 Small Sacrifices POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1991 If You Really Loved Me POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 1992 Everything She Ever Wanted POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 1993 A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases POoCFB · 1 Buy ↗ 1994 You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases POoCFB · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 Dead By Sunset POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 1996 A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases POoCFB · 3 Buy ↗ 1997 Bitter Harvest POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 1998 In the Name of Love and Other True Cases POoCFB · 4 Buy ↗ 1998 The End of the Dream POoCFB · 5 Buy ↗ 1999 A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases POoCFB · 6 Buy ↗ 1999 And Never Let Her Go POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 1999 Jerry Harris Case POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 2001 Empty Promises and Other True Cases POoCFB · 7 Buy ↗ 2001 Last Dance, Last Chance POoCFB · 8 Buy ↗ 2001 Every Breath You Take POoNB · 13 Buy ↗ 2003 Without Pity POoNB · 14 Buy ↗ 2003 Heart Full of Lies POoNB · 15 Buy ↗ 2004 Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases POoCFB · 9 Buy ↗ 2004 Green River, Running Red POoNB · 16 Buy ↗ 2005 Worth More Dead and Other True Cases POoCFB · 10 Buy ↗ 2006 No Regrets and Other True Cases POoCFB · 11 Buy ↗ 2007 Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases POoCFB · 12 Buy ↗ 2007 Too Late to Say Goodbye POoNB · 17 Buy ↗ 2008 Mortal Danger and Other True Cases POoCFB · 13 Buy ↗ 2009 But I Trusted You and Other True Cases POoCFB · 14 Buy ↗ 2010 In the Still of the Night POoNB · 18 Buy ↗ 2011 Don't Look Behind You POoCFB · 15 Buy ↗ 2012 Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases POoCFB · 16 Buy ↗ 2013 Practice to Deceive POoNB · 19 Buy ↗ 2014 Lying in Wait and Other True Cases POoCFB · 17 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 1 book · 1981
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 19 books · 1980–2013
01 The Stranger Beside Me 1980 Buy ↗ 03 The Want-Ad Killer 1983 Buy ↗ 04 The I-5 Killer 1984 Buy ↗ 06 Small Sacrifices 1987 Buy ↗ 07 If You Really Loved Me 1991 Buy ↗ 08 Everything She Ever Wanted 1992 Buy ↗ 09 Dead By Sunset 1995 Buy ↗ 10 Bitter Harvest 1997 Buy ↗ 11 And Never Let Her Go 1999 Buy ↗ 12 Jerry Harris Case 1999 Buy ↗ 13 Every Breath You Take 2001 Buy ↗ 15 Heart Full of Lies 2003 Buy ↗ 16 Green River, Running Red 2004 Buy ↗ 17 Too Late to Say Goodbye 2007 Buy ↗ 18 In the Still of the Night 2010 Buy ↗ 19 Practice to Deceive 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Crime Files Books 17 books · 1993–2014
01 A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases 1993 Buy ↗ 02 You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases 1994 Buy ↗ 03 A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases 1996 Buy ↗ 04 In the Name of Love and Other True Cases 1998 Buy ↗ 05 The End of the Dream 1998 Buy ↗ 06 A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases 1999 Buy ↗ 07 Empty Promises and Other True Cases 2001 Buy ↗ 08 Last Dance, Last Chance 2001 Buy ↗ 09 Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases 2004 Buy ↗ 10 Worth More Dead and Other True Cases 2005 Buy ↗ 11 No Regrets and Other True Cases 2006 Buy ↗ 12 Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases 2007 Buy ↗ 13 Mortal Danger and Other True Cases 2008 Buy ↗ 14 But I Trusted You and Other True Cases 2009 Buy ↗ 15 Don't Look Behind You 2011 Buy ↗ 16 Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases 2012 Buy ↗ 17 Lying in Wait and Other True Cases 2014 Buy ↗