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This catalog lists the David Handler books currently available in Sequencebooks, including standalone titles and series entries when available.

Are David Handler series listed separately?

Yes. Each David Handler series is broken out with book numbers, publication years, and a dedicated reading-order page.

Should I read David Handler books in publication order or chronological order?

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David Handler Books in Order

Q: What is the best order to read David Handler books?

Start with the series reading order for any connected books, then use the chronological list on this page for the full David Handler bibliography.

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 78 books / 7 series

American author David Handler is best known for the Stewart Hoag mystery series and the Berger & Mitry series. His books have sold millions of copies and earned an Edgar Award. This page provides the David Handler books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All David Handler Books in Chronological Order

1986 Kiddo POoDLB / 1 Buy

1988 The Man Who Died Laughing POoSH&LB / 1 Buy

1988 The Boss POoDLB / 2 Buy

1989 The Man Who Lived by Night POoSH&LB / 2 Buy

1990 The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald POoSH&LB / 3 Buy

1991 The Woman Who Fell from Grace POoSH&LB / 4 Buy

1992 The Boy Who Never Grew Up POoSH&LB / 5 Buy

1995 The Man Who Cancelled Himself POoSH&LB / 6 Buy

1996 The Girl Who Ran Off with Daddy POoSH&LB / 7 Buy

1997 The Man Who Loved Women to Death POoSH&LB / 8 Buy

1999 Gideon(As: Russell Andrews) POoSN / 1 Buy

2001 The Cold Blue Blood POoBaMB / 1 Buy

2001 Icarus(As: Russell Andrews) POoSN / 2 Buy

2002 The Hot Pink Farmhouse POoBaMB / 2 Buy

2003 Aphrodite POoJWB / 1 Buy

2003 The Bright Silver Star POoBaMB / 3 Buy

2004 The Burnt Orange Sunrise POoBaMB / 4 Buy

2005 Midas POoJWB / 2 Buy

2006 The Sweet Golden Parachute POoBaMB / 5 Buy

2007 Hades POoJWB / 3 Buy

2008 The Sour Cherry Surprise POoBaMB / 6 Buy

2009 Click to Play POoSN / 3 Buy

2010 The Shimmering Blond Sister POoBaMB / 7 Buy

2011 The Blood Red Indian Summer POoBaMB / 8 Buy

2012 The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) POoBB / 1 Buy

2012 Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) POoBB / 2 Buy

2012 The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) POoBB / 3 Buy

2012 The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) POoBB / 4 Buy

2012 An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoBB / 5 Buy

2012 Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) POoBB / 6 Buy

2012 The Snow White Christmas Cookie POoBaMB / 9 Buy

2013 Runaway Man POoBGB / 1 Buy

2013 The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) POoBB / 7 Buy

2013 Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) POoBB / 8 Buy

2013 The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) POoBB / 9 Buy

2013 The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) POoBB / 10 Buy

2014 The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb POoBaMB / 10 Buy

2014 The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) POoBB / 11 Buy

2014 What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) POoBB / 12 Buy

2014 Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) POoBB / 13 Buy

2014 The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) POoBB / 14 Buy

2014 The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) POoBB / 15 Buy

2014 Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) POoBB / 16 Buy

2014 The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) POoBB / 17 Buy

2014 It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) POoBB / 18 Buy

2014 The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) POoBB / 19 Buy

2015 Phantom Angel POoBGB / 2 Buy

2015 The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) POoBB / 20 Buy

2015 The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) POoBB / 21 Buy

2015 Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) POoBB / 22 Buy

2015 Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) POoBB / 23 Buy

2015 Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) POoBB / 24 Buy

2015 From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) POoBB / 25 Buy

2016 Lavender Lane Lothario POoBaMB / 11 Buy

2016 The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) POoBB / 26 Buy

2016 Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) POoBB / 27 Buy

2016 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) POoBB / 28 Buy

2016 Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) POoBB / 29 Buy

2016 The Haze(By: James W. Hall) POoBB / 30 Buy

2017 The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes POoSH&LB / 9 Buy

2017 Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoBB / 31 Buy

2018 The Man Who Couldn't Miss POoSH&LB / 10 Buy

2018 The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) POoBB / 32 Buy

2018 Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) POoBB / 33 Buy

2018 The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) POoBB / 34 Buy

2018 The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) POoBB / 35 Buy

2018 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) POoBB / 36 Buy

2019 The Man in the White Linen Suit POoSH&LB / 11 Buy

2020 The Girl Who Did Say No POoBB / 37 Buy

2021 The Man Who Wasn't All There POoSH&LB / 12 Buy

2022 The Lady in the Silver Cloud POoSH&LB / 13 Buy

2022 The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) POoBB / 38 Buy

2022 The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) POoBB / 39 Buy

2022 The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) POoBB / 40 Buy

2023 The Girl Who Took What She Wanted POoSH&LB / 14 Buy

2024 The Woman Who Lowered the Boom POoSH&LB / 15 Buy

2025 The Man Who Swore He'd Never Go Home Again POoSH&LB / 16 Buy

2026 The Man Who Led a Dream Life POoSH&LB / 17 Buy

David Handler Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Stewart Hoag & Lulu Books in Reading Order 17 books / 1988-2026

01 The Man Who Died Laughing 1988 Buy

02 The Man Who Lived by Night 1989 Buy

03 The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald 1990 Buy

04 The Woman Who Fell from Grace 1991 Buy

05 The Boy Who Never Grew Up 1992 Buy

06 The Man Who Cancelled Himself 1995 Buy

07 The Girl Who Ran Off with Daddy 1996 Buy

08 The Man Who Loved Women to Death 1997 Buy

09 The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes 2017 Buy

10 The Man Who Couldn't Miss 2018 Buy

11 The Man in the White Linen Suit 2019 Buy

12 The Man Who Wasn't All There 2021 Buy

13 The Lady in the Silver Cloud 2022 Buy

14 The Girl Who Took What She Wanted 2023 Buy

15 The Woman Who Lowered the Boom 2024 Buy

16 The Man Who Swore He'd Never Go Home Again 2025 Buy

17 The Man Who Led a Dream Life 2026 Buy

Bibliomysteries Books in Reading Order 40 books / 2012-2022

01 The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012 Buy

02 Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012 Buy

03 The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012 Buy

04 The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012 Buy

05 An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012 Buy

06 Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012 Buy

07 The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013 Buy

08 Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013 Buy

09 The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013 Buy

10 The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013 Buy

11 The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014 Buy

12 What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014 Buy

13 Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014 Buy

14 The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014 Buy

15 The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014 Buy

16 Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014 Buy

17 The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014 Buy

18 It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014 Buy

19 The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014 Buy

20 The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015 Buy

21 The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015 Buy

22 Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015 Buy

23 Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015 Buy

24 Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015 Buy

25 From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015 Buy

26 The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016 Buy

27 Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016 Buy

28 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016 Buy

29 Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016 Buy

30 The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016 Buy

31 Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017 Buy

32 The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018 Buy

33 Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018 Buy

34 The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018 Buy

35 The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018 Buy

36 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018 Buy

37 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020 Buy

38 The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022 Buy

39 The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022 Buy

40 The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022 Buy

Standalone Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1999-2009

01 Gideon(As: Russell Andrews) 1999 Buy

02 Icarus(As: Russell Andrews) 2001 Buy

03 Click to Play 2009 Buy

Benji Golden Books in Reading Order 2 books / 2013-2015

01 Runaway Man 2013 Buy

02 Phantom Angel 2015 Buy

Danny Levine Books in Reading Order 2 books / 1986-1988

01 Kiddo 1986 Buy

02 The Boss 1988 Buy

Berger and Mitry Books in Reading Order 11 books / 2001-2016

01 The Cold Blue Blood 2001 Buy

02 The Hot Pink Farmhouse 2002 Buy

03 The Bright Silver Star 2003 Buy

04 The Burnt Orange Sunrise 2004 Buy

05 The Sweet Golden Parachute 2006 Buy

06 The Sour Cherry Surprise 2008 Buy

07 The Shimmering Blond Sister 2010 Buy

08 The Blood Red Indian Summer 2011 Buy

09 The Snow White Christmas Cookie 2012 Buy

10 The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb 2014 Buy

11 Lavender Lane Lothario 2016 Buy

Justin Westwood Books in Reading Order 3 books / 2003-2007

01 Aphrodite 2003 Buy

02 Midas 2005 Buy

03 Hades 2007 Buy

Where to start with David Handler

What is the best order to read David Handler 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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