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Home / Authors / John Sandford John Sandford American author John Sandford is best known for the Prey series featuring detective Lucas Davenport. His books have sold over 40 million copies worldwide, earning critical acclaim and multiple Edgar Awards. This page provides the John Sandford books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1989 The Fool's Run POoK&LB · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 The Fool's Run(As:John Camp) POoPUB · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 Rules of Prey POoPUB · 2 Buy ↗ 1990 Shadow Prey POoPDB · 2 Buy ↗ 1991 The Empress File POoK&LB · 2 Buy ↗ 1991 Eyes of Prey POoPDB · 3 Buy ↗ 1991 The Empress File(As:John Camp) POoPUB · 5 Buy ↗ 1992 Silent Prey POoPUB · 6 Buy ↗ 1993 Winter Prey POoPDB · 5 Buy ↗ 1994 Night Prey POoPUB · 8 Buy ↗ 1995 Mind Prey POoPDB · 7 Buy ↗ 1996 Sudden Prey POoPUB · 10 Buy ↗ 1997 The Night Crew POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1998 Secret Prey POoPDB · 9 Buy ↗ 1999 Certain Prey POoPDB · 10 Buy ↗ 2000 The Devil's Code POoK&LB · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 Easy Prey POoPUB · 13 Buy ↗ 2001 Chosen Prey POoPUB · 15 Buy ↗ 2002 Mortal Prey POoPDB · 13 Buy ↗ 2003 The Hanged Man's Song POoK&LB · 4 Buy ↗ 2003 Naked Prey POoPDB · 14 Buy ↗ 2004 Hidden Prey POoPUB · 19 Buy ↗ 2005 Broken Prey POoPUB · 20 Buy ↗ 2006 Dead Watch POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 Dark of the Moon POoVFB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 Invisible Prey POoPUB · 21 Buy ↗ 2008 Heat Lightning POoVFB · 2 Buy ↗ 2008 Phantom Prey POoPDB · 18 Buy ↗ 2009 Rough Country POoVFB · 3 Buy ↗ 2009 Wicked Prey POoPDB · 19 Buy ↗ 2010 Storm Prey POoPDB · 20 Buy ↗ 2010 Bad Blood POoPUB · 28 Buy ↗ 2011 Shock Wave POoVFB · 5 Buy ↗ 2011 Buried Prey POoPUB · 29 Buy ↗ 2012 Mad River POoVFB · 6 Buy ↗ 2012 Stolen Prey POoPUB · 31 Buy ↗ 2013 A Textbook Case(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoLRSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Storm Front POoVFB · 7 Buy ↗ 2013 Silken Prey POoPUB · 33 Buy ↗ 2014 Uncaged POoSMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Rhymes With Prey: Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport(With: Jeffery Deaver) POoLDvLRSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 Field of Prey POoPUB · 35 Buy ↗ 2014 Deadline POoPUB · 36 Buy ↗ 2015 Outrage POoSMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2015 Saturn Run POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2015 Gathering Prey POoPUB · 38 Buy ↗ 2016 Rampage POoSMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2016 The Deliveryman(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoLRSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2016 Extreme Prey POoPUB · 39 Buy ↗ 2016 Escape Clause POoPUB · 40 Buy ↗ 2017 Honor & ...(By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown) POoTMCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille) POoTMCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2017 Deep Freeze POoVFB · 10 Buy ↗ 2017 Golden Prey POoPDB · 27 Buy ↗ 2017 Deserves to Be Dead(With: Lisa Jackson) POoPUB · 42 Buy ↗ 2018 Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian) POoTMCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2018 Twisted Prey POoPDB · 28 Buy ↗ 2018 Holy Ghost POoPUB · 45 Buy ↗ 2019 Short Story(By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta) POoTMCB · 5 Buy ↗ 2019 Past Prologue(By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry) POoTMCB · 6 Buy ↗ 2019 Faking a Murderer(By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs) POoTMCB · 7 Buy ↗ 2019 Dig Here(By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross) POoTMCB · 8 Buy ↗ 2019 Taking the Veil(By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader) POoTMCB · 9 Buy ↗ 2019 Rambo on Their Minds(By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell) POoTMCB · 10 Buy ↗ 2019 Footloose(By: Val McDermid,Peter James) POoTMCB · 11 Buy ↗ 2019 Bloody Genius POoVFB · 12 Buy ↗ 2019 Neon Prey POoPUB · 46 Buy ↗ 2020 Masked Prey POoPUB · 48 Buy ↗ 2021 A Perfect Plan(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoLRSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2021 Ocean Prey POoPDB · 31 Buy ↗ 2022 The Investigator POoLDB · 1 Buy ↗ 2022 Righteous Prey POoPDB · 32 Buy ↗ 2023 Dark Angel POoLDB · 2 Buy ↗ 2023 Judgment Prey POoPDB · 33 Buy ↗ 2024 Toxic Prey POoPUB · 54 Buy ↗ 2025 Lethal Prey POoPUB · 55 Buy ↗ 2026 The Deadliest Sense(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoLRSS · 5 Buy ↗ 2026 Revenge Prey POoPUB · 56 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Lucas Davenport vs. Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 2014
01 Rhymes With Prey: Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport(With: Jeffery Deaver) 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Letty Davenport Books 2 books · 2022–2023
01 The Investigator 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories/Novellas 4 books · 2013–2026
01 A Textbook Case(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2013 Buy ↗ 03 The Deliveryman(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2016 Buy ↗ 04 A Perfect Plan(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2021 Buy ↗ 05 The Deadliest Sense(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books 10 books · 2017–2019
01 Honor & ...(By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown) 2017 Buy ↗ 03 Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille) 2017 Buy ↗ 04 Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian) 2018 Buy ↗ 05 Short Story(By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta) 2019 Buy ↗ 06 Past Prologue(By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry) 2019 Buy ↗ 07 Faking a Murderer(By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs) 2019 Buy ↗ 08 Dig Here(By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross) 2019 Buy ↗ 09 Taking the Veil(By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader) 2019 Buy ↗ 10 Rambo on Their Minds(By: Gayle Lynds,David Morrell) 2019 Buy ↗ 11 Footloose(By: Val McDermid,Peter James) 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 3 books · 1997–2015
01 The Night Crew 1997 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Prey Universe Books 27 books · 1989–2026
01 The Fool's Run(As:John Camp) 1989 Buy ↗ 05 The Empress File(As:John Camp) 1991 Buy ↗ 21 Invisible Prey 2007 Buy ↗ 38 Gathering Prey 2015 Buy ↗ 42 Deserves to Be Dead(With: Lisa Jackson) 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Virgil Flowers Books 8 books · 2007–2019
01 Dark of the Moon 2007 Buy ↗ 02 Heat Lightning 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Kidd & LuEllen Books 4 books · 1989–2003
01 The Fool's Run 1989 Buy ↗ 02 The Empress File 1991 Buy ↗ 03 The Devil's Code 2000 Buy ↗ 04 The Hanged Man's Song 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Singular Menace Books 3 books · 2014–2016
Publication Order of Prey/Lucas Davenport Books 16 books · 1990–2023
32 Righteous Prey 2022 Buy ↗