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Home / Authors / Ralph McInerny Ralph McInerny American author Ralph McInerny is best known for the Father Dowling mystery series and the Andrew Broom legal thrillers. A prolific writer and philosopher, his works have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Ralph McInerny books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1967 Jolly Rogerson POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1968 Thomism in an Age of Renewal POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1968 New Themes in Christian Philosophy POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1969 A Narrow Time POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1973 The Priest POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1975 Gate of Heaven POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1976 Rogerson at Bay POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1977 Her Death of Cold POoFDB · 1 Buy ↗ 1977 A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1977 Spinnaker POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 1978 Bishop as Pawn POoFDB · 2 Buy ↗ 1978 The Seventh Station POoFDB · 3 Buy ↗ 1978 Quick as a Dodo POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1978 Romanesque POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1979 Lying Three POoFDB · 4 Buy ↗ 1980 Second Vespers POoFDB · 5 Buy ↗ 1981 Not a Blessed Thing POoSMTMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1981 Thicker Than Water POoFDB · 6 Buy ↗ 1982 Let Us Prey POoSMTMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1982 A Loss of Patients POoFDB · 7 Buy ↗ 1983 The Grass Widow POoFDB · 8 Buy ↗ 1984 And Then There Was Nun POoSMTMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1984 Getting a Way with Murder POoFDB · 9 Buy ↗ 1985 Nun of the Above POoSMTMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1985 Noonday Devil POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1985 Rest in Pieces POoFDB · 10 Buy ↗ 1986 Sine Qua Nun POoSMTMB · 5 Buy ↗ 1986 Leave of Absence POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1987 Cause and Effect POoABB · 1 Buy ↗ 1987 The Basket Case POoFDB · 11 Buy ↗ 1988 Dutiful Son POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 Art and Prudence POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1988 The Veil of Ignorance POoSMTMB · 6 Buy ↗ 1989 Murder Most Sacred(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1989 Body and Soil POoABB · 2 Buy ↗ 1989 St. Thomas Aquinas POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1989 Frigor Mortis POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1989 Abracadaver / Slight of Body POoFDB · 12 Buy ↗ 1989 Four on the Floor POoFDB · 13 Buy ↗ 1990 Savings and Loam POoABB · 3 Buy ↗ 1990 Boethius And Aquinas POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 1990 The Nominative Case POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1991 The Catholic Writer POoPotWIB · 1 Buy ↗ 1991 Sister Hood POoSMTMB · 7 Buy ↗ 1991 The Search Committee POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1991 Easeful Death POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 1991 Judas Priest POoFDB · 14 Buy ↗ 1992 Thou Shalt Not Kill POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1992 Aquinas on Human Action POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 1992 Desert Sinner POoFDB · 15 Buy ↗ 1992 Infra Dig POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 1993 Murder Most Medieval(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 The Question of Christian Ethics POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 1993 Nun Plussed POoSMTMB · 8 Buy ↗ 1993 Aquinas Against the Averroists POoNB · 9 Buy ↗ 1993 Let's Write a Novel POoNB · 10 Buy ↗ 1993 Seed of Doubt POoFDB · 16 Buy ↗ 1994 Mom and Dead POoABB · 4 Buy ↗ 1994 A Cardinal Offense POoFDB · 17 Buy ↗ 1995 The Case of the Dead Winner POoFDYAMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1995 The Case of the Constant Caller POoFDYAMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1995 Murder Most Delicious(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Barbara Paul) POoMMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1995 Law and Ardor POoABB · 5 Buy ↗ 1995 Let's Read Latin POoNB · 11 Buy ↗ 1996 Murder Most Irish(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1996 Aquinas and Analogy POoNB · 12 Buy ↗ 1996 The Tears of Things POoFDB · 18 Buy ↗ 1997 On This Rockne POoNDB · 1 Buy ↗ 1997 Half Past Nun POoSMTMB · 9 Buy ↗ 1997 An Uncertain Legacy POoNB · 13 Buy ↗ 1998 Lack of the Irish POoNDB · 2 Buy ↗ 1998 What Went Wrong with Vatican II POoNB · 14 Buy ↗ 1998 The Red Hat POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 1999 Irish Tenure POoNDB · 3 Buy ↗ 2000 Still Life POoEMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2000 A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning(By: James V. Schall) POoIGttMDB · 1 Buy ↗ 2000 Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe(By: Anonymous,William A. Dembski,Stephen C. Meyer) POoPotWIB · 2 Buy ↗ 2000 A Student's Guide To U.S. History(By: Wilfred M. McClay) POoIGttMDB · 2 Buy ↗ 2000 The Book of Kills POoNDB · 4 Buy ↗ 2000 Murder Most Delectable(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2000 Heirs and Parents POoABB · 6 Buy ↗ 2000 Murder Most Divine POoMMB · 6 Buy ↗ 2000 Grave Undertakings POoFDB · 19 Buy ↗ 2001 Sub Rosa POoEMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2001 Emerald Aisle POoNDB · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 Murder Most Romantic(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Susan Sizemore) POoMMB · 7 Buy ↗ 2001 Murder Most Postal(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2001 Murder Most Feline(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Ed Gorman) POoMMB · 9 Buy ↗ 2001 Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories POoSMTMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2001 Characters in Search of Their Author POoNB · 15 Buy ↗ 2001 The Defamation of Pius XII POoNB · 16 Buy ↗ 2001 Triple Pursuit POoFDB · 20 Buy ↗ 2002 A Student's Guide to Psychology(By: Daniel N. Robinson) POoIGttMDB · 3 Buy ↗ 2002 Celt and Pepper POoNDB · 6 Buy ↗ 2002 As Good As Dead POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 2002 Prodigal Father POoFDB · 21 Buy ↗ 2003 Irish Coffee POoNDB · 7 Buy ↗ 2003 Murder Most Confederate(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2003 Murder Most Celtic(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB · 11 Buy ↗ 2003 The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain POoNB · 17 Buy ↗ 2003 The Ablative Case POoSN · 18 Buy ↗ 2003 Last Things POoFDB · 22 Buy ↗ 2004 Green Thumb POoNDB · 8 Buy ↗ 2004 Slattery POoSN · 19 Buy ↗ 2004 Requiem for a Realtor POoFDB · 23 Buy ↗ 2005 The Soul of Wit POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 Irish Gilt POoNDB · 9 Buy ↗ 2005 Blood Ties POoFDB · 24 Buy ↗ 2006 The Letter Killeth POoNDB · 10 Buy ↗ 2006 I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You POoNB · 18 Buy ↗ 2006 The Prudence of the Flesh POoFDB · 25 Buy ↗ 2007 Irish Alibi POoNDB · 11 Buy ↗ 2007 Some Catholic Writers POoNB · 19 Buy ↗ 2007 The Widow's Mate POoFDB · 26 Buy ↗ 2008 The Green Revolution POoNDB · 12 Buy ↗ 2008 Ash Wednesday POoFDB · 27 Buy ↗ 2009 The Third Revelation POoTRCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2009 Relic of Time POoTRCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2009 The Wisdom of Father Dowling POoFDB · 28 Buy ↗ 2009 Stained Glass POoFDB · 29 Buy ↗ 2010 Good Knights POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 2010 Sham Rock POoNDB · 13 Buy ↗ 2010 Dante and the Blessed Virgin POoNB · 20 Buy ↗ 2011 The Compassion of Father Dowling POoFDB · 30 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Natural Science(By: Stephen M. Barr) POoIGttMDB · 4 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Economics(By: Paul T. Heyne) POoIGttMDB · 5 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Religious Studies(By: D.G. Hart) POoIGttMDB · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Classics(By: Bruce S. Thornton) POoIGttMDB · 7 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to the Study of Law(By: Gerard V. Bradley) POoIGttMDB · 8 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy(By: Harvey C. Mansfield) POoIGttMDB · 9 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to International Relations(By: Angelo M. Codevilla) POoIGttMDB · 10 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to American Political Thought(By: George W. Carey) POoIGttMDB · 11 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Music History(By: R.J. Stove) POoIGttMDB · 12 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to the Core Curriculum: Core Curriculum Guide(By: Mark C. Henrie) POoIGttMDB · 13 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Literature(By: R.V. Young) POoIGttMDB · 14 Buy ↗ 2014 A Student's Guide to Philosophy POoIGttMDB · 15 Buy ↗ 2025 Mystery Most Humorous(By: Donna Andrews,Marcia Talley,Gigi Pandian,Steve Shrott,Hugh Lessig,Melinda Mullet,Becky Clark,Victoria Dowd,Sylvia Maultash Warsh,Nikki Knight,Suzanne Flaig,Nina Mansfield,Susan Love Brown,Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier,Gregory Meece,M.S. Greene,P. J. Nelson,Sarah Bewley,Melissa Westemeier) POoMMB · 12 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Father Dowling Books 30 books · 1977–2011
01 Her Death of Cold 1977 Buy ↗ 02 Bishop as Pawn 1978 Buy ↗ 03 The Seventh Station 1978 Buy ↗ 05 Second Vespers 1980 Buy ↗ 06 Thicker Than Water 1981 Buy ↗ 07 A Loss of Patients 1982 Buy ↗ 08 The Grass Widow 1983 Buy ↗ 09 Getting a Way with Murder 1984 Buy ↗ 10 Rest in Pieces 1985 Buy ↗ 11 The Basket Case 1987 Buy ↗ 12 Abracadaver / Slight of Body 1989 Buy ↗ 13 Four on the Floor 1989 Buy ↗ 17 A Cardinal Offense 1994 Buy ↗ 18 The Tears of Things 1996 Buy ↗ 19 Grave Undertakings 2000 Buy ↗ 20 Triple Pursuit 2001 Buy ↗ 21 Prodigal Father 2002 Buy ↗ 23 Requiem for a Realtor 2004 Buy ↗ 25 The Prudence of the Flesh 2006 Buy ↗ 26 The Widow's Mate 2007 Buy ↗ 28 The Wisdom of Father Dowling 2009 Buy ↗ 30 The Compassion of Father Dowling 2011 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Sister Mary Teresa Mystery Books 10 books · 1981–2001
01 Not a Blessed Thing 1981 Buy ↗ 03 And Then There Was Nun 1984 Buy ↗ 04 Nun of the Above 1985 Buy ↗ 06 The Veil of Ignorance 1988 Buy ↗ 10 Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories 2001 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 19 books · 1967–2004
01 Jolly Rogerson 1967 Buy ↗ 04 Gate of Heaven 1975 Buy ↗ 05 Rogerson at Bay 1976 Buy ↗ 07 Quick as a Dodo 1978 Buy ↗ 10 Leave of Absence 1986 Buy ↗ 12 The Nominative Case 1990 Buy ↗ 13 The Search Committee 1991 Buy ↗ 17 As Good As Dead 2002 Buy ↗ 18 The Ablative Case 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Notre Dame Books 13 books · 1997–2010
01 On This Rockne 1997 Buy ↗ 02 Lack of the Irish 1998 Buy ↗ 04 The Book of Kills 2000 Buy ↗ 06 Celt and Pepper 2002 Buy ↗ 10 The Letter Killeth 2006 Buy ↗ 12 The Green Revolution 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 3 books · 1992–2010
01 Thou Shalt Not Kill 1992 Buy ↗ 02 The Soul of Wit 2005 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Father Dowling Young Adult Mystery Books 2 books · 1995–1995
01 The Case of the Dead Winner 1995 Buy ↗ 02 The Case of the Constant Caller 1995 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 20 books · 1968–2010
01 Thomism in an Age of Renewal 1968 Buy ↗ 02 New Themes in Christian Philosophy 1968 Buy ↗ 03 A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas 1977 Buy ↗ 04 Art and Prudence 1988 Buy ↗ 05 St. Thomas Aquinas 1989 Buy ↗ 06 Boethius And Aquinas 1990 Buy ↗ 07 Aquinas on Human Action 1992 Buy ↗ 08 The Question of Christian Ethics 1993 Buy ↗ 09 Aquinas Against the Averroists 1993 Buy ↗ 10 Let's Write a Novel 1993 Buy ↗ 11 Let's Read Latin 1995 Buy ↗ 12 Aquinas and Analogy 1996 Buy ↗ 13 An Uncertain Legacy 1997 Buy ↗ 14 What Went Wrong with Vatican II 1998 Buy ↗ 15 Characters in Search of Their Author 2001 Buy ↗ 16 The Defamation of Pius XII 2001 Buy ↗ 17 The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain 2003 Buy ↗ 18 I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You 2006 Buy ↗ 19 Some Catholic Writers 2007 Buy ↗ 20 Dante and the Blessed Virgin 2010 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Murder Most Books 12 books · 1989–2025
01 Murder Most Sacred(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 1989 Buy ↗ 02 Murder Most Medieval(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 1993 Buy ↗ 03 Murder Most Delicious(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Barbara Paul) 1995 Buy ↗ 04 Murder Most Irish(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 1996 Buy ↗ 05 Murder Most Delectable(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2000 Buy ↗ 06 Murder Most Divine 2000 Buy ↗ 07 Murder Most Romantic(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Susan Sizemore) 2001 Buy ↗ 08 Murder Most Postal(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2001 Buy ↗ 09 Murder Most Feline(By: Martin H. Greenberg,Ed Gorman) 2001 Buy ↗ 10 Murder Most Confederate(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2003 Buy ↗ 11 Murder Most Celtic(By: Martin H. Greenberg) 2003 Buy ↗ 12 Mystery Most Humorous(By: Donna Andrews,Marcia Talley,Gigi Pandian,Steve Shrott,Hugh Lessig,Melinda Mullet,Becky Clark,Victoria Dowd,Sylvia Maultash Warsh,Nikki Knight,Suzanne Flaig,Nina Mansfield,Susan Love Brown,Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier,Gregory Meece,M.S. Greene,P. J. Nelson,Sarah Bewley,Melissa Westemeier) 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute Books 2 books · 1991–2000
01 The Catholic Writer 1991 Buy ↗ 02 Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe(By: Anonymous,William A. Dembski,Stephen C. Meyer) 2000 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 1988
Publication Order of Andrew Broom Books 6 books · 1987–2000
01 Cause and Effect 1987 Buy ↗ 03 Savings and Loam 1990 Buy ↗ 06 Heirs and Parents 2000 Buy ↗ Publication Order of ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines Books 15 books · 2000–2014
01 A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning(By: James V. Schall) 2000 Buy ↗ 02 A Student's Guide To U.S. History(By: Wilfred M. McClay) 2000 Buy ↗ 03 A Student's Guide to Psychology(By: Daniel N. Robinson) 2002 Buy ↗ 04 A Student's Guide to Natural Science(By: Stephen M. Barr) 2014 Buy ↗ 05 A Student's Guide to Economics(By: Paul T. Heyne) 2014 Buy ↗ 06 A Student's Guide to Religious Studies(By: D.G. Hart) 2014 Buy ↗ 07 A Student's Guide to Classics(By: Bruce S. Thornton) 2014 Buy ↗ 08 A Student's Guide to the Study of Law(By: Gerard V. Bradley) 2014 Buy ↗ 09 A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy(By: Harvey C. Mansfield) 2014 Buy ↗ 10 A Student's Guide to International Relations(By: Angelo M. Codevilla) 2014 Buy ↗ 11 A Student's Guide to American Political Thought(By: George W. Carey) 2014 Buy ↗ 12 A Student's Guide to Music History(By: R.J. Stove) 2014 Buy ↗ 13 A Student's Guide to the Core Curriculum: Core Curriculum Guide(By: Mark C. Henrie) 2014 Buy ↗ 14 A Student's Guide to Literature(By: R.V. Young) 2014 Buy ↗ 15 A Student's Guide to Philosophy 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Rosary Chronicles Books 2 books · 2009–2009
01 The Third Revelation 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Egidio Manfredi Books 2 books · 2000–2001