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Ralph McInerny Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 137 books / 14 series

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 Ralph McInerny Books in Chronological Order

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 Infra Dig POoSN / 15 Buy
1992 Desert Sinner POoFDB / 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 A Student's Guide To U.S. History(By: Wilfred M. McClay) POoIGttMDB / 2 Buy
2000 Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe(By: Anonymous,William A. Dembski,Stephen C. Meyer) POoPotWIB / 2 Buy
2000 The Book of Kills POoNDB / 4 Buy
2000 Murder Most Delectable(By: Martin H. Greenberg) POoMMB / 5 Buy
2000 Murder Most Divine POoMMB / 6 Buy
2000 Heirs and Parents POoABB / 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

Ralph McInerny Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 Her Death of Cold 1977 Buy
02 Bishop as Pawn 1978 Buy
03 The Seventh Station 1978 Buy
04 Lying Three 1979 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
14 Judas Priest 1991 Buy
15 Desert Sinner 1992 Buy
16 Seed of Doubt 1993 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
22 Last Things 2003 Buy
23 Requiem for a Realtor 2004 Buy
24 Blood Ties 2005 Buy
25 The Prudence of the Flesh 2006 Buy
26 The Widow's Mate 2007 Buy
27 Ash Wednesday 2008 Buy
28 The Wisdom of Father Dowling 2009 Buy
29 Stained Glass 2009 Buy
30 The Compassion of Father Dowling 2011 Buy
01 Not a Blessed Thing 1981 Buy
02 Let Us Prey 1982 Buy
03 And Then There Was Nun 1984 Buy
04 Nun of the Above 1985 Buy
05 Sine Qua Nun 1986 Buy
06 The Veil of Ignorance 1988 Buy
07 Sister Hood 1991 Buy
08 Nun Plussed 1993 Buy
09 Half Past Nun 1997 Buy
10 Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories 2001 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 19 books / 1967-2004
01 Jolly Rogerson 1967 Buy
02 A Narrow Time 1969 Buy
03 The Priest 1973 Buy
04 Gate of Heaven 1975 Buy
05 Rogerson at Bay 1976 Buy
06 Spinnaker 1977 Buy
07 Quick as a Dodo 1978 Buy
08 Romanesque 1978 Buy
09 Noonday Devil 1985 Buy
10 Leave of Absence 1986 Buy
11 Frigor Mortis 1989 Buy
12 The Nominative Case 1990 Buy
13 The Search Committee 1991 Buy
14 Easeful Death 1991 Buy
15 Infra Dig 1992 Buy
16 The Red Hat 1998 Buy
17 As Good As Dead 2002 Buy
18 The Ablative Case 2003 Buy
19 Slattery 2004 Buy
Notre Dame Books in Reading Order 13 books / 1997-2010
01 On This Rockne 1997 Buy
02 Lack of the Irish 1998 Buy
03 Irish Tenure 1999 Buy
04 The Book of Kills 2000 Buy
05 Emerald Aisle 2001 Buy
06 Celt and Pepper 2002 Buy
07 Irish Coffee 2003 Buy
08 Green Thumb 2004 Buy
09 Irish Gilt 2005 Buy
10 The Letter Killeth 2006 Buy
11 Irish Alibi 2007 Buy
12 The Green Revolution 2008 Buy
13 Sham Rock 2010 Buy
01 Thou Shalt Not Kill 1992 Buy
02 The Soul of Wit 2005 Buy
03 Good Knights 2010 Buy
01 The Case of the Dead Winner 1995 Buy
02 The Case of the Constant Caller 1995 Buy
Non-Fiction Books in Reading Order 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
Murder Most Books in Reading Order 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
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
01 Dutiful Son 1988 Buy
01 Cause and Effect 1987 Buy
02 Body and Soil 1989 Buy
03 Savings and Loam 1990 Buy
04 Mom and Dead 1994 Buy
05 Law and Ardor 1995 Buy
06 Heirs and Parents 2000 Buy
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
01 The Third Revelation 2009 Buy
02 Relic of Time 2009 Buy
01 Still Life 2000 Buy
02 Sub Rosa 2001 Buy

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