Stephanie Plum Books in Order
Janet Evanovich's long-running comic mystery series follows Stephanie Plum, a wisecracking New Jersey bounty hunter who stumbles through dangerous cases, family chaos, and a love triangle between cop Joe Morelli and the mysterious Ranger. The main numbered novels are complemented by four lighter "between the numbers" holiday novellas.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Janet Evanovich
Newly unemployed lingerie buyer Stephanie Plum strong-arms her sleazy cousin Vinnie into giving her a bond-enforcement job in Trenton, New Jersey.…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie hunts a hometown skip named Kenny Mancuso, a deranged former soldier connected to a string of grisly happenings around Trenton. Roped into…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Janet Evanovich
When a popular neighborhood man known as Uncle Mo skips bail, the whole Burg insists he's a saint and Stephanie must be wrong to pursue him. Digging…
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Buy on Amazon1998 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie chases low-level skip Maxine Nowicki, but the simple case spirals into coded messages, a vengeful ex-boyfriend, and a string of dangerous…
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Buy on AmazonHigh Five (A Stephanie Plum Novel)
1999 · Janet Evanovich
With bounty work running dry, Stephanie takes odd jobs for Ranger and searches for her vanished Uncle Fred, who disappeared after a dispute over a…
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Buy on Amazon2000 · Janet Evanovich
Ranger becomes the prime suspect in a murder and goes underground, leaving Stephanie to clear his name while dodging Trenton mob boss Alexander…
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Buy on Amazon2001 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie is assigned to bring in Eddie DeChooch, a wily old mobster charged with smuggling cigarettes who keeps slipping away. The case tangles with…
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Buy on Amazon2002 · Janet Evanovich
When her friend Mabel's granddaughter and great-granddaughter vanish, Stephanie investigates a missing-husband case that draws the attention of a…
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Buy on Amazon2003 · Janet Evanovich
A Trenton visa worker disappears, and Stephanie is hired to find him before the company faces deportation fallout. The search pulls her into a deadly…
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Buy on AmazonTen Big Ones (A Stephanie Plum Novel)
2004 · Janet Evanovich
After witnessing a convenience-store robbery and explosion, Stephanie becomes the target of a vicious gang leader called the Junkman, who marks her…
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Buy on Amazon2005 · Janet Evanovich
Fed up with being shot at, Stephanie quits bounty hunting and cycles through a series of disastrous regular jobs, from a button factory to a…
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Buy on Amazon2006 · Janet Evanovich
A vengeful man claiming to be Ranger's estranged wife's killer kidnaps Ranger's young daughter, and Stephanie is pulled into the desperate search. As…
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Buy on Amazon2007 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie's loathsome ex-husband Dickie Orr vanishes after a public blowup, and she's the obvious suspect when his blood is found in his ransacked…
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Janet Evanovich
Morelli inherits a house from his late Aunt Rose, only to learn that a fortune in stolen money may be hidden somewhere inside it. As treasure hunters…
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Buy on Amazon2009 · Janet Evanovich
Lula witnesses a celebrity chef's brutal beheading and becomes a target of the killers, forcing Stephanie to keep her friend alive. Meanwhile…
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Buy on Amazon2010 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie's cousin Vinnie is kidnapped over a massive gambling debt, and the ragtag bonds-office crew must scrape together the ransom to save him and…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Janet Evanovich
While the fire-damaged bonds office operates out of a mobile trailer, bodies start turning up in the lot, and Stephanie becomes a serial killer's…
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Buy on Amazon2011 · Janet Evanovich
Back from a Hawaii vacation, Stephanie can't remember a man she apparently met there, but everyone seems to think she's carrying something he wanted,…
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Buy on Amazon2012 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie is tasked with finding Geoffrey Cubbin, who skipped bail after embezzling from a retirement community and then vanished from a hospital…
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Buy on Amazon2013 · Janet Evanovich
Trenton is plagued by a string of murders in which elderly women turn up dead, and Stephanie's grandmother's friends are among the potential victims.…
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Buy on Amazon2014 · Janet Evanovich
A foreign dictator's stolen fortune is the prize when Ranger's old Special Forces buddy is murdered, and a hidden key becomes the object of a deadly…
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Buy on AmazonTricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum Series #22)
2015 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie pursues college boy Kenny Morris, whose bail skip connects to a campus fraternity and a series of disturbing buried secrets at the…
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Buy on Amazon2016 · Janet Evanovich
When ice-cream company employees start turning up dead, Stephanie and Lula go undercover in the frozen-treats business to catch a killer. The…
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Buy on Amazon2017 · Janet Evanovich
A rash of grave robberies and a missing person draw Stephanie into a case involving a possible zombie scare gripping Trenton. As bodies and body…
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Buy on Amazon2018 · Janet Evanovich
Ranger's business associate disappears, and the only witness is a foul-mouthed parrot that may hold the clue to his whereabouts. Stephanie juggles…
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Buy on Amazon2019 · Janet Evanovich
Grandma Mazur inherits a mysterious key from her brief late husband Jimmy Rosolli, and his old mob cronies will do anything to get it. Stephanie must…
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Buy on Amazon2020 · Janet Evanovich
The hunt for a long-hidden mobster fortune tied to Grandma Mazur's late husband intensifies as rival treasure seekers and the ruthless Grandma Bella…
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Buy on Amazon2021 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie is assigned to protect a brilliant but reckless food scientist whose breakthrough has made her a target for kidnappers and worse. As a…
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Buy on Amazon2022 · Janet Evanovich
When deli owner and bonds-office regular drops dead and a coworker vanishes, Stephanie investigates a missing-person case tangled with a search for…
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Buy on Amazon2023 · Janet Evanovich
A jewelry heist gone wrong leaves a man dead and stolen diamonds missing, with Stephanie's skip at the center of it all. As multiple parties hunt the…
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2024 · Janet Evanovich
Stephanie takes on a case involving a tech-savvy skip and a scheme that puts her squarely in harm's way once again in Trenton. With Lula, Ranger, and…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on Amazon2008 · Janet Evanovich
Over Easter weekend, Stephanie hunts a skip named Martin Munch, a brilliant scientist who's vanished into the eerie Pine Barrens. The case reunites…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Stephanie Plum books in?
Publication order — Recommended by the author and publisher (evanovich.com), who list the numbered novels sequentially, and widely followed by readers Start with “One for the Money.”
How many books are in the Stephanie Plum series?
We list 31 books by Janet Evanovich , published between 1994–2024.
Where can I buy the Stephanie Plum books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.