Detective Fiction Series in Order

The Hardy Boys

107 books · 1927–2008

Dr. Priestley detective novels

Cecil Street · 71 books · 1927–1961

Desmond Merrion detective stories

Cecil Street · 61 books · 1930–1960

The Dresden Files

Jim Butcher · 36 books · 2000–2020

Inspector Rebus

Ian Rankin · 26 books · 1987–2022

Detective Conan

Gosho Aoyama · 24 books · 1994–2025

Spenser

Robert B. Parker · 21 books · 1973–2012

Van Gulik's Judge Dee series

Robert van Gulik · 13 books · 1951–1968

Harry Hole series

Jo Nesbø · 13 books · 1997–2022

Benny Griessel Mysteries

Deon Meyer · 10 books · 2005–2025

Bernie Gunther

Philip Kerr · 9 books · 2006–2019

Millennium

Stieg Larsson · 8 books · 2005–2024

Detective Erlendur series

Arnaldur Indriðason · 7 books · 2000–2008

Chief Inspector Barnaby

Caroline Graham · 7 books · 1987–2004

Harlem Cycle

Chester Himes · 7 books · 1957–1993

The Adventures of the Master

Boris Akunin · 4 books · 2001–2009

The Perrins detective novels

Cecil Street · 4 books · 1931–1933

The Cthulhu Casebooks

James Lovegrove · 4 books · 2016–2019

Dirk Gently series

3 books · 1987–2002

De Waal en Baantjer

A. C. Baantjer · 3 books · 2011–2014

De Cock

A. C. Baantjer · 3 books · 1967–2022

Undercover Brothers

Franklin W. Dixon · 3 books · 2007–2008

Malcolm Fox

Ian Rankin · 2 books · 2009–2011

Joe Pike

Robert Crais · 2 books · 2007–2011

Sheep Detective Story

Leonie Swann · 2 books · 2005–2010