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In chronological order.

• Killing Floor (1997)
• Die Trying (1998)
• Tripwire (1999)
• Running Blind (2000)
• Echo Burning (2001)
• Without Fail (2002) †
• Persuader § (2003) †
• The Enemy (2004) †‡
• One Shot (2005) § - due for re-release in paperback on 10/27/09
• The Hard Way (2006) †
• Bad Luck and Trouble (2007) †
• Nothing to Lose (2008) †
• Gone Tomorrow (2009) §
• 61 Hours (2010) º

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
‡ = prequel, time frame occurs before Killing Floor
º = not yet released.

• Black Out
• Old Flames
• A Little White Death
• Bluffing Mr. Churchill †
• Flesh Wounds §
• Second Violin §

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.

• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
• Tears of the Giraffe
• Morality for Beautiful Girls
• The Kalahari Typing School for Men
• The Full Cupboard of Life
• In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
• Blue Shoes and Happiness †
• The Good Husband of Zebra Drive §
• The Miracle at Speedy Motors §
• Tea Time for the Traditionally Built §

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.

In chronological order:

• The Cater Street Hangman (1979)
• Callander Square (1980)
• Paragon Walk (1981)
• Resurrection Row (1981)
• Bluegate Fields (1984)
• Rutland Place (1983)
• Death in Devil's Acre (1985)
• Cardington Crescent (1987)
• Silence in Hanover Close (1988)
• Bethlehem Road (1990)
• Highgate Rise (1991) - June-July, 2008
• Belgrave Square (1992)
• Farrier's Lane (1993)
• The Hyde Park Headsman (1994)
• Traitors Gate (1995) - read July, 2009
• Pentecost Alley (1996)
• Ashworth Hall (1997) §
• Brunswick Gardens (1998) §
• Bedford Square (1999) §
• Half Moon Street (1998) §
• The Whitechapel Conspiracy (2001) §
• Southampton Row (2002) §
• Seven Dials (2003) §
• Long Spoon Lane (2005) §
• Buckingham Palace Gardens (was Africa Passage) (2008) §

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned

Lindsey Davis' series on the informer (private detective) Marcus Didius Falco and his lovely wife Helena during Vespasian's reign in ancient Rome.

• The Silver Pigs (1989)
• Shadows in Bronze (1990)
• Venus in Copper (1991)
• The Iron Hand of Mars (1992)
• Poseidon's Gold (1993)
• Last Act in Palmyra (1994)
• Time to Depart (1995)
• A Dying Light in Corduba (1996)
• Three Hands in the Fountain (1997)
• Two for the Lions (1998)
• One Virgin Too Many (1999)
• Ode to a Banker (2000)
• A Body in the Bath House (2001)
• The Jupiter Myth (2002)
• The Accusers (2003)
• Scandal Takes a Holiday (2004)
• See Delphi and Die (2005)
• Saturnalia (2007)
• Alexandria (2009) †
• Nemesis (June 2010) º

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.

The Sunday Philosophy Club is a series of books by Alexander McCall-Smith, featuring Isabelle Dalhousie as a philosophically bent amateur detective in Edinburgh.

• The Sunday Philosophy Club
• Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
• The Right Attitude to Rain
• The Careful Use of Compliments
• The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
• The Lost Art of Gratitude †

&dagger - Scheduled for release on September 22, 2009.

Originally a serial in the The Scotsman newspaper, Alexander McCall-Smith's series is a light-hearted and compassionate look at life in and around an apartment building in Edinburgh.

• 44 Scotland Street
• Espresso Tales
• Love Over Scotland
• The World According to Bertie
• The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

I read this series book to book, and it helped me get through some difficult times.

• Sharpe's Story †
• Sharpe's Tiger
• Sharpe's Triumph
• Sharpe's Fortress
• Sharpe's Trafalgar
• Sharpe's Prey
• Sharpe's Rifles
• Sharpe's Havoc
• Sharpe's Eagle
• Sharpe's Gold
• Sharpe's Escape
• Sharpe's Fury
• Sharpe's Battle
• Sharpe's Company
• Sharpe's Sword
• Sharpe's Enemy
• Sharpe's Honour
• Sharpe's Regiment
• Sharpe's Siege
• Sharpe's Revenge
• Sharpe's Waterloo
• Sharpe's Devil

Robert Crais' series featuring wise-cracking LA PI Elvis Cole:

• The Monkey's Raincoat (1987)
• Stalking the Angel (1989)
• Lullaby Town (1992)
• Free Fall (1993)
• Voodoo River (1995)
• Sunset Express (1996)
• Indigo Slam (1997)
• L.A. Requiem (1999)
• The Last Detective (2003)
• The Forgotten Man (2005)
• The Watchman (2007)
• Chasing Darkness (2008)

• Demolition Angel (2000)
• Hostage (2001)
• Two-Minute Rule (2006)
• The First Rule (2010) º

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.

Lois McMaster Bujold wrote three books in the fantasy world of Chalion. Each stands alone, although some minor characters from one book appear as major characters in another. Three books doesn't normally make a series, but The Curse of Chalion is probably my all-time favorite fantasy novel.

• The Curse of Chalion
• Paladin of Souls
• The Hallowed Hunt

A few years back, I started collecting the National Audubon Society Field Guide series. Here are the ones I currently own:

• Butterflies
• Weather
• Night Sky
• Insects & Spiders
• Birds (Western Region)
• Trees (Western Region)
• North American Reptiles & Amphibians (Jan. 6, 2009)
• North American Mammals (Feb. 26, 2009)

Here are the ones I'd like to get:

• North American Mushrooms
• North American Fishes
• North American Rocks & Minerals
• North American Seashells
• Tropical Marine Fishes: Caribbean
• Fishes, Whales, and Dolphins
• North American Seashore Creatures
• North American Wildflowers (Western Region)
• North American Fossils

In chronological order, with date of original publication:

• Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1950)
• Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
• Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)
• Hornblower and the Crisis
• Hornblower and the Atropos (1953)
• Beat to Quarters (1937)
• Ship of the Line (1938)
• Flying Colours (1938)
• Commodore Hornblower (1945)
• Lord Hornblower (1946)
• Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)

In chronological order, with date of original publication:

• Master and Commander (1970)
• Post Captain (1972)
• HMS Surprise (1973)
• The Mauritius Command (1977)
• Desolation Island (1978)
• The Fortune of War (1979)
• The Surgeon's Mate (1980)
• The Ionian Mission (1981)
• Treason's Harbour (1983)
• The Far Side of the World (1984)
• The Reverse of the Medal (1986)
• The Letter of Marque (1988)
• The Thirteen Gun Salute (1989)
• The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991)
• The Truelove (1992)
• The Wine-Dark Sea (1993)
• The Commodore (1995)
• The Yellow Admiral (1996)
• The Hundred Days (1998)
• Blue at the Mizzen (1999)
• 21 (2004)

The Grail Quest is a three-book series by Bernard Cornwell. The series deals with a 14th century search for the Holy Grail, featuring Thomas of Hookton.

• The Archer's Tail, called Harlequin in the U.K.
• Vagabond
• Heretic

By far the best series of Cold War espionage novels ever written. When I was 13, I found an old paperback in my grandmother's den, and read it straight through. Elleston Trever, writing as Adam Hall, makes you believe that real spies may have actually worked this way.

For many years, I re-read Sinkiang Executive once a year. I'll have to do that again soon. I'm also proud to say I own a well-preserved (but once read) first U.K. edition of Balalaika, the last Quiller novel.

• The Quiller Memorandum (1965)
• The 9th Directive (1966)
• The Striker Portfolio (1968)
• The Warsaw Document (1971)
• The Tango Briefing (1973)
• The Mandarin Cypher (1975)
• The Kobra Manifesto (1976)
• The Sinkiang Executive (1978)
• The Scorpion Signal (1979)
• The Peking Target (1981)
• Quiller/Northlight (1985)
• Quiller's Run (1988)
• Quiller KGB (1989)
• Quiller Barracuda (1990)
• Quiller Bamboo (1991)
• Quiller Solitaire (1992)
• Quiller Meridian (1993)
• Quiller Salamander (1994)
• Quiller Balalaika (1996)

Sue Grafton's Alphabet series featuring private eye Kinsey Milhone, in a pseudo-Santa Barbara named Santa Teresa.

• "A" Is for Alibi (1982)
• "B" Is for Burglar (1985)
• "C" Is for Corpse (1986)
• "D" Is for Deadbeat (1987)
• "E" Is for Evidence (1988)
• "F" Is for Fugitive (1989)
• "G" Is for Gumshoe (1990)
• "H" Is for Homicide (1991)
• "I" Is for Innocent (1992)
• "J" Is for Judgment (1993)
• "K" Is for Killer (1994)
• "L" Is for Lawless (1995)
• "M" Is for Malice (1996)
• "N" Is for Noose (1998)
• "O" Is for Outlaw (1999)
• "P" Is for Peril (2001)
• "Q" Is for Quarry (2002)
• "R" Is for Ricochet (2004)
• "S" Is for Silence (2005) §
• "T" Is for Trespass (2007) §
• "U" Is for Undertow (2009) º

† = acquired, but not yet read
§ = unowned
º = not yet released.