Reading order · Mystery & thriller
Kay Scarpetta Reading Order
Kay Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell has 29 main books (1990–2025). Start with Postmortem (1990) and read the numbered books in order.
Kay Scarpetta books in order
Your reading speed
- 6 h 22 min
- 6 h 47 min
- 6 h 59 min
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- 6 h 37 min
- 6 h 47 min
- 6 h 53 min
- 6 h 12 min
- 6 h 26 min
- 6 h 57 min
#10
Black Notice
1999
—- 8 h 6 min
#12
Blow Fly
2003
—- 7 h 17 min
#14
Predator
2005
—- 7 h 12 min
- 8 h 46 min
- 8 h 46 min
- 8 h 53 min
- 8 h 58 min
- 8 h 16 min
- 9 h 15 min
- 7 h 25 min
- 8 h 58 min
- 7 h 34 min
- 7 h
- 8 h 24 min
#27
Unnatural Death
2023
—- 7 h
- 7 h
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Kay Scarpetta: common questions
- How many books are in the Kay Scarpetta series?
- There are 29 main books in Kay Scarpetta. The most recent main book listed here is Sharp Force (2025).
- What order should I read Kay Scarpetta in?
- Read Kay Scarpetta in its numbered order: Postmortem, Body of Evidence, All That Remains, Cruel and Unusual, and so on.
- What is the first Kay Scarpetta book?
- The first book is Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell, published in 1990.