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In Death Books In Order (Full List)

In Death is a series of 64 books by J.D. Robb. The first book published in the series is Naked in Death in 1995. Here is a complete list of In Death books in order.

Last update: October 18, 2026

1. Naked in Death (1995)

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Murder her speciality. It is the year 2058, and technology now completely rules the world.

  • πŸ“‡ 313 Pages
  • πŸ“ 78,250 - 93,900 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 10 Hours Reading Time

2. Glory in Death (1995)

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The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes.

  • πŸ“‡ 313 Pages
  • πŸ“ 78,250 - 93,900 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 10 Hours Reading Time

3. Immortal in Death (1996)

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The victim in her latest murder investigation is one of the most sought-after women in the world. She'd come to New York to be a cop, because she believed in order.

  • πŸ“‡ 336 Pages
  • πŸ“ 84,000 - 100,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

4. Rapture in Death (1996)

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Fourth Eve Dallas Investigation In Death Each murder victim died smiling.

  • πŸ“‡ 320 Pages
  • πŸ“ 80,000 - 96,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

5. Ceremony in Death (1997)

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Fifth Eve Dallas Investigation In Death Even in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard, and she faced it daily, dreamed of it nightly.

  • πŸ“‡ 320 Pages
  • πŸ“ 80,000 - 96,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

6. Vengeance in Death (1997)

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Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the first victim butchered in his own home. He is an expert with the latest technology...a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer.

  • πŸ“‡ 320 Pages
  • πŸ“ 80,000 - 96,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

7. Holiday in Death (1998)

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As the murders continue, Eve enters into an elite world of people searching for their one true love - and a killer searching for his next victim.

  • πŸ“‡ 330 Pages
  • πŸ“ 82,500 - 99,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

8. Conspiracy in Death (1999)

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The first victim: a homeless person, found dead in New York City.

  • πŸ“‡ 336 Pages
  • πŸ“ 84,000 - 100,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

9. Loyalty in Death (1999)

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At 9:15, a bomb explodes, destroying an empty warehouse owned by Cassandra's main target, Roarke, and huge loss of human life ensues leaving Eve, and her friend from the bomb squad, shaken.

  • πŸ“‡ 358 Pages
  • πŸ“ 89,500 - 107,400 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

10. Witness in Death (2000)

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11# Eve Dallas Investigation In Death New York Lieutenant Eve Dallas is thrust into the spotlight when a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, she takes a new place in crime There was always an audience for murder.

  • πŸ“‡ 336 Pages
  • πŸ“ 84,000 - 100,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

11. Judgment in Death (2000)

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12# Eve Dallas Investigation In Death When a cop killer cuts loose in a club called Purgatory, New York Detective Eve Dallas descends into an underground criminal hell.

  • πŸ“‡ 356 Pages
  • πŸ“ 89,000 - 106,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

12. Betrayal in Death (2001)

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He’s Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder. 13# Eve Dallas Investigation In Death New York Lieutenant Eve Dallas is up against a hit-man for the elite, whose next target may be her own husband, Roarke.

  • πŸ“‡ 355 Pages
  • πŸ“ 88,750 - 106,500 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

13. Seduction in Death (2001)

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He hadn't intended to kill her, and the murder weapon: a rare, usually undetectable date-rape drug with a street value of a quarter million dollars.

  • πŸ“‡ 320 Pages
  • πŸ“ 80,000 - 96,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

14. Reunion in Death (2002)

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16# Eve Dallas Investigation In Death'Murder was work. Death was a serious chore for the killer, the victim, for the survivors.

  • πŸ“‡ 320 Pages
  • πŸ“ 80,000 - 96,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

15. Purity in Death (2002)

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The first cop on the scene fires his stunner twice and Louie dies instantly. 17# Eve Dallas Investigation In Death'The heat was murder.

  • πŸ“‡ 320 Pages
  • πŸ“ 80,000 - 96,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

16. Portrait in Death (2003)

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He carefully observes and records his victim's every move. And he has a mission: to own every young woman's innocence, to capture her youth and vitality - in one fateful shot.

  • πŸ“‡ 354 Pages
  • πŸ“ 88,500 - 106,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

17. Imitation in Death (2003)

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19# Eve Dallas Investigation In Death'No matter how many times you looked at the horror man inflicted on man, you never saw it all. As Lieutenant Eve Dallas stood over what had once been a woman.

  • πŸ“‡ 320 Pages
  • πŸ“ 80,000 - 96,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

18. Divided in Death (2004)

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The Doomsday Group are techno-terrorists who attack systems, steal data, and corrupt computer units on a large scale - and they kill anyone who gets too close.

  • πŸ“‡ 382 Pages
  • πŸ“ 95,500 - 114,600 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

19. Visions in Death (2004)

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Maybe people wouldn't be as inclined to kill each other. The victim, Elisa Maplewood, a young mother, is found on the rocks, just above the still, dark water of the lake.

  • πŸ“‡ 378 Pages
  • πŸ“ 94,500 - 113,400 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

20. Survivor In Death (2005)

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Eve Dallas Investigation In Death New York City of 2059'Murder was always an insult, and had been since the first human hand had smashed a stone into the first human skull.

  • πŸ“‡ 375 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,750 - 112,500 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

21. Origin in Death (2005)

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Eve Dallas Investigation In Death In 2059 in New York City, as scientists work to expand the limits of technology, Detective Eve Dallas tracks the cunning, cold-blooded killer.

  • πŸ“‡ 339 Pages
  • πŸ“ 84,750 - 101,700 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

22. Memory in Death (2006)

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Unfortunately, Eve is not the only one to have suffered at this woman's hands, and she and Roarke will follow a circuitous, dangerous path to find out who turned this victimizer into a victim.

  • πŸ“‡ 384 Pages
  • πŸ“ 96,000 - 115,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

23. Born in Death (2006)

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Normally, such a case would be turned over to Missing Persons, and a Eve Dallas Investigation In Death 2060 in New York City.

  • πŸ“‡ 354 Pages
  • πŸ“ 88,500 - 106,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

24. Innocent in Death (2007)

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The death of Craig Foster is clearly a murder. It's Eve's job to sort it out- and discover why someone would have done this to a man who seemed so inoffensive, so pleasant.

  • πŸ“‡ 385 Pages
  • πŸ“ 96,250 - 115,500 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

25. Creation in Death (2007)

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Eve and her partner Ryan Feeney, her friend and mentor, couldn’t stop him before he disappeared, only to resurface in other parts of the world to kill and kill again.

  • πŸ“‡ 384 Pages
  • πŸ“ 96,000 - 115,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

26. Strangers in Death (2008)

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Physical evidence suggests that the victim didn't struggle. But as ever, some murders receive more attention than others-especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed-and strangled-with cords of black velvet.

  • πŸ“‡ 384 Pages
  • πŸ“ 96,000 - 115,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

27. Salvation in Death (2008)

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When New York Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained enough potassium cyanide to kill a rhino, she’s determined to solve the murder of the Father.

  • πŸ“‡ 373 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,250 - 111,900 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

28. Promises in Death (2009)

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When she's taken down just steps away from her apartment, killed with her own weapon To their shock, they discover a connection between this case and their own painful, shadowy pasts.

  • πŸ“‡ 342 Pages
  • πŸ“ 85,500 - 102,600 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 11 Hours Reading Time

29. Kindred in Death (2009)

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When the evidence starts to pile up, Dallas and her team think they are about to arrest their perpetrator.

  • πŸ“‡ 416 Pages
  • πŸ“ 104,000 - 124,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 14 Hours Reading Time

30. Fantasy in Death (2010)

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As she digs deeper, peeling back layers of secrets, revenge and misplaced allegiances, she realises with growing dread the depth of the killer's master plan. The victim's girlfriend seems sincerely grief-stricken, and his quirky-but- partners at U-Play appear equally shocked.

  • πŸ“‡ 356 Pages
  • πŸ“ 89,000 - 106,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

31. Indulgence in Death (2010)

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First it was a limo driver shot through the neck with a crossbow.

  • πŸ“‡ 416 Pages
  • πŸ“ 104,000 - 124,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 14 Hours Reading Time

32. Treachery in Death (2011)

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Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a senseless crimeβ€”an elderly grocery owner killed by three stoned punks for nothing more than kicks and snacks. This is Peabody’s first case as primary detectiveβ€”good thing she learned from the master.

  • πŸ“‡ 375 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,750 - 112,500 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

33. New York to Dallas (2011)

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Bent on revenge against Eve and with a need to punish more'bad girls' McQueen heads to Dallas, Texas.

  • πŸ“‡ 392 Pages
  • πŸ“ 98,000 - 117,600 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

34. Celebrity in Death (2012)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Celebrity in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 389 Pages
  • πŸ“ 97,250 - 116,700 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

35. Delusion in Death (2012)

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When forensics makes its report, the mass delusions make more sense: it appears the bar patrons were exposed to a cocktail of chemicals and illegal drugs that could drive people to temporary insanityβ€”if not.

  • πŸ“‡ 553 Pages
  • πŸ“ 138,250 - 165,900 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 18 Hours Reading Time

36. Calculated in Death (2013)

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When Marta Dickenson, a well-off accountant and a beloved wife and mother, is murdered.

  • πŸ“‡ 539 Pages
  • πŸ“ 134,750 - 161,700 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 18 Hours Reading Time

37. Thankless in Death (2013)

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As the festivities begin, Eve is desperate to identify which victim on Jerald's long list will be the next, so she can stop the killing spree.

  • πŸ“‡ 402 Pages
  • πŸ“ 100,500 - 120,600 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

38. Concealed in Death (2014)

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When she is found dead on a trip to Petra.

  • πŸ“‡ 402 Pages
  • πŸ“ 100,500 - 120,600 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

39. Festive in Death (2014)

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Festive in Death is the 39th book written by Nora Roberts under the pseudonym of J.

  • πŸ“‡ 389 Pages
  • πŸ“ 97,250 - 116,700 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

40. Obsession in Death (2015)

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NYPSD lieutenant Eve Dallas has to contend with an admirer who proves his devotion by killing repeatedly.

  • πŸ“‡ 404 Pages
  • πŸ“ 101,000 - 121,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

41. Devoted in Death (2015)

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A desire to kill again. When Eve Dallas examines a fresh body in a seedy alleyway in downtown Manhattan, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue.

  • πŸ“‡ 374 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,500 - 112,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

42. Brotherhood in Death (2016)

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The Aryan Brotherhood is a neo-Nazi prison gang and organized crime syndicate that is based in the United States and has an estimated 15,000–20,000 members both inside and outside prisons.

  • πŸ“‡ 400 Pages
  • πŸ“ 100,000 - 120,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

43. Apprentice in Death (2016)

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The Spook's Apprentice, published as The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch in the United States, is a 2004 children's dark fantasy novel by Joseph Delaney.

  • πŸ“‡ 375 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,750 - 112,500 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

44. Echoes in Death (2017)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Echoes in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 371 Pages
  • πŸ“ 92,750 - 111,300 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

45. Secrets in Death (2017)

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a fantasy novel by British author J. The second novel in the Harry Potter series, it chronicles Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

  • πŸ“‡ 370 Pages
  • πŸ“ 92,500 - 111,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

46. Dark in Death (2018)

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Believing Earth to be lost, the two ships' combined crew activate Gravitys broadcast system as revenge against Trisolaris' treachery, resulting in Trisolaris' destruction by a third party.

  • πŸ“‡ 372 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,000 - 111,600 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

47. Leverage in Death (2018)

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After marketing VP Paul Rogan walked into the plush conference room, strapped with explosives, the headlines told of death and destruction instead. The NYPSD's Eve Dallas confirms that Rogan was cruelly coerced by two masked men holding his family hostage.

  • πŸ“‡ 400 Pages
  • πŸ“ 100,000 - 120,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

48. Connections in Death (2019)

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After all his work to get clean, Lyle's been pumped full of poison--and a neighbor with a peephole reports seeing a scruffy, pink-haired girl fleeing the scene.

  • πŸ“‡ 371 Pages
  • πŸ“ 92,750 - 111,300 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

49. Vendetta in Death (2019)

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The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless.

  • πŸ“‡ 416 Pages
  • πŸ“ 104,000 - 124,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 14 Hours Reading Time

50. Golden in Death (2020)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Golden in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 387 Pages
  • πŸ“ 96,750 - 116,100 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

51. Shadows in Death (2020)

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The Healer's New Life in the Shadows is a Japanese light novel series written by Sakaku Hishikawa and illustrated by Daburyu. It originally began serialization online in November 2020 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō.

  • πŸ“‡ 368 Pages
  • πŸ“ 92,000 - 110,400 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

52. Faithless in Death (2021)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Faithless in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 400 Pages
  • πŸ“ 100,000 - 120,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

53. Forgotten in Death (2021)

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The Forgotten is a thriller novel written by American author David Baldacci. This is the second installment to feature John Puller, a former Army Ranger who served at Iraq and Afghanistan and now works for the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigations Division.

  • πŸ“‡ 384 Pages
  • πŸ“ 96,000 - 115,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

54. Abandoned in Death (2022)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Abandoned in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 352 Pages
  • πŸ“ 88,000 - 105,600 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

55. Desperation in Death (2022)

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Desperation Road is a 2023 American action thriller film written by Michael Farris Smith, directed by Nadine Crocker and starring Garrett Hedlund and Mel Gibson. It is based on the novel of the same name by Smith.

  • πŸ“‡ 374 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,500 - 112,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

56. Encore in Death (2023)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Encore in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 374 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,500 - 112,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

57. Payback in Death (2023)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Payback in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 368 Pages
  • πŸ“ 92,000 - 110,400 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

58. Random in Death (2024)

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Dillon and Bernstein's search for Quinn takes them to Beirut. Former IRA enforcer Sean Dillon.

  • πŸ“‡ 400 Pages
  • πŸ“ 100,000 - 120,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

59. Passions in Death (2024)

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Passions is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008.

  • πŸ“‡ 374 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,500 - 112,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

60. Bonded in Death (2025)

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Eve Dallas works the case behind "Bonded in Death".

  • πŸ“‡ 376 Pages
  • πŸ“ 94,000 - 112,800 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

61. Framed in Death (2025)

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Manhattan is filled with galleries and deep-pocketed collectors who can make an artist's career with a wave of a hand. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work.

  • πŸ“‡ 400 Pages
  • πŸ“ 100,000 - 120,000 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 13 Hours Reading Time

62. Stolen in Death (2026)

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The Stolen Generations were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions.

  • πŸ“‡ 374 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,500 - 112,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

63. Fury in Death (2026)

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The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1929.

  • πŸ“‡ 374 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,500 - 112,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time

64. Perfect in Death (2027)

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The Perfect Couple is an American mystery drama miniseries based on the 2018 novel by Elin Hilderbrand. Created by Jenna Lamia and directed by Susanne Bier, the series premiered on September 5, 2024, on Netflix.

  • πŸ“‡ 374 Pages
  • πŸ“ 93,500 - 112,200 Word Count
  • ⏱️ 12 Hours Reading Time