Janet Evanovich

Over forty novels have been written and published by Evanovich. She has also been able to work collaboratively with other writers like Charlotte Hughes, Stephen J. Cannell and Lee Goldberg.

The best place to start is the Full/Max Holt series, the earliest of Janet Evanovich's multi-book series: it opens with Full House (1981) and runs to 6 books across 1981–2006, ending with Full Scoop (2006). Janet Evanovich's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Janet Evanovich has 81 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2026. 71 of them belong to 11 named series — the largest being the Stephanie Plum series with 33 books — and 10 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Janet Evanovich's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Full/Max Holt (1981–2006, 6 books), Elsie Hawkins (1989–1991, 4 books) and Stephanie Plum (1994–2026, 33 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Janet Evanovich's 81 books into 11 named series and 10 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Stephanie Plum (33 books, 1994–2026); Kate O'Hare & Nicolas Fox (10 books, 2013–2021); Full/Max Holt (6 books, 1981–2006); Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novels (4 books, 2002–2009); Alexandra Barnaby (4 books, 2004–2010), plus 6 further series.