Karin Slaughter

Her last name really is Slaughter, and even as a small child, she was fascinated by the macabre. This interest set her apart from most of the other little girls in her small hometown of Jonesboro, Georgia, where her father ran a local car dealership. Karin Slaughter didn't mind being different, though; even as a child, she was too busy reading to care what other people thought.

The best place to start is the Grant County series, the earliest of Karin Slaughter's multi-book series: it opens with Blindsighted (2001) and runs to 8 books across 2001–2019, ending with Short Story (2019). Karin Slaughter's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Karin Slaughter has 65 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2001 and 2026. 45 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Will Trent series with 15 books — and 20 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. Karin Slaughter's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Grant County (2001–2019, 8 books), Will Trent (2006–2024, 15 books) and Georgia (2009–2011, 3 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Karin Slaughter's 65 books into 8 named series and 20 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Will Trent (15 books, 2006–2024); Grant County (8 books, 2001–2019); Georgia (3 books, 2009–2011); Andrea Oliver (2 books, 2018–2022); Good Daughter (2 books, 2017), plus 3 further series.