Lee Goldberg

When his mother told him to be a doctor, and his grandfather wanted him in the family furniture business Lee Goldberg said no to both of the requests, no one particularly understood why. Instead, however, this author decided to put himself through college at UCLA for journalism. He freelanced at journals such as American film, The Washington Post, and Newsweek.

The best place to start is the Diagnosis Murder series, the earliest of Lee Goldberg's multi-book series: it opens with The Silent Partner (2003) and runs to 8 books across 2003–2007, ending with The Last Word (2007). Lee Goldberg's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Lee Goldberg has 117 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1990 and 2027. 92 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Monk series with 19 books — and 25 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. Lee Goldberg's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Charlie Willis (1995–1997, 2 books), Diagnosis Murder (2003–2007, 8 books) and Monk (2006–2015, 19 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Lee Goldberg's 117 books into 12 named series and 25 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Monk (19 books, 2006–2015); Kate O'Hare & Nicolas Fox (10 books, 2013–2021); Television (9 books, 2015–2026); Diagnosis Murder (8 books, 2003–2007); Eve Ronin (7 books, 2020–2026), plus 7 further series.