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Has anyone read Jonathan Kellerman? Do I need to read his books in order?

Has anyone read Jonathan Kellerman? Do I need to read his books in order?

Laura #review

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Leah

Yep you do I have read all of them the stories of the main characters Alex ,Robin & Milo evolve as they go along

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LauraQuestion author

ok thanks. I unfortunately have book 3 and 15. Now need to find book 1.

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Leah

Best list I could find out of his latest book ?

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Denise

Quite often lists in books are not in order. I would check Fantastic Fiction for accurate list. ?

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Robin

I was a huge fan of his writing 20 odd years ago and read all of his Alex Delaware books until around 2001 or 2002. It would be best if you read them in order as there are changes in some relationships, and sometimes Kellerman refers to events in past stories.

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LauraQuestion author

wish they marked them on the covers what numbers they are. I picked up 3 and 15 at a library sale. Ugh.

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Robin

Numbering them would efinitely would be much easier than using the book list in the novel, especially as sometimes they don’t include all the books in the series in the list.

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Elaine

Robin- me too. After a while I gave up because keeping track was too hard (use to have a little book I kept).

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Nina

I prefer his wife, Faye Kellerman. She does detective murder mysteries.

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Elaine

I liked her for a while but her characters got too “lucky”. She is an orthodox Jew, and her detective/husband just happens to find out he was adopted and is really Jewish? I couldn’t get over that!

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Leah

I have all of hers too & there son Jesse Kellerman

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Michael

Yeah he is okay but tends to bog down.???

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Katherine

Try secondhand stores (Thrift shops etc) they are pretty common to pick up. I used to read them years ago but I agree I like his wife a little better.

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Jill

I’ve read about 2/3 of his. After so many years of the Dr Delaware- Milo Sturgiss books they all seemed to be the same with different characters. Kind of cooky cutter plots.

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Ruth-Blandina

I like Jonathan’s books but they’re a little formulaic. Prefer his wife, Faye Kellerman.

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Amanda

me too

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Trasi

I agree exactly.

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Nancy

Agreed. Much more in depth character development.

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Deborah

Not unless you want to.

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Denise
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Denise
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Peg

Yes I’ve read them and no to the order.

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Leslie

Ditto.

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Rosanne

Prefer his earlier books

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Lori

Great author.

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Kimberly

I like his books

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Judy

Not a fan! Only tried a couple though.

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Teresa

I’ve read a lot of his. I don’t think you absolutely need to read them in order but I think he references back to some things.

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Kathy

I’ve read most of his Alex Delaware books, I would recommend reading them in order, while not strictly necessary, he does develop the recurring characters and some things will make more sense if you have the context from the earlier books.

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