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Stephanie Plum — by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum Series in Order: 37 books
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The Last Peep
Book - 0.5
Follow Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee as he investigates rumors of witchcraft in the steamy Southwest. Join Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan when she looks into a suspicious house fire in Baltimore. Compare the detecting tactics of Maxine O'Callaghan's pione...
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One for the Money
Book - 1
Trenton native Stephanie Plum is out of work, out of money, and her car's in repo-hell. So who does a hardly working girl turn to when the going gets tough? Meet cousin Vinnie, bail bondsman. Stephanie figures it's nice work if you can get it - shagg...
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Two for the Dough
Book - 2
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is back, packing a whole lot of attitude - not to mention stun guns, defense sprays, and a .38 Smith & Wesson. This time around, she's on the trail of Kenny Mancuso, a boy from the working-class burg of Trenton, New Jerse...
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Three To Get Deadly
Book - 3
A saintly old candy-store owner is on the lam - and bounty hunter extraordinaire Stephanie Plum is on the case. As the body count rises, Stephanie finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life. And wit...
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Four To Score
Book - 4
Stephanie Plum, Trenton New Jersey's favorite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back - and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who's skipped bail. With the help of 73-year-old Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker Lula, a transvestite music...
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Hard Eight
Book - 8
HARD UP Fugitive apprehension agent Stephanie Plum has a big problem on her hands: seven-year-old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared. Evelyn's estranged husband, Steven, a shady owner of a seedy bar, is not at all happy. Finding ...
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Visions of Sugar Plums
Book - 8.5
THE WORLD OF PLUM HAS NEVER BEEN MERRIER! It's five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with stagger...
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To the Nines
Book - 9
Stephanie Plum's got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli...oh, the list goes on). An ordinary ...
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Ten Big Ones
Book - 10
AND NOW, TEN TIMES HOTTER THAN EVER BEFORE... "I'm Stephanie Plum. My mother says that I'm famous and have to set a good example. She's right, but I'm from Jersey and truth is, I have a hard time getting a grip on the good example thing." Swing...
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Eleven on Top
Book - 11
Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Stephanie thinks it's time for a change. So she quits. She wants something s...
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Twelve Sharp
Book - 12
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet! FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie disco...
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Plum Lovin'
Book - 12.5
WATCH YOUR BACK... Mysterious men have a way of showing up in Stephanie Plum's apartment. When the shadowy Diesel appears, he has a task for Stephanie - and he's not taking no for an answer. LOOK BOTH WAYS... Annie Hart is a 'relationship ex...
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Lean Mean Thirteen
Book - 13
New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet! MISTAKE #1 Dickie Orr Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on h...
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Plum Lucky
Book - 13.5
LOOKING TO GET LUCKY? Stephanie Plum is back between-the-numbers and she's looking to get lucky in an Atlantic City hotel room, in a Winnebago, and with a brown-eyed stud who has stolen her heart. Stephanie Plum has a way of attracting danger, luna...
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Fearless Fourteen
Book - 14
Personal vendettas. Hidden treasure. A monkey named Carl. In her latest adventure, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is as FEARLESS as ever... THE CRIME: Armed robbery to the tune of nine million dollars. Dom Rizzi robbed a bank, stashed the money, and d...
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Plum Spooky
Book - 14.5
Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get PLUM SPOOKY... Trenton, New Jersey-based bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is the all-American girl stuck in an uncomfortable job, succeeding on luck and tenacity. On her current ...
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Book - 15
Unbuckle your belt and pull up a chair. It's the spiciest, sauciest, most rib-sticking Plum yet... RECIPE FOR DISASTER Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head -- literally. THROW IN ...
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Sizzling Sixteen
Book - 16
Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a lucky bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck. . . . BAD LUCK: Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up ...
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Smokin' Seventeen
Book - 17
Where there's smoke there's fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, ...
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Explosive Eighteen
Book - 18
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich. Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 from Hawaii to Newark, she's knee de...
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Notorious Nineteen
Book - 19
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don't just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don't do what Tiki tells you to do. After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail...
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Takedown Twenty
Book - 20
Stephanie Plum has her sights set on catching a notorious mob boss. If she doesn't take him down, he may take her out. New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore "Uncle Sunny...
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Top Secret Twenty-One
Book - 21
Catch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top score. How she'll pull it all off: top secret. Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used...
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Tricky Twenty-Two
Book - 22
Something big is brewing in Trenton, N.J., and it could blow at any minute. Stephanie Plum might not be the world's greatest bounty hunter, but she knows when she's being played. Ken Globovic (aka Gobbles), hailed as the Supreme Exalted Zookeeper...
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Turbo Twenty-Three
Book - 23
In the heart of Trenton, N.J., a killer is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. Larry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty ...
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Hardcore Twenty-Four
Book - 24
Stephanie Plum returns in her twenty-forth thriller as mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey... Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won't let her ta...
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Look Alive Twenty-Five
Book - 25
There's nothing like a good deli, and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World-famous for its pastrami, cole slaw, and for its disappearing managers. Over the last month, three have vanished from the face of the earth, and the only clu...
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Twisted Twenty-Six
Book - 26
Stephanie Plum's career has taken more wrong turns than a student driver on the Jersey Turnpike, and her love life is a hopeless tangle. In order to save someone dear to her, she'll have to straighten things out in Twisted Twenty-Six the late...
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Fortune and Glory
Book - 27
The twenty-seventh entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series isn't just the biggest case of Stephanie Plum's career. It's the adventure of a lifetime. When Stephanie's beloved Grandma Mazur's new husband died on their wedding night, th...
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Going Rogue
Book - 29
Stephanie Plum breaks the rules, flirts with disaster, and shows who's boss in the latest smash hit from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.Monday mornings aren't supposed to be fun, but they should be predictable. However, on this ...
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Dirty Thirty
Book - 30
Janet Evanovich, the "most popular mystery writer alive" (The New York Times), is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen stash of dirty diamonds in this instant #1 New York Times bestseller.Stephanie Plum, Trenton's hardest ...
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Now or Never
Book - 31
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe latest Stephanie Plum novel from #1 New York Times bestseller and "the most popular mystery writer alive" (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich.She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum...
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Split Second; Thirty Two Switcheroo
Book - 32
Stephanie Plum's life is never boring, not even for a split second, in the adrenaline-fueled new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.In a now-or-never moment, Stephanie Plum made the decision of a lifetime. But some lifeti...
Series Premise
The Stephanie Plum series is a long-running mystery series that mixes crime-solving with broad comedy. Each book centers on Stephanie chasing a new bail jumper or solving a case for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds office, often with disastrous and hilarious results. The stories feature plenty of action, including car chases, stakeouts, and unexpected disasters.
Stephanie Plum Series Reading Order
🟡 Mostly Standalone · Start Anywhere
Mostly standalone stories with recurring characters in a shared setting.
The Stephanie Plum series does not need to be read in order. Each book tells a complete story with its own mystery, skips, and resolution. Continuity is limited to recurring characters and the Trenton setting, where familiar faces reappear with running jokes and minor life updates. Reading the Stephanie Plum books out of order does not cause confusion for the main case in any volume.
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Stephanie Plum Series Characters
The central character is Stephanie Plum, an accident-prone bounty hunter who relies more on luck and persistence than skill. Key supporting figures include her on-again-off-again boyfriend Joe Morelli, the mysterious and skilled Ranger, her colorful Grandma Mazur, and her sassy coworker Lula. These characters appear across the series in supporting or recurring roles while each book focuses on Stephanie's latest case.
Setting of the Stephanie Plum Series
The series is set in the working-class neighborhoods of Trenton, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas. The environment includes rundown bail bonds offices, family kitchens, strip malls, and the gritty streets where Stephanie conducts her skips. The everyday New Jersey backdrop contrasts with the chaos of her bounty-hunting work.
Tone & Themes of the Stephanie Plum Series
The tone is light, fast-paced, and heavily comedic, with frequent slapstick and sarcastic narration. Central themes include family loyalty, female independence, the absurdity of everyday life, and the messy realities of modern relationships. Stories balance light suspense with humor rather than dark crime drama.
Is the Stephanie Plum Series Worth Reading?
The Stephanie Plum series appeals to readers who enjoy humorous mysteries with strong character voices and episodic cases. It suits those looking for light entertainment that combines crime-solving with laugh-out-loud moments and memorable side characters. The long-running format offers comfort through familiar faces and repeatable fun.
Content Warnings and Heat Level
The series contains moderate violence, including gunplay and explosions, described in a comedic rather than graphic way. Sexual content is mild to moderate with some innuendo and occasional scenes. Strong language appears occasionally. The overall tone remains playful and suitable for most adult readers.
The Stephanie Plum series delivers humorous bounty-hunter mysteries set in Trenton with a memorable cast. Its mostly standalone structure makes it easy to pick up any book. For those searching the Stephanie Plum series order or books in order, starting anywhere still delivers a complete, funny story.
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