Order of Andy Carpenter Books

Order of Andy Carpenter Books


Andy Carpenter is the protaganist of a series of legal thriller novels written by American author David Rosenfelt. Carpenter is a lawyer with a love for dogs. Andy and his dog Tara solve cases as a team, saving the lives of both humans and dogs.

The Andy Carpenter series began in 2002 with Open and Shut. Since that time, there has been an addition to the series nearly every year. Below is a list of David Rosenfelt’s Andy Carpenter books in order of when they were originally published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Andy Carpenter Books

Open and Shut

(2002)

First Degree

(2003)

Bury the Lead

(2004)

Sudden Death

(2005)

Dead Center

(2006)

Play Dead

(2007)

New Tricks

(2009)

Dog Tags

(2010)

One Dog Night

(2011)

Leader of the Pack

(2012)

Unleashed

(2013)

Hounded

(2014)

Who Let the Dog Out?

(2015)

Outfoxed

(2016)

The Twelve Dogs of Christmas

(2016)

Collared

(2017)

Rescued

(2018)

Deck the Hounds

(2018)

Bark of Night

(2019)

Dachshund Through the Snow

(2019)

Muzzled

(2020)

Silent Bite

(2020)

Dog Eat Dog

(2021)

Best in Snow

(2021)

Holy Chow

(2022)

Santa’s Little Yelpers

(2022)

Flop Dead Gorgeous

(2023)

‘Twas the Bite Before Christmas

(2023)

Dog Day Afternoon

(2024)

The More the Terrier

(2024)

Dogged Pursuit

(2025)