I read a huge number of mysteries across all sub-genres from cozy to historical to serial-killer. In addition, I get to discover new series all the time here at BellaOnline Mystery Books. I tend to feature in-depth reviews at BellaOnline Mystery Books, and keep the series lists on my Mystery Page at my Impatient Reader website.

Sometimes you want to find a new series written to a certain theme: with African-American characters, or set in Russia, or humorous, or about lawyers, et cetera. Sometimes you want to see the series titles by publication date to start reading in the correct order.

Below is a representative sample of most of the main series I have "investigated" over the years – meaning that I've read at least one, and sometimes all, of the books in the series.

Come to my ImpatientReader.com Mystery Page for these series lists and more, including mystery lists by theme, subgenre, location, and occupation. Additional information on potentially objectionable material (the presence/absence of sex scenes and level of violence). No plot spoilers, ever.

Albert, Susan Wittig. China Bayles series. Lawyer-turned-herbalist. Central Texas.

Barr, Nevada. Anna Pigeon series. Park ranger. Various locations.

Blunt, Giles. John Cardinal series. Homicide detective. Ontario, Canada.

Burke, James Lee. Dave Robicheaux series. Private Investigator. Louisiana.

Burke, Jan. Irene Kelly series. Reporter. California

Connelly, Michael. Harry Bosch series. Homicide detective. Los Angeles, CA.

Patricia Cornwell. Kay Scarpetta series. Chief Medical Examiner. Virginia.

Cotterill, Colin. Siri Paiboun series. Coroner. Laos, late 1970s.

Crais, Robert. Elvis Cole series. Private investigator. Los Angeles, CA

DeLoach, Nora. Candi Covington. Social worker.

Dunning, John. Cliff Janeway series. Ex-cop, rare book dealer. Denver CO

Edghill, Rosemary. Bast series. Wiccan. NYC

Eisler, Barry. John Rain series. Assassin. Tokyo.

Evanovich, Janet. Stephanie Plum series. Bounty hunter. Trenton, NJ

Fairstein, Linda. Alex Cooper series. Lawyer. NYC.

Gabaldon, Diana. Lord John series. Historical. 18th century Britain.

George, Elizabeth. Inspector Lynley series. Contemporary Britain.

Ghelfi, Brent. Alexei Volkovoy series. Organized crime. Russia

Grafton, Sue. Kinsey Millhone/Alphabet Series. Private investigator. California

Greer, Robert. C.J. Floyd series. Bail Bondsman. Denver CO

Tony Hillerman Joe Leaphorn / Jim Chee series. Tribal police. New Mexico.

Indridason, Arnaldur. Erlendur/Reykjavik series. Police procedural. Iceland.

Kaminsky, Stuart. Rostnikov series. Police procedural. Russia

Jonathan Kellerman Alex Delaware series. Psychologist. Los Angeles CA

Krueger, William Kent. Cork O'Connor series. Private investigator. Minnesota.

Laurie, Victoria. Psychic Eye/Abby Cooper series. Psychic. Detroit, MI

Lehane, Dennis. Patrick Kenzie /Angela Gennaro series. Private Investigator. Boston MA

Levine, Paul. Solomon vs. Lord series. Lawyers. Miami FL

Lindsay, Jeff. Dexter series. Serial killer. Miami FL

Lutz, Lisa. Spellman series. Private Investigator. San Francisco CA

Maron, Margaret. Deborah Knott series. Judge. North Carolina

Mosley, Walter. Easy Rawlins. Private Investigator. 1960s Los Angeles CA

Neely, Barbara. Blanche White series. Maid

O'Connell, Carol. Kathleen Mallory series. Homicide detective. NYC

Penny, Louise. Three Pines series. Quebec, Canada

Perry, Thomas. Jane Whitefield series. She helps people to disappear.

Rankin, Ian. Inspector Rebus series. Police procedural. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Read, Cornelia. Maddie Dare series. New York state, 1980s.

Reed, Mary and Eric Mayer. John the Eunuch series. Historical. Constantinople.

Smith, Martin Cruz. Arkady Renko series. Police procedural. Russia

Spencer-Fleming, Julia. Clare Fergusson / Adirondack series. Episcopal priest.

Thomas, Will. Barker & Llewelyn series. Private investigators 19th century Britain.

Vachss, Andrew. Burke series. Private investigator/vigilante. NYC

Viets, Elaine. Dead End Job series. Cozy mystery. Ft. Lauderdale FL

Webb, Betty. Lena Jones series. Private investigator, Scottsdale AZ

Wells, Melanie. Dylan Foster series. Metaphysical Christian. Therapist. Dallas TX

White, Robin. Gregori Nowek series. Siberia, Russia

Winspear, Jacqueline. Maisie Dobbs series. Private investigator. 1930s Britain