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Dexter Books in Order

by Jeff LindsayMystery, Thriller & Suspense

8 books from Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004) to Dexter Is Dead (2015). Rated 4.4 across 24,509 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Darkly Dreaming Dexter

    Book 1 2004 4.5 (7.9k)

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER The “dark comedy with a creative twist” (Miami Herald) that introduced America’s favorite serial killer—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. Dearly Devoted Dexter

    Book 2 2005 4.6 (4.6k)

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER Life is tough for “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. Dexter in the Dark

    Book 3 2007 4.4 (1.8k)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Go deeper into the psyche of “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. Dexter by Design

    Book 4 2009 4.1 (2.8k)

    From New York Times best-selling author Jeff Lindsay comes the fourth book in the series that inspired the hit Showtime series Dexter. After a joyous honeymoon in Paris, Dexter is feeling pretty normal.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  5. Dexter Is Delicious

    Book 5 2010 4.2 (2.7k)

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER A cabal of killer cannibals is chasing “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  6. Double Dexter

    Book 6 2011 4.4 (1.9k)

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER A deadly duel unfolds for “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection. Dexter is displeased.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  7. Dexter's Final Cut

    Book 7 2013 4.3 (1.4k)

    Lights. Camera. Murder. Take a wild ride through Hollywood with “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection. “Gory? Yes.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  8. Dexter Is Dead

    Book 8 2015 4.2 (1.4k)

    All good things must end. Bid farewell to “the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love” (Entertainment Weekly)—the character that inspired the latest Showtime hit series Dexter: Resurrection. “Fans will rush through . . .

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Adapted for screen

  • Dexter TV series · Paramount+ with Showtime · 2006–2013 · 8 seasons

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Dexter is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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