Below is the complete list of Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter books in order of publication. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series. Dexter Books in Publication Order Dexter Down Under Books in Publication Order Dexter : A Graphic Novel…
Dexter Down Under takes Dexter Morgan out of Miami and drops him into a bloodier, more offbeat adventure in Australia. He is still the same unsettling mix of forensic expert and carefully controlled killer, but the change of setting gives…
Dexter Is Dead drops Dexter Morgan into the kind of situation his carefully managed life was always bound to fear: everything has finally fallen apart. He is arrested on murder charges, cut off from the family and routine that once…
Dexter: A Graphic Novel Series brings Dexter Morgan into comic-book form without losing the character’s darkly twisted appeal. He is still Miami’s blood-spatter expert by day and a carefully controlled killer by night, but this time the story leans into…
Dexter’s Final Cut drops Dexter Morgan into a setting that should be pure annoyance and quickly becomes something much riskier: Hollywood has come to Miami, and a famous actor becomes fascinated by Dexter while researching a crime role. For someone…
Double Dexter starts with Dexter Morgan facing one of the few things that can truly rattle him: being seen. For years, he has kept his double life carefully separated—helpful blood-spatter analyst by day, killer by night—but that control starts to…
Dexter Is Delicious pushes Dexter Morgan into one of the series’ strangest and most darkly comic situations. He is trying, at least on the surface, to settle into family life and the uneasy responsibilities that come with it, but any…
Dexter by Design finds Dexter Morgan in the almost comical position of trying to enjoy married life and keep his darker impulses under control, only for Miami to hand him something too strange to ignore. When a killer begins staging…
Dexter in the Dark takes the series in a stranger, more unnerving direction. Dexter Morgan is still trying to maintain the careful balance of his double life—working for Miami Metro, passing as normal, and keeping his violent urges under control—but…
Dearly Devoted Dexter takes the darkly offbeat premise of the first book and pushes Dexter into even more dangerous territory. Dexter Morgan is still trying to keep his carefully controlled double life intact, but that becomes much harder when Sergeant…