Books
Between 1973 and 2011, Robert B. Parker published nearly 70 books. Almost all of them were bestsellers.
He started each of his books with a very brief sketch of an idea—a sentence or two, sometimes more. There was never a detailed outline. As he wrote, Bob usually wasn't sure what would happen until it did.
He would sit down to write five and, later, ten pages a day. Once he was in his "groove," the words flowed easily, frequently leading him and his characters in unanticipated directions. Bob loved to write, and he always wondered at how his fingers often seemed to do the thinking for him. He disliked rewriting, however, and grumbled (not always to himself) whenever Joan or his editor, Chris Pepe, thought he should make changes. There were not a lot of them.
While Bob is best known for his bestselling detective series—those featuring Spenser, Jesse Stone or Sunny Randall—the range of things that mattered to him was much broader. He was thrilled when Ed Harris turned one of his westerns, Appaloosa, into an excellent motion picture.
Bob's publisher enabled him to produce books about things he thought about a lot, including baseball (Double Play), generations (All Our Yesterdays), and young love (Love and Glory). He and Joan wrote A Year at the Races, about the world of horse racing, and also combined to write Three Weeks in Spring, about Joan's first battle with breast cancer. Even though young adult novels did not come easily to Bob, he wrote three of them.
The Spenser Series | The Jesse Stone Series | The Sunny Randall Series
The Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch Series | Young Adult | Other Novels
The Spenser Series
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Robert B. Parker's Old Black MagicAce Atkins |
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Robert B. Parker's Little White LiesAce Atkins |
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Robert B. Parker's Slow BurnAce Atkins |
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Robert B. Parker's KickbackAce Atkins |
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Robert B. Parker's Cheap ShotAce Atkins |
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Robert B. Parker's WonderlandAce Atkins |
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Silent Night: A Spenser Holiday NovelRobert B. Parker with Helen Brann |
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Robert B. Parker's LullabyAce Atkins |
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SixkillRobert B. Parker |
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Painted LadiesRobert B. Parker |
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The ProfessionalRobert B. Parker |
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Rough WeatherRobert B. Parker |
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Now and ThenRobert B. Parker |
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Hundred-Dollar BabyRobert B. Parker |
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School DaysRobert B. Parker |
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Cold ServiceRobert B. Parker |
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Bad BusinessRobert B. Parker |
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Back StoryRobert B. Parker |
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Widow's WalkRobert B. Parker |
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PotshotRobert B. Parker |
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Hugger MuggerRobert B. Parker |
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Hush MoneyRobert B. Parker |
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Sudden MischiefRobert B. Parker |
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Small VicesRobert B. Parker |
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ChanceRobert B. Parker |
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Thin AirRobert B. Parker |
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Walking ShadowRobert B. Parker |
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Paper DollRobert B. Parker |
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Double DeuceRobert B. Parker |
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PastimeRobert B. Parker |
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StardustRobert B. Parker |
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PlaymatesRobert B. Parker |
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Crimson JoyRobert B. Parker |
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Pale Kings and PrincesRobert B. Parker |
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Taming a SeahorseRobert B. Parker |
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A Catskill EagleRobert B. Parker |
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ValedictionRobert B. Parker |
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The Widening GyreRobert B. Parker |
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CeremonyRobert B. Parker |
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A Savage PlaceRobert B. Parker |
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Early AutumnRobert B. Parker |
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Looking for Rachel WallaceRobert B. Parker |
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The Judas GoatRobert B. Parker |
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Promised LandRobert B. Parker |
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Mortal StakesRobert B. Parker |
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God Save the ChildRobert B. Parker |
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The Godwulf ManuscriptRobert B. Parker |
The Jesse Stone Series
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Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's SonnetReed Farrel Coleman |
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Robert B. Parker's Debt to PayReed Farrel Coleman |
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Robert B. Parker's The Devil WinsReed Farrell Coleman |
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Robert B. Parker's Blind SpotReed Farrel Coleman |
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Robert B. Parker's Damned If You DoMichael Brandman |
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Robert B. Parker's Fool Me TwiceMichael Brandman |
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Robert B. Parker's Killing the BluesMichael Brandman |
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Split ImageRobert B. Parker |
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Night and DayRobert B. Parker |
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Stranger in ParadiseRobert B. Parker |
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High ProfileRobert B. Parker |
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Sea ChangeRobert B. Parker |
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Stone ColdRobert B. Parker |
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Death in ParadiseRobert B. Parker |
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Trouble in ParadiseRobert B. Parker |
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Night PassageRobert B. Parker |
The Sunny Randall Series
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Spare ChangeRobert B. Parker |
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Blue ScreenRobert B. Parker |
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Melancholy BabyRobert B. Parker |
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Shrink RapRobert B. Parker |
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Perish TwiceRobert B. Parker |
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Family HonorRobert B. Parker |
The Virgil Cole/Everett Hitch Series
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Robert B. Parker's RevelationRobert Knott |
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Robert B. Parker's BlackjackRobert Knott |
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Robert B. Parker's The BridgeRobert Knott |
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Robert B. Parker's Bull RiverRobert Knott |
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Robert B. Parker's IronhorseRobert Knott |
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Blue-Eyed DevilRobert B. Parker |
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BrimstoneRobert B. Parker |
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ResolutionRobert B. Parker |
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AppaloosaRobert B. Parker |
Young Adult
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Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser NovelRobert B. Parker |
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The Boxer and the SpyRobert B. Parker |
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Edenville OwlsRobert B. Parker |
Other Novels
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WildernessRobert B. Parker |
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Love and GloryRobert B. Parker |
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Poodle SpringsRaymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker |
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Double PlayRobert B. Parker |
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Perchance to DreamRobert B. Parker |
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All Our YesterdaysRobert B. Parker |
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Gunman's RhapsodyRobert B. Parker |