Below is the complete list of Janet Evanovich’s Lizzy & Diesel books in publication order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Lizzy & Diesel Books in Publication Order
By Janet Evanovich, Phoef Sutton
- Wicked Appetite (2009)
Wicked Appetite was published in 2009 and is listed as book #1 in the Lizzy and Diesel series. - Wicked Business (2012)
Published in 2012, Wicked Business is listed as book #2 in the Lizzy and Diesel series. - Wicked Charms (2015)
(With Phoef Sutton)
Wicked Charms is a 2015 release and appears as book #3 in the Lizzy and Diesel series.
About Lizzy & Diesel
Janet Evanovich’s Lizzy and Diesel books are where she pushes her comic-adventure style into openly supernatural territory. On Evanovich’s official site, the series is a three-book line made up of Wicked Appetite, Wicked Business, and Wicked Charms, with her full novel list also presenting those three as the Lizzy and Diesel series in order written.
What makes the series different from Stephanie Plum is not just the setting or the cast, but the kind of world it assumes. Lizzy Tucker may begin as a cupcake baker with an ordinary life, but the books quickly reveal that she is an “Unmentionable,” someone with a special talent for finding things Diesel needs. The larger hunt involves the SALIGIA stones, objects tied to the seven deadly sins, which gives the series its central fantasy-adventure engine. That supernatural scavenger-hunt framework is the real reason publication order matters. These are not loose romantic comedies with the same couple dropped into similar trouble. The books are linked by one ongoing magical premise and by the escalating push-and-pull between Lizzy, Diesel, and the forces chasing the stones.
The first book, Wicked Appetite, establishes that tone immediately. It is recognizably Evanovich in its banter, comic chaos, and heroine-in-over-her-head energy, but the supernatural element changes the rhythm. The danger is no longer just criminals, bounty hunts, or ordinary bad luck. It is mixed with prophecy, ancient power, and exaggerated appetites of every kind. That gives the books a broader, more playful feel than her more grounded mystery lines. By the time Wicked Business arrives, the series is clearly leaning into that identity rather than treating it like a one-book gimmick. The official and publisher listings identify it directly as Lizzy & Diesel Book 2, which reinforces that this is a true continuing sequence.
Another reason order matters is the chemistry at the center. Diesel is not just a romantic lead in the standard Evanovich mold. He is more mythic, more slippery, and more entangled with the magical side of the story than an ordinary love-interest figure would be. Lizzy’s relationship with him develops inside that supernatural framework, which means the series depends on a steady build of attraction, trust, and confusion. The books are fast and funny, but they are also structured around the question of how far Lizzy is willing to follow Diesel into a world that keeps getting stranger. That continuing tension is one of the main pleasures of reading them in sequence.
The third book, Wicked Charms, completes the currently published run on Evanovich’s official series page and full novel list. It is also worth noting that Evanovich’s novel list credits Phoef Sutton as co-author on Wicked Charms, a small publication detail that can surprise readers moving through the series. Even with that shift, the books still read as one connected Lizzy and Diesel line rather than a separate spin-off or relaunch.
For readers who already have the list above, the best way to think about Lizzy & Diesel is as Janet Evanovich’s comic paranormal-adventure series: lighter and stranger than her detective work, but still powered by the same strengths of timing, flirtation, and escalating trouble. Read in publication order, the books work as a compact supernatural trilogy about magical objects, dangerous appetites, and a heroine who keeps discovering that ordinary life was never really an option once Diesel appeared.