Judges is the book that comes before the Book of Ruth in the Christian Old Testament. The Hebrew Bible is organized differently; there, the Song of Songs comes before the Book of Ruth.
1 Samuel
Ruth
The book of Ruth follows the book of Judges in the old testament.
The Book of Ruth comes after the Book of Judges
Leviticus (or however you spell that) comes before Numbers! :-) Why do you ask?
The book after Ruth is 1Samuel.
In the book of Ruth we read that both Naomi and Ruth did return to Jerusalem , from Moab.
The actual author of the book of Ruth is not known.
Samuel did not write the book of Ruth.
He was the Ruth's father-in-law, and husband to Naomi.
Two, the Book of Ruth and the Book of Esther.