Order of John Connolly Books

John Connolly is an Irish novelist of crime fiction novels, largely featuring private detective Charlie Parker. Connolly has also written several standalone novels – a few of which had been adapted to film – as well as some supernatural short stories. Connolly’s inspirations include James Lee Burke, Ed McBain and Ross Macdonald.

John Connolly first got published back in 1999 when he began the Charlie Parker series with Every Dead Thing. Since then, about a dozen Charlie Parker novels have been published. Below is a list of all of John Connolly’s novels in order of publication and chronological order:

Publication Order of Charlie Parker Books

Every Dead Thing	(1999)
Dark Hollow	(2000)
The Killing Kind	(2001)
The White Road	(2002)
The Black Angel	(2005)
The Unquiet	(2007)
The Reapers	(2008)
The Lovers	(2009)
The Whisperers	(2010)
The Burning Soul	(2011)
The Wrath of Angels	(2012)
The Wolf in Winter	(2014)
A Song of Shadows	(2015)
A Time of Torment	(2016)
A Game of Ghosts	(2017)
The Woman in the Woods	(2018)
A Book of Bones	(2019)
The Dirty South	(2020)
The Nameless Ones	(2021)

Publication Order of Charlie Parker Non-Fiction Novels

Parker: A Miscellany

(2016)

Publication Order of Nocturnes Books

Nocturnes	(2004)
Night Music	(2015)

Publication Order of Samuel Johnson vs. the Devil Books

The Gates	(2009)
The Infernals / Hell's Bells	(2011)
The Creeps	(2013)

Publication Order of Chronicles of the Invaders Books

Conquest	(2013)
Empire	(2014)
Dominion	(2016)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Bad Men	(2003)
The Book of Lost Things	(2006)
Inherit the Dead	(2013)
He	(2017)

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)	(2011)
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)	(2012)
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)	(2012)
The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)	(2012)
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)	(2012)
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)	(2012)
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)	(2012)
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)	(2013)
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)	(2013)
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)	(2013)
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)	(2014)
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)	(2014)
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)	(2014)
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)	(2014)
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)	(2014)
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)	(2014)
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)	(2014)
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane)	(2014)
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)	(2014)
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)	(2015)
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)	(2015)
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)	(2015)
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)	(2015)
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)	(2015)
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)	(2016)
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)	(2016)
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)	(2016)
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)	(2016)
The Haze (By: James W Hall)	(2016)
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)	(2017)
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)	(2018)
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)	(2018)
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)	(2018)
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)	(2018)
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository	(2018)

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)	(2012)
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)	(2014)
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)	(2012)
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)	(2012)
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)	(2012)
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)	(2018)
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)	(2012)
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)	(2011)
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)	(2014)
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)	(2013)
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)	(2013)
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)	(2013)
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)	(2014)
It's in the Book (By: Mickey Spillane)	(2014)
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)	(2014)
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)	(2014)
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)	(2014)
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)	(2014)
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)	(2014)
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)	(2015)
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)	(2015)
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)	(2015)
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)	(2015)
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)	(2016)
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)	(2015)
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)	(2015)
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)	(2016)
The Haze (By: James W Hall)	(2016)
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)	(2016)
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)	(2016)
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)	(2017)
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)	(2018)
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository	(2018)
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)	(2018)
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)	(2018)
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)	(2012)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Like a Charm	(2004)
Dangerous Women	(2005)
From the Republic of Conscience	(2010)
Books to Die For	(2012)
Inherit the Dead	(2013)
Once upon a Place	(2015)
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes	(2016)

Note: The Infernals was also published as Hell’s Bells. Inherit the Dead is a collaborative novel written with several other authors. The Chronicles of the Invaders series is co-authored by Jennifer Ridyard. Filthy Rich was written with James Patterson and Tim Malloy.

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One Response to “Order of John Connolly Books”

1. DET: 8 years ago

   Good-very well done. A great read. Cool!

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