Order of Ken Bruen Books
Ken Bruen is an Irish author of hardboiled crime fiction. From Galway, Bruen attended Gormanston College and Trinity College Dublin to earn his PhD in metaphysics. From there, he spent 25 years teaching English abroad in places like Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia and South America. His series characters include Jack Taylor and Tom Brant.
Ken Bruen made his literary debut in 1993 with the novel Shades of Grace. Below is a list of Ken Bruen’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Inspector Brant Books
| A White Arrest | (1998) |    |
| Taming The Alien | (1999) | |
| The McDead | (2001) | |
| Blitz | (2002) | |
| Vixen | (2003) | |
| Calibre | (2006) | |
| Ammunition | (2007) | |
Publication Order of Jack Taylor Books
| The Guards | (2001) | |
| The Killing of the Tinkers | (2002) | |
| The Magdalen Martyrs | (2003) | |
| The Dramatist | (2004) | |
| The Dead Room | (2005) | |
| Priest | (2006) | |
| Cross | (2007) | |
| Sanctuary | (2008) | |
| The Devil | (2010) | |
| Headstone | (2011) | |
| Purgatory | (2013) | |
| Green Hell | (2015) | |
| The Emerald Lie | (2016) | |
| The Ghosts of Galway | (2017) | |
| In the Galway Silence | (2018) | |
| Galway Girl | (2019) | |
| A Galway Epiphany | (2020) | |
| The Dead Room was a limited edition story of which only 150 were released. | ||
Publication Order of Max and Angela Books
(with Jason Starr)
| Bust | (2006) | |
| Slide | (2007) | |
| The Max | (2008) | |
| Pimp | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Shades of Grace | (1993) | |
| Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice | (1997) | |
| Rilke on Black | (1997) | |
| The Hackman Blues | (1997) | |
| London Boulevard | (2002) | |
| Dispatching Baudelaire | (2004) | |
| American Skin | (2006) | |
| Once Were Cops | (2008) | |
| Tower | (2009) | |
| Callous | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Murder by the Book | (2005) | |
| Time of the Green | (2008) | |
| Wednesday’s Child | (2010) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities | (1992) | |
| Sherry and Other Stories | (1994) | |
| Time of Serena-May and Upon the Third Cross | (1995) | |
| A Fifth of Bruen: Early Fiction of Ken Bruen | (2006) | |
Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books
| Elvis Cole and Joe Pike | (2022) | |
| Jack Taylor | (2022) | |
| Jack Reacher | (2022) | |
| Charlie Parker | (2022) | |
| Hieronymus Bosch | (2022) | |
| Lincoln Rhyme | (2022) | |
| Alex Delaware | (2022) | |
| Tess Monaghan | (2022) | |
| Charlie Resnick | (2022) | |
| Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus | (2022) | |
| Inspector Morse | (2022) | |
| Dismas Hardy | (2022) | |
| Bob Lee Swagger | (2022) | |
| Aloysius X. L. Pendergast | (2022) | |
| Spenser | (2022) | |
| Charlotte and Thomas Pitt | (2022) | |
| John Rebus | (2022) | |
| Mallory | (2022) | |
| Jane Whitefield | (2022) | |
| Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile | (2022) | |
| Precious Ramotswe | (2022) | |
| Maisie Dobbs | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Akashic Drug Chronicles Books
| The Cocaine Chronicles | (2005) | |
| The Marijuana Chronicles | (2013) | |
| The Nicotine Chronicles | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Brooklyn Noir Books
| Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | (2008) | |
| Anthology series. Includes stories by various authors. | ||
Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books
| The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
| Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
| The Book Thing | (2012) | |
| The Book Case | (2012) | |
| An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
| Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
| The Final Testament | (2013) | |
| Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
| The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
| The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
| The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
| What's in a Name? | (2014) | |
| Remaindered | (2014) | |
| The Sequel | (2014) | |
| The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
| The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
| It's in the Book | (2014) | |
| The Scroll | (2014) | |
| The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
| The Little Men | (2015) | |
| Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
| Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
| Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
| From the Queen | (2015) | |
| The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
| Citadel | (2016) | |
| Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
| Dead Dames Don't Sing | (2016) | |
| The Haze | (2016) | |
| Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
| The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
| Seven Years | (2018) | |
| The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
| The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
| The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
| The Dark Door | (2022) | |
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books
| The Book of Virtue | (2012) | |
| The Scroll | (2014) | |
| Pronghorns of the Third Reich | (2012) | |
| An Acceptable Sacrifice | (2012) | |
| Death Leaves a Bookmark | (2012) | |
| Seven Years | (2018) | |
| The Book Thing | (2012) | |
| The Book of Ghosts | (2013) | |
| The Long Sonata of the Dead | (2013) | |
| The Final Testament | (2013) | |
| Rides a Stranger | (2013) | |
| What's in a Name? | (2014) | |
| It's in the Book | (2014) | |
| The Nature of My Inheritance | (2014) | |
| Remaindered | (2014) | |
| The Compendium of Srem | (2014) | |
| The Gospel of Sheba | (2014) | |
| The Sequel | (2014) | |
| The Book of the Lion | (2015) | |
| The Little Men | (2015) | |
| From the Queen | (2015) | |
| Every Seven Years | (2015) | |
| Citadel | (2016) | |
| Condor in the Stacks | (2015) | |
| Mystery, Inc. | (2015) | |
| The Travelling Companion | (2016) | |
| The Haze | (2016) | |
| Dead Dames Don't Sing | (2016) | |
| Reconciliation Day | (2016) | |
| Hoodoo Harry | (2017) | |
| The Pretty Little Box | (2018) | |
| The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | (2018) | |
| The Hemingway Valise | (2018) | |
| The Last Honest Horse Thief | (2018) | |
| The Book Case | (2012) | |
| The Dark Door | (2022) | |
Publication Order of First Thrills Books
| First Thrills | (2010) | |
| First Thrills: Volume 2 | (2011) | |
| First Thrills: Volume 3 | (2011) | |
| First Thrills: Volume 4 | (2011) | |
| Anthology series. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Brooklyn Noir | (2004) | |
| The Cocaine Chronicles | (2005) | |
| Dublin Noir | (2005) | |
| Damn Near Dead | (2006) | |
| London Noir | (2006) | |
| Killer Year: Stories to Die For... | (2008) | |
| Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense | (2009) | |
| First Thrills | (2010) | |
| D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney | (2011) | |
| D*CKED | (2011) | |
| Inherit the Dead | (2013) | |
| Kwik Krimes | (2013) | |
| Borderland Noir | (2015) | |
| Silent Night, Deadly Night | (2016) | |
| Invisible Blood | (2019) | |
Notes: The Max and Angela series is co-authored with Jason Starr. Tower was co-authored with Reed Farrel Coleman.
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