Order of Mark Billingham Books

Mark Billingham is an English novelist of comic-crime fiction. He is also a screenwriter, actor and comedian. As a novelist, he is best known for his Tom Thorne series. He started reviewing books in order to get complimentary copies, thus saving money. Eventually, he began writing and came up with his Tom Thorne character. Billingham also writes with Peter Cocks as Will Peterson.

Mark Billingham became a published fiction author in 2001 with Sleepyhead. Below is a list of Mark Billingham’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Tom Thorne Books

Sleepyhead	(2001)
Scaredy Cat	(2002)
Lazybones	(2003)
The Burning Girl	(2004)
Lifeless	(2005)
Buried	(2006)
Death Message	(2007)
Bloodline	(2009)
From the Dead	(2010)
Good as Dead	(2012)
The Dying Hours	(2013)
The Bones Beneath	(2014)
Time of Death	(2015)
Love Like Blood	(2017)
The Killing Habit	(2018)

Publication Order of Triskellion Books

Triskellion	(2008)
The Burning	(2009)
The Gathering	(2010)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Knight School	(1998)
In the Dark	(2008)
Rush of Blood	(2012)
Die of Shame	(2016)
Their Little Secret	(2019)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Cut Off

(2018)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime	(2013)
Dancing Towards the Blade and Other Stories	(2013)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Great Lost Albums

(2014)

Notes: Good as Dead is alternatively titled The Demands. The Triskellion books are written alongside Peter Cocks under the collective pseudonym of Will Peterson. Knight School is also co-authored by Peter Cocks. Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime also has stories by Ann Cleeves, Harlan Coben, P.D. James, Val McDermid and Steve Mosby. Great Lost Albums was written with David Quantick, Stav Sherez and Martyn Waites.

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