Order of Mickey Spillane Books

Mickey Spillane (1918-2006) was an American author of hardboiled crime fiction, most notably his Mike Hammer series. Over 225 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and at one time, seven his books were in the top 15 in the list of all-time bestselling novels in the United States. At the time, his work had more sex and violence than was the norm. Following his death, his Mike Hammer character would be picked up by his friend Max Allan Collins.

Mickey Spillane became a published author in 1947 with the novel I, the Jury. The final novel he would write start-to-finish was Something Down There in 2003, with 2007’s Dead Street being finished by Collins. Below is a list of Mickey Spillane’s books (including books by Max Allan Collins based on his work) in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Mike Hammer Books

(with Max Allan Collins)

I, the Jury	(1947)
My Gun Is Quick	(1950)
Vengeance is Mine	(1950)
One Lonely Night	(1951)
The Big Kill	(1951)
Kiss Me, Deadly	(1952)
The Girl Hunters	(1962)
The Snake	(1964)
The Twisted Thing	(1966)
The Body Lovers	(1967)
Survival... Zero	(1970)
The Killing Man	(1989)
Black Alley	(1996)
The Goliath Bone	(2008)
Kiss Her Goodbye	(2009)
The Big Bang	(2010)
Lady, Go Die!	(2012)
Skin	(2012)
Complex 90	(2013)
King of the Weeds	(2014)
Kill Me, Darling	(2015)
Murder Never Knocks	(2016)
A Long Time Dead	(2016)
The Will to Kill	(2017)
Killing Town	(2018)
Murder, My Love	(2019)
Masquerade for Murder	(2020)

Publication Order of Tiger Mann Books

Day of the Guns	(1964)
Bloody Sunrise	(1965)
The Death Dealers	(1966)
The By-Pass Control	(1966)

Publication Order of Caleb York Books

(with Max Allan Collins)

The Legend of Caleb York	(2015)
The Big Showdown	(2016)
The Bloody Spur	(2018)
Last Stage to Hell Junction	(2019)
Hot Lead, Cold Justice	(2020)
Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek	(2021)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Long Wait	(1951)
The Deep	(1961)
The Delta Factor	(1968)
The Erection Set	(1972)
The Last Cop Out	(1973)
The Day the Sea Rolled Back	(1979)
The Ship That Never Was	(1982)
Something's Down There	(2003)
Dead Street	(2007)
The Consummata (With: Max Allan Collins)	(2011)
The Last Stand	(2018)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Me, Hood!	(1963)
The Flier	(1964)
Return of the Hood	(1964)
Killer Mine	(1965)
The Tough Guys	(1969)
Vintage Spillane	(1974)
Tomorrow I Die	(1984)

Publication Order of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Books

(with Max Allan Collins)

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1 (With: Max Allan Collins)	(2018)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2 (With: Max Allan Collins)	(2018)

Publication Order of Anthologies

City Sleuths and Tough Guys	(1989)
Private Eyes	(1998)
A Century of Great Suspense Stories	(2001)
A Century of Noir	(2002)
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011	(2011)

Notes: As of The Goliath Bone, the Mike Hammer novels as well as the standalone novel The Consummata are co-authored (or ghostwritten) by Max Allan Collins. The Caleb York series was created by Spillane, but written by Max Allan Collins.

If You Like Mickey Spillane Books, You’ll Love…

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