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)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Gun Is Quick(1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vengeance is Mine(1950)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
One Lonely Night(1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Big Kill(1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kiss Me, Deadly(1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Hunters(1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Snake(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Twisted Thing(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Body Lovers(1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Survival... Zero(1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Killing Man(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Black Alley(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Goliath Bone(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kiss Her Goodbye(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Big Bang(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lady, Go Die!(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Skin(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Complex 90(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
King of the Weeds(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kill Me, Darling(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Never Knocks(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Long Time Dead(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Will to Kill(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killing Town(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder, My Love(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Masquerade for Murder(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Kill Me If You Can(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dig Two Graves(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Baby, It's Murder(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Tiger Mann Books

Day of the Guns(1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bloody Sunrise(1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Death Dealers(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The By-Pass Control(1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Caleb York Books

(with Max Allan Collins)

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

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Long Wait(1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Deep(1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Delta Factor(1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Erection Set(1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Cop Out(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Day the Sea Rolled Back(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ship That Never Was(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Something's Down There(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Street(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Consummata (With: Max Allan Collins)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Stand(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Menace(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

(with Max Allan Collins)

The Killing Man(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
So Long, Chief (With: Max Allan Collins)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Dangerous Cat (With: Max Allan Collins)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Publication Order of's Mike Hammer Graphic Novels

(with Max Allan Collins)

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1 (With: Max Allan Collins)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2 (With: Max Allan Collins)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It's in the Book (With: Max Allan Collins)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It's in the Book (With: Max Allan Collins)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

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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.

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