Order of Peter James Books
Peter James is an English novelist who also worked as a screenwriter and producer in film. His series features Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who is based in Brighton (James’ hometown). The genres covered by James include techno-thrillers, spy fiction and supernatural thrillers.
Peter James’ first novel, Dead Letter Drop, was published in 1981. For the next 20+ years, he wrote standalone novels until beginning the Roy Grace series in 2005. Below is a list of Peter James’ novels in order of publication date and chronological order:
Publication Order of Roy Grace Books
| Dead Simple | (2005) |    |
| Looking Good Dead | (2006) | |
| Not Dead Enough | (2007) | |
| Dead Man's Footsteps | (2008) | |
| Dead Tomorrow | (2009) | |
| Dead Like You | (2010) | |
| Dead Man's Grip | (2011) | |
| Not Dead Yet | (2012) | |
| Dead Man's Time | (2013) | |
| Want You Dead | (2014) | |
| You Are Dead | (2015) | |
| Love You Dead | (2016) | |
| Need You Dead | (2017) | |
| Dead If You Don't | (2018) | |
| Dead at First Sight | (2019) | |
| Find Them Dead | (2020) | |
| Left You Dead | (2021) | |
| Picture You Dead | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Roy Grace Short Stories/Novellas Books
| Footloose | (2019) | |
| Wish You Were Dead | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Cold Hill Books
| The House on Cold Hill | (2015) | |
| The Secret of Cold Hill | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Max Flynn Books
| Dead Letter Drop | (1981) | |
| Atom Bomb Angel | (1983) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Billionaire | (1983) | |
| Biggles The Storybook | (1986) | |
| Possession | (1988) | |
| Dreamer | (1989) | |
| Sweet Heart | (1990) | |
| Twilight | (1991) | |
| Prophecy | (1992) | |
| Host | (1993) | |
| Alchemist | (1996) | |
| Getting Wired! | (1996) | |
| The Truth | (1997) | |
| Denial | (1998) | |
| Faith | (2000) | |
| Perfect People | (2011) | |
| Absolute Proof | (2017) | |
| I Follow You | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| A Twist of the Knife | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Christmas is for the Kids | (2011) | |
| In the Nick of Time | (2014) | |
| Footloose | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Afraid of the Light Anthology Books
| Afraid of the Light | (2020) | |
| Afraid of the Christmas Lights | (2020) | |
| Afraid of the Shadows | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Inspector Rebus Short Stories/Novellas
(with Ian Rankin)
| A Good Hanging | (1992) | |
| Death is Not the End | (1998) | |
| A Good Hanging and Other Stories | (2003) | |
| In the Nick of Time | (2014) | |
| The Beat Goes On | (2014) | |
| Long Shadows (Play) | (2019) | |
Publication Order of The MatchUp Collection Books
| Honor & ... | (2017) | |
| Deserves to Be Dead | (2017) | |
| Getaway | (2017) | |
| Midnight Flame | (2018) | |
| Short Story | (2019) | |
| Past Prologue | (2019) | |
| Faking a Murderer | (2019) | |
| Dig Here | (2019) | |
| Taking the Veil | (2019) | |
| Rambo on Their Minds | (2019) | |
| Footloose | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Tony Hill/Carol Jordan Books
(with Val McDermid)
| The Mermaids Singing | (1995) | |
| The Wire In The Blood | (1997) | |
| The Last Temptation | (2002) | |
| The Torment of Others | (2004) | |
| Beneath the Bleeding | (2007) | |
| Fever of the Bone | (2009) | |
| The Retribution | (2011) | |
| Cross and Burn | (2013) | |
| Splinter the Silence | (2015) | |
| Insidious Intent | (2017) | |
| Footloose | (2019) | |
| How the Dead Speak | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| No Rest for the Dead | (2011) | |
| The Killer Cookbook | (2012) | |
| OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters | (2014) | |
| FaceOff | (2014) | |
| MatchUp | (2017) | |
| Afraid of the Shadows | (2021) | |
Notes: In the Nick of Time was co-authored with Ian Rankin. Death Comes Knocking was written with Graham Bartlett.
I am also an avid reader. I have discovered Peter James and I can’t put any of his books down. I stay up late at night just to see what will happen next. I am so happy to have found this wonderful author. What a gift you have to write such extrordinary stories. I’m in awe.
as an avid book reader and casual library assistant i have only just discovered Peter James, my first book was “Perfect People” my whole world ground to a halt as i could not put this book down, i also lost sleep to and i am now addicted to this amazing author…thanks