Order of Philip Kerr Books
Philip Kerr was a British author of thriller novels and children’s books under the pen name of P.B. Kerr.
Philip passed away on March 23rd, 2018.
Kerr got his Master’s in Law from the University of Birmingham before working as a copywriter and finally becoming a full-time author in 1989. His series include Bernie Gunther and the Children of the Lamp series. Kerr lives in Wimbledon with his wife and fellow novelist, Jane Thynne. They have three children.
Philip Kerr became a published author in 1989 with the novel March Violets, the beginning of his Bernie Gunther series. Below is a list of Philip Kerr’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Bernie Gunther Books
| March Violets | (1989) |    |
| The Pale Criminal | (1990) | |
| A German Requiem | (1991) | |
| The One from the Other | (2006) | |
| A Quiet Flame | (2008) | |
| Field Gray | (2010) | |
| If The Dead Rise Not | (2010) | |
| Prague Fatale | (2011) | |
| A Man Without Breath | (2013) | |
| The Lady from Zagreb | (2015) | |
| The Other Side of Silence | (2016) | |
| Prussian Blue | (2017) | |
| Greeks Bearing Gifts | (2018) | |
| Metropolis | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Children Of The Lamp Books
(as P.B. Kerr)
| The Akhenaten Adventure | (2004) | |
| The Blue Djinn of Babylon | (2005) | |
| The Cobra King of Kathmandu | (2006) | |
| The Day of the Djinn Warriors | (2007) | |
| The Eye of the Forest | (2008) | |
| The Five Fakirs of Faizabad | (2010) | |
| The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan | (2011) | |
Publication Order of Scott Manson Books
| January Window | (2014) | |
| Hand of God | (2015) | |
| False Nine | (2015) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| A Philosophical Investigation | (1992) | |
| Dead Meat | (1993) | |
| Gridiron / The Grid | (1995) | |
| Esau | (1996) | |
| A Five-Year Plan | (1998) | |
| The Second Angel | (1999) | |
| The Shot | (1999) | |
| Dark Matter | (2002) | |
| Hitler's Peace | (2005) | |
| One Small Step | (2008) | |
| Prayer | (2013) | |
| The Winter Horses | (2014) | |
| Research | (2014) | |
| The Most Frightening Story Ever Told | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Pocket Handkerchief | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Penguin Book of Lies | (1984) | |
Notes: The Children of the Lamp series and One Small Step were written under the pen name P.B. Kerr.
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I believe the stories are pretty much in order if you follow the publication sequence. They begin before WWII and end when Gunther returns to Germany from South America.
Wow! Just read about Philip Kerr’s death! He just had another book published in 2019! Metropolis which I just purchased. I wanted to ask why he wrote and published stories with Bernie Gunther that went all over the second world war dates. He never seemed to follow any consistent dates, like having one story in 1941 and the next in say 1943. Does anyone know about his ideas behind this?
Philip Kerr is dead, sorry to say. Google:
Died: March 23, 2018, London, United Kingdom
More than a year ago.