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Andrew Taylor Books in Order

Find every Andrew Taylor book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 95 books / 10 series

Andrew Taylor is a British author best known for the Lydmouth crime series and the historical thriller *The American Boy*. A winner of the CWA Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement, his books have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Andrew Taylor books in order, including both chronological and series reading orders.

All Andrew Taylor Books in Chronological Order

1982 Caroline Minuscule POoWDB / 1 Buy
1984 Waiting for the End of the World POoWDB / 2 Buy
1985 Bergerac is Back! POoBB / 1 Buy
1985 Crimes of the Season POoBB / 2 Buy
1985 Our Fathers' Lies POoWDB / 3 Buy
1986 An Old School Tie POoWDB / 4 Buy
1987 The Second Midnight POoBB / 1 Buy
1987 Freelance Death POoWDB / 5 Buy
1988 Blacklist POoBB / 2 Buy
1988 Bergerac and the Fatal Weakness POoBB / 3 Buy
1988 Bergerac and the Jersey Rose POoBB / 4 Buy
1988 Bergerac and the Traitor's Child POoBB / 5 Buy
1988 Bergerac and the Moving Fever POoBB / 6 Buy
1989 Private Nose POoSN / 1 Buy
1989 Snapshot POoSN / 2 Buy
1990 Toyshop POoBB / 3 Buy
1990 Double Exposure POoSN / 3 Buy
1990 Blood Relation POoWDB / 6 Buy
1991 Raven On the Water POoSN / 4 Buy
1992 Negative Image POoSN / 5 Buy
1992 The Sleeping Policeman POoWDB / 7 Buy
1993 Odd Man Out POoWDB / 8 Buy
1994 An Air That Kills POoLB / 1 Buy
1994 The Barred Window POoSN / 6 Buy
1994 The Invader POoSN / 7 Buy
1996 The Mortal Sickness POoLB / 2 Buy
1997 The Four Last Things POoRB / 1 Buy
1997 The Judgement of Strangers POoRB / 2 Buy
1997 The Lover of the Grave POoLB / 3 Buy
1999 The Office of the Dead POoRB / 3 Buy
1999 The Suffocating Night POoLB / 4 Buy
2000 God's Fugitive POoNB / 1 Buy
2000 Where Roses Fade POoLB / 5 Buy
2001 Death's Own Door POoLB / 6 Buy
2002 Requiem for an Angel POoRB / 4 Buy
2003 The American Boy / An Unpardonable Crime POoSN / 8 Buy
2004 Call the Dying POoLB / 7 Buy
2006 Naked to the Hangman POoLB / 8 Buy
2006 A Stain on the Silence POoSN / 9 Buy
2008 Bleeding Heart Square POoSN / 10 Buy
2010 The Anatomy of Ghosts POoSN / 11 Buy
2012 The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) POoBB / 1 Buy
2012 Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) POoBB / 2 Buy
2012 The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) POoBB / 3 Buy
2012 The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) POoBB / 4 Buy
2012 An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoBB / 5 Buy
2012 Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) POoBB / 6 Buy
2013 The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) POoBB / 7 Buy
2013 Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) POoBB / 8 Buy
2013 The Long Sonata of the Dead POoBB / 9 Buy
2013 The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) POoBB / 10 Buy
2013 The Scent of Death POoSN / 12 Buy
2014 The Leper House POoSS / 1 Buy
2014 The Scratch POoSS / 2 Buy
2014 Fallen Angel POoRB / 5 Buy
2014 The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) POoBB / 11 Buy
2014 What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) POoBB / 12 Buy
2014 The Silent Boy POoSN / 13 Buy
2014 Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) POoBB / 13 Buy
2014 The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) POoBB / 14 Buy
2014 The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) POoBB / 15 Buy
2014 Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) POoBB / 16 Buy
2014 The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) POoBB / 17 Buy
2014 It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) POoBB / 18 Buy
2014 The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) POoBB / 19 Buy
2015 The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) POoBB / 20 Buy
2015 The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) POoBB / 21 Buy
2015 Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) POoBB / 22 Buy
2015 Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) POoBB / 23 Buy
2015 Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) POoBB / 24 Buy
2015 From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) POoBB / 25 Buy
2016 The Ashes of London POoMaLB / 1 Buy
2016 The Writing House POoSS / 3 Buy
2016 The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) POoBB / 26 Buy
2016 Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) POoBB / 27 Buy
2016 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) POoBB / 28 Buy
2016 Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) POoBB / 29 Buy
2016 The Haze(By: James W. Hall) POoBB / 30 Buy
2017 Broken Voices POoSS / 4 Buy
2017 Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoBB / 31 Buy
2018 The Fire Court POoMaLB / 2 Buy
2018 The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) POoBB / 32 Buy
2018 Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) POoBB / 33 Buy
2018 The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) POoBB / 34 Buy
2018 The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) POoBB / 35 Buy
2018 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) POoBB / 36 Buy
2019 The King’s Evil POoMaLB / 3 Buy
2020 The Last Protector POoMaLB / 4 Buy
2020 The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) POoBB / 37 Buy
2021 The Royal Secret POoMaLB / 5 Buy
2022 The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) POoBB / 38 Buy
2022 The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) POoBB / 39 Buy
2022 The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) POoBB / 40 Buy
2023 The Shadows of London POoMaLB / 6 Buy
2025 A Schooling in Murder POoSN / 14 Buy

Andrew Taylor Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Roth Books in Reading Order 5 books / 1997-2014
01 The Four Last Things 1997 Buy
02 The Judgement of Strangers 1997 Buy
03 The Office of the Dead 1999 Buy
04 Requiem for an Angel 2002 Buy
05 Fallen Angel 2014 Buy
01 The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012 Buy
02 Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012 Buy
03 The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012 Buy
04 The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012 Buy
05 An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012 Buy
06 Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012 Buy
07 The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013 Buy
08 Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013 Buy
09 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013 Buy
10 The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013 Buy
11 The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014 Buy
12 What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014 Buy
13 Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014 Buy
14 The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014 Buy
15 The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014 Buy
16 Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014 Buy
17 The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014 Buy
18 It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014 Buy
19 The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014 Buy
20 The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015 Buy
21 The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015 Buy
22 Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015 Buy
23 Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015 Buy
24 Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015 Buy
25 From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015 Buy
26 The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016 Buy
27 Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016 Buy
28 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016 Buy
29 Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016 Buy
30 The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016 Buy
31 Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017 Buy
32 The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018 Buy
33 Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018 Buy
34 The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018 Buy
35 The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018 Buy
36 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018 Buy
37 The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020 Buy
38 The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022 Buy
39 The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022 Buy
40 The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 14 books / 1989-2025
01 Private Nose 1989 Buy
02 Snapshot 1989 Buy
03 Double Exposure 1990 Buy
04 Raven On the Water 1991 Buy
05 Negative Image 1992 Buy
06 The Barred Window 1994 Buy
07 The Invader 1994 Buy
08 The American Boy / An Unpardonable Crime 2003 Buy
09 A Stain on the Silence 2006 Buy
10 Bleeding Heart Square 2008 Buy
11 The Anatomy of Ghosts 2010 Buy
12 The Scent of Death 2013 Buy
13 The Silent Boy 2014 Buy
14 A Schooling in Murder 2025 Buy
01 The Leper House 2014 Buy
02 The Scratch 2014 Buy
03 The Writing House 2016 Buy
04 Broken Voices 2017 Buy
Lydmouth Books in Reading Order 8 books / 1994-2006
01 An Air That Kills 1994 Buy
02 The Mortal Sickness 1996 Buy
03 The Lover of the Grave 1997 Buy
04 The Suffocating Night 1999 Buy
05 Where Roses Fade 2000 Buy
06 Death's Own Door 2001 Buy
07 Call the Dying 2004 Buy
08 Naked to the Hangman 2006 Buy
Bergerac Books in Reading Order 6 books / 1985-1988
01 Bergerac is Back! 1985 Buy
02 Crimes of the Season 1985 Buy
03 Bergerac and the Fatal Weakness 1988 Buy
04 Bergerac and the Jersey Rose 1988 Buy
05 Bergerac and the Traitor's Child 1988 Buy
06 Bergerac and the Moving Fever 1988 Buy
01 Caroline Minuscule 1982 Buy
02 Waiting for the End of the World 1984 Buy
03 Our Fathers' Lies 1985 Buy
04 An Old School Tie 1986 Buy
05 Freelance Death 1987 Buy
06 Blood Relation 1990 Buy
07 The Sleeping Policeman 1992 Buy
08 Odd Man Out 1993 Buy
Blaines Books in Reading Order 3 books / 1987-1990
01 The Second Midnight 1987 Buy
02 Blacklist 1988 Buy
03 Toyshop 1990 Buy
01 The Ashes of London 2016 Buy
02 The Fire Court 2018 Buy
03 The King’s Evil 2019 Buy
04 The Last Protector 2020 Buy
05 The Royal Secret 2021 Buy
06 The Shadows of London 2023 Buy
01 God's Fugitive 2000 Buy

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Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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