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Home / Authors / James Oswald James Oswald British author best known for the Inspector McLean crime series. His books have sold over one million copies and been translated into multiple languages. This page provides the James Oswald books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1997 Wage Slaves(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 The Green Man(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2003 American Waitress(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2007 The Spider Kiss(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 4 Buy ↗ 2010 Beautiful Men(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 5 Buy ↗ 2012 Natural Causes POoIMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 Dreamwalker POoBoSBB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 The Book of Souls POoIMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 The Rose Cord POoBoSBB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 The Golden Cage POoBoSBB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 #ChooseThePlot(With: Jane Casey,Christopher Fowler) POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 The Hangman's Song POoIMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 Dead Men's Bones POoIMB · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 The Broken World POoBoSBB · 4 Buy ↗ 2015 Prayer for the Dead POoIMB · 5 Buy ↗ 2015 Bryant & May and the Nameless Woman(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 7 Buy ↗ 2016 The Obsidian Throne POoBoSBB · 5 Buy ↗ 2016 The Damage Done POoIMB · 6 Buy ↗ 2016 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 8 Buy ↗ 2017 Written in Bones POoIMB · 7 Buy ↗ 2018 No Time to Cry POoDCFB · 1 Buy ↗ 2018 The Gathering Dark POoIMB · 8 Buy ↗ 2019 Nothing to Hide POoDCFB · 2 Buy ↗ 2019 The Washing(By: Christopher Fowler) POoCFSS · 9 Buy ↗ 2019 Cold as the Grave POoIMB · 9 Buy ↗ 2020 Bury Them Deep POoIMB · 10 Buy ↗ 2021 Nowhere to Run POoDCFB · 3 Buy ↗ 2021 What Will Burn POoIMB · 11 Buy ↗ 2022 All That Lives POoIMB · 12 Buy ↗ 2024 For Our Sins POoIMB · 13 Buy ↗ 2025 The Rest Is Death POoIMB · 14 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Ballad of Sir Benfro Books 5 books · 2012–2016
03 The Golden Cage 2012 Buy ↗ 04 The Broken World 2015 Buy ↗ 05 The Obsidian Throne 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Christopher Fowler Short Stories/Novellas 8 books · 1997–2019
01 Wage Slaves(By: Christopher Fowler) 1997 Buy ↗ 02 The Green Man(By: Christopher Fowler) 2002 Buy ↗ 03 American Waitress(By: Christopher Fowler) 2003 Buy ↗ 04 The Spider Kiss(By: Christopher Fowler) 2007 Buy ↗ 05 Beautiful Men(By: Christopher Fowler) 2010 Buy ↗ 07 Bryant & May and the Nameless Woman(By: Christopher Fowler) 2015 Buy ↗ 08 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016 Buy ↗ 09 The Washing(By: Christopher Fowler) 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Inspector McLean Books 14 books · 2012–2025
01 Natural Causes 2012 Buy ↗ 02 The Book of Souls 2012 Buy ↗ 03 The Hangman's Song 2014 Buy ↗ 04 Dead Men's Bones 2014 Buy ↗ 05 Prayer for the Dead 2015 Buy ↗ 06 The Damage Done 2016 Buy ↗ 07 Written in Bones 2017 Buy ↗ 08 The Gathering Dark 2018 Buy ↗ 09 Cold as the Grave 2019 Buy ↗ 10 Bury Them Deep 2020 Buy ↗ 11 What Will Burn 2021 Buy ↗ 12 All That Lives 2022 Buy ↗ 14 The Rest Is Death 2025 Buy ↗ Publication Order of DC Constance Fairchild Books 3 books · 2018–2021
01 No Time to Cry 2018 Buy ↗ 02 Nothing to Hide 2019 Buy ↗ 03 Nowhere to Run 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 2014
01 #ChooseThePlot(With: Jane Casey,Christopher Fowler) 2014 Buy ↗