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Mickey Spillane Books in Order

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 104 books / 8 series

American author best known for the hardboiled Mike Hammer detective series. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, cementing his legacy as a titan of crime fiction. This page provides the Mickey Spillane books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All Mickey Spillane Books in Chronological Order

1947 I, the Jury POoMHB / 1 Buy
1950 My Gun Is Quick POoMHB / 2 Buy
1950 Vengeance is Mine POoMHB / 3 Buy
1951 The Long Wait POoSN / 1 Buy
1951 One Lonely Night POoMHB / 4 Buy
1951 The Big Kill POoMHB / 5 Buy
1952 Kiss Me, Deadly POoMHB / 6 Buy
1961 The Deep POoSN / 2 Buy
1962 The Girl Hunters POoMHB / 7 Buy
1963 Me, Hood! POoSSC / 1 Buy
1964 Day of the Guns POoTMB / 1 Buy
1964 The Flier POoSSC / 2 Buy
1964 Return of the Hood POoSSC / 3 Buy
1964 The Snake POoMHB / 8 Buy
1965 Bloody Sunrise POoTMB / 2 Buy
1965 Killer Mine POoSSC / 4 Buy
1966 The Death Dealers POoTMB / 3 Buy
1966 The By-Pass Control POoTMB / 4 Buy
1966 The Twisted Thing POoMHB / 9 Buy
1967 The Body Lovers POoMHB / 10 Buy
1968 The Delta Factor POoSN / 3 Buy
1969 The Tough Guys POoSSC / 5 Buy
1970 Survival... Zero POoMHB / 11 Buy
1972 The Erection Set POoSN / 4 Buy
1973 The Last Cop Out POoSN / 5 Buy
1974 Vintage Spillane POoSSC / 6 Buy
1979 The Day the Sea Rolled Back POoSN / 6 Buy
1982 The Ship That Never Was POoSN / 7 Buy
1984 Tomorrow I Die POoSSC / 7 Buy
1989 The Killing Man POoMHB / 12 Buy
1996 Black Alley POoMHB / 13 Buy
2003 Something's Down There POoSN / 8 Buy
2007 Dead Street POoSN / 9 Buy
2008 The Goliath Bone POoMHB / 14 Buy
2009 Kiss Her Goodbye POoMHB / 15 Buy
2010 The Big Bang POoMHB / 16 Buy
2011 The Consummata(With: Max Allan Collins) POoSN / 10 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
2012 Lady, Go Die! POoMHB / 17 Buy
2012 Skin POoMHB / 18 Buy
2013 So Long, Chief(With: Max Allan Collins) POoSS / 2 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(By: Andrew Taylor) POoBB / 9 Buy
2013 The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) POoBB / 10 Buy
2013 Complex 90 POoMHB / 19 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 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(With: Max Allan Collins) POoBB / 18 Buy
2014 The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) POoBB / 19 Buy
2014 King of the Weeds POoMHB / 20 Buy
2015 The Legend of Caleb York POoCYB / 1 Buy
2015 The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) POoBB / 20 Buy
2015 Kill Me, Darling POoMHB / 21 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 Big Showdown POoCYB / 2 Buy
2016 Murder Never Knocks POoMHB / 22 Buy
2016 A Long Time Dead POoMHB / 23 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 A Dangerous Cat(With: Max Allan Collins) POoSS / 3 Buy
2017 The Will to Kill POoMHB / 24 Buy
2017 Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoBB / 31 Buy
2018 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1(With: Max Allan Collins) POoMHGN / 1 Buy
2018 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2(With: Max Allan Collins) POoMHGN / 2 Buy
2018 The Bloody Spur POoCYB / 3 Buy
2018 The Last Stand POoSN / 11 Buy
2018 Killing Town POoMHB / 25 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 Last Stage to Hell Junction POoCYB / 4 Buy
2019 Murder, My Love POoMHB / 26 Buy
2020 Hot Lead, Cold Justice POoCYB / 5 Buy
2020 Masquerade for Murder POoMHB / 27 Buy
2020 The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) POoBB / 37 Buy
2021 Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek POoCYB / 6 Buy
2022 Stand Up and Die! POoSSC / 8 Buy
2022 The Menace POoSN / 12 Buy
2022 Kill Me If You Can POoMHB / 28 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 Dig Two Graves POoMHB / 29 Buy
2025 Baby, It's Murder POoMHB / 30 Buy

Mickey Spillane Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Caleb York Books in Reading Order 6 books / 2015-2021
01 The Legend of Caleb York 2015 Buy
02 The Big Showdown 2016 Buy
03 The Bloody Spur 2018 Buy
04 Last Stage to Hell Junction 2019 Buy
05 Hot Lead, Cold Justice 2020 Buy
06 Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek 2021 Buy
02 So Long, Chief(With: Max Allan Collins) 2013 Buy
03 A Dangerous Cat(With: Max Allan Collins) 2017 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 12 books / 1951-2022
01 The Long Wait 1951 Buy
02 The Deep 1961 Buy
03 The Delta Factor 1968 Buy
04 The Erection Set 1972 Buy
05 The Last Cop Out 1973 Buy
06 The Day the Sea Rolled Back 1979 Buy
07 The Ship That Never Was 1982 Buy
08 Something's Down There 2003 Buy
09 Dead Street 2007 Buy
10 The Consummata(With: Max Allan Collins) 2011 Buy
11 The Last Stand 2018 Buy
12 The Menace 2022 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(By: Andrew Taylor) 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(With: Max Allan Collins) 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
Mike Hammer Books in Reading Order 30 books / 1947-2025
01 I, the Jury 1947 Buy
02 My Gun Is Quick 1950 Buy
03 Vengeance is Mine 1950 Buy
04 One Lonely Night 1951 Buy
05 The Big Kill 1951 Buy
06 Kiss Me, Deadly 1952 Buy
07 The Girl Hunters 1962 Buy
08 The Snake 1964 Buy
09 The Twisted Thing 1966 Buy
10 The Body Lovers 1967 Buy
11 Survival... Zero 1970 Buy
12 The Killing Man 1989 Buy
13 Black Alley 1996 Buy
14 The Goliath Bone 2008 Buy
15 Kiss Her Goodbye 2009 Buy
16 The Big Bang 2010 Buy
17 Lady, Go Die! 2012 Buy
18 Skin 2012 Buy
19 Complex 90 2013 Buy
20 King of the Weeds 2014 Buy
21 Kill Me, Darling 2015 Buy
22 Murder Never Knocks 2016 Buy
23 A Long Time Dead 2016 Buy
24 The Will to Kill 2017 Buy
25 Killing Town 2018 Buy
26 Murder, My Love 2019 Buy
27 Masquerade for Murder 2020 Buy
28 Kill Me If You Can 2022 Buy
29 Dig Two Graves 2023 Buy
30 Baby, It's Murder 2025 Buy
01 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1(With: Max Allan Collins) 2018 Buy
02 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2(With: Max Allan Collins) 2018 Buy
Tiger Mann Books in Reading Order 4 books / 1964-1966
01 Day of the Guns 1964 Buy
02 Bloody Sunrise 1965 Buy
03 The Death Dealers 1966 Buy
04 The By-Pass Control 1966 Buy
01 Me, Hood! 1963 Buy
02 The Flier 1964 Buy
03 Return of the Hood 1964 Buy
04 Killer Mine 1965 Buy
05 The Tough Guys 1969 Buy
06 Vintage Spillane 1974 Buy
07 Tomorrow I Die 1984 Buy
08 Stand Up and Die! 2022 Buy

Where to start with Mickey Spillane

What is the best order to read Mickey Spillane books?

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.

Are standalone books and series both included?

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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