Anthony Horowitz Reading Order

15 books (2000–2024)

Start with Stormbreaker, the first of 15 books in the Alex Rider series.

#	Title
1	Stormbreaker 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Point Blank 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Skeleton Key 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	Eagle Strike 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Scorpia 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	Ark Angel 2005Buy 🇺🇸
7	Snakehead 2007Buy 🇺🇸
8	Crocodile Tears 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	Quite a Ride 2010Buy 🇺🇸
10	Scorpia Rising 2011Buy 🇺🇸
11	Russian Roulette 2013Buy 🇺🇸
12	Never Say Die 2017Buy 🇺🇸
13	Secret Weapon 2019Buy 🇺🇸
14	Nightshade 2020Buy 🇺🇸
15	Nightshade Revenge 2024Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2019–2020)

Start with Alex Rider: Secret Weapon and read in order.

#	Title
1	Alex Rider: Secret Weapon 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alex Rider Undercover 2020Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2005–2008)

Start with The Gadget and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Gadget 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alex Rider, Mission Files 2008Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2006–2020)

Start with Stormbreaker, the first of 6 books in the Alex Rider: The Graphic Novel series.

#	Title
1	Stormbreaker 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Point Blank 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	Skeleton Key 2009Buy 🇺🇸
4	Eagle Strike 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Scorpia 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Ark Angel 2020Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (1994–2014)

Start with The Puffin Book of Horror Stories, the first of 5 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Puffin Book of Horror Stories 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fantasy: Red Hot Reads 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	Midnight Feast 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	RED 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters 2014Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2025–2025)

Start with The Irregulars and read in order.

53 books (2001–2017)

Start with Bug Boy - Spider Camp!(By: Jeanne Willis), the first of 53 books in the Bug Club series.

#	Title
1	Bug Boy - Spider Camp!(By: Jeanne Willis) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Soppy Hoppy(By: Jeanne Willis) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bug Boy - Slug Picnic(By: Jeanne Willis) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	Pompom Pets(By: Jeanne Willis) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	Sid Did it(By: Jeanne Willis) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Moon Monsters Get Lost(By: Jeanne Willis) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
7	Rat and Cat - The Dance(By: Jeanne Willis) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
8	Slug Picnic(By: Jeanne Willis) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Little Green Monster(By: Jeanne Willis) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
10	Get a Parrot(By: Jeanne Willis) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
11	Keeping a Pet(By: Jeanne Willis) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
12	Babysitting Barney(By: Jeanne Willis) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
13	Boring, Boring(By: Jeanne Willis) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
14	Giant George & the Robin(By: Jeanne Willis) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
15	Rat and Cat - The Hat!(By: Jeanne Willis) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Trout Fishing Song(By: Jeanne Willis) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
17	Beetle Cookies(By: Jeanne Willis) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
18	Dig Sid Dig(By: Jeanne Willis) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
19	One-Way Ticket to Mars(By: Jeanne Willis) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	A Rat and Cat in the Hat Trick(By: Jeanne Willis) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
21	Little Red Riding Hoody(By: Jeanne Willis) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
22	Spider Camp(By: Jeanne Willis) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Bop(By: Jeanne Willis) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Not-So-Merry-Go-Round(By: Maureen Haselhurst) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
25	The Quiz Went Fizz!(By: Jeanne Willis) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
26	Butterfly Pie(By: Jeanne Willis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
27	Let's Rock(By: Jeanne Willis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
28	Sea Fishing(By: Jeanne Willis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
29	Sid and the Boxer Pup(By: Jeanne Willis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
30	The Runaway T(By: Jeanne Willis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
31	Changing Places(By: Nette Hilton) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
32	Flash the Dog Dives In!(By: Jim Eldridge) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
33	Machines on the Move(By: Clive Gifford) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
34	Plays to Act Tiddler(By: Julia Donaldson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
35	Rat and Cat - Let's Jump(By: Jeanne Willis) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
36	Step Inside a Story(By: Julia Donaldson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
37	Swoop Flies South(By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
38	The Dragon's Tale and Other Beastly Stories(With: Simone Massoni) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
39	Tyrannosaurus Drip(By: Julia Donaldson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
40	Big Giant, Little Bear(By: Rosalind Kerven) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
41	Don't Call Me Mum!(By: Julia Donaldson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
42	Flash the Dog Bounces In!(By: Jim Eldridge) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
43	Frog Fight(By: Julia Donaldson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
44	Goha and the Shoes(By: Julia Donaldson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
45	Goldilocks and The Clever Plan(By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
46	Goldilocks and the Big Mess(By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
47	Missing Milly(By: Julia Donaldson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
48	Rap-unzel(By: Jeanne Willis) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
49	The Best Bet(By: Julia Donaldson,Charlie Alder) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Noises Next Door(By: Julia Donaldson) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
51	Goldilocks and the Porridge Problem(By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
52	The Road to Freedom(By: Lesa Cline-Ransome) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
53	The Tree(By: Smriti Prasadam-Halls) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2018–2026)

Start with The Word Is Murder, the first of 6 books in the Detective Daniel Hawthorne series.

#	Title
1	The Word Is Murder 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Sentence Is Death 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	A Line to Kill 2021Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Twist of a Knife 2022Buy 🇺🇸
5	Close to Death 2024Buy 🇺🇸
6	A Deadly Episode 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2004–2012)

Start with Three of Diamonds and read in order.

#	Title
1	Three of Diamonds 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Four of Diamonds 2012Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (1986–2022)

Start with The Falcon's Malteser, the first of 10 books in the Diamond Brothers series.

#	Title
1	The Falcon's Malteser 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	Public Enemy Number Two 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	South by Southeast 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	I Know What You Did Last Wednesday 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Blurred Man 2003Buy 🇺🇸
6	The French Confection 2003Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Greek Who Stole Christmas 2007Buy 🇺🇸
8	Two of Diamonds 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Double Eagle Has Landed 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	Where Seagulls Dare 2022Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2010–2010)

#	Title
1	The Hitchhiker 2010Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1988–1990)

Start with Groosham Grange and read in order.

#	Title
1	Groosham Grange 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Unholy Grail / Return to Groosham Grange 1990Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1999–2000)

Start with Horowitz Horror and read in order.

#	Title
1	Horowitz Horror 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	More Horowitz Horror 2000Buy 🇺🇸

33 books (1968–2022)

Start with Colonel Sun(By: Kingsley Amis), the first of 33 books in the James Bond series.

#	Title
1	Colonel Sun(By: Kingsley Amis) 1968Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Authorized Biography of 007(By: John George Pearson) 1973Buy 🇺🇸
3	License Renewed(By: John Gardner) 1981Buy 🇺🇸
4	For Special Services(By: John Gardner) 1982Buy 🇺🇸
5	Icebreaker(By: John Gardner) 1983Buy 🇺🇸
6	Role of Honor(By: John Gardner) 1984Buy 🇺🇸
7	Nobody Lives Forever(By: John Gardner) 1986Buy 🇺🇸
8	No Deals, Mr. Bond(By: John Gardner) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
9	Scorpius(By: John Gardner) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
10	Licence to Kill(By: John Gardner) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
11	Win, Lose or Die(By: John Gardner) 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	Brokenclaw(By: John Gardner) 1990Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Man from Barbarossa(By: John Gardner) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
14	Death Is Forever(By: John Gardner) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
15	Never Send Flowers(By: John Gardner) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
16	SeaFire(By: John Gardner) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
17	GoldenEye(By: John Gardner) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
18	Cold Fall(By: John Gardner) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
19	Tomorrow Never Dies(By: Raymond Benson) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
20	Zero Minus Ten(By: Raymond Benson) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Facts of Death(By: Raymond Benson) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
22	High Time to Kill(By: Raymond Benson) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
23	The World is Not Enough(By: Raymond Benson) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
24	Doubleshot(By: Raymond Benson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
25	Never Dream of Dying(By: Raymond Benson) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
26	Die Another Day(By: Raymond Benson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Man With the Red Tattoo(By: Raymond Benson) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
28	Devil May Care(By: Sebastian Faulks) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
29	Carte Blanche(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
30	Solo(By: William Boyd) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
31	Trigger Mortis 2015Buy 🇺🇸
32	Forever and a Day 2018Buy 🇺🇸
33	With a Mind to Kill 2022Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2010–2012)

Start with Battles and Quests, the first of 6 books in the Legends series.

#	Title
1	Battles and Quests 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Beasts and Monsters 2010Buy 🇺🇸
3	Death and the Underworld 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Heroes and Villains 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Wrath of the Gods 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	Tricks and Transformations 2012Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1983–1989)

Start with The Devil's Door Bell, the first of 4 books in the Pentagram Chronicles series.

#	Title
1	The Devil's Door Bell 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Night of the Scorpion 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Silver Citadel 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	Day of the Dragon 1989Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2002–2002)

Start with Burnt, the first of 6 books in the Pocket HorowitzBooks series.

#	Title
1	Burnt 2002Buy 🇺🇸
2	Killer Camera 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Scared 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Night Bus 2002Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Phone Goes Dead 2002Buy 🇺🇸
6	Twist Cottage 2002Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2005–2012)

Start with Raven's Gate, the first of 5 books in the Power Of Five/The Gatekeepers series.

#	Title
1	Raven's Gate 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	Evil Star 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Nightrise 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Necropolis 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Oblivion 2012Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2010–2014)

Start with Raven's Gate(By: Tony Lee) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Raven's Gate(By: Tony Lee) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Evil Star(By: Tony Lee) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Nightrise(By: Tony Lee) 2014Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2011–2020)

Start with The House of Silk, the first of 4 books in the Sherlock Holmes series.

#	Title
1	The House of Silk 2011Buy 🇺🇸
2	Moriarty 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Three Monarchs 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Adventure of the Seven Christmas Cards 2020Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2011–2011)

4 books (1985–2018)

Start with Myths and Legends, the first of 4 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	Myths and Legends 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death Walks Tonight 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Bloody Horowitz 2010Buy 🇺🇸
4	Scared to Death 2018Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1978–2015)

Start with Enter Frederick K. Bower, the first of 13 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Enter Frederick K. Bower 1978Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Sinister Secret Of Frederick K. Bower 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	Misha, the magician and the mysterious amulet 1981Buy 🇺🇸
4	Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Adventurer 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	The New Adventures of William Tell 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	Starting Out 1990Buy 🇺🇸
8	Granny 1994Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Switch 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Devil and His Boy 1997Buy 🇺🇸
11	Mindgame 2001Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Killing Joke 2002Buy 🇺🇸
13	Vermeer to Eternity 2015Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2015–2015)

#	Title
1	A Handbag 2015Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2016–2025)

Start with The Magpie Murders and read in order.