Christopher Brookmyre Reading Order

3 books (2001–2008)

Christopher Brookmyre's Angelique De Xavier series comprises three mystery and thriller novels published between 2001 and 2008. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away, followed by The Sacred Art of Stealing and concluding with A Snowball in Hell. This finished series offers a self-contained reading experience across its three installments.

Start with A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away and read in order.

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1	A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Sacred Art of Stealing 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Snowball in Hell 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2009–2019)

Christopher Brookmyre edited three crime anthologies between 2009 and 2019, now complete as a series. These collections should be read in publication order beginning with Crimespotting, followed by The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 and Bloody Scotland. Each anthology gathers mystery and thriller stories from various authors, making them ideal for readers seeking diverse crime fiction from a curated selection.

Start with Crimespotting and read in order.

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1	Crimespotting 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 8 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Bloody Scotland 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1996–2026)

The Jack Parlabane series comprises nine mystery and thriller novels published between 1996 and 2017, following the adventures of investigative journalist Jack Parlabane across Christopher Brookmyre's darkly comic crime narratives. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Quite Ugly One Morning and concluding with Quite Ugly One Evening. Each book features Parlabane navigating Scottish criminal underworlds, corporate conspiracies, and personal vendettas with equal measures of wit and danger. The collection spans over two decades of publication, offering a comprehensive look at how Brookmyre's protagonist and storytelling style evolved throughout the series.

Start with Quite Ugly One Morning, the first of 9 books in the Jack Parlabane series.

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1	Quite Ugly One Morning 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Country of the Blind 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Boiling a Frog 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Be My Enemy 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Last Day of Christmas 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Dead Girl Walking 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Black Widow 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Want You Gone / The Last Hack 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Quite Ugly One Evening 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2011–2017)

Christopher Brookmyre's Jasmine Sharp Investigations is a complete mystery series spanning four novels published between 2011 and 2017. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Where the Bodies Are Buried and continuing through When the Devil Drives, Flesh Wounds (also published as Bred in the Bone), and concluding with Siege Mentality. Each installment builds on the previous cases and character development, making sequential reading essential for full appreciation of the detective's evolving investigations.

Start with Where the Bodies Are Buried, the first of 4 books in the Jasmine Sharp Investigations series.

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1	Where the Bodies Are Buried 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	When the Devil Drives 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Flesh Wounds/Bred in the Bone 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Siege Mentality 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2019–2019)

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1	The Last Siege of Bothwell Castle 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

11 books (1998–2024)

Christopher Brookmyre's standalone novels form a collection of eleven mystery and thriller books published between 1998 and 2024. While each novel features different characters and storylines, they should be read in publication order beginning with Not the End of the World to fully appreciate Brookmyre's evolving style and craft. The series remains ongoing, with The Cracked Mirror being the most recent addition to the lineup.

Start with Not the End of the World, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Not the End of the World 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black Pencil 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Pandaemonium 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Bedlam 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Places in the Darkness 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Fallen Angel 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Cut 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Cliff House 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Cracked Mirror 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible