John Connolly Reading Order

17 books (1991–2021)

John Connolly contributed stories to 16 anthology collections spanning from 2004 to 2021, with the series appearing to be complete. These anthologies cover a range of themes including crime, horror, fantasy, and literary celebration, with Like a Charm serving as the first entry. Readers should approach these anthologies in publication order to follow Connolly's contributions chronologically across various collaborative collections.

Start with Like a Charm, the first of 16 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Spy Magazine 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Like a Charm 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Reflecting Eye 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Dangerous Women 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Dark Delicacies II: Fear 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Something Wicked #8 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Uncage Me 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	From the Republic of Conscience 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Down These Green Streets 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	A Carnivàle of Horror 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Books to Die For 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Inherit the Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Echoes of Sherlock Holmes 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Exit Wounds 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	First Edition: Celebrating 21 Years of Goldsboro Books 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Daggers Drawn 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (2012–2022)

Bibliomysteries is an anthology series edited by John Connolly featuring 40 mystery and thriller stories, each written by a different acclaimed author and centered on books, libraries, or literary themes. Published from 2012 to 2022, the series includes contributions from Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Laura Lippman, Reed Farrel Coleman, and many other genre luminaries. These stories are best read in publication order, beginning with An Acceptable Sacrifice. The series appears to be complete as of 2022.

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

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1	An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

25 books (1999–2026)

John Connolly's Charlie Parker series spans 24 books published from 1999 to 2026 and remains ongoing. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Every Dead Thing. This mystery and thriller series follows a complex narrative arc across its interconnected novels, with later installments building on events and character development from earlier volumes.

Start with Every Dead Thing, the first of 24 books in the Charlie Parker series.

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1	Every Dead Thing 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dark Hollow 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Killing Kind 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The White Road 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Reflecting Eye 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Black Angel 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Unquiet 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Reapers 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Lovers 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Whisperers 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Burning Soul 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Wrath of Angels 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Charlie Parker Collection 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Wolf in Winter 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	A Song of Shadows 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	A Time of Torment 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	A Game of Ghosts 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Woman in the Woods 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	A Book of Bones 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Dirty South 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Nameless Ones 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Furies 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Instruments of Darkness 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Children of Eve 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	A River Red with Blood 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2016–2021)

John Connolly's Charlie Parker Non-Fiction series consists of three books published between 2016 and 2021, appearing to be complete. These works should be read in publication order, beginning with Parker: A Miscellany, followed by Horror Express and Shadow Voices. The series blends the author's expertise across fantasy, mystery, and non-fiction genres to explore themes connected to his crime fiction universe.

Start with Parker: A Miscellany and read in order.

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1	Parker: A Miscellany 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Horror Express 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Shadow Voices 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2013–2016)

The Chronicles of the Invaders is a completed fantasy series by John Connolly consisting of three books published between 2013 and 2016. The trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with Conquest, followed by Empire, and concluding with Dominion.

Start with Conquest and read in order.

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1	Conquest 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Empire 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Dominion 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

34 books (2022–2025)

The Mysterious Profiles series comprises 33 books published between 2022 and 2025, with the collection still ongoing. Rather than following a single protagonist, this series spotlights iconic detective and thriller characters across multiple authors, including Alex Delaware, Jack Reacher, Charlie Parker, Hieronymus Bosch, and Inspector Morse, among many others. Readers should follow publication order to experience how each profile is presented within the series framework. The collection spans fantasy, mystery, thriller, and non-fiction genres, offering a comprehensive look at some of crime fiction's most memorable characters.

Start with Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman), the first of 33 books in the Mysterious Profiles series.

2 books (2004–2015)

John Connolly's Nocturnes series comprises two books published between 2004 and 2015. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Nocturnes followed by Night Music. This fantasy and mystery collection blends supernatural elements with darker storytelling across its finished two-book run.

Start with Nocturnes and read in order.

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1	Nocturnes 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Night Music 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2016–2016)

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1	Filthy Rich(With: James Patterson,Tim Malloy) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2009–2013)

The Samuel Johnson vs. the Devil trilogy consists of three complete fantasy-mystery novels published between 2009 and 2013. This series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Gates, followed by The Infernals (also titled Hell's Bells), and concluding with The Creeps. All three books are now available, making this an excellent choice for readers seeking a finished series in the fantasy and mystery genres.

Start with The Gates and read in order.

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1	The Gates 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Infernals / Hell's Bells 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Creeps 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (2006–2020)

John Connolly's collection of seven short stories and novellas spans from 2006 to 2020, blending fantasy, mystery, and thriller elements across a complete series. Each work should be read in publication order, beginning with The Underbury Witches and concluding with The Sisters Strange. The collection showcases Connolly's versatility across imaginative and darkly atmospheric narratives.

Start with The Underbury Witches, the first of 7 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

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1	The Underbury Witches 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Museum of Literary Souls 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Wanderer in Unknown Realms 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Holmes on the Range: A Tale of the Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Monks of Appalling Dreadfulness 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Sisters Strange 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2024–2024)

3 books (2003–2027)

John Connolly's standalone novels span from 2003 to 2017 across three complete works that should be read in publication order. These books blend fantasy, mystery, and thriller elements across their narratives. While each novel stands independently, reading them sequentially from Bad Men onward provides the intended experience of Connolly's storytelling across this collection.

Start with Bad Men and read in order.

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1	Bad Men 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	He 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Castle 2027Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2006–2023)

John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things series comprises two fantasy novels published across nearly two decades, with The Book of Lost Things arriving in 2006 and The Land of Lost Things in 2023. The series appears to be complete and should be read in publication order to experience the narrative as intended. Both books are connected entries in Connolly's exploration of fantasy and mystery themes, building on each other to create a unified story arc.

Start with The Book of Lost Things and read in order.

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1	The Book of Lost Things 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Land of Lost Things 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible