Mark Billingham Reading Order

10 books (2004–2024)

Mark Billingham edited eight mystery and thriller anthologies between 2004 and 2024, with the series ongoing. These collections, beginning with Like a Charm and concluding with Murder in Harrogate: Stories inspired by the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, should be read in publication order. The anthologies gather crime fiction from multiple acclaimed writers and represent Billingham's decade-long curatorial work in the genre.

Start with Like a Charm, the first of 8 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Like a Charm 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Criminal Tendencies 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Sounds Of Crime 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Killer Cookbook 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Inherit the Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Crime Writers: A Decade of Crime 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dead Simple 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Brutal & Strange 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Murder in Harrogate: Stories inspired by the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2023–2026)

Mark Billingham's Detective Miller series comprises three mystery and thriller novels published from 2023 to 2024, with the series remaining ongoing. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Last Dance, followed by The Wrong Hands and The Shadow Step.

Start with The Last Dance and read in order.

1 book (2014–2014)

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1	Great Lost Albums(With: David Quantick,Martyn Waites,Stav Sherez) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2013–2013)

7 books (1998–2021)

Mark Billingham's standalone mystery and thriller novels span from 1998 to 2021, comprising six independent works that can be read in any order but are best approached in publication sequence: Knight School, In the Dark, Rush of Blood, Die of Shame, Cut Off, and Rabbit Hole. Each novel stands alone as a complete story, though reading them chronologically reveals the evolution of Billingham's craft across more than two decades. The series appears to be complete as of 2021.

Start with Knight School, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Knight School 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	In the Dark 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Meet Me at the Crematorium(With: Peter James,Christopher Fowler) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Rush of Blood 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Die of Shame 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Cut Off 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rabbit Hole 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

20 books (2001–2025)

The Tom Thorne series consists of 20 mystery and thriller novels by Mark Billingham, beginning with Scaredy Cat in 2001 and continuing through 2025. The series remains ongoing and should be read in publication order to follow the detective's development across cases spanning more than two decades. Each novel presents self-contained investigations while building a complex narrative arc around the central character and his personal relationships.

Start with Scaredy Cat, the first of 20 books in the Tom Thorne series.

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1	Scaredy Cat 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sleepyhead 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lazybones 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Burning Girl 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Lifeless 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Buried 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Death Message 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Bloodline 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	From The Dead 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Good as Dead / The Demands 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Dying Hours 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Thorne at Christmas 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Bones Beneath 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Time of Death 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Love Like Blood 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Killing Habit 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Their Little Secret 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Cry Baby 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Murder Book 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	What the Night Brings 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2008–2010)

The Triskellion series is a complete mystery thriller trilogy by Mark Billingham, consisting of Triskellion, The Burning, and The Gathering, published between 2008 and 2010. These three books should be read in publication order to follow the interconnected narrative. The series combines elements of mystery and thriller genres within its sequential storyline.

Start with Triskellion and read in order.

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1	Triskellion 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Burning 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Gathering 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible