Michael Kelly Reading Order
1 series · 31 books
Michael Harvey crafts hard-boiled crime and mystery novels set in Chicago, featuring Michael Kelly, a former police officer turned private investigator navigating the city's gritty streets. Kelly embodies the classic noir detective archetype—cynical, tough-talking, and distinctly Irish—as he works cases that test both his investigative skills and moral compass. Harvey's standalone novels deliver the atmospheric tension and procedural detail that appeal to readers seeking authentic crime fiction with a Chicago edge.
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Standalone Novels Series
31 books
Michael Kelly's Standalone Novels collection comprises 31 books published across the 19th century, presenting a diverse range of theatrical works and narratives. The series should be read in publication order beginning with A house to be sold, though each entry functions as an independent work. The collection includes pantomimes, plays, and dramatic pieces such as adaptations of classic tales like Cinderella and Blue Beard alongside original theatrical compositions. The complete publication status of this collection remains uncertain.
Start with A house to be sold, the first of 31 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A house to be sold |
| 2 | Adelmorn, the outlaw |
| 3 | An accurate description of the grand allegorical pantomimic spectacle of Cinderella |
| 4 | Blue Beard |
| 5 | Blue-Beard, or, Female curiosity |
| 6 | Blue-Beard; or, Female curiosity! |
| 7 | Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper |
| 8 | Description of the scenery, machinery and incidents of the ... Forty thieves, written by B. B. Sheridan, Esq. ... Together with the whole of the songs ... |
| 9 | Feudal times; or, The banquet-gallery |
| 10 | Gustavus Vasa, the hero of the north |
| 11 | New and original grand Christmas pantomime Forty thieves |
| 12 | Of age to-morrow |
| 13 | One o'clock, or, The knight and the wood demon |
| 14 | One o'clock, or, The knight and the wood dæmon |
| 15 | Peasant boy |
| 16 | Reminiscences of Michael Kelly |
| 17 | Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's theatre and Theatre royal, Drury Lane, including a period of nearly half a century |
| 18 | Songs, &c. in a new comick opera, (taken from the French,) call'd Love laughs at lock-smiths |
| 19 | The Jew of Mogadore |
| 20 | The forty thieves |
| 21 | The foundling of the forest |
| 22 | The hero of the north |
| 23 | The hunter of the Alps |
| 24 | The lady and the devil |
| 25 | The little jockey, or, Youth, love, and folly |
| 26 | The royal oak |
| 27 | We fly by night, or, Long stories |
| 28 | We fly by night; or, Long stories |
| 29 | Young hussar |
| 30 | Youth, love and folly, a comic opera |
| 31 | Youth, love, & folly |
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