Peter Corris Reading Order

4 books (1993–2016)

Peter Corris's three-book anthology series spans nearly two decades, from 1993 to 2012, and is now complete. These mystery and thriller collections should be read in publication order, beginning with Crosstown Traffic, followed by More Crimes for a Summer Christmas and Hard Labour. The series offers a diverse selection of crime-focused short stories that showcase the author's expertise in the mystery and thriller genres.

Start with Crosstown Traffic and read in order.

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1	Crosstown Traffic 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	More Crimes for a Summer Christmas 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Hard Labour 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Crime Scenes Stories 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

36 books (1980–2017)

The Cliff Hardy series is a complete mystery and thriller collection spanning 35 novels published between 1980 and 2017. This Australian detective series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Dying Trade and continuing through to Casino and beyond. The books follow a consistent protagonist across decades of crime fiction, making sequential reading essential to appreciate character development and evolving cases. All entries are now available, allowing readers to experience the full arc of this prolific series from beginning to end.

Start with The Dying Trade, the first of 35 books in the Cliff Hardy series.

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1	The Dying Trade 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	White Meat 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Marvellous Boy 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Heroin Annie 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Make Me Rich 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Empty Beach 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Deal Me Out 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Greenwich Apartments 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The January Zone 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	O'Fear 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Aftershock 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Wet Graves 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Beware of the Dog 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Matrimonial Causes 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Casino 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Reward 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Washington Club 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Black Prince 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Other Side of Sorrow 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Lugarno 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Salt and Blood 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Master's Mates 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	The Coast Road 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Saving Billie 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Undertow 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Appeal Denied 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Open File 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Deep Water 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Torn Apart 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Follow The Money 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Comeback 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	The Dunbar Case 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Silent Kill 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Gun Control 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	That Empty Feeling 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Win, Lose or Draw 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

7 books (1984–2015)

The Cliff Hardy Collections series consists of seven mystery and thriller anthologies published between 1984 and 2015, collecting short stories featuring the character Cliff Hardy across various cases and scenarios. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories and continuing through the final collection, The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases. The seven volumes compile stories from across several decades of the character's adventures in the mystery genre.

Start with Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories, the first of 7 books in the Cliff Hardy Collections series.

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1	Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Man in the Shadows 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Big Drop 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Burn, and Other Stories 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Taking Care Of Business 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Forget Me If You Can 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1992–1994)

Peter Corris's Luke Dunlop series comprises three mystery thrillers published between 1992 and 1994. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with Set Up, followed by Cross Off, and concluding with Get Even.

Start with Set Up and read in order.

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1	Set Up 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Cross Off 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Get Even 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

9 books (1973–2013)

Peter Corris's non-fiction works span from 1973 to 2013 across nine books that explore Australian and Pacific history, biography, and true crime. The series includes historical studies of Solomon Islands labor migration and the Malaita Massacre alongside autobiographies written with figures like Fred Hollows and Ray Barrett, as well as accounts of criminal cases and cultural subjects. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Passage, Port and Plantation. The series is complete.

Start with Passage, Port and Plantation: A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration, 1870-1914, the first of 9 books in the Non-Fiction series.

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1	Passage, Port and Plantation: A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration, 1870-1914 1973Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Lightning Meets the West Wind: The Malaita Massacre 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The National Times Australian Book of Quizzes(With: Jean Bedford) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Fred Hollows: An Autobiography(With: Fred Hollows) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Ray Barrett: An Autobiography(With: Ray Barrett) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Round of Golf: 18 Holes with Peter Corris 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Journal of Fletcher Christian: Together with the History of Henry Corkill 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Mad Dog: William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Damned If I Do(With: Philip Nitschke) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1985–2000)

This eight-book mystery series follows Ray Crawley across tales of intrigue and danger, published between 1985 and 2000. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Pokerface and concluding with The Vietnam Volunteer. Each installment takes the protagonist through various criminal enterprises and international schemes, from the Baltic to the Far East. Peter Corris, known for both thriller writing and non-fiction work, delivers a finished series that runs the full span of its planned narrative arc.

Start with Pokerface, the first of 8 books in the Ray Crawley series.

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1	Pokerface 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Baltic Business 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Cargo Club 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Kimberly Killing 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Azanian Action 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Japanese Job 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Time Trap 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Vietnam Volunteer 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1987–1995)

Peter Corris wrote eight Richard Browning novels between 1987 and 1995, completing a mystery and thriller series that should be read in publication order. Beginning with Beverly Hills Browning and concluding with Browning Without a Cause, this finished series follows the same protagonist through adventures ranging from Hollywood to the American West to international locales.

Start with Beverly Hills Browning, the first of 8 books in the Richard Browning series.

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1	Beverly Hills Browning 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Box Office Browning 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Browning Takes Off 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Browning In Buckskin 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Browning P.I. 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Browning Battles On 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Browning Sahib 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Browning Without a Cause 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (1984–2014)

Peter Corris wrote six standalone mystery and thriller novels between 1984 and 2014. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Winning Side and concluding with The Brothers Craft. The series is complete and contains no interconnected storylines or recurring characters, with each novel functioning as an independent work.

Start with The Winning Side, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Winning Side 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Gulliver Fortune 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Naismith's Dominion 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Blood Brothers 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Colonial Queen 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Brothers Craft 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible