Author · updated 2026
Ken Bruen Books in Order
Every Ken Bruen book in publication order — 52 in total, spanning 1992–2019.
Publication Order of Inspector Brant Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A White Arrest | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Taming The Alien | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The McDead | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Blitz | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Vixen | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Calibre | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Ammunition | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Jack Taylor Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Guards | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Killing of the Tinkers | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Magdalen Martyrs | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Dramatist | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Dead Room | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Priest | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Cross | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Sanctuary | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Devil | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Headstone | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Purgatory | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Green Hell | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Emerald Lie | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Ghosts of Galway | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | In the Galway Silence | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Galway Girl | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Max and Angela Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bust | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Slide | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Max | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Pimp | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shades of Grace | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Rilke on Black | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Hackman Blues | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | London Boulevard | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Dispatching Baudelaire | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | American Skin | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Once Were Cops | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Tower | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder by the Book | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Book of Virtue | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Sherry and Other Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Time of Serena-May and Upon the Third Cross | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | A Fifth of Bruen: Early Fiction of Ken Bruen | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Akashic Drug Chronicles Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cocaine Chronicles | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cocaine Chronicles | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Damn Near Dead | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Killer Year: Stories to Die For... | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Inherit the Dead | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Kwik Krimes | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Borderland Noir | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 52, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities | 1992 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Shades of Grace | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | Sherry and Other Stories | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Time of Serena-May and Upon the Third Cross | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Rilke on Black | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Hackman Blues | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | A White Arrest | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Taming The Alien | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The McDead | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Guards | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Blitz | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Killing of the Tinkers | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | London Boulevard | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Vixen | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Magdalen Martyrs | 2003 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Dramatist | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Dispatching Baudelaire | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Dead Room | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Murder by the Book | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Cocaine Chronicles | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Cocaine Chronicles | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Calibre | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Priest | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Bust | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | American Skin | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | A Fifth of Bruen: Early Fiction of Ken Bruen | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Damn Near Dead | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Ammunition | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Cross | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Slide | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Sanctuary | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Max | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Once Were Cops | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Killer Year: Stories to Die For... | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Tower | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The Devil | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Headstone | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | The Book of Virtue | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | D*CKED: Dark Fiction Inspired by Dick Cheney | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Purgatory | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Inherit the Dead | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Kwik Krimes | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Green Hell | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Borderland Noir | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Emerald Lie | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Pimp | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | The Ghosts of Galway | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | In the Galway Silence | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | Galway Girl | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
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