A.C. Baantjer Books in Order
A.C. Baantjer has written 30 books, published between 1967 and 2004. The first book is DeKok and the Somber Nude (1967) and the newest is DeKok and Variations on Murder (2004). Publication order is the reading order below. All 30 books listed here are in the Inspector DeKok series, which has its own page: Inspector DeKok books in order.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 1967–2004
- Pages on record
- 4,382 in 21 of 30 books
- Reading time
- 73–110 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,382 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 30 titles with a page count on record.
A.C. Baantjer (1923-2010) was a Dutch police officer who wrote detective fiction, and his long-running series follows an Amsterdam police inspector and his assistant, sergeant Vledder. The Dutch originals name the inspector De Cock; the English titles in this catalogue use DeKok. A television adaptation, Baantjer, won the 1997 Gouden Televizier-ring, the leading Dutch television prize. 30 titles run from DeKok and the Somber Nude (1967) to DeKok and Variations on Murder (2004).
How many A.C. Baantjer books are there?
A.C. Baantjer has 30 books, released between 1967 and 2004.
A.C. Baantjer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 A.C. Baantjer books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119672322/4
- 219692562/4
- 31987–2/4
- 419921802/4
- 51993–2/4
- 619932462/4
- 71993–2/4
- 819931992/4
- 919932452/4
- 1019941962/4
- 1119942022/4
- 1219942172/4
- 1319942052/4
- 1419941992/4
- 1519972032/4
- 1619972052/4
- 1719982112/4
- 1819982012/4
- 1919981892/4
- 201998–2/4
- 211998–2/4
- 222003–2/4
- 2320041942/4
- 242004–2/4
- 2520042082/4
- 262004–2/4
- 2720041912/4
- 2820042082/4
- 292004–2/4
- 3020041952/4
A.C. Baantjer series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Inspector DeKok books in order 30 books
Do you have to read A.C. Baantjer books in order?
You only need to read A.C. Baantjer books in order within the Inspector DeKok series, which holds 30 of the 30 A.C. Baantjer books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with A.C. Baantjer
Start with DeKok and the Somber Nude (1967), the first Inspector DeKok book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest A.C. Baantjer book?
DeKok and Variations on Murder (2004) is the newest A.C. Baantjer book released so far.
Is there a new A.C. Baantjer book coming?
No next A.C. Baantjer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
A.C. Baantjer at a glance
- Died
- A.C. Baantjer died in 2010, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to A.C. Baantjer on record dates from 2004.
- Release pace
- A.C. Baantjer books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,382 pages across the 21 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 203 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most A.C. Baantjer books, 18 of 30, were published in the 1990s.
What the A.C. Baantjer books are about
17 of the 30 A.C. Baantjer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: inspector dekok (fictitious character) is tagged on 15 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Inspector DeKok (Fictitious character) 15 of 17 books
- Crime 7 of 17 books
- Dekok, inspector (fictitious character) 6 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 17 books
- Amsterdam (netherlands) 3 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 17 books
- Netherlands 3 of 17 books
- Police 3 of 17 books