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Adrian McKinty Books in Order

Adrian McKinty has written 23 books, published between 1997 and 2025. The first book is Orange Rhymes With Everything (1997) and the newest is Hang on St. Christopher (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1997–2025
Confirmed
23 of 23 titles
Pages on record
4,113 in 12 of 23 books
Reading time
69–103 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,113 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Adrian McKinty's best known series follows Detective Sean Duffy through police investigations in Northern Ireland. McKinty also wrote the Michael Forsythe crime novels and the Lighthouse Trilogy for younger readers, which turns to magic and to space and time. Twenty-three books are catalogued, from Orange Rhymes With Everything (1997) to Hang on St. Christopher in 2025.

How many Adrian McKinty books are there?

Adrian McKinty has 23 books, released between 1997 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Adrian McKinty Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Adrian McKinty 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.

  1. Cover of Orange Rhymes With Everything by Adrian McKinty, book 1 of the Adrian McKinty Standalone Novels series (1997)
  2. Cover of Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty, book 1 of the Michael Forsythe series (2003)
  3. Cover of Hidden River by Adrian McKinty, book 2 of the Adrian McKinty Standalone Novels series (2004)
  4. Cover of The Lighthouse Land by Adrian McKinty, book 1 of the Lighthouse Trilogy (2006)
  5. Cover of The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty, book 2 of the Michael Forsythe series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Lighthouse War by Adrian McKinty, book 2 of the Lighthouse Trilogy (2007)
  7. Cover of The Lighthouse Keepers by Adrian McKinty, book 3 of the Lighthouse Trilogy (2008)
  8. Cover of Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty, book 3 of the Adrian McKinty Standalone Novels series (2009)
  9. Cover of Falling Glass by Adrian McKinty, book 4 of the Adrian McKinty Standalone Novels series (2011)
  10. Cover of Deviant by Adrian McKinty, book 5 of the Adrian McKinty Standalone Novels series (2011)
  11. Cover of The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty, book 1 of the Detective Sean Duffy series (2012)
  12. Cover of I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty, book 2 of the Detective Sean Duffy series (2013)
  13. Cover of In the Morning I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty, book 3 of the Detective Sean Duffy series (2014)
  14. Cover of Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty, book 5 of the Detective Sean Duffy series (2015)
  15. Cover of Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty, book 6 of the Detective Sean Duffy series
  16. Cover of The Chain by Adrian McKinty, book 7 of the Adrian McKinty Standalone Novels series (2019)
  1. 1
    Orange Rhymes With EverythingAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #11997 · 295 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997295
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  2. 2
    Dead I Well May BeMichael Forsythe #12003 · 367 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003367
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  3. 3
    Hidden RiverAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #22004 · 445 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004445
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  4. 4
    The Lighthouse LandLighthouse Trilogy #12006 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006416
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  5. 5
    The Dead YardMichael Forsythe #22006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  6. 6
    The Lighthouse WarLighthouse Trilogy #22007 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007416
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  7. 7
    The Bloomsday DeadMichael Forsythe #32007 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007289
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  8. 8
    The Lighthouse KeepersLighthouse Trilogy #32008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  9. 9
    Fifty GrandAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #32009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Falling GlassAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #42011 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011309
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  11. 11
    DeviantAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #52011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    The Cold Cold GroundDetective Sean Duffy #12012 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012320
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  13. 13
    I Hear the Sirens in the StreetDetective Sean Duffy #22013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  14. 14
    In the Morning I'll Be GoneDetective Sean Duffy #32014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  15. 15
    The Sun Is GodAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #62014 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014240
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  16. 16
    Gun Street GirlDetective Sean Duffy #42015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  17. 17
    Rain DogsDetective Sean Duffy #52015 · 329 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015329
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Police at the Station and They Don't Look FriendlyDetective Sean Duffy #62017 · 319 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017319
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    The Detective Up LateDetective Sean Duffy #72018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    The ChainAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #72019 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    The IslandAdrian McKinty Standalone Novels #82022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  22. 22
    God’s Away on BusinessDetective Sean Duffy #82025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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  23. 23
    Hang on St. ChristopherDetective Sean Duffy #92025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Adrian McKinty series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Adrian McKinty books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Adrian McKinty Standalone Novels

8 books

8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Michael Forsythe in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dead I Well May Be
  2. 2. The Dead Yard
  3. 3. The Bloomsday Dead

Lighthouse Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Lighthouse Land
  2. 2. The Lighthouse War
  3. 3. The Lighthouse Keepers

Do you have to read Adrian McKinty books in order?

You only need to read Adrian McKinty books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Adrian McKinty

Start with the first book of the Adrian McKinty series you want to read: Detective Sean Duffy starts with The Cold Cold Ground (2012) and Sean Duffy starts with The Cold Cold Ground (2012). The earliest catalogued title overall is Orange Rhymes With Everything (1997).

What is the newest Adrian McKinty book?

Hang on St. Christopher (2025) is the newest Adrian McKinty book released so far.

Is there a new Adrian McKinty book coming?

No next Adrian McKinty book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Adrian McKinty at a glance

Still publishing
Adrian McKinty published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Adrian McKinty books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,113 pages across the 12 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Adrian McKinty books, 11 of 23, were published in the 2010s.

What the Adrian McKinty books are about

19 of the 23 Adrian McKinty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 8 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.