Alex Smith Books in Order
Alex Smith has written 16 books, published between 2019 and 2024. The first book is Paper Girls (2019) and the newest is Every Last Devil (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2019–2024
- Confirmed
- 3 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,698 in 10 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 62–92 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,698 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Alex Smith has 16 books in the catalogue, published between 2019 and 2024. Paper Girls (2019) is the earliest, followed in 2020 by Bad Dog, Three Little Pigs, Run Rabbit Run and Whip Crack. Every Mother's Son, Stone Cold Dead and Sweet Briar Rose appeared in 2021, and Jaw Breaker and King Rat in 2022. Every Last Devil (2024) is the newest title, and the books have a median length of 344 pages.
How many Alex Smith books are there?
Alex Smith has 16 books, released between 2019 and 2024.
Alex Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Alex Smith 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.
- 120192883/4
- 2Bad Dog2020 · 298 pages · confirmed 1/420202981/4
- 3Three Little Pigs2020 · 314 pages · confirmed 1/420203141/4
- 420203463/4
- 520203363/4
- 6Stone Cold Dead2021 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420213681/4
- 7Every Mother's Son2021 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/420213421/4
- 8Sweet Briar Rose2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 9Jaw Breaker2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 10Knock Knock2022 · 476 pages · confirmed 1/420224761/4
- 11King Rat2022 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/420224521/4
- 12Knuckle Bones2023 · 478 pages · confirmed 1/420234781/4
- 13Lucky Number Seven2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 14Unholy Saints2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 15Truly Madly Deadly2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
- 16Every Last Devil2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Alex Smith 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.
DCI Kett in order
3 books- 1. Paper Girls
- 4. Whip Crack
- 5. Run Rabbit Run
Standalone books
13 books13 Alex Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Alex Smith books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 16 Alex Smith books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Alex Smith
Start with Paper Girls (2019), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Alex Smith book?
Every Last Devil (2024) is the newest Alex Smith book released so far.
Is there a new Alex Smith book coming?
No next Alex Smith book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alex Smith at a glance
- Still publishing
- Alex Smith published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Alex Smith books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,698 pages across the 10 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alex Smith books, 15 of 16, were published in the 2020s.