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Andrew Martin Books in Order

Andrew Martin has written 23 books, published between 1998 and 2021. The first book is Bilton (1998) and the newest is Powder Smoke (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1998–2021
Pages on record
3,898 in 14 of 23 books
Reading time
65–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,898 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 23 titles with a page count on record.

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Andrew Martin writes historical mysteries, and the Jim Stringer series features a railway policeman in England. Railway titles fill much of the list, including The Necropolis Railway (2002), The Blackpool Highflyer (2004), The Lost Luggage Porter (2006) and Murder at Deviation Junction (2007). The Somme Stations (2011) and The Baghdad Railway Club (2012) come later. Martin's 23 books run from Bilton (1998) to Powder Smoke (2021), and the catalogue is dormant.

How many Andrew Martin books are there?

Andrew Martin has 23 books, released between 1998 and 2021. 10 of them belong to the Jim Stringer series.

Andrew Martin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Andrew Martin 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 Bilton by Andrew Martin (1998)
  2. Cover of The Bobby Dazzlers by Andrew Martin (2002)
  3. Cover of The Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin, book 2 of the Jim Stringer series (2004)
  4. Cover of The Lost Luggage Porter by Andrew Martin, book 3 of the Jim Stringer series (2006)
  5. Cover of Murder at Deviation Junction by Andrew Martin, book 4 of the Jim Stringer series (2007)
  6. Cover of Death on a Branch Line by Andrew Martin, book 5 of the Jim Stringer series (2008)
  7. Cover of The Somme Stations by Andrew Martin, book 7 of the Jim Stringer series (2011)
  8. Cover of The Baghdad Railway Club by Andrew Martin, book 8 of the Jim Stringer series (2012)
  9. Cover of Flight By Elephant by Andrew Martin (2013)
  10. Cover of Night Train to Jamalpur by Andrew Martin, book 9 of the Jim Stringer series (2013)
  11. Cover of The Yellow Diamond by Andrew Martin (2016)
  12. Cover of Night Trains by Andrew Martin (2018)
  1. 1
    Bilton1998 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998256
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  2. 2
    The Necropolis RailwayJim Stringer #12002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  3. 3
    The Bobby Dazzlers2002 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002213
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  4. 4
    The Blackpool HighflyerJim Stringer #22004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  5. 5
    The Lost Luggage PorterJim Stringer #32006 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006320
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  6. 6
    Murder at Deviation JunctionJim Stringer #42007 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007249
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  7. 7
    Death on a Branch LineJim Stringer #52008 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008272
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  8. 8
    The Last Train to ScarboroughJim Stringer #62009 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009320
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  9. 9
    The Somme StationsJim Stringer #72011 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011304
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  10. 10
    UndergroundOverground2012 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012256
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  11. 11
    The Baghdad Railway ClubJim Stringer #82012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    Flight By Elephant2013 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013322
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  13. 13
    Night Train to JamalpurJim Stringer #92013 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013330
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Belles and Whistles2014 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Yellow Diamond2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    Soot2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Night Trains2018 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018256
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  18. 18
    The Martian Girl2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  19. 19
    Early Work2018 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018240
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  20. 20
    Seats of London2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  21. 21
    The Winker2020 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020272
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  22. 22
    Steam Trains Today2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  23. 23
    Powder SmokeJim Stringer #102021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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Andrew Martin series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Andrew Martin 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.

Standalone books

13 books

13 Andrew Martin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Andrew Martin books in order?

You only need to read Andrew Martin books in order within the Jim Stringer series, which holds 10 of the 23 Andrew Martin books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Andrew Martin

Start with The Necropolis Railway (2002), the first Jim Stringer book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Bilton (1998).

What is the newest Andrew Martin book?

Powder Smoke (2021) is the newest Andrew Martin book released so far.

Is there a new Andrew Martin book coming?

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

Andrew Martin at a glance

Paused
No new Andrew Martin title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Andrew Martin books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,898 pages across the 14 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Andrew Martin books, 12 of 23, were published in the 2010s.

What the Andrew Martin books are about

18 of the 23 Andrew Martin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jim stringer (fictitious character) is tagged on 7 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.