Boris Starling Books in Order
Boris Starling has written 11 books, published between 1999 and 2021. The first book is Messiah (1999) and the newest is The Law of the Heart (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1999–2021
- Pages on record
- 2,390 in 7 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 40–60 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,390 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Boris Starling, born 1969, is a British novelist, screenwriter and newspaper columnist. Thrillers are what the catalogue records, with London, murder, serial murderers, policewomen and psychological fiction among the subjects. Starling has 11 catalogued books published between 1999 and 2021, all credited to Starling. Messiah (1999), Storm (2000), Vodka (2004) and Visibility (2006) come first; Unconquerable: The Invictus Spirit (2017), two Bluffer's Guides dated 2018 and 2019, and The Official History of Britain (2020) follow, and the run ends at The Law of the Heart (2021).
How many Boris Starling books are there?
Boris Starling has 11 books, released between 1999 and 2021.
Boris Starling Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Boris Starling 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.
- 1Messiah1999 · 483 pages · confirmed 1/419994831/4
- 2Storm2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 3Vodka. Boris Starling2004 · 660 pages · confirmed 1/420046601/4
- 4Visibility2006 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420063841/4
- 5Cold War, Warm Hearts2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 6The Stay-Behind Cave2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 7Unconquerable: The Invictus Spirit2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 820181281/4
- 920191281/4
- 10The Official History of Britain2020 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420202401/4
- 11The Law of the Heart2021 · 367 pages · confirmed 1/420213671/4
Boris Starling 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.
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9 books9 Boris Starling titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Boris Starling books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Boris Starling books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Boris Starling
Start with Messiah (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Boris Starling book?
The Law of the Heart (2021) is the newest Boris Starling book released so far.
Is there a new Boris Starling book coming?
No next Boris Starling book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Boris Starling at a glance
- Paused
- No new Boris Starling title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Boris Starling books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,390 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 367 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Boris Starling books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Boris Starling books are about
8 of the 11 Boris Starling 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 2 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 2 of 8 books
- London (England) 2 of 8 books
- Murder 2 of 8 books
- Thrillers 2 of 8 books