Brad Smith Books in Order
Brad Smith has written 14 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is One-Eyed Jacks (2000) and the newest is Billy Crawford's Double Play (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2000–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,384 in 11 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 56–85 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,384 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Brad Smith writes mystery fiction, and horse racing, women jockeys, swindlers, ex-convicts and Pennsylvania are among the recorded subjects, with humour also tagged. The catalogue lists 14 books from One-Eyed Jacks (2000) to Billy Crawford's Double Play (2025). Virgil Cain Mysteries is the series on record. All Hat (2003), Busted Flush (2005), Red Means Run (2012) and Rough Justice (2016) are other titles, and Smith is still publishing.
How many Brad Smith books are there?
Brad Smith has 14 books, released between 2000 and 2025. They include 2 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.
Brad Smith Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Brad 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.
- 1One-Eyed Jacks2000 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/420002662/4
- 2All Hat2003 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/420033082/4
- 3Busted Flush2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420053202/4
- 4Big Man Coming Down the Road2007 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420073682/4
- 52012–2/4
- 620123072/4
- 720133112/4
- 820162562/4
- 920183362/4
- 10The Return of Kid Cooper2018 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/420182962/4
- 11The Goliath Run2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420203042/4
- 12Cactus Jack2020 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420203122/4
- 13Copperhead Road2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 14Billy Crawford's Double Play2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Brad 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.
Virgil Cain Mysteries in order
3 booksCarl Burns in order
2 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Brad Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Brad Smith books in order?
You only need to read Brad Smith books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Brad Smith
Start with One-Eyed Jacks (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Brad Smith book?
Billy Crawford's Double Play (2025) is the newest Brad Smith book released so far.
Is there a new Brad Smith book coming?
No next Brad 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.
Brad Smith at a glance
- Still publishing
- Brad Smith published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Brad Smith books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,384 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brad Smith books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Brad Smith books are about
11 of the 14 Brad Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 3 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 3 of 11 books
- Humor 2 of 11 books
- Male friendship 2 of 11 books