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C.S. Harris Books in Order

C.S. Harris has written 22 books, published between 2005 and 2026. The first book is What Angels Fear (2005) and the newest is When the Wolves Are Silent (2026). Publication order is the reading order below. 21 of the 22 books listed here are in the Sebastian St. Cyr series, which has its own page: Sebastian St. Cyr books in order.

Books
22
Published
2005–2026
Confirmed
22 of 22 titles
Pages on record
5,186 in 15 of 22 books
Reading time
86–130 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,186 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Sebastian St. Cyr, a nobleman who investigates murders in London, is the lead of C.S. Harris's historical mysteries. What Angels Fear (2005) opens the series, which reaches 22 catalogued books and arrives at When the Wolves Are Silent in 2026. Harris publishes at roughly one title a year, and a shelf of standalone novels sits beside the St. Cyr run.

How many C.S. Harris books are there?

C.S. Harris has 22 books, released between 2005 and 2026. 21 of them belong to the Sebastian St. Cyr series.

C.S. Harris Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 C.S. Harris 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 What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris, book 1 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2005)
  2. Cover of When Gods Die by C.S. Harris, book 2 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2006)
  3. Cover of Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris, book 3 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2007)
  4. Cover of Where Serpents Sleep by C.S. Harris, book 4 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2008)
  5. Cover of What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris, book 5 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2009)
  6. Cover of Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris, book 6 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2011)
  7. Cover of When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris, book 7 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2012)
  8. Cover of Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris, book 9 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2014)
  9. Cover of Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris, book 10 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2015)
  10. Cover of Good Time Coming by C.S. Harris, book 1 of the C.S. Harris Standalone Novels series (2016)
  11. Cover of When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris, book 11 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2016)
  12. Cover of Where the Dead Lie by C.S. Harris, book 12 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2017)
  13. Cover of Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris, book 15 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2020)
  14. Cover of What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris, book 16 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2021)
  15. Cover of When Blood Lies by C.S. Harris, book 17 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2022)
  16. Cover of Who Cries for the Lost by C.S. Harris, book 18 of the Sebastian St. Cyr series (2023)
  1. 1
    What Angels FearSebastian St. Cyr #12005 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2005432
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  2. 2
    When Gods DieSebastian St. Cyr #22006 · 338 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2006338
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  3. 3
    Why Mermaids SingSebastian St. Cyr #32007 · 342 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2007342
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  4. 4
    Where Serpents SleepSebastian St. Cyr #42008 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008341
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  5. 5
    What Remains of HeavenSebastian St. Cyr #52009 · confirmed 4/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    Where Shadows DanceSebastian St. Cyr #62011 · 342 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011342
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  7. 7
    When Maidens MournSebastian St. Cyr #72012 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2012352
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  8. 8
    What Darkness BringsSebastian St. Cyr #82013 · confirmed 4/4
    2013–
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  9. 9
    Why Kings ConfessSebastian St. Cyr #92014 · 340 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014340
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  10. 10
    Who Buries the DeadSebastian St. Cyr #102015 · 338 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015338
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  11. 11
    Good Time ComingC.S. Harris Standalone Novels #12016 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016309
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  12. 12
    When Falcons FallSebastian St. Cyr #112016 · 355 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2016355
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  13. 13
    Where the Dead LieSebastian St. Cyr #122017 · 338 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017338
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  14. 14
    Why Kill the InnocentSebastian St. Cyr #132018 · 335 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2018335
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  15. 15
    Who Slays the WickedSebastian St. Cyr #142019 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019352
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  16. 16
    Who Speaks for the DamnedSebastian St. Cyr #152020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  17. 17
    What the Devil KnowsSebastian St. Cyr #162021 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021336
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  18. 18
    When Blood LiesSebastian St. Cyr #172022 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2022336
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  19. 19
    Who Cries for the LostSebastian St. Cyr #182023 · confirmed 4/4
    2023–
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  20. 20
    What Cannot Be SaidSebastian St. Cyr #192024 · confirmed 4/4
    2024–
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  21. 21
    Who Will Remember?Sebastian St. Cyr #202025 · confirmed 4/4
    2025–
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  22. 22
    When the Wolves Are SilentSebastian St. Cyr #212026 · confirmed 4/4
    2026–
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C.S. Harris series in order

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

C.S. Harris 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.

C.S. Harris Standalone Novels

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read C.S. Harris books in order?

You only need to read C.S. Harris books in order within the Sebastian St. Cyr series, which holds 21 of the 22 C.S. Harris books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with C.S. Harris

Start with What Angels Fear (2005), the first Sebastian St. Cyr book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest C.S. Harris book?

When the Wolves Are Silent (2026) is the newest C.S. Harris book released so far.

Is there a new C.S. Harris book coming?

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

C.S. Harris at a glance

Still publishing
C.S. Harris published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
C.S. Harris books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,186 pages across the 15 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most C.S. Harris books, 10 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
19 of the 22 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the C.S. Harris books are about

17 of the 22 C.S. Harris books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sebastian saint cyr (fictitious character) is tagged on 13 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.