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Campbell Armstrong Books in Order

Campbell Armstrong has written 39 books, published between 1966 and 2013. The first book is The Wanting (As:Campbell Black) (1966) and the newest is Website of the Sands (As:Campbell Black) (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
39
Published
1966–2013
Pages on record
10,913 in 31 of 39 books
Reading time
182–273 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,913 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 39 titles with a page count on record.

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Campbell Armstrong (25 February 1944 to 1 March 2013), born Thomas Campbell Black, was a Scottish author with a philosophy degree from the University of Sussex. Armstrong taught creative writing at the State University of New York at Oswego (1971–74) and Arizona State University (1975–78), worked as a fiction editor in London, and later settled in Shannon Harbour, Ireland. Assassins and Victims and The Punctual Rape won Scottish Arts Council Awards. The catalogue lists 39 books, including The Wanting (1966) as Campbell Black and Kiss Daddy Goodbye (1980) as Thomas Altman. Frank Pagan and Lou Perlman are listed series.

How many Campbell Armstrong books are there?

Campbell Armstrong has 39 books, released between 1966 and 2013. They include 3 series and 27 titles listed outside any series.

Campbell Armstrong Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 39 Campbell Armstrong 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 The Wanting (As:Campbell Black) by Campbell Armstrong (1966)
  2. Cover of Death's Head (As:Campbell Black) by Campbell Armstrong (1971)
  3. Cover of Asterisk Destiny (As:Campbell Black) by Campbell Armstrong (1976)
  4. Cover of Scottish Short Stories 1978 by Campbell Armstrong, book 3 of the Scottish Short Stories series (1978)
  5. Cover of The Homing (As:Jeffrey Campbell) by Campbell Armstrong (1980)
  6. Cover of Kiss Daddy Goodbye (As:Thomas Altman) by Campbell Armstrong (1980)
  7. Cover of Black Christmas (As:Thomas Altman) by Campbell Armstrong (1983)
  8. Cover of A Date With Danger (As:Campbell Black) by Campbell Armstrong (1984)
  9. Cover of Mr. Apology (As:Campbell Black) by Campbell Armstrong (1984)
  10. Cover of Dark Places (As:Thomas Altman) by Campbell Armstrong (1984)
  11. Cover of Jig by Campbell Armstrong, book 1 of the Frank Pagan series (1987)
  12. Cover of White Light by Campbell Armstrong, book 2 of the Frank Pagan series (1988)
  13. Cover of Mazurka by Campbell Armstrong, book 3 of the Frank Pagan series (1988)
  14. Cover of The Adventures of Indiana Jones by Campbell Armstrong, book 1 of the Indiana Jones: Film Novelizations series (1991)
  15. Cover of Agents of Darkness by Campbell Armstrong (1991)
  16. Cover of Heat by Campbell Armstrong, book 6 of the Frank Pagan series (1997)
  17. Cover of The Trader's Wife (As:Thomas Weldon) by Campbell Armstrong (1997)
  18. Cover of Silencer by Campbell Armstrong (1998)
  19. Cover of The Surgeon's Daughter (As:Thomas Weldon) by Campbell Armstrong (1999)
  20. Cover of All That Really Matters by Campbell Armstrong (2000)
  21. Cover of Deadline by Campbell Armstrong (2000)
  22. Cover of I Hope You Have a Good Life by Campbell Armstrong (2000)
  23. Cover of The Last Darkness by Campbell Armstrong, book 1 of the Lou Perlman series (2002)
  24. Cover of White Rage by Campbell Armstrong, book 2 of the Lou Perlman series (2004)
  1. 1
    The Wanting (As:Campbell Black)1966 · confirmed 1/4
    1966–
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  2. 2
    Assassins and Victims (As:Campbell Black)1969 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969173
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  3. 3
    Death's Head (As:Campbell Black)1971 · 332 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971332
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  4. 4
    Punctual Rape1973 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1973156
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  5. 5
    Asterisk Destiny (As:Campbell Black)1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  6. 6
    Scottish Short Stories 1978Scottish Short Stories #31978 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978191
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  7. 7
    Brainfire (As:Campbell Black)1979 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979416
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  8. 8
    The Homing (As:Jeffrey Campbell)1980 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980256
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  9. 9
    Kiss Daddy Goodbye (As:Thomas Altman)1980 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980311
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  10. 10
    The True Bride (As:Thomas Altman)1982 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982212
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  11. 11
    Black Christmas (As:Thomas Altman)1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  12. 12
    A Date With Danger (As:Campbell Black)1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  13. 13
    Mr. Apology (As:Campbell Black)1984 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984352
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  14. 14
    Dark Places (As:Thomas Altman)1984 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984256
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  15. 15
    Letters from the Dead (As:Campbell Black)1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  16. 16
    The Intruder (As:Thomas Altman)1985 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985256
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  17. 17
    The Piper (As:Campbell Black)1986 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986352
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  18. 18
    JigFrank Pagan #11987 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19871
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  19. 19
    White LightFrank Pagan #21988 · 381 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988381
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  20. 20
    MazurkaFrank Pagan #31988 · 595 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988595
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  21. 21
    MamboFrank Pagan #41990 · 545 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990545
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  22. 22
    The Adventures of Indiana JonesIndiana Jones: Film Novelizations #11991 · 602 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991602
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  23. 23
    Agents of Darkness1991 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991496
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  24. 24
    Concert of Ghosts1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  25. 25
    JigsawFrank Pagan #51994 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994480
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  26. 26
    HeatFrank Pagan #61997 · 479 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997479
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  27. 27
    The Trader's Wife (As:Thomas Weldon)1997 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997320
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  28. 28
    Silencer1998 · 445 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998445
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  29. 29
    The Surgeon's Daughter (As:Thomas Weldon)1999 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999320
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  30. 30
    All That Really Matters2000 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000279
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  31. 31
    Deadline2000 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000368
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  32. 32
    I Hope You Have a Good Life2000 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000256
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  33. 33
    The Bad Fire2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  34. 34
    The Last DarknessLou Perlman #12002 · 602 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002602
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  35. 35
    White RageLou Perlman #22004 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004480
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  36. 36
    ButcherLou Perlman #32006 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    20061
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  37. 37
    Indiana Jones:L'intégrale De La TrilogieIndiana Jones: Film Novelizations #22008 · 576 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008576
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  38. 38
    Blackout2012 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012424
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  39. 39
    Website of the Sands (As:Campbell Black)2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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Campbell Armstrong 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.

Frank Pagan in order

6 books
  1. 1. Jig
  2. 2. White Light
  3. 3. Mazurka
  4. 4. Mambo
  5. 5. Jigsaw
  6. 6. Heat

Lou Perlman in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Last Darkness
  2. 2. White Rage
  3. 3. Butcher

Indiana Jones: Film Novelizations in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Adventures of Indiana Jones
  2. 2. Indiana Jones:L'intégrale De La Trilogie

Scottish Short Stories

1 book

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

Standalone books

27 books

27 Campbell Armstrong titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Campbell Armstrong books in order?

You only need to read Campbell Armstrong books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Campbell Armstrong

Start with The Wanting (As:Campbell Black) (1966), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Campbell Armstrong book?

Website of the Sands (As:Campbell Black) (2013) is the newest Campbell Armstrong book released so far.

Is there a new Campbell Armstrong book coming?

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

Campbell Armstrong at a glance

Died
Campbell Armstrong died in 2013, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Campbell Armstrong on record dates from 2013.
Release pace
Campbell Armstrong books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
10,913 pages across the 31 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Campbell Armstrong books, 13 of 39, were published in the 1980s.

What the Campbell Armstrong books are about

26 of the 39 Campbell Armstrong 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 5 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.