Chris Whitaker Books in Order
Chris Whitaker has written 5 books, published between 2016 and 2024. The first book is Tall Oaks (2016) and the newest is All the Colors of the Dark (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2016–2024
- Confirmed
- 5 of 5 titles
- Pages on record
- 448 in 1 of 5 books
Chris Whitaker is a British novelist with 5 catalogued books: Tall Oaks (2016), All The Wicked Girls (2017), We Begin at the End (2020), The Forevers (2021) and All the Colors of the Dark (2024). Tall Oaks, the debut, took the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger in 2017. We Begin at the End reached the New York Times bestseller list, won the CWA Gold Dagger, the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year and the 2021 Ned Kelly Award, and has been translated into 28 languages. Catalogue subjects include suspense, thrillers, missing children and Alabama.
Whitaker's novels are set against small-town American backdrops, with a close focus on place alongside character and plot.
How many Chris Whitaker books are there?
Chris Whitaker has 5 books, released between 2016 and 2024.
Chris Whitaker Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 5 Chris Whitaker 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.
- 12016–4/4
- 220174483/4
- 32020–4/4
- 42021–3/4
- 52024–3/4
Chris Whitaker 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.
Chris Whitaker Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Sago Mini in order
1 book- 4. The Forevers
Do you have to read Chris Whitaker books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 5 Chris Whitaker books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Chris Whitaker
Start with Tall Oaks (2016), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Chris Whitaker book?
All the Colors of the Dark (2024) is the newest Chris Whitaker book released so far.
Is there a new Chris Whitaker book coming?
No next Chris Whitaker book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Chris Whitaker has won
Wikidata records 4 awards for Chris Whitaker. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation2022Won
- Gold Dagger2021Won
- Ned Kelly Awards2021Won
- CWA New Blood Dagger2017Won
Chris Whitaker at a glance
- Still publishing
- Chris Whitaker published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Chris Whitaker books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 448 pages across the 1 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 448 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chris Whitaker books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2020s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 5 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Chris Whitaker books are about
2 of the 5 Chris Whitaker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 2 of 2 books
- Thrillers 2 of 2 books
- Alabama 1 of 2 books
- Missing children 1 of 2 books