Christopher Brookmyre Books in Order
Christopher Brookmyre has written 29 books, published between 1996 and 2026. The first book is Quite Ugly One Morning (1996) and the newest is Quite Ugly One Evening (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 1996–2026
- Confirmed
- 29 of 29 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,783 in 17 of 29 books
- Reading time
- 113–170 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,783 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 29 titles with a page count on record.
Comedy, politics and social comment sit inside Christopher Brookmyre's crime novels, which is what earned the Scottish writer the Tartan Noir label. Born in 1968, Brookmyre debuted with Quite Ugly One Morning in 1996 and has 29 catalogued books, the newest being Quite Ugly One Evening in 2026. Jack Parlabane anchors the longest series, with Jasmine Sharp Investigations and the Angelique De Xavier books alongside; journalists, investigative reporting and murder recur as subjects. Bedlam, published in 2013, was written in parallel with a first-person shooter game of the same name, and Black Widow followed in 2016. With his wife, Dr Marisa Haetzman, Brookmyre also writes historical fiction as Ambrose Parry.
How many Christopher Brookmyre books are there?
Christopher Brookmyre has 29 books, released between 1996 and 2026. They include 3 separate series.
Christopher Brookmyre Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Christopher Brookmyre 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.
- 119963203/4
- 21997–3/4
- 31998–3/4
- 4One Fine Day in the Middle of the NightChristopher Brookmyre Standalone Novels #21999 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/419993843/4
- 520004163/4
- 620015123/4
- 720024163/4
- 82004–3/4
- 9All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An EyeChristopher Brookmyre Standalone Novels #32005 · 407 pages · confirmed 3/420054073/4
- 10A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black PencilChristopher Brookmyre Standalone Novels #42006 · confirmed 3/42006–3/4
- 112007–3/4
- 1220083933/4
- 1320093943/4
- 1420113223/4
- 152012–3/4
- 1620123613/4
- 1720134073/4
- 1820133843/4
- 192014–3/4
- 2020153773/4
- 2120165123/4
- 222017–3/4
- 2320174483/4
- 2420174263/4
- 2520193043/4
- 262020–3/4
- 272023–3/4
- 282024–3/4
- 292026–3/4
Christopher Brookmyre series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jack Parlabane books in order 10 books
Christopher Brookmyre 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.
Christopher Brookmyre Standalone Novels
11 books11 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jasmine Sharp Investigations in order
4 booksAngelique De Xavier in order
3 booksChristopher Brookmyre Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Christopher Brookmyre books in order?
You only need to read Christopher Brookmyre 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 Christopher Brookmyre
Start with Quite Ugly One Morning (1996), the first Jack Parlabane book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Christopher Brookmyre book?
Quite Ugly One Evening (2026) is the newest Christopher Brookmyre book released so far.
Is there a new Christopher Brookmyre book coming?
No next Christopher Brookmyre 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 Christopher Brookmyre has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Christopher Brookmyre. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize2006Won
Christopher Brookmyre at a glance
- Still publishing
- Christopher Brookmyre published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Christopher Brookmyre books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,783 pages across the 17 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 394 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Christopher Brookmyre books, 12 of 29, were published in the 2010s.
What the Christopher Brookmyre books are about
19 of the 29 Christopher Brookmyre 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 8 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 8 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 19 books
- Scotland 5 of 19 books
- Investigation 3 of 19 books
- Investigative reporting 3 of 19 books
- Journalists 3 of 19 books
- Missing persons 3 of 19 books
- Thrillers 3 of 19 books
- Criminals 2 of 19 books
- Murder 2 of 19 books
- Police 2 of 19 books
- Private investigators 2 of 19 books