Colin Bateman Books in Order
Colin Bateman has written 42 books, published between 1995 and 2016. The first book is Cycle of Violence (1995) and the newest is Dog Day Mid-Afternoon (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 42
- Published
- 1995–2016
- Pages on record
- 4,353 in 14 of 42 books
Dan Starkey, a journalist, is Colin Bateman's longest-running character, introduced in Divorcing Jack (1995) and Cycle of Violence (1995). Mystery Man heads a second series, with Papercuts, Eddie and the Gang With No Name, Martin Murphy, SOS Adventures and Titanic 2020 alongside, the last two for younger readers. Booksellers, private investigators and survival recur as subjects, and Northern Ireland is the standing setting. Bateman, from Bangor in County Down, worked as a journalist before the fiction and also writes for the screen, publishing under the single name Bateman. Forty-two books date from 1995 to 2016, at a median 314 pages.
How many Colin Bateman books are there?
Colin Bateman has 42 books, released between 1995 and 2016. They include 7 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.
Colin Bateman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 42 Colin Bateman 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.
- 1Cycle of Violence1995 · confirmed 2/41995–2/4
- 21995–2/4
- 319963582/4
- 4Best In The Business1997 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/419972562/4
- 5Empire State1997 · confirmed 2/41997–2/4
- 61999–2/4
- 7Maid of the Mist1999 · confirmed 2/41999–2/4
- 8Wild About Harry2000 · confirmed 2/42000–2/4
- 920012452/4
- 10Mohammed Maguire2001 · confirmed 2/42001–2/4
- 1120023522/4
- 1220022812/4
- 132003–2/4
- 14Chapter and Verse2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/420033522/4
- 152004–2/4
- 1620043842/4
- 172005–2/4
- 182005–2/4
- 1920072842/4
- 20I Predict a Riot2007 · confirmed 2/42007–2/4
- 21Orpheus Rising2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 2220093072/4
- 232009–2/4
- 242010–2/4
- 2520102202/4
- 2620103842/4
- 2720112242/4
- 2820123202/4
- 292012–2/4
- 302013–2/4
- 312013–2/4
- 3220133862/4
- 332014–2/4
- 342015–2/4
- 35Papercuts2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 362016–2/4
- 372016–2/4
- 382016–2/4
- 392016–2/4
- 402016–2/4
- 412016–2/4
- 422016–2/4
Colin Bateman 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.
Dan Starkey in order
10 booksPapercuts in order
8 booksMystery Man in order
4 booksEddie and the Gang With No Name in order
3 booksSOS Adventures in order
3 books- 1. Ice Quake
- 2. Fire Storm
- 3. Tusk
Martin Murphy in order
2 booksTitanic 2020 in order
2 booksStandalone books
10 books10 Colin Bateman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Colin Bateman books in order?
You only need to read Colin Bateman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Colin Bateman
Start with Cycle of Violence (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Colin Bateman book?
Dog Day Mid-Afternoon (2016) is the newest Colin Bateman book released so far.
Is there a new Colin Bateman book coming?
No next Colin Bateman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Colin Bateman at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Colin Bateman title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Colin Bateman books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,353 pages across the 14 of 42 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Colin Bateman books, 19 of 42, were published in the 2010s.
What the Colin Bateman books are about
14 of the 42 Colin Bateman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dan starkey (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Dan Starkey (Fictitious character) 5 of 14 books
- Journalists 4 of 14 books
- Northern ireland 3 of 14 books
- Starkey, dan (fictitious character) 3 of 14 books
- Booksellers and bookselling 2 of 14 books
- Juvenile literature 2 of 14 books
- Private investigators 2 of 14 books
- Survival 2 of 14 books
- Suspense 2 of 14 books
- Thrillers 2 of 14 books