Colin Cotterill Books in Order
Colin Cotterill has written 42 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is The Night Bastard (2000) and the newest is Dog Diary (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 42
- Published
- 2000–2025
- Confirmed
- 42 of 42 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,338 in 19 of 42 books
Crime fiction set in Southeast Asia is Colin Cotterill's territory. Cotterill was born in London on 2 October 1952, holds both British and Australian citizenship, and lives in Thailand, where he also works as a teacher, cartoonist and comic book writer. The Dr. Siri Paiboun mysteries, set in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, are Cotterill's award-winning series; the Jimm Juree crime novels are set in southern Thailand. Cotterill's 42 catalogued books run from The Night Bastard (2000) to Dog Diary (2025), and the output continues.
How many Colin Cotterill books are there?
Colin Cotterill has 42 books, released between 2000 and 2025. They include 4 separate series.
Colin Cotterill Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 42 Colin Cotterill 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.
- 12000–3/4
- 220032683/4
- 320042573/4
- 420052383/4
- 5Pool and its Role in Asian CommunismColin Cotterill Standalone Novels #32005 · 262 pages · confirmed 3/420052623/4
- 620062563/4
- 720072723/4
- 820082563/4
- 9Ageing Disgracefully: Short Stories about Atrocious Old PeopleColin Cotterill Short Story #12009 · confirmed 3/42009–3/4
- 102009–3/4
- 112010–3/4
- 1220113743/4
- 1320112903/4
- 142012–3/4
- 162013–3/4
- 1720132943/4
- 1820133073/4
- 1920152903/4
- 2020152423/4
- 2120162703/4
- 2220163423/4
- 232017–3/4
- 242017–3/4
- 252017–3/4
- 2620172783/4
- 272018–3/4
- 282018–3/4
- 292018–3/4
- 302018–3/4
- 312018–3/4
- 322018–3/4
- 3320182903/4
- 342019–3/4
- 352019–3/4
- 362019–3/4
- 372019–3/4
- 3820192643/4
- 3920202883/4
- 402021–3/4
- 412023–3/4
- 422025–3/4
Colin Cotterill series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Dr. Siri Paiboun books in order 15 books
Colin Cotterill 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.
Jimm Juree Case Files in order
12 booksColin Cotterill Standalone Novels
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Jimm Juree in order
5 booksColin Cotterill Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Colin Cotterill Children's in order
2 books- 1. Surpricicles
- 2. Dog Diary
Do you have to read Colin Cotterill books in order?
You only need to read Colin Cotterill books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Colin Cotterill
Start with The Coroner's Lunch (2004), the first Dr. Siri Paiboun book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Night Bastard (2000).
What is the newest Colin Cotterill book?
Dog Diary (2025) is the newest Colin Cotterill book released so far.
Is there a new Colin Cotterill book coming?
No next Colin Cotterill 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 Colin Cotterill has won
Wikidata records 2 awards and 1 nomination for Colin Cotterill. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Dagger in the Library2009Won
- Dilys Award2006Wonfor Thirty-Three Teeth
- Dagger in the Library2009Shortlisted
Colin Cotterill at a glance
- Still publishing
- Colin Cotterill published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Colin Cotterill books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,338 pages across the 19 of 42 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Colin Cotterill books, 28 of 42, were published in the 2010s.
What the Colin Cotterill books are about
18 of the 42 Colin Cotterill 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 11 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 11 of 18 books
- Coroners 9 of 18 books
- Laos 9 of 18 books
- Doctor Paiboun, Siri (Fictitious character) 7 of 18 books
- Older people 5 of 18 books
- Physicians 4 of 18 books
- Crime 3 of 18 books
- Crimes against 3 of 18 books
- Investigation 3 of 18 books
- Murder 3 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 3 of 18 books