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David Bell Books in Order

David Bell has written 18 books, published between 2008 and 2024. The first book is The Condemned (2008) and the newest is Storm Warning (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2008–2024
Confirmed
17 of 18 titles
Pages on record
4,410 in 11 of 18 books
Reading time
74–110 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,410 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

See all 18 books in order Printable David Bell checklist

David Bell writes suspense, with the catalogue running to Storm Warning (2024). Cemetery Girl (2011), The Hiding Place (2012), Never Come Back (2013), The Forgotten Girl (2014), Somebody I Used to Know (2015), Since She Went Away (2016) and Bring Her Home (2017) are among the titles. Subjects include missing persons, missing children, murder investigation, family secrets and brothers and sisters.

Bell is also an English professor with a background in creative writing and American literature. He has received a Pushcart Prize nomination and won the Prix Polar International de Cognac.

How many David Bell books are there?

David Bell has 18 books, released between 2008 and 2024.

David Bell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 David Bell 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 Condemned by David Bell (2008)
  2. Cover of Cemetery Girl by David Bell (2011)
  3. Cover of The Hiding Place by David Bell (2012)
  4. Cover of Never Come Back / Gone for Good by David Bell (2013)
  5. Cover of The Forgotten Girl by David Bell (2014)
  6. Cover of Somebody I Used to Know by David Bell (2015)
  7. Cover of Bring Her Home by David Bell (2017)
  8. Cover of Somebody's Daughter by David Bell (2018)
  9. Cover of Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell (2021)
  10. Cover of She's Gone by David Bell (2022)
  1. 1
    The Condemned2008 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008224
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  2. 2
    The Girl in the Woods2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Cemetery Girl2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Hiding Place2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    Never Come Back / Gone for Good2013 · 437 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013437
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  6. 6
    Rides a StrangerBibliomysteries #82013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Forgotten Girl2014 · 435 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014435
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  8. 8
    Somebody I Used to Know2015 · 415 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015415
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  9. 9
    Since She Went Away2016 · 411 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016411
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Bring Her Home2017 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017432
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Somebody's Daughter2018 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018448
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Layover2019 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Request2020 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020416
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  14. 14
    Kill All Your Darlings2021 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    The Finalists2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  16. 16
    She's Gone2022 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022360
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  17. 17
    Try Not to Breathe2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    Storm Warning2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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David Bell 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.

Bibliomysteries in order

1 book
  1. 8. Rides a Stranger

Standalone books

17 books

17 David Bell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David Bell books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 18 David Bell books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with David Bell

Start with The Condemned (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Bell book?

Storm Warning (2024) is the newest David Bell book released so far.

Is there a new David Bell book coming?

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

David Bell at a glance

Still publishing
David Bell published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
David Bell books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,410 pages across the 11 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Bell books, 10 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the David Bell books are about

12 of the 18 David Bell 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 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.