Eric Wright Books in Order
25 books are credited to Eric Wright, published between 1983 and 2016; 1 of them appeared after Eric Wright's death in 2015. The first book is The Night the Gods Smiled (1983) and the newest is The Land Mine (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1983–2016
- Pages on record
- 4,667 in 21 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 78–117 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,667 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Charlie Salter heads the main series of Eric Wright, a Canadian mystery novelist who lived from May 4, 1929 to October 9, 2015. The catalogue lists 25 Wright books, starting with The Night the Gods Smiled (1983) and ending with The Land Mine (2016). Beyond Salter, Wright wrote the Joe Barley, Mel Pickett and Lucy Trimble Brenner series. The catalogue files the Wright books under police procedural mysteries, with Toronto among the settings. Smoke Detector (1984) and Death in the Old Country (1985) are early titles.
How many Eric Wright books are there?
Eric Wright has 25 books, released between 1983 and 2016. 1 of them were published after Eric Wright's death in 2015. They include 4 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.
Eric Wright Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Eric Wright 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.
- 11983–2/4
- 219842522/4
- 319852542/4
- 41986–2/4
- 51987–2/4
- 619882002/4
- 719902562/4
- 819912512/4
- 919922522/4
- 1019932562/4
- 11Moodie's Tale1994 · 233 pages · confirmed 2/419942332/4
- 1219962562/4
- 1319962602/4
- 14Always Give a Penny to a Blind Man1999 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/419992162/4
- 1519992402/4
- 1620002132/4
- 1720012452/4
- 182001–2/4
- 19A Killing Climate2003 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/420032112/4
- 2020032422/4
- 21Finding Home2007 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/420072812/4
- 2220102112/4
- 23The Adventures of Buford T. Johnson2013 · 50 pages · confirmed 2/42013502/4
- 24Dempsey's Lodge2013 · 117 pages · confirmed 2/420131172/4
- 25The Land Mine2016 · 171 pages · confirmed 2/420161712/4
Eric Wright series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Charlie Salter books in order 11 books
Eric Wright 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.
Joe Barley in order
3 booksMel Pickett in order
2 booksLucy Trimble Brenner in order
2 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Eric Wright titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Eric Wright books in order?
You only need to read Eric Wright 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 Eric Wright
Start with The Night the Gods Smiled (1983), the first Charlie Salter book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Eric Wright book?
The Land Mine (2016) is the newest Eric Wright book released so far.
Is there a new Eric Wright book coming?
No next Eric Wright 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 Eric Wright has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Eric Wright. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- CWA New Blood Dagger1983Won
Eric Wright at a glance
- Died
- Eric Wright died in 2015, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Eric Wright are still being published after Eric Wright's death in 2015; the newest appeared in 2016.
- Release pace
- Eric Wright books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,667 pages across the 21 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 242 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Eric Wright books, 9 of 25, were published in the 1990s.
What the Eric Wright books are about
24 of the 25 Eric Wright books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: canada is tagged on 11 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Canada 11 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 11 of 24 books
- Salter, charlie (fictitious character) 11 of 24 books
- Toronto (ont.) 9 of 24 books
- Charlie Salter (Fictitious character) 6 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 24 books
- Police 5 of 24 books
- Private investigators 3 of 24 books
- Brenner, lucy trimble (fictitious character) 2 of 24 books
- English teachers 2 of 24 books
- Librarians 2 of 24 books