Franck Thilliez Books in Order
Franck Thilliez has written 27 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Train d'enfer pour Ange rouge (2003) and the newest is Dust-Off Dreams (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Pages on record
- 854 in 3 of 27 books
French crime novelist Franck Thilliez was born in Annecy on 15 October 1973 and spent ten years as a computer engineer before turning to fiction. Thilliez has 27 catalogued books from 2003 to 2025, starting with Train d'enfer pour Ange rouge. La Chambre des morts (2005) became a film in 2007. The Sharko & Hennebelle series and the Nightmare Brigade are his named series, and his subjects include murder investigation, bioterrorism and laboratories. Dust-Off Dreams (2025) is the latest listing.
How many Franck Thilliez books are there?
Franck Thilliez has 27 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 2 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.
Franck Thilliez Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Franck Thilliez 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.
- 12003–2/4
- 22005–2/4
- 3La Forêt des ombres2006 · confirmed 2/42006–2/4
- 42006–2/4
- 52007–2/4
- 6L'Anneau de Moebius2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 7Fractures2009 · confirmed 2/42009–2/4
- 820103702/4
- 9Vertige2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 1020113722/4
- 112012–2/4
- 12Puzzle2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 132014–2/4
- 142015–2/4
- 15Rêver2016 · confirmed 2/42016–2/4
- 162017–2/4
- 17Le Manuscrit inachevé2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 182019–2/4
- 19Il était deux fois2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 2020221122/4
- 212022–2/4
- 22Labyrinthes2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 232022–2/4
- 242023–2/4
- 252024–2/4
- 26Norferville2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 272025–2/4
Franck Thilliez series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Sharko & Hennebelle books in order 13 books
Franck Thilliez 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.
Nightmare Brigade in order
4 booksStandalone books
10 books10 Franck Thilliez titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Franck Thilliez books in order?
You only need to read Franck Thilliez books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Franck Thilliez
Start with Train d'enfer pour Ange rouge (2003), the first Sharko & Hennebelle book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Franck Thilliez book?
Dust-Off Dreams (2025) is the newest Franck Thilliez book released so far.
Is there a new Franck Thilliez book coming?
No next Franck Thilliez 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 Franck Thilliez has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Franck Thilliez. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- prix Sang d'encre des lycéens2008Won
- prix Sang d'encre des lycéens2006Won
Franck Thilliez at a glance
- Still publishing
- Franck Thilliez published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Franck Thilliez books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 854 pages across the 3 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 370 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Franck Thilliez books, 11 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
What the Franck Thilliez books are about
2 of the 27 Franck Thilliez books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 2 of 2 books
- Murder 2 of 2 books
- Animal welfare 1 of 2 books
- Bioterrorism 1 of 2 books
- Detectives 1 of 2 books
- Evil in motion pictures 1 of 2 books
- France 1 of 2 books
- Laboratories 1 of 2 books
- Research 1 of 2 books
- Subliminal perception 1 of 2 books
- Suspense 1 of 2 books
- Violence 1 of 2 books