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Frank Tallis Books in Order

Frank Tallis has written 24 books, published between 1992 and 2024. The first book is Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions (1992) and the newest is Mortal Secrets (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1992–2024
Pages on record
4,560 in 15 of 24 books
Reading time
76–114 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,560 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Frank Tallis is an English clinical psychologist who writes crime fiction. The catalogue opens on the professional side with Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions (1992) and further books on obsessive-compulsive disorder, then turns to the Liebermann Papers, historical mysteries built around the Viennese psychoanalyst Max Liebermann. The BBC adapted those novels as Vienna Blood, first broadcast in 2019. Under the name F.R. Tallis the same author publishes horror. 24 books run to Mortal Secrets (2024).

How many Frank Tallis books are there?

Frank Tallis has 24 books, released between 1992 and 2024. 8 of them belong to the Liebermann Papers series.

Frank Tallis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Frank Tallis 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 Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions by Frank Tallis (1992)
  2. Cover of Coping with Schizophrenia by Frank Tallis (1994)
  3. Cover of Changing Minds by Frank Tallis (1998)
  4. Cover of A Death in Vienna / Mortal Mischief by Frank Tallis, book 1 of the Liebermann Papers series (2005)
  5. Cover of Love Sick by Frank Tallis (2005)
  6. Cover of Vienna Blood by Frank Tallis, book 2 of the Liebermann Papers series (2006)
  7. Cover of Fatal Lies by Frank Tallis, book 3 of the Liebermann Papers series (2008)
  8. Cover of Vienna Twilight / Deadly Communion by Frank Tallis, book 5 of the Liebermann Papers series (2010)
  9. Cover of Death and the Maiden by Frank Tallis, book 6 of the Liebermann Papers series (2011)
  10. Cover of The Forbidden by Frank Tallis (2012)
  11. Cover of The Sleep Room by Frank Tallis (2013)
  12. Cover of The Voices by Frank Tallis (2014)
  13. Cover of The Passenger by Frank Tallis (2016)
  14. Cover of The Incurable Romantic by Frank Tallis (2018)
  1. 1
    Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions1992 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992128
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  2. 2
    Coping with Schizophrenia1994 · 98 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199498
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  3. 3
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder1995 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995250
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  4. 4
    Changing Minds1998 · 171 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998171
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  5. 5
    Killing Time1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  6. 6
    Sensing Others2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  7. 7
    How to Stop Worrying and Rediscover Life2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  8. 8
    Hidden Minds2001 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001194
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  9. 9
    A Death in Vienna / Mortal MischiefLiebermann Papers #12005 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005480
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  10. 10
    Love Sick2005 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005240
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  11. 11
    Vienna BloodLiebermann Papers #22006 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006496
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  12. 12
    Fatal LiesLiebermann Papers #32008 · 439 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008439
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  13. 13
    Darkness Rising / Vienna SecretsLiebermann Papers #42009 · 391 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009391
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  14. 14
    Vienna Twilight / Deadly CommunionLiebermann Papers #52010 · 356 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010356
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  15. 15
    Death and the MaidenLiebermann Papers #62011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  16. 16
    The Forbidden2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    The Melancholy CountessLiebermann Papers #72012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  18. 18
    The Sleep Room2013 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013400
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  19. 19
    The Voices2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  20. 20
    The Sheldon Short Guide to Worry and Anxiety2015 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015224
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  21. 21
    The Passenger2016 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016400
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  22. 22
    Mephisto WaltzLiebermann Papers #82018 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018293
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  23. 23
    The Incurable Romantic2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  24. 24
    Mortal Secrets2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Frank Tallis 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.

Liebermann Papers in order

8 books
  1. 1. A Death in Vienna / Mortal Mischief
  2. 2. Vienna Blood
  3. 3. Fatal Lies
  4. 4. Darkness Rising / Vienna Secrets
  5. 5. Vienna Twilight / Deadly Communion
  6. 6. Death and the Maiden
  7. 7. The Melancholy Countess
  8. 8. Mephisto Waltz

Standalone books

16 books

16 Frank Tallis titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Frank Tallis books in order?

You only need to read Frank Tallis books in order within the Liebermann Papers series, which holds 8 of the 24 Frank Tallis books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Frank Tallis

Start with Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Frank Tallis book?

Mortal Secrets (2024) is the newest Frank Tallis book released so far.

Is there a new Frank Tallis book coming?

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

Frank Tallis at a glance

Still publishing
Frank Tallis published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Frank Tallis books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,560 pages across the 15 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 293 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Frank Tallis books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Frank Tallis books are about

19 of the 24 Frank Tallis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 7 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.