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Gianrico Carofiglio Books in Order

Gianrico Carofiglio has written 11 books, published between 2002 and 2024. The first book is Involuntary Witness (2002) and the newest is L'orizzonte della notte (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2002–2024
Pages on record
1,802 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
30–45 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,802 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Gianrico Carofiglio, author

Gianrico Carofiglio, born in 1961, worked as an anti-Mafia judge in Bari before writing legal thrillers set in Italy. Guido Guerrieri, a lawyer, carries the main series from Involuntary Witness (2002) through A Walk in the Dark (2003), Reasonable Doubts (2006), Temporary Perfections (2010) and A Fine Line (2014); Pietro Fenoglio leads a second. Involuntary Witness reached English in 2005 in Patrick Creagh's translation and became an Italian television series. The Past is a Foreign Country took the 2005 Premio Bancarella. Eleven books reach L'orizzonte della notte (2024), at a median of 249 pages.

How many Gianrico Carofiglio books are there?

Gianrico Carofiglio has 11 books, released between 2002 and 2024. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Gianrico Carofiglio Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Gianrico Carofiglio 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 A Walk in the Dark by Gianrico Carofiglio, book 2 of the Guido Guerrieri series (2003)
  2. Cover of The Past is a Foreign Country by Gianrico Carofiglio (2004)
  3. Cover of Temporary Perfections by Gianrico Carofiglio, book 4 of the Guido Guerrieri series (2010)
  4. Cover of The Silence of the Wave by Gianrico Carofiglio (2011)
  5. Cover of A Fine Line by Gianrico Carofiglio, book 5 of the Guido Guerrieri series (2014)
  1. 1
    Involuntary WitnessGuido Guerrieri #12002 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002274
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  2. 2
    A Walk in the DarkGuido Guerrieri #22003 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003218
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  3. 3
    The Past is a Foreign Country2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  4. 4
    Reasonable DoubtsGuido Guerrieri #32006 · 249 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006249
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  5. 5
    Temporary PerfectionsGuido Guerrieri #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    The Silence of the Wave2011 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011240
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  7. 7
    A Fine LineGuido Guerrieri #52014 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014280
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  8. 8
    The Cold SummerPietro Fenoglio #12016 · 349 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016349
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  9. 9
    Three O'Clock in the Morning2017 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017192
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  10. 10
    The Measure of TimeGuido Guerrieri #62019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  11. 11
    L'orizzonte della notteGuido Guerrieri #72024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Gianrico Carofiglio 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.

Guido Guerrieri in order

7 books
  1. 1. Involuntary Witness
  2. 2. A Walk in the Dark
  3. 3. Reasonable Doubts
  4. 4. Temporary Perfections
  5. 5. A Fine Line
  6. 6. The Measure of Time
  7. 7. L'orizzonte della notte

Pietro Fenoglio in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Cold Summer

Standalone books

3 books

3 Gianrico Carofiglio titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gianrico Carofiglio books in order?

You only need to read Gianrico Carofiglio 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 Gianrico Carofiglio

Start with Involuntary Witness (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gianrico Carofiglio book?

L'orizzonte della notte (2024) is the newest Gianrico Carofiglio book released so far.

Is there a new Gianrico Carofiglio book coming?

No next Gianrico Carofiglio 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 Gianrico Carofiglio has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Gianrico Carofiglio. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Gianrico Carofiglio at a glance

Still publishing
Gianrico Carofiglio published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Gianrico Carofiglio books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,802 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 249 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gianrico Carofiglio books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Gianrico Carofiglio books are about

9 of the 11 Gianrico Carofiglio books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: legal stories is tagged on 7 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.