Graham Hurley Books in Order
Graham Hurley has written 46 books, published between 1981 and 2024. The first book is Lucky Break? (1981) and the newest is Dead Ground (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 46
- Published
- 1981–2024
- Confirmed
- 46 of 46 titles
- Pages on record
- 11,457 in 31 of 46 books
- Reading time
- 191–286 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,457 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 31 of 46 titles with a page count on record.
Graham Hurley, born in 1946, is an English crime writer. DI Joe Faraday is Hurley's best-known creation, paired with Winter across a long police series set in England. Standalone novels came first, from Lucky Break? (1981) through Rules Of Engagement (1991) and Thunder In The Blood (1995). Jimmy Suttle, Enora Andresson and the Wars Within / Spoils Of War books set in the 1939-1945 war follow. Fifty titles are catalogued through Dead Ground (2024), non-fiction among them. Hurley worked in television as a scriptwriter, researcher and director.
How many Graham Hurley books are there?
Graham Hurley has 46 books, released between 1981 and 2024. They include 5 separate series.
Graham Hurley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 46 Graham Hurley 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.
- 119811603/4
- 219914803/4
- 319924803/4
- 41995–3/4
- 519965463/4
- 619965343/4
- 71997–3/4
- 8Airshow: A Year in the Life of the World's Largest MilitaryGraham Hurley Non-Fiction #21998 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/419982243/4
- 919993363/4
- 1020003683/4
- 1120004643/4
- 1220013733/4
- 1320024243/4
- 1420034213/4
- 1520044963/4
- 1620063523/4
- 1720064963/4
- 1820081603/4
- 1920083583/4
- 202009953/4
- 212009–3/4
- 222010–3/4
- 232010–3/4
- 242012–3/4
- 2520123683/4
- 262012–3/4
- 2720124643/4
- 282012–3/4
- 2920133403/4
- 302014–3/4
- 3120153263/4
- 3220164003/4
- 3320174093/4
- 3420184793/4
- 352019–3/4
- 3620192883/4
- 3720194163/4
- 3820202723/4
- 3920202723/4
- 402021–3/4
- 412021–3/4
- 422021–3/4
- 4320222563/4
- 4420224003/4
- 452023–3/4
- 462024–3/4
Graham Hurley series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Faraday & Winter books in order 13 books
Graham Hurley books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Faraday & Winter books in order
12 books by Graham Hurley- 1. Turnstone
- 2. The Take
- 3. Angels Passing
- 4. Deadlight
- 5. Cut To Black
- 6. Blood and Honey
- 7. One Under
- 8. The Price of Darkness
- 9. No Lovelier Death
- 10. Beyond Reach
- 11. Borrowed Light
- 12. Happy Days
Graham Hurley Standalone Novels
9 books9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Wars Within / Spoils Of War in order
9 booksEnora Andresson in order
6 books- 1. Curtain Call
- 2. Sight Unseen
- 3. Off Script
- 4. Limelight
- 5. Intermission
- 6. Lights Down
Jimmy Suttle in order
4 booksGraham Hurley Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Most Wanted in order
2 booksFaraday & Winter Companion in order
1 book- 1. Backstory
Do you have to read Graham Hurley books in order?
You only need to read Graham Hurley books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Graham Hurley
Start with Turnstone (2000), the first Faraday & Winter book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Lucky Break? (1981).
What is the newest Graham Hurley book?
Dead Ground (2024) is the newest Graham Hurley book released so far.
Is there a new Graham Hurley book coming?
No next Graham Hurley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Graham Hurley at a glance
- Still publishing
- Graham Hurley published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Graham Hurley books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,457 pages across the 31 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 373 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Graham Hurley books, 16 of 46, were published in the 2010s.
What the Graham Hurley books are about
35 of the 46 Graham Hurley books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 11 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- England 11 of 35 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 11 of 35 books
- Police 11 of 35 books
- Faraday, joe (fictitious character) 10 of 35 books
- Joe Faraday (Fictitious character) 10 of 35 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 35 books
- English literature 6 of 35 books
- Crime 5 of 35 books
- World War, 1939-1945 4 of 35 books
- Investigation 3 of 35 books
- Missing persons 3 of 35 books
- Murder 3 of 35 books