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Harry Dolan Books in Order

Harry Dolan has written 6 books, published between 2009 and 2024. The first book is Bad Things Happen (2009) and the newest is Don't Turn Around (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2009–2024
Pages on record
1,104 in 3 of 6 books
Reading time
18–28 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,104 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

See all 6 books in order Printable Harry Dolan checklist

Crime novels make up Harry Dolan's catalogue, six books published between 2009 and 2024. The David Loogan series sits at its start, opening with Bad Things Happen (2009). Very Bad Men (2011), The Last Dead Girl (2014), The Man in the Crooked Hat (2017), The Good Killer (2020) and Don't Turn Around (2024) complete the list. Murder investigations, magazine editors and journalists recur through the books, which are shelved as mystery and suspense.

How many Harry Dolan books are there?

Harry Dolan has 6 books, released between 2009 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the David Loogan series.

Harry Dolan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Harry Dolan 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 Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan, book 1 of the David Loogan series (2009)
  2. Cover of Very Bad Men by Harry Dolan, book 2 of the David Loogan series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Last Dead Girl by Harry Dolan, book 3 of the David Loogan series (2014)
  4. Cover of The Good Killer by Harry Dolan (2020)
  1. 1
    Bad Things HappenDavid Loogan #12009 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009338
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  2. 2
    Very Bad MenDavid Loogan #22011 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011412
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  3. 3
    The Last Dead GirlDavid Loogan #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  4. 4
    The Man in the Crooked Hat2017 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017354
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    The Good Killer2020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  6. 6
    Don't Turn Around2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Harry Dolan 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.

David Loogan in order

3 books
  1. 1. Bad Things Happen
  2. 2. Very Bad Men
  3. 3. The Last Dead Girl

Standalone books

3 books

3 Harry Dolan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Harry Dolan books in order?

You only need to read Harry Dolan books in order within the David Loogan series, which holds 3 of the 6 Harry Dolan books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Harry Dolan

Start with Bad Things Happen (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Harry Dolan book?

Don't Turn Around (2024) is the newest Harry Dolan book released so far.

Is there a new Harry Dolan book coming?

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

Harry Dolan at a glance

Still publishing
Harry Dolan published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Harry Dolan books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,104 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 354 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Harry Dolan books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Harry Dolan books are about

5 of the 6 Harry Dolan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.