Ian Hamilton Books in Order
Ian Hamilton has written 22 books, published between 2011 and 2024. The first book is The Water Rat of Wanchai / The Deadly Touch of the Tigress (2011) and the newest is The Fury of Beijing (2024). Publication order is the reading order below. 17 of the 22 books listed here are in the Ava Lee series, which has its own page: Ava Lee books in order.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2011–2024
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,077 in 19 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 118–177 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,077 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Ava Lee, a forensic accountant and martial artist, carries Ian Hamilton's crime series. Twenty-two books are catalogued between 2011 and 2024, opening with The Water Rat of Wanchai (2011), also issued as The Deadly Touch of the Tigress, and continuing through The Wild Beasts of Wuhan (2011), The Red Pole of Macau (2012), The King of Shanghai (2014) and The Couturier of Milan (2017). The Uncle Chow Tung books run alongside. Gangsters, swindling and forensic accounting recur as subjects.
How many Ian Hamilton books are there?
Ian Hamilton has 22 books, released between 2011 and 2024. They include 2 separate series.
Ian Hamilton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Ian Hamilton 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.
- 1The Water Rat of Wanchai / The Deadly Touch of the TigressAva Lee #12011 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/420113923/4
- 22011–3/4
- 320113243/4
- 420123083/4
- 520134723/4
- 620135843/4
- 720143263/4
- 820143363/4
- 920153683/4
- 1020174003/4
- 1120183753/4
- 1220184003/4
- 1320193043/4
- 1420193603/4
- 1520203363/4
- 1620204563/4
- 1720213043/4
- 1820213523/4
- 1920223203/4
- 202022–3/4
- 2120233603/4
- 222024–3/4
Ian Hamilton series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Ava Lee books in order 17 books
Ian Hamilton 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.
Do you have to read Ian Hamilton books in order?
You only need to read Ian Hamilton 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 Ian Hamilton
Start with The Water Rat of Wanchai / The Deadly Touch of the Tigress (2011), the first Ava Lee book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Ian Hamilton book?
The Fury of Beijing (2024) is the newest Ian Hamilton book released so far.
Is there a new Ian Hamilton book coming?
No next Ian Hamilton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ian Hamilton at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ian Hamilton published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Ian Hamilton books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,077 pages across the 19 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ian Hamilton books, 14 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ian Hamilton books are about
15 of the 22 Ian Hamilton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ava lee (fictitious character) is tagged on 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Ava Lee (Fictitious character) 7 of 15 books
- American literature 4 of 15 books
- Crime 4 of 15 books
- Criminals 3 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 15 books
- Women accountants 3 of 15 books
- Forensic accounting 2 of 15 books
- Gangsters 2 of 15 books
- Organized crime 2 of 15 books
- Swindlers and swindling 2 of 15 books
- Thrillers 2 of 15 books