Jack Lynch Books in Order
Jack Lynch has written 33 books, published between 1982 and 2020. The first book is The Dead Never Forget (1982) and the newest is The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800 (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1982–2020
- Pages on record
- 6,009 in 20 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 100–150 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,009 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
Jack Lynch wrote the Peter Bragg mysteries, with Peter Bragg recorded as the recurring character and private investigators, murder and a California prison setting among the subjects. The catalogue records 33 books dated between 1982 and 2020: Braggs Hunch, Pieces of Death and The Dead Never Forget all appeared in 1982, and San Quentin, Sausalito, Speak for the Dead and Wake Up and Die in 1984. The listing also carries reference works on English lexicography and literary history, which sit outside the Bragg novels. I Am Not a Machine is the second series recorded.
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How many Jack Lynch books are there?
Jack Lynch has 33 books, released between 1982 and 2020. They include 2 series and 15 titles listed outside any series.
Jack Lynch Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Jack Lynch 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 November 2026.
- 11982–2/4
- 21982–2/4
- 319821922/4
- 41984–2/4
- 51984–2/4
- 619842262/4
- 71984–2/4
- 81985–2/4
- 919852362/4
- 1019852272/4
- 1119852492/4
- 12The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson1998 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/419982242/4
- 13A Bibliography Of Johnsonian Studies, 1986 19982000 · 147 pages · confirmed 2/420001472/4
- 1420022442/4
- 1520042442/4
- 16Samuel Johnson's Insults2004 · 113 pages · confirmed 2/420041132/4
- 17Samuel Johnson's Dictionary2004 · confirmed 2/42004–2/4
- 1820054482/4
- 19Anniversary Essays on Johnson's Dictionary2005 · 245 pages · confirmed 2/420052452/4
- 2020073002/4
- 21Becoming Shakespeare2007 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/420073062/4
- 22The English Language2007 · confirmed 2/42007–2/4
- 23Nice Row MIT2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 24Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain2008 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420082322/4
- 25The Lexicographer's Dilemma2009 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/420093262/4
- 26Don't Quit Your Day Job2010 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/420103052/4
- 2720114742/4
- 28Sleep2013 · confirmed 2/42013–2/4
- 292014–2/4
- 30All Is Lost2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 31You Could Look It Up2015 · 453 pages · confirmed 2/420154532/4
- 322015–2/4
- 33The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-18002020 · 818 pages · confirmed 2/420208182/4
Jack Lynch 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.
Peter Bragg Mystery in order
14 books- 1. The Dead Never Forget
- 2. Braggs Hunch
- 3. Pieces of Death
- 4. Wake Up and Die
- 5. Sausalito
- 6. Speak for the Dead
- 7. San Quentin
- 8. Truth or Die
- 9. Monterey
- 10. Yesterday is Dead
- 11. Seattle
- 12. Wolf House
- and 2 more in the table above
I Am Not a Machine in order
3 booksLiterature in Context in order
1 bookStandalone books
15 books15 Jack Lynch titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jack Lynch books in order?
You only need to read Jack Lynch 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 Jack Lynch
Start with The Dead Never Forget (1982), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jack Lynch book?
The Oxford Handbook of British Poetry, 1660-1800 (2020) is the newest Jack Lynch book released so far.
Is there a new Jack Lynch book coming?
No next Jack Lynch book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jack Lynch at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jack Lynch title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jack Lynch books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,009 pages across the 20 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jack Lynch books, 13 of 33, were published in the 2000s.
When Jack Lynch books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Jack Lynch titles appeared. 2000s was the most productive decade with 13 titles.
33 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Jack Lynch books are about
21 of the 33 Jack Lynch books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 7 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 7 of 21 books
- History and criticism 5 of 21 books
- English language 4 of 21 books
- Lexicography 3 of 21 books
- Biography 2 of 21 books
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries 2 of 21 books
- English literature 2 of 21 books
- Intellectual life 2 of 21 books
- Private investigators 2 of 21 books
- Usage 2 of 21 books