Jake Needham Books in Order
Jake Needham has written 20 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is The Big Mango (1999) and the newest is A Jury Of His Peers (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Pages on record
- 4,136 in 11 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 69–103 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,136 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
Jake Needham writes crime novels set in Asia, with Thailand and Singapore as the recurring locations. Two figures return across the books: Inspector Samuel Tay and Jack Shepherd. The Big Mango (1999) opens a catalogue of 20 titles taking in Laundry Man (2002), The Ambassador's Wife (2008), The Umbrella Man (2012) and The King of Macau (2014), and reaching A Jury Of His Peers (2026). Needham groups the work as the Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels and the Charlie Trust series.
How many Jake Needham books are there?
Jake Needham has 20 books, released between 1999 and 2026. They include 4 separate series.
Jake Needham Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Jake Needham 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.
- 119993722/4
- 220023782/4
- 320073902/4
- 420083802/4
- 520124122/4
- 620123742/4
- 720143462/4
- 820143642/4
- 920163542/4
- 1020173722/4
- 112019–2/4
- 1220203942/4
- 132022–2/4
- 142023–2/4
- 152024–2/4
- 162025–2/4
- 172025–2/4
- 182026–2/4
- 192026–2/4
- 202026–2/4
Jake Needham characters in order
Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Inspector Samuel Tay books in order 11 books
- Inspector Tay books in order 11 books
- Jack Shepherd books in order 11 books
Jake Needham 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.
Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels in order
11 booksCharlie Trust in order
4 booksInspector Samuel Tay books in order
4 books by Jake NeedhamJack Shepherd books in order
1 book by Jake Needham- 7. The Nineteen
Do you have to read Jake Needham books in order?
You only need to read Jake Needham books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Jake Needham
Start with the first book of the Jake Needham series you want to read: Inspector Samuel Tay starts with The Big Mango (1999), Inspector Tay starts with The Big Mango (1999) and Jack Shepherd starts with The Big Mango (1999). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Big Mango (1999).
What is the newest Jake Needham book?
A Jury Of His Peers (2026) is the newest Jake Needham book released so far.
Is there a new Jake Needham book coming?
No next Jake Needham book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jake Needham at a glance
- Still publishing
- Jake Needham published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Jake Needham books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,136 pages across the 11 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jake Needham books, 9 of 20, were published in the 2020s.
What the Jake Needham books are about
4 of the 20 Jake Needham books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 4 of 4 books
- Suspense 3 of 4 books
- Thailand 2 of 4 books
- Ambassadors' spouses 1 of 4 books
- Conspiracies 1 of 4 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 1 of 4 books
- Serial murders 1 of 4 books
- Singapore 1 of 4 books