Jakob Arjouni Books in Order
Jakob Arjouni has written 8 books, published between 1985 and 2012. The first book is Happy Birthday, Turk! (1985) and the newest is Brother Kemal (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1985–2012
- Pages on record
- 1,245 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 21–31 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,245 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Jakob Arjouni was the pen name of a German author born Jakob Michelsen on 8 October 1964, who died on 17 January 2013. Arjouni took the 1992 German Crime Fiction Prize for One Man, One Murder. The 8 catalogued books span 1985 to 2012, opening with Happy Birthday, Turk! and closing with Brother Kemal. Kayankaya is the series recorded against the name, and subjects list the fictitious character Kemal Kayankaya alongside private investigators, Germany, hate crimes, immigrants and kidnapping. Magic Hoffman, Kismet, Idiots and Chez Max fill the middle of the run.
How many Jakob Arjouni books are there?
Jakob Arjouni has 8 books, released between 1985 and 2012. 5 of them belong to the Kayankaya series.
Jakob Arjouni Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Jakob Arjouni 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.
- 11985–1/4
- 219871661/4
- 319911711/4
- 4Magic Hoffman2000 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/420002881/4
- 52001–1/4
- 6Idiots2003 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/420032691/4
- 7Chez Max2006 · 159 pages · confirmed 1/420061591/4
- 820121921/4
Jakob Arjouni 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.
Kayankaya in order
5 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Jakob Arjouni titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jakob Arjouni books in order?
You only need to read Jakob Arjouni books in order within the Kayankaya series, which holds 5 of the 8 Jakob Arjouni books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Jakob Arjouni
Start with Happy Birthday, Turk! (1985), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jakob Arjouni book?
Brother Kemal (2012) is the newest Jakob Arjouni book released so far.
Is there a new Jakob Arjouni book coming?
No next Jakob Arjouni book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jakob Arjouni at a glance
- Died
- Jakob Arjouni died in 2013, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Jakob Arjouni on record dates from 2012.
- Release pace
- Jakob Arjouni books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,245 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 182 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jakob Arjouni books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Jakob Arjouni books are about
7 of the 8 Jakob Arjouni books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 5 of 7 books
- Germany 3 of 7 books
- Kemal Kayankaya (Fictitious character) 2 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 7 books
- Thrillers 2 of 7 books