Joel Dicker Books in Order

Joel Dicker has written 6 books, published between 2012 and 2024. The first book is The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2012) and the newest is The Alaska Sanders Affair (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2012–2024
Pages on record
1,283 in 2 of 6 books
Photo of Joel Dicker, author of the Marcus Goldman series

Joël Dicker is a Swiss novelist, and Marcus Goldman is the one named series in his catalogue. Six titles are listed: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2012), The Baltimore Boys (2015), The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer (2018), The Enigma of Room 622 (2020), and The Alaska Sanders Affair and Wild Animal, both from 2024. Subject headings cover cold cases, murder investigation, police work and judicial error. Dicker's books are long, at a median of 642 pages.

How many Joel Dicker books are there?

Joel Dicker has 6 books, released between 2012 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Marcus Goldman series.

Joel Dicker Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Joel Dicker 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. 1
    The Truth About the Harry Quebert AffairMarcus Goldman #12012 · 643 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012643
  2. 2
    The Baltimore BoysMarcus Goldman #22015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  3. 3
    The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer2018 · 640 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018640
  4. 4
    The Enigma of Room 6222020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020
  5. 5
    The Alaska Sanders AffairMarcus Goldman #32024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024
  6. 6
    Wild Animal2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024

Joel Dicker 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.

Marcus Goldman in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
  2. 2. The Baltimore Boys
  3. 3. The Alaska Sanders Affair

Standalone books

3 books

3 Joel Dicker titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joel Dicker books in order?

You only need to read Joel Dicker books in order within the Marcus Goldman series, which holds 3 of the 6 Joel Dicker books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Joel Dicker

Start with The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joel Dicker book?

The Alaska Sanders Affair (2024) is the newest Joel Dicker book released so far.

Is there a new Joel Dicker book coming?

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

Awards Joel Dicker has won

Wikidata records 4 awards for Joel Dicker. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Joel Dicker at a glance

Still publishing
Joel Dicker published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Joel Dicker books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,283 pages across the 2 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 642 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joel Dicker books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2020s.

What the Joel Dicker books are about

3 of the 6 Joel Dicker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.