John Burdett Books in Order
John Burdett has written 10 books, published between 1996 and 2017. The first book is A Personal History Of Thirst (1996) and the newest is Death Effect (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1996–2017
- Confirmed
- 10 of 10 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,572 in 8 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 43–64 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,572 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a police officer in Thailand, carries John Burdett's longest sequence, which includes Bangkok 8 (2003), Bangkok Tattoo, Bangkok Haunts, The Godfather of Kathmandu, Vulture Peak and The Bangkok Asset (2015). The English crime novelist, born in 1951, has 10 catalogued books published between 1996 and 2017, from A Personal History Of Thirst (1996) to Death Effect (2017). Lawyers, murder trials and London appear in the subject headings alongside the Thai material.
How many John Burdett books are there?
John Burdett has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2017. 6 of them belong to the Sonchai Jitpleecheep series.
John Burdett Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 John Burdett 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.
- 119963393/4
- 219973853/4
- 320033363/4
- 420053203/4
- 520073053/4
- 620092953/4
- 72011–3/4
- 820112853/4
- 920153073/4
- 102017–3/4
John Burdett 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.
Sonchai Jitpleecheep in order
6 booksJohn Burdett Standalone Novels
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
John Burdett Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read John Burdett books in order?
You only need to read John Burdett books in order within the Sonchai Jitpleecheep series, which holds 6 of the 10 John Burdett books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with John Burdett
Start with A Personal History Of Thirst (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Burdett book?
Death Effect (2017) is the newest John Burdett book released so far.
Is there a new John Burdett book coming?
No next John Burdett book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Burdett at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest John Burdett title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- John Burdett books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,572 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Burdett books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
What the John Burdett books are about
8 of the 10 John Burdett books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 7 of 8 books
- Sonchai Jitpleecheep (Fictitious character) 6 of 8 books
- Thailand 3 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 8 books
- Suspense 2 of 8 books
- Thrillers 2 of 8 books