John Farrow Books in Order
John Farrow has written 13 books, published between 1993 and 2025. The first book is The True Life Adventures of Sparrow Drinkwater (1993) and the newest is Bright Shining As the Sun (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 1993–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,852 in 10 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 64–96 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,852 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
John Farrow is the name on the Émile Cinq-Mars series, which the catalogue subjects place in police procedural territory in the province of Quebec. The 13 listed books run from The True Life Adventures of Sparrow Drinkwater (1993) to Bright Shining As the Sun (2025), and The Timekeeper (1995) is listed under the name Trevor Ferguson. City Of Ice (2000), Ice Lake (2001), River City (2011), The Storm Murders (2015) and Seven Days Dead (2016) are among the titles.
How many John Farrow books are there?
John Farrow has 13 books, released between 1993 and 2025. 11 of them belong to the Émile Cinq-Mars series.
John Farrow Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 John Farrow 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.
- 1The True Life Adventures of Sparrow Drinkwater1993 · confirmed 2/41993–2/4
- 2The Timekeeper (As: Trevor Ferguson)1995 · 241 pages · confirmed 2/419952412/4
- 320005492/4
- 420015122/4
- 520118452/4
- 620153122/4
- 720162982/4
- 820172952/4
- 920192722/4
- 1020202722/4
- 1120212562/4
- 122023–2/4
- 132025–2/4
John Farrow 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.
Émile Cinq-Mars in order
11 booksStandalone books
2 books2 John Farrow titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Farrow books in order?
You only need to read John Farrow books in order within the Émile Cinq-Mars series, which holds 11 of the 13 John Farrow books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with John Farrow
Start with The True Life Adventures of Sparrow Drinkwater (1993), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Farrow book?
Bright Shining As the Sun (2025) is the newest John Farrow book released so far.
Is there a new John Farrow book coming?
No next John Farrow 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 Farrow at a glance
- Still publishing
- John Farrow published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- John Farrow books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,852 pages across the 10 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 296 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Farrow books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the John Farrow books are about
9 of the 13 John Farrow books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 5 of 9 books
- Investigation 4 of 9 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 9 books
- Police 4 of 9 books
- English literature 3 of 9 books
- Quebec (province) 3 of 9 books
- History 2 of 9 books