Ken Bruen Books in Order
Ken Bruen has written 47 books, published between 1992 and 2025. The first book is Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities (1992) and the newest is Galway's Edge (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 47
- Published
- 1992–2025
- Confirmed
- 46 of 47 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,581 in 35 of 47 books
- Reading time
- 143–215 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,581 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 35 of 47 titles with a page count on record.
Ken Bruen has 47 books in the catalogue, from Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities (1992) to Galway's Edge (2025). Bruen, an Irish author of hardboiled and noir crime fiction, was born on 3 January 1951 and died on 29 March 2025. Series include Jack Taylor, Inspector Brant and Max and Angela. Early titles include Rilke on Black (1997), The Hackman Blues (1997), A White Arrest (1998) and The Guards (2001). Subjects include private investigators, ex-police officers, Ireland, London and the characters Detective Sergeant Brant and Chief Inspector Roberts.
How many Ken Bruen books are there?
Ken Bruen has 47 books, released between 1992 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.
Ken Bruen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 47 Ken Bruen 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.
- 11992903/4
- 219931263/4
- 31994–3/4
- 41995–3/4
- 519971243/4
- 619971503/4
- 719971523/4
- 819981643/4
- 919991583/4
- 1020013043/4
- 1120011513/4
- 1220022563/4
- 1320022683/4
- 1420022563/4
- 1520032883/4
- 1620032013/4
- 1720042423/4
- 1820041603/4
- 192005–3/4
- 202005–2/4
- 2120052283/4
- 22A Fifth of Bruen: Early Fiction of Ken BruenKen Bruen Short Story #42006 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/420063603/4
- 2320061823/4
- 2420063043/4
- 2520062803/4
- 262007–3/4
- 2720072403/4
- 2820072883/4
- 2920083523/4
- 3020083043/4
- 3120082083/4
- 322010–3/4
- 3320112693/4
- 342012–3/4
- 3520132723/4
- 3620152323/4
- 3720162403/4
- 3820162563/4
- 3920173303/4
- 4020182883/4
- 412019–3/4
- 422020–3/4
- 4320212503/4
- 442022–3/4
- 452024–3/4
- 4620256083/4
- 472025–3/4
Ken Bruen series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Jack Taylor books in order 19 books
Ken Bruen 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.
Ken Bruen Standalone Novels
9 books9 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Inspector Brant in order
7 books- 1. A White Arrest
- 2. Taming The Alien
- 3. The McDead
- 4. Blitz
- 5. Vixen
- 6. Calibre
- 7. Ammunition
Ken Bruen Short Story
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Max and Angela in order
3 booksKen Bruen Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Bibliomysteries in order
1 bookMysterious Profiles in order
1 book- 3. Jack Taylor
Akashic Noir in order
1 book- 8. Dublin Noir
Do you have to read Ken Bruen books in order?
You only need to read Ken Bruen books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ken Bruen
Start with The Guards (2001), the first Jack Taylor book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities (1992).
What is the newest Ken Bruen book?
Galway's Edge (2025) is the newest Ken Bruen book released so far.
Is there a new Ken Bruen book coming?
No next Ken Bruen 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 Ken Bruen has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Ken Bruen. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Grand Prix de Littérature Policière2009Wonfor Priest
Ken Bruen at a glance
- Died
- Ken Bruen died in 2025, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Ken Bruen on record dates from 2025.
- Release pace
- Ken Bruen books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,581 pages across the 35 of 47 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ken Bruen books, 22 of 47, were published in the 2000s.
What the Ken Bruen books are about
35 of the 47 Ken Bruen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 18 of 35. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 18 of 35 books
- Private investigators 10 of 35 books
- Jack Taylor (Fictitious character) 8 of 35 books
- Police 7 of 35 books
- Ex-police officers 6 of 35 books
- Ireland 6 of 35 books
- Taylor, jack (fictitious character) 6 of 35 books
- Crime 5 of 35 books
- London (England) 5 of 35 books
- Serial murders 5 of 35 books
- Criminals 4 of 35 books