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Ken McClure Books in Order

Ken McClure has written 26 books, published between 1985 and 2019. The first book is The Anvil / Anvil Agreement (1985) and the newest is Miasma (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
26
Published
1985–2019
Pages on record
6,707 in 23 of 26 books
Reading time
112–168 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,707 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 23 of 26 titles with a page count on record.

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Ken McClure wrote medical thrillers, and Dr. Steven Dunbar is his series investigator. The 26 books span 1985 to 2019, opening with The Anvil (also issued as Anvil Agreement). Scotland, viruses, physicians and political themes appear among the subjects. Other titles include The Scorpion's Advance, Pestilence, Requiem and Pandora's Helix, and Miasma (2019) is the last listed. Ken McClure books in order show a steady pace of one release every 1.4 years on average.

How many Ken McClure books are there?

Ken McClure has 26 books, released between 1985 and 2019. 12 of them belong to the Dr. Steven Dunbar series.

Ken McClure Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 26 Ken McClure 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. Cover of The Scorpion's Advance by Ken McClure (1986)
  2. Cover of Fenton's Winter by Ken McClure (1989)
  3. Cover of Pestilence by Ken McClure (1991)
  4. Cover of Crisis by Ken McClure (1993)
  5. Cover of Chameleon by Ken McClure (1994)
  6. Cover of Pandora's Helix by Ken McClure (1996)
  7. Cover of Donor by Ken McClure, book 1 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (1999)
  8. Cover of Resurrection by Ken McClure (1999)
  9. Cover of The Tangled Web by Ken McClure (2000)
  10. Cover of Deception by Ken McClure, book 2 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2001)
  11. Cover of Wildcard by Ken McClure, book 3 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2002)
  12. Cover of The Gulf Conspiracy by Ken McClure, book 4 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2004)
  13. Cover of Eye of the Raven by Ken McClure, book 5 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2005)
  14. Cover of Past Lives by Ken McClure (2006)
  15. Cover of White Death by Ken McClure, book 7 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2009)
  16. Cover of Hypocrites' Isle by Ken McClure (2009)
  17. Cover of Dust to Dust by Ken McClure, book 8 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2010)
  18. Cover of Lost Causes by Ken McClure, book 9 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2011)
  19. Cover of The Secret by Ken McClure, book 10 of the Dr. Steven Dunbar series (2013)
  1. 1
    The Anvil / Anvil Agreement1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  2. 2
    The Scorpion's Advance1986 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986256
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  3. 3
    The Trojan Boy1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  4. 4
    Fenton's Winter1989 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989224
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  5. 5
    Pestilence1991 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991256
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  6. 6
    Requiem1992 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992272
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  7. 7
    Crisis1993 · 346 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993346
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  8. 8
    Chameleon1994 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994352
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  9. 9
    Trauma1995 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995384
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  10. 10
    Pandora's Helix1996 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996316
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    DonorDr. Steven Dunbar #11999 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999272
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  12. 12
    Resurrection1999 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999288
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  13. 13
    The Tangled Web2000 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000288
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  14. 14
    DeceptionDr. Steven Dunbar #22001 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001400
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  15. 15
    WildcardDr. Steven Dunbar #32002 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002320
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  16. 16
    The Gulf ConspiracyDr. Steven Dunbar #42004 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004311
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  17. 17
    Eye of the RavenDr. Steven Dunbar #52005 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005288
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  18. 18
    Past Lives2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006304
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  19. 19
    The Lazarus StrainDr. Steven Dunbar #62007 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007320
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  20. 20
    White DeathDr. Steven Dunbar #72009 · 247 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009247
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  21. 21
    Hypocrites' Isle2009 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009256
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  22. 22
    Dust to DustDr. Steven Dunbar #82010 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010256
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  23. 23
    Lost CausesDr. Steven Dunbar #92011 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011256
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  24. 24
    The SecretDr. Steven Dunbar #102013 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013252
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  25. 25
    The Devil's LandscapeDr. Steven Dunbar #112017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  26. 26
    MiasmaDr. Steven Dunbar #122019 · 243 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019243
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Ken McClure series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Ken McClure 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.

Standalone books

14 books

14 Ken McClure titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ken McClure books in order?

You only need to read Ken McClure books in order within the Dr. Steven Dunbar series, which holds 12 of the 26 Ken McClure books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ken McClure

Start with Donor (1999), the first Dr. Steven Dunbar book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Anvil / Anvil Agreement (1985).

What is the newest Ken McClure book?

Miasma (2019) is the newest Ken McClure book released so far.

Is there a new Ken McClure book coming?

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

Ken McClure at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ken McClure title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ken McClure books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,707 pages across the 23 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ken McClure books, 9 of 26, were published in the 2000s.

What the Ken McClure books are about

17 of the 26 Ken McClure books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.