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Kevin Sampson Books in Order

Kevin Sampson has written 10 books, published between 1998 and 2014. The first book is Awaydays (1998) and the newest is The House on the Hill (2014). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1998–2014
Pages on record
2,302 in 8 of 10 books
Reading time
38–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,302 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.

See all 10 books in order Printable Kevin Sampson checklist

Kevin Sampson is a British novelist based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, best known for Awaydays (1998), Powder (1999) and Stars are Stars (2006). The crime thriller The Killing Pool was published by Cape on 21 March 2013. DCI Billy McCartney is the listed series. Catalogue subjects for the 10 books include soccer, violence in sports, sports spectators and English social life. Extra Time (1998), Leisure (2000) and Clubland (2002) are among the other titles, and The House on the Hill (2014) is the newest.

How many Kevin Sampson books are there?

Kevin Sampson has 10 books, released between 1998 and 2014. 2 of them belong to the DCI Billy McCartney series.

Kevin Sampson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Kevin Sampson 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 Awaydays by Kevin Sampson (1998)
  2. Cover of Extra Time by Kevin Sampson (1998)
  3. Cover of Powder by Kevin Sampson (1999)
  4. Cover of Leisure by Kevin Sampson (2000)
  5. Cover of Outlaws by Kevin Sampson (2001)
  6. Cover of Clubland by Kevin Sampson (2002)
  7. Cover of Freshers by Kevin Sampson (2003)
  8. Cover of Stars are Stars by Kevin Sampson (2006)
  9. Cover of The Killing Pool by Kevin Sampson, book 1 of the DCI Billy McCartney series (2013)
  10. Cover of The House on the Hill by Kevin Sampson, book 2 of the DCI Billy McCartney series (2014)
  1. 1
    Awaydays1998 · 188 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998188
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  2. 2
    Extra Time1998 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998285
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Powder1999 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999512
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Leisure2000 · 229 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000229
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Outlaws2001 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Clubland2002 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002224
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Freshers2003 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Stars are Stars2006 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Killing PoolDCI Billy McCartney #12013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The House on the HillDCI Billy McCartney #22014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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Kevin Sampson 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.

DCI Billy McCartney in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Killing Pool
  2. 2. The House on the Hill

Standalone books

8 books

8 Kevin Sampson titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kevin Sampson books in order?

You only need to read Kevin Sampson books in order within the DCI Billy McCartney series, which holds 2 of the 10 Kevin Sampson books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kevin Sampson

Start with Awaydays (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kevin Sampson book?

The House on the Hill (2014) is the newest Kevin Sampson book released so far.

Is there a new Kevin Sampson book coming?

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

Kevin Sampson at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kevin Sampson title on record dates from 2014, 12 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kevin Sampson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,302 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 286 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kevin Sampson books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.

What the Kevin Sampson books are about

All 10 Kevin Sampson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.