Linwood Barclay Books in Order
Linwood Barclay has written 37 books, published between 1996 and 2026. The first book is Father Knows Zilch (1996) and the newest is Not a Word (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1996–2026
- Confirmed
- 37 of 37 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,560 in 25 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 159–239 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,560 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Linwood Barclay, born in 1955, is an American-born Canadian novelist, humorist and former columnist. Barclay's detective novels have been bestsellers in Canada and abroad since No Time for Goodbye (2007). The catalogue holds 37 Barclay books, reaching back to Father Knows Zilch (1996) and forward to Not a Word (2026). Series include Promise Falls, Zack Walker, Keisha Ceylon and Chase, and the subjects take in suspense, missing persons, journalists, families and humor.
Before writing novels, Linwood Barclay worked as a journalist, and his background in investigative writing carries into his suspense fiction, which often features ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances.
How many Linwood Barclay books are there?
Linwood Barclay has 37 books, released between 1996 and 2026. They include 5 separate series.
Linwood Barclay Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Linwood Barclay books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119962274/4
- 219981604/4
- 319982044/4
- 420002794/4
- 520043874/4
- 620053184/4
- 720064344/4
- 820073384/4
- 920074804/4
- 1020085124/4
- 1120095444/4
- 1220102564/4
- 132010–4/4
- 1420105184/4
- 1520114984/4
- 1620113864/4
- 172013–4/4
- 1820144534/4
- 1920155004/4
- 20Pit Stop: Sean Reilly vs. Glen GarberRaymond Khoury Short Stories/Novellas with Raymond Khoury #12015 · confirmed 4/42015–4/4
- 212015–3/4
- 222016–4/4
- 2320164694/4
- 2420164534/4
- 2520172564/4
- 2620174644/4
- 2720182564/4
- 2820183684/4
- 292019–4/4
- 302019–4/4
- 3120214484/4
- 322022–4/4
- 332022–4/4
- 3420233524/4
- 352024–4/4
- 362025–4/4
- 372026–3/4
Linwood Barclay 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.
Linwood Barclay Standalone Novels
15 books15 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Linwood Barclay Non-Fiction
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Promise Falls in order
5 booksZack Walker in order
4 booksNo Time For Goodbye in order
2 booksKeisha Ceylon in order
2 booksChase in order
2 booksRaymond Khoury Short Stories/Novellas with Raymond Khoury
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Linwood Barclay Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Linwood Barclay Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Linwood Barclay books run from Father Knows Zilch (1996) to Not a Word (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Linwood Barclay in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Linwood Barclay books in order?
You only need to read Linwood Barclay books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Linwood Barclay books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Father Knows Zilch (1996), the earliest published title. After it come Mike Harris Made Me Eat My Dog (1998), This House is Nuts (1998), Last Resort (2000) and Bad Move (2004); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Linwood Barclay book?
Not a Word (2026) is the newest Linwood Barclay book released so far.
Is there a new Linwood Barclay book coming?
No next Linwood Barclay book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Linwood Barclay at a glance
- Still publishing
- Linwood Barclay published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Linwood Barclay books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,560 pages across the 25 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 387 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Linwood Barclay books, 19 of 37, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 35 of the 37 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Linwood Barclay books are about
28 of the 37 Linwood Barclay 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 12 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 12 of 28 books
- Thrillers 11 of 28 books
- Investigation 7 of 28 books
- Journalists 6 of 28 books
- Murder 6 of 28 books
- Missing persons 5 of 28 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 28 books
- Family life 3 of 28 books
- Fathers and daughters 3 of 28 books
- Humor 3 of 28 books
- Psychological fiction 3 of 28 books