Mark Hodder Books in Order
Mark Hodder has written 29 books, published between 2010 and 2024. The first book is The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (2010) and the newest is A Dark and Subtle Light (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 29
- Published
- 2010–2024
- Pages on record
- 3,361 in 9 of 29 books
Mark Hodder is an English author who has lived in Spain since 2008. The six-part Burton & Swinburne steampunk series opened with The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, winner of the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award, and continued with The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man (2011) and Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon (2012); the second of those drew a Sidewise Award nomination, as did the fourth novel, The Secret of Abdu El-Yezdi (2013). The catalogue holds 29 books published between 2010 and 2024, reaching A Dark and Subtle Light (2024), and Macallister Fogg, Black Pentagram and Machiavelli The Immortal are the other series listed. Subjects cover science fiction, fantasy, Great Britain, criminal investigation and the legendary figure Spring-heeled Jack.
How many Mark Hodder books are there?
Mark Hodder has 29 books, released between 2010 and 2024. They include 5 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.
Mark Hodder Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 29 Mark Hodder 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.
- 120103732/4
- 22011–2/4
- 3A Red Sun Also Rises2012 · 271 pages · confirmed 2/420122712/4
- 42012–2/4
- 52013–2/4
- 62013–2/4
- 72013–2/4
- 820133952/4
- 92014–2/4
- 1020143672/4
- 1120153832/4
- 122016–2/4
- 13Zenith the Albino2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 14My Hat! My Wonderful Hat!2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 152017–2/4
- 16The Abattoir2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 17Dust and Six Fragments of Bone2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 18The Beetle2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 19Sherlock Holmes: Sir Richard Burton's Final Chapter2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 20The Sigils of Hufferton Hall2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 212018–2/4
- 222018–2/4
- 232018–2/4
- 2420204302/4
- 2520204302/4
- 2620202802/4
- 272021–2/4
- 2820214322/4
- 292024–2/4
Mark Hodder series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Mark Hodder 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.
Sexton Blake in order
6 booksMacallister Fogg in order
3 booksBlack Pentagram in order
3 booksMachiavelli The Immortal in order
1 bookStandalone books
8 books8 Mark Hodder titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mark Hodder books in order?
You only need to read Mark Hodder books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Mark Hodder
Start with The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (2010), the first Burton & Swinburne book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Mark Hodder book?
A Dark and Subtle Light (2024) is the newest Mark Hodder book released so far.
Is there a new Mark Hodder book coming?
No next Mark Hodder book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mark Hodder at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mark Hodder published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Mark Hodder books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,361 pages across the 9 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 383 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mark Hodder books, 23 of 29, were published in the 2010s.
What the Mark Hodder books are about
8 of the 29 Mark Hodder books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: criminal investigation is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Criminal investigation 3 of 8 books
- Great Britain 3 of 8 books
- Science fiction 3 of 8 books
- Assassination attempts 2 of 8 books
- English literature 2 of 8 books
- History 2 of 8 books
- Social conditions 2 of 8 books
- Spring-heeled Jack (Legendary character) 2 of 8 books