Mark Olshaker Books in Order
Mark Olshaker has written 11 books, published between 1978 and 2025. The first book is The Polaroid Story: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience (1978) and the newest is The Big One (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1978–2025
- Pages on record
- 2,733 in 8 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 46–68 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,733 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Mark Olshaker is an American author from Washington, D.C., born on February 28, 1951. Olshaker writes on criminal and investigative psychology with FBI agent John E. Douglas; the two formed Mindhunters, Inc. in 1995, and their book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit became the 2017 Netflix series Mindhunter. With public health scientist Michael Osterholm, Olshaker wrote Deadliest Enemy (2017), on pandemic preparedness. The catalogue lists 11 books from The Polaroid Story (1978) to The Big One (2025).
How many Mark Olshaker books are there?
Mark Olshaker has 11 books, released between 1978 and 2025.
Mark Olshaker Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Mark Olshaker 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.
- 1The Polaroid Story: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience1978 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419783041/4
- 2The Instant Image1978 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/419782771/4
- 3Einstein's Brain1981 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/419813231/4
- 4Unnatural Causes1986 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/419864521/4
- 5Blood Race1989 · 395 pages · confirmed 1/419893951/4
- 6The Edge1994 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/419943351/4
- 7Virus Hunter1997 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/419973231/4
- 8Broken Wings1999 · 324 pages · confirmed 1/419993241/4
- 9Deadliest Enemy2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 10The Next Pandemic2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 11The Big One2025 · confirmed 1/42025–1/4
Mark Olshaker 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
11 books11 Mark Olshaker titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mark Olshaker books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 11 Mark Olshaker books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Mark Olshaker
Start with The Polaroid Story: Edwin Land and the Polaroid Experience (1978), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mark Olshaker book?
The Big One (2025) is the newest Mark Olshaker book released so far.
Is there a new Mark Olshaker book coming?
No next Mark Olshaker 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 Olshaker at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mark Olshaker published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Mark Olshaker books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 2,733 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mark Olshaker books, 3 of 11, were published in the 1990s.
What the Mark Olshaker books are about
9 of the 11 Mark Olshaker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: polaroid corporation is tagged on 2 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Polaroid Corporation 2 of 9 books
- Polaroid land camera 2 of 9 books