Mat Coward Books in Order
Mat Coward has written 14 books, published between 1995 and 2017. The first book is Cannibal Victims Speak Out! And Other Astonishing Press Cuttings (1995) and the newest is What Could Possibly Go Boing (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1995–2017
- Pages on record
- 1,387 in 7 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 23–35 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,387 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Mat Coward writes English detective and mystery stories, police procedurals and humour. Fourteen books are catalogued between 1995 and 2017, opening with Cannibal Victims Speak Out! And Other Astonishing Press Cuttings (1995) and closing at What Could Possibly Go Boing (2017). Frank Mitchell and Don Packham are listed in the subject headings as fictitious characters, and give their names to the one series recorded under the Coward credit. Classic Radio Comedy (2003) and Success... and How to Avoid It (2004) also sit in the catalogue, with radio plays and English newspapers among the subject headings.
How many Mat Coward books are there?
Mat Coward has 14 books, released between 1995 and 2017. 4 of them belong to the Frank Mitchell and Don Packham series.
Mat Coward Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Mat Coward 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.
- 1Cannibal Victims Speak Out! And Other Astonishing Press Cuttings1995 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/419951282/4
- 220002512/4
- 320012522/4
- 4Do the World a Favour and Other Stories2003 · 213 pages · confirmed 2/420032132/4
- 5Classic Radio Comedy2003 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42003962/4
- 620042472/4
- 7Success... and How to Avoid It2004 · confirmed 2/42004–2/4
- 82005–2/4
- 9So Far, So Near2007 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/420072002/4
- 10The Soother's Boy2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 11Acts of Destruction2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 12You Can Jump and Other Stories2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 132013–2/4
- 14What Could Possibly Go Boing2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
Mat Coward 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.
Frank Mitchell and Don Packham in order
4 booksFortean Times in order
1 bookStandalone books
9 books9 Mat Coward titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Mat Coward books in order?
You only need to read Mat Coward books in order within the Frank Mitchell and Don Packham series, which holds 4 of the 14 Mat Coward books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Mat Coward
Start with Cannibal Victims Speak Out! And Other Astonishing Press Cuttings (1995), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Mat Coward book?
What Could Possibly Go Boing (2017) is the newest Mat Coward book released so far.
Is there a new Mat Coward book coming?
No next Mat Coward book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mat Coward at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Mat Coward title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Mat Coward books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,387 pages across the 7 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 213 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mat Coward books, 9 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Mat Coward books are about
7 of the 14 Mat Coward books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 3 of 7 books
- Don Packham (Fictitious character) 2 of 7 books
- Frank Mitchell (Fictitious character) 2 of 7 books