Max Byrd Books in Order
Max Byrd has written 12 books, published between 1981 and 2020. The first book is Fly Away, Jill (1981) and the newest is Pont Neuf (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1981–2020
- Pages on record
- 2,137 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 36–53 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,137 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Max Byrd's subject headings span private investigators and San Francisco on one side, and presidents, biographical fiction and the Civil War on the other. The catalogue lists 12 books from 1981 to 2020, along with the Mike Haller series. Fly Away, Jill (1981) and California Thriller (1984) are early titles, and Jefferson (1993), Jackson (1997) and Grant (2000) follow. Shooting the Sun (2003) and The Paris Deadline (2012) come later, and Pont Neuf (2020) is the newest.
How many Max Byrd books are there?
Max Byrd has 12 books, released between 1981 and 2020. 3 of them belong to the Mike Haller series.
Max Byrd Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Max Byrd 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.
- 11981–1/4
- 21984–1/4
- 31984–1/4
- 4Target of Opportunity1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 5Fuse Time1991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 6Jefferson1993 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/419934321/4
- 7Jackson1997 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/419974321/4
- 8Grant2000 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420003681/4
- 9Shooting the Sun2003 · 306 pages · confirmed 1/420033061/4
- 10The Paris Deadline2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11The Sixth Conspirator2019 · 359 pages · confirmed 1/420193591/4
- 12Pont Neuf2020 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420202401/4
Max Byrd 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.
Mike Haller in order
3 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Max Byrd titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Max Byrd books in order?
You only need to read Max Byrd books in order within the Mike Haller series, which holds 3 of the 12 Max Byrd books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Max Byrd
Start with Fly Away, Jill (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Max Byrd book?
Pont Neuf (2020) is the newest Max Byrd book released so far.
Is there a new Max Byrd book coming?
No next Max Byrd book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Max Byrd at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Max Byrd title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Max Byrd books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 2,137 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 364 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Max Byrd books, 4 of 12, were published in the 1980s.
What the Max Byrd books are about
All 12 Max Byrd books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 3 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 12 books
- Presidents 3 of 12 books
- Private investigators 3 of 12 books
- San Francisco (Calif.) 3 of 12 books
- Paris (France) 2 of 12 books
- Suspense 2 of 12 books
- Thrillers 2 of 12 books