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Michael Harvey Books in Order

Michael Harvey has written 8 books, published between 2007 and 2018. The first book is The Chicago Way (2007) and the newest is Pulse (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2007–2018
Pages on record
1,509 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
25–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,509 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Michael Harvey writes crime fiction set in Chicago, built around the private investigator Michael Kelly. The 8 catalogued books open with The Chicago Way (2007) and continue through The Fifth Floor (2008), The Third Rail (2010) and We All Fall Down (2011) to The Innocence Game (2013), The Governor's Wife (2015), Brighton (2016) and Pulse (2018). Police, murder investigation and city politics recur. Nothing has followed 2018.

How many Michael Harvey books are there?

Michael Harvey has 8 books, released between 2007 and 2018. 5 of them belong to the Michael Kelly series.

Michael Harvey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Michael Harvey 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.

  1. Cover of The Third Rail by Michael Harvey, book 3 of the Michael Kelly series (2010)
  2. Cover of We All Fall Down by Michael Harvey, book 4 of the Michael Kelly series (2011)
  3. Cover of The Innocence Game by Michael Harvey (2013)
  4. Cover of The Governor's Wife by Michael Harvey, book 5 of the Michael Kelly series (2015)
  5. Cover of Brighton by Michael Harvey (2016)
  1. 1
    The Chicago WayMichael Kelly #12007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    The Fifth FloorMichael Kelly #22008 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008277
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  3. 3
    The Third RailMichael Kelly #32010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  4. 4
    We All Fall DownMichael Kelly #42011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    The Innocence Game2013 · 241 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013241
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  6. 6
    The Governor's WifeMichael Kelly #52015 · 237 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015237
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  7. 7
    Brighton2016 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016368
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  8. 8
    Pulse2018 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018386
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Michael Harvey 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.

Michael Kelly in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Chicago Way
  2. 2. The Fifth Floor
  3. 3. The Third Rail
  4. 4. We All Fall Down
  5. 5. The Governor's Wife

Standalone books

3 books

3 Michael Harvey titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael Harvey books in order?

You only need to read Michael Harvey books in order within the Michael Kelly series, which holds 5 of the 8 Michael Harvey books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Michael Harvey

Start with The Chicago Way (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael Harvey book?

Pulse (2018) is the newest Michael Harvey book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Harvey book coming?

No next Michael Harvey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Michael Harvey at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Michael Harvey title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Michael Harvey books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,509 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Harvey books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Michael Harvey books are about

7 of the 8 Michael Harvey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: chicago (ill.) is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.