Michael Marshall Smith Books in Order

Michael Marshall Smith has written 59 books, published between 1990 and 2024. The first book is The Man Who Drew Cats (1990) and the newest is Time Out (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
59
Published
1990–2024
Pages on record
4,546 in 13 of 59 books

Michael Marshall Smith, full name Michael Paul Marshall Smith and born 3 May 1965, is an English novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. Other bylines used are Michael Marshall, M. M. Smith and Michael Rutger. Catalogue subjects span science fiction, horror, fantasy and psychological thrillers. The 59 listed books run from The Man Who Drew Cats (1990) to Time Out (2024), including Only Forward (1994), Spares (1996) and One of Us (1998). Ememess and Straw Men are the credited series.

Source: Wikidata

How many Michael Marshall Smith books are there?

Michael Marshall Smith has 59 books, released between 1990 and 2024. They include 2 series and 44 titles listed outside any series.

Michael Marshall Smith Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 59 Michael Marshall Smith 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    The Man Who Drew Cats1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
  2. 2
    The Dark Land1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
  3. 3
    Only Forward (As: Michael Marshall)1994 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994341
  4. 4
    To Receive Is Better1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
  5. 5
    More Tomorrow1995 · 488 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995488
  6. 6
    Spares1996 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996354
  7. 7
    Hell Hath Enlarged Herself1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
  8. 8
    Foreign Bodies1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996384
  9. 9
    Binary 2Kim Newman Short Story #31998 · 91 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199891
  10. 10
    One of Us1998 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998368
  11. 11
    What You Make It1999 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999400
  12. 12
    The Vaccinator1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
  13. 13
    The Handover2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
  14. 14
    Cat Stories2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
  15. 15
    The Straw MenStraw Men #12002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
  16. 16
    The Upright Man / The Lonely DeadStraw Men #22004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
  17. 17
    Blood of AngelsStraw Men #32005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
  18. 18
    The Intruders (As: Michael Marshall)2007 · 399 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007399
  19. 19
    The Servants2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
  20. 202009–
  21. 212009–
  22. 222011–
  23. 23
    Sad, Dark Thing2011 · 427 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011427
  24. 24
    Ememess, Issue 1Ememess #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  25. 25
    Ememess, Issue 2Ememess #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  26. 26
    Ememess, Issue 3Ememess #32012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  27. 27
    Ememess, Issue 4Ememess #42012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  28. 28
    Ememess, Issue 5Ememess #52012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  29. 29
    Ememess, Issue 6Ememess #62012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  30. 30
    Ememess, Issue 7Ememess #72012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–

Michael Marshall Smith 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.

Ememess in order

9 books
  1. 1. Ememess, Issue 1
  2. 2. Ememess, Issue 2
  3. 3. Ememess, Issue 3
  4. 4. Ememess, Issue 4
  5. 5. Ememess, Issue 5
  6. 6. Ememess, Issue 6
  7. 7. Ememess, Issue 7
  8. 8. Ememess, Issue 8
  9. 9. Ememess, Issue 9

Straw Men in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Straw Men
  2. 2. The Upright Man / The Lonely Dead
  3. 3. Blood of Angels

Kim Newman Short Story

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Lovecraft Squad in order

1 book
  1. 3. Dreaming

Cemetery Dance Select in order

1 book
  1. 7. Cemetery Dance Select: Michael Marshall Smith

Standalone books

44 books

44 Michael Marshall Smith titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michael Marshall Smith books in order?

You only need to read Michael Marshall Smith books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Michael Marshall Smith

Start with The Man Who Drew Cats (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michael Marshall Smith book?

Time Out (2024) is the newest Michael Marshall Smith book released so far.

Is there a new Michael Marshall Smith book coming?

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

Awards Michael Marshall Smith has won

Wikidata records 8 awards and 21 nominations for Michael Marshall Smith. The most recent 12 are listed here. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

Michael Marshall Smith at a glance

Still publishing
Michael Marshall Smith published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Michael Marshall Smith books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,546 pages across the 13 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michael Marshall Smith books, 36 of 59, were published in the 2010s.

When Michael Marshall Smith books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Michael Marshall Smith titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 36 titles.

1990s
12
2000s
9
2010s
36
2020s
2

59 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Michael Marshall Smith books are about

13 of the 59 Michael Marshall Smith books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 4 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.