Mick Herron Books in Order
Mick Herron has written 25 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Down Cemetery Road (2003) and the newest is Clown Town (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 25 books listed here are in the Slough House series, which has its own page: Slough House books in order.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Confirmed
- 23 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,848 in 16 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 81–121 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,848 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Slough House, the series adapted for television as Slow Horses, is the work of Mick Herron, a British mystery and thriller novelist born Michael Herron on 11 July 1963. Herron's catalogue holds 25 books from Down Cemetery Road (2003) to Clown Town (2025), including the Zoe Boehm books, standalone novels and short fiction. Dead Lions won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger in 2013, and Herron received the Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 2025. MI5, the intelligence service, private investigators and England recur across the subjects.
How many Mick Herron books are there?
Mick Herron has 25 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
Mick Herron Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Mick Herron books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120033684/4
- 220043044/4
- 320063284/4
- 420083524/4
- 520093044/4
- 620103524/4
- 72013–3/4
- 82013–1/4
- 920133764/4
- 1020152964/4
- 112015–4/4
- 1220163434/4
- 1320173104/4
- 1420182614/4
- 1520183264/4
- 1620181284/4
- 1720193604/4
- 1820201284/4
- 192020–2/4
- 202021–4/4
- 2120223124/4
- 222022–4/4
- 232022–4/4
- 242023–4/4
- 252025–4/4
Mick Herron series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Slough House books in order 14 books
- Zoe Boehm books in order 4 books
Mick Herron 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.
Mick Herron Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mick Herron Short Story
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mick Herron Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mick Herron Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Mick Herron books run from Down Cemetery Road (2003) to Clown Town (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Mick Herron in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Mick Herron books in order?
You only need to read Mick Herron 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 Mick Herron
Start with the first book of the Mick Herron series you want to read: Slough House starts with Slow Horses (2010) and Zoe Boehm starts with Down Cemetery Road (2003). The earliest catalogued title overall is Down Cemetery Road (2003).
What is the newest Mick Herron book?
Clown Town (2025) is the newest Mick Herron book released so far.
Is there a new Mick Herron book coming?
No next Mick Herron book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mick Herron at a glance
- Still publishing
- Mick Herron published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Mick Herron books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,848 pages across the 16 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 319 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mick Herron books, 12 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 22 of the 25 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 23 in at least three.
What the Mick Herron books are about
17 of the 25 Mick Herron books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 14 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Suspense 14 of 17 books
- Thrillers 10 of 17 books
- Great Britain 8 of 17 books
- Intelligence service 5 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 17 books
- England 3 of 17 books
- Great Britain. MI5 3 of 17 books
- Officials and employees 3 of 17 books
- Women private investigators 3 of 17 books
- Crimes against 2 of 17 books
- English literature 2 of 17 books
- Intelligence officers 2 of 17 books
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