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Mickey Spillane Books in Order

62 books are credited to Mickey Spillane, published between 1947 and 2025; 29 of them appeared after Mickey Spillane's death in 2006. The first book is I, the Jury (1947) and the newest is Baby, It's Murder (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
62
Published
1947–2025
Pages on record
7,271 in 30 of 62 books
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Photo of Mickey Spillane, author

Mike Hammer is the detective Mickey Spillane is best known for, and subject headings place Hammer in New York. Spillane, born Frank Morrison Spillane on March 9, 1918, was an American crime novelist called the king of pulp fiction, and died on July 17, 2006. Industry estimates put sales of 26 Spillane books above 200 million copies, and Spillane played Hammer in the 1963 film The Girl Hunters. The catalogue lists 62 books from I, the Jury (1947) to Baby, It's Murder (2025), with My Gun Is Quick (1950), One Lonely Night (1951), Kiss Me, Deadly (1952) and The Girl Hunters (1962) among them. Caleb York and Tiger Mann are further series.

How many Mickey Spillane books are there?

Mickey Spillane has 62 books, released between 1947 and 2025. 29 of them were published after Mickey Spillane's death in 2006. They include 4 series and 20 titles listed outside any series.

Mickey Spillane Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 62 Mickey Spillane 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 I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane, book 1 of the Mike Hammer series (1947)
  2. Cover of My Gun Is Quick by Mickey Spillane, book 2 of the Mike Hammer series (1950)
  3. Cover of The Big Kill by Mickey Spillane, book 5 of the Mike Hammer series (1951)
  4. Cover of Me, Hood! by Mickey Spillane (1963)
  5. Cover of The Snake by Mickey Spillane, book 8 of the Mike Hammer series (1964)
  6. Cover of Bloody Sunrise by Mickey Spillane, book 2 of the Tiger Mann series (1965)
  7. Cover of The By-Pass Control by Mickey Spillane, book 4 of the Tiger Mann series (1966)
  8. Cover of The Twisted Thing by Mickey Spillane, book 9 of the Mike Hammer series (1966)
  9. Cover of The Body Lovers by Mickey Spillane, book 10 of the Mike Hammer series (1967)
  10. Cover of The Ship That Never Was by Mickey Spillane (1982)
  11. Cover of Tomorrow I Die by Mickey Spillane (1984)
  12. Cover of The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane, book 1 of the Mickey Spillane Short Stories/Novellas series (1989)
  13. Cover of The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane, book 12 of the Mike Hammer series (1989)
  14. Cover of Black Alley by Mickey Spillane, book 13 of the Mike Hammer series (1996)
  15. Cover of Something's Down There by Mickey Spillane (2003)
  16. Cover of Dead Street by Mickey Spillane (2007)
  17. Cover of The Goliath Bone by Mickey Spillane, book 14 of the Mike Hammer series (2008)
  18. Cover of Kiss Her Goodbye by Mickey Spillane, book 15 of the Mike Hammer series (2009)
  19. Cover of The Big Bang by Mickey Spillane, book 16 of the Mike Hammer series (2010)
  20. Cover of The Consummata by Mickey Spillane (2011)
  21. Cover of Lady, Go Die! by Mickey Spillane, book 17 of the Mike Hammer series (2012)
  22. Cover of Complex 90 by Mickey Spillane, book 19 of the Mike Hammer series (2013)
  23. Cover of King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane, book 20 of the Mike Hammer series (2014)
  24. Cover of The Legend of Caleb York by Mickey Spillane, book 1 of the Caleb York series (2015)
  1. 1
    I, the JuryMike Hammer #11947 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19471
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  2. 2
    My Gun Is QuickMike Hammer #21950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  3. 3
    Vengeance is MineMike Hammer #31950 · confirmed 2/4
    1950–
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  4. 4
    The Long Wait1951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  5. 5
    One Lonely NightMike Hammer #41951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  6. 6
    The Big KillMike Hammer #51951 · confirmed 2/4
    1951–
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  7. 7
    Kiss Me, DeadlyMike Hammer #61952 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1952320
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  8. 8
    The Deep1961 · confirmed 2/4
    1961–
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  9. 9
    The Girl HuntersMike Hammer #71962 · confirmed 2/4
    1962–
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  10. 10
    Me, Hood!1963 · confirmed 2/4
    1963–
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  11. 11
    Day of the GunsTiger Mann #11964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  12. 12
    The Flier1964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  13. 13
    Return of the Hood1964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  14. 14
    The SnakeMike Hammer #81964 · confirmed 2/4
    1964–
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  15. 15
    Bloody SunriseTiger Mann #21965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965–
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  16. 16
    Killer Mine1965 · confirmed 2/4
    1965–
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  17. 17
    The Death DealersTiger Mann #31966 · confirmed 2/4
    1966–
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  18. 18
    The By-Pass ControlTiger Mann #41966 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966192
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  19. 19
    The Twisted ThingMike Hammer #91966 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966160
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  20. 20
    The Body LoversMike Hammer #101967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  21. 21
    The Delta Factor1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  22. 22
    The Tough Guys1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  23. 23
    Survival... ZeroMike Hammer #111970 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970160
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  24. 24
    The Erection Set1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  25. 25
    The Last Cop Out1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  26. 26
    Vintage Spillane1974 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974280
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  27. 27
    The Day the Sea Rolled Back1979 · 142 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1979142
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  28. 28
    The Ship That Never Was1982 · 114 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982114
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  29. 29
    Tomorrow I Die1984 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984234
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  30. 30
    The Killing ManMickey Spillane Short Stories/Novellas #11989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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Mickey Spillane series and characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Mickey Spillane books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Mike Hammer books in order

29 books by Mickey Spillane
  1. 1. I, the Jury
  2. 2. My Gun Is Quick
  3. 3. Vengeance is Mine
  4. 4. One Lonely Night
  5. 5. The Big Kill
  6. 6. Kiss Me, Deadly
  7. 7. The Girl Hunters
  8. 8. The Snake
  9. 9. The Twisted Thing
  10. 10. The Body Lovers
  11. 11. Survival... Zero
  12. 12. The Killing Man
  13. and 17 more in the table above

Caleb York in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Legend of Caleb York
  2. 2. The Big Showdown
  3. 3. The Bloody Spur
  4. 4. Last Stage to Hell Junction
  5. 5. Hot Lead, Cold Justice
  6. 6. Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek

Tiger Mann in order

4 books
  1. 1. Day of the Guns
  2. 2. Bloody Sunrise
  3. 3. The Death Dealers
  4. 4. The By-Pass Control

Publication Order of's Mike Hammer Graphic Novels in order

2 books
  1. 1. Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1
  2. 2. Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2

Mickey Spillane Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

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

Standalone books

20 books

20 Mickey Spillane titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mickey Spillane books in order?

You only need to read Mickey Spillane books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Mickey Spillane

Start with I, the Jury (1947), the first Mike Hammer book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Mickey Spillane book?

Baby, It's Murder (2025) is the newest Mickey Spillane book released so far.

Is there a new Mickey Spillane book coming?

No next Mickey Spillane 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 Mickey Spillane has won

Wikidata records 3 awards for Mickey Spillane. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • The Grand Master1995Won
  • Inkpot Award1994Won
  • Shamus Award1983Won

Mickey Spillane at a glance

Died
Mickey Spillane died in 2006, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Mickey Spillane are still being published after Mickey Spillane's death in 2006; the newest appeared in 2025.
Release pace
Mickey Spillane books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,271 pages across the 30 of 62 books with a recorded length, a median of 242 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mickey Spillane books, 19 of 62, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mickey Spillane books are about

49 of the 62 Mickey Spillane books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 30 of 49. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.