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Neil McMahon Books in Order

Neil McMahon has written 11 books, published between 2000 and 2015. The first book is Twice Dying (2000) and the newest is The Shadow Kind (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2000–2015
Pages on record
1,951 in 6 of 11 books
Reading time
33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,951 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Neil McMahon checklist

Neil McMahon, born in 1949, is a novelist and a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford. McMahon wrote two series: the Carroll Monks books, which are Twice Dying (2000), Blood Double (2002), To the Bone (2003) and Revolution No. 9 (2005), and the Hugh Davoren books, Lone Creek (2007) and Dead Silver (2008). McMahon also collaborated with James Patterson on Toys, a New York Times number one bestseller. Three horror novels from the late 1980s, first published under the pseudonym Daniel Rhodes, have been reissued as ebooks. The catalogue adds a third series, Head of Time, and subject headings on medical examiners, physicians, cults and San Francisco.

How many Neil McMahon books are there?

Neil McMahon has 11 books, released between 2000 and 2015. They include 3 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Neil McMahon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Neil McMahon 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 Twice Dying by Neil McMahon, book 1 of the Carroll Monks series (2000)
  2. Cover of Blood Double by Neil McMahon, book 2 of the Carroll Monks series (2002)
  3. Cover of To the Bone by Neil McMahon, book 3 of the Carroll Monks series (2003)
  4. Cover of Revolution No. 9 by Neil McMahon, book 4 of the Carroll Monks series (2005)
  5. Cover of Dead Silver by Neil McMahon, book 2 of the Hugh Davoren series (2008)
  6. Cover of L.A. Mental by Neil McMahon (2011)
  1. 1
    Twice DyingCarroll Monks #12000 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000288
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  2. 2
    Blood DoubleCarroll Monks #22002 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    To the BoneCarroll Monks #32003 · 367 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003367
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Revolution No. 9Carroll Monks #42005 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Lone CreekHugh Davoren #12007 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Dead SilverHugh Davoren #22008 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    L.A. Mental2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Cast Angels Down To Hell2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Adam of AlbionHead of Time #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Fifty Shades of Great Aunt Elinor2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Shadow Kind2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Neil McMahon 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.

Carroll Monks in order

4 books
  1. 1. Twice Dying
  2. 2. Blood Double
  3. 3. To the Bone
  4. 4. Revolution No. 9

Hugh Davoren in order

2 books
  1. 1. Lone Creek
  2. 2. Dead Silver

Head of Time in order

1 book
  1. 1. Adam of Albion

Standalone books

4 books

4 Neil McMahon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Neil McMahon books in order?

You only need to read Neil McMahon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Neil McMahon

Start with Twice Dying (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Neil McMahon book?

The Shadow Kind (2015) is the newest Neil McMahon book released so far.

Is there a new Neil McMahon book coming?

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

Neil McMahon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Neil McMahon title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Neil McMahon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,951 pages across the 6 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 328 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Neil McMahon books, 6 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Neil McMahon books are about

7 of the 11 Neil McMahon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.