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Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub Books in Order

Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub has written 19 books, published between 1989 and 2021. The first book is Navigation of a Rainmaker (1989) and the newest is Whitehavens (As: Parker Bilal) (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1989–2021
Pages on record
4,183 in 13 of 19 books
Reading time
70–105 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,183 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

See all 19 books in order Printable Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub checklist

The catalogue entry Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub combines 19 books published between 1989 and 2021. Navigation of a Rainmaker (1989) is the earliest, and Whitehavens (2021) is credited as Parker Bilal. The Makana and Crane and Drake series are listed on the page. Subject tags include private investigators, Cairo, Egypt, Sudanese, thrillers and mystery. The Golden Scales (2012), Dogstar Rising (2013) and The Ghost Runner (2014) are among the titles. No book has been added since 2021.

How many Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub books are there?

Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub has 19 books, released between 1989 and 2021. They include 2 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.

Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub 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 Navigation of a Rainmaker by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub (1989)
  2. Cover of Wings of Dust by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub (1994)
  3. Cover of In the Hour of Signs by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub (1996)
  4. Cover of The Carrier by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub (1998)
  5. Cover of Travelling with Djinns by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub (2003)
  6. Cover of The Drift Latitudes by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub (2006)
  7. Cover of Dogstar Rising by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub, book 2 of the Makana series (2013)
  8. Cover of Burning Gates by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub, book 4 of the Makana series (2015)
  9. Cover of The Heights by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub, book 2 of the Crane and Drake series (2020)
  10. Cover of The Trenches by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub, book 3 of the Crane and Drake series (2021)
  11. Cover of Whitehavens (As: Parker Bilal) by Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub (2021)
  1. 1
    Navigation of a Rainmaker1989 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989184
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  2. 2
    Wings of Dust1994 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994218
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  3. 3
    In the Hour of Signs1996 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996249
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  4. 4
    The Carrier1998 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998278
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  5. 5
    Travelling with Djinns2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003352
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  6. 6
    The Drift Latitudes2006 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006320
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  7. 7
    Nubian Indigo2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  8. 8
    The Golden ScalesMakana #12012 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012416
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  9. 9
    Dogstar RisingMakana #22013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  10. 10
    The Ghost RunnerMakana #32014 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014432
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  11. 11
    Burning GatesMakana #42015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  12. 12
    City of JackalsMakana #52016 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016464
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  13. 13
    Dark WaterMakana #62017 · 287 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017287
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  14. 14
    A Line in the River: Khartoum, City of Memory2018 · 401 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018401
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  15. 15
    The DivinitiesCrane and Drake #12020 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020262
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  16. 16
    The HeightsCrane and Drake #22020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020320
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  17. 17
    The TrenchesCrane and Drake #32021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  18. 18
    The Fugitives2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  19. 19
    Whitehavens (As: Parker Bilal)2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub 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.

Makana in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Golden Scales
  2. 2. Dogstar Rising
  3. 3. The Ghost Runner
  4. 4. Burning Gates
  5. 5. City of Jackals
  6. 6. Dark Water

Crane and Drake in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Divinities
  2. 2. The Heights
  3. 3. The Trenches

Standalone books

10 books

10 Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub books in order?

You only need to read Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub 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 Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub

Start with Navigation of a Rainmaker (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub book?

Whitehavens (As: Parker Bilal) (2021) is the newest Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub book released so far.

Is there a new Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub book coming?

No next Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub at a glance

Paused
No new Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,183 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub books are about

16 of the 19 Parker Bilal / Jamal Mahjoub 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 6 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.