Quintin Jardine Books in Order
Quintin Jardine has written 62 books, published between 1993 and 2026. The first book is Skinner's Rules (1993) and the newest is Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series (2026). Publication order is the reading order below. 39 of the 62 books listed here are in the Bob Skinner series, which has its own page: Bob Skinner books in order.
- Books
- 62
- Published
- 1993–2026
- Pages on record
- 16,966 in 44 of 62 books
- Reading time
- 283–424 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 16,966 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 44 of 62 titles with a page count on record.
Quintin Jardine, born in 1945, is a Scottish crime novelist with three series to his name. Bob Skinner, a police officer in Edinburgh, heads the longest of them, from Skinner's Rules (1993) through Skinner's Festival, Skinner's Trail, Murmuring the Judges and Skinner's Ghosts. Oz Blackstone and Primavera Blackstone carry the other two, starting with Blackstone's Pursuits (1996). Sixty-two books are catalogued through 2026, each around 400 pages, and Scotland supplies the setting throughout.
Source: Wikidata
How many Quintin Jardine books are there?
Quintin Jardine has 62 books, released between 1993 and 2026. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Quintin Jardine Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 62 Quintin Jardine 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.
- 119933202/4
- 219943102/4
- 319944992/4
- 419954362/4
- 519962502/4
- 619964382/4
- 719973102/4
- 819974062/4
- 919984162/4
- 1019984072/4
- 1119993442/4
- 1219994072/4
- 1320003522/4
- 1420004072/4
- 1520013522/4
- 1620014482/4
- 1720024032/4
- 1820033522/4
- 1920033522/4
- 2020033202/4
- 2120043712/4
- 2220044802/4
- 2320053842/4
- 2420054162/4
- 2520064802/4
- 2620074162/4
- 2720083842/4
- 2820093112/4
- 2920093402/4
- 302009–2/4
- 31Somewhere Over the Rainbow2010 · 402 pages · confirmed 2/420104022/4
- 322010–2/4
- 33The Block2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 34The Loner2011 · 431 pages · confirmed 2/420114312/4
- 3520114092/4
- 3620123142/4
- 3720123852/4
- 3820133452/4
- 392013–2/4
- 4020134082/4
- 41Mathew's Tale2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 4220144252/4
- 432014–2/4
- 4420154162/4
- 452016–2/4
- 462016–2/4
- 472017–2/4
- 482017–2/4
- 4920174002/4
- 502017–2/4
- 512018–2/4
- 522018–2/4
- 532018–2/4
- 5420184162/4
- 5520183202/4
- 5620194002/4
- 5720204002/4
- 582021–2/4
- 592022–2/4
- 602023–2/4
- 612024–2/4
- 62Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner seriesBob Skinner #392026 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420263842/4
Quintin Jardine series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Bob Skinner books in order 39 books
Quintin Jardine 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.
Oz Blackstone in order
9 booksPrimavera Blackstone in order
5 booksOz Blackstone Short Stories/Novellas
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
4 books4 Quintin Jardine titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Quintin Jardine books in order?
You only need to read Quintin Jardine 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 Quintin Jardine
Start with Skinner's Rules (1993), the first Bob Skinner book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Quintin Jardine book?
Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series (2026) is the newest Quintin Jardine book released so far.
Is there a new Quintin Jardine book coming?
No next Quintin Jardine book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Quintin Jardine at a glance
- Still publishing
- Quintin Jardine published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Quintin Jardine books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 16,966 pages across the 44 of 62 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Quintin Jardine books, 26 of 62, were published in the 2010s.
When Quintin Jardine books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Quintin Jardine titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 26 titles.
62 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Quintin Jardine books are about
43 of the 62 Quintin Jardine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 22 of 43. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 22 of 43 books
- Bob Skinner (Fictitious character) 21 of 43 books
- Mystery & detective 12 of 43 books
- Scotland 9 of 43 books
- Skinner, bob (fictitious character) 9 of 43 books
- Edinburgh (Scotland) 7 of 43 books
- Private investigators 7 of 43 books
- Oz Blackstone (Fictitious character) 6 of 43 books
- Investigation 5 of 43 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 5 of 43 books
- Murder 4 of 43 books