Ray Clark Books in Order

Ray Clark has written 22 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Calix (2008) and the newest is Bones on the Yorkshire Moors (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2008–2026
Pages on record
1,660 in 6 of 22 books

Ray Clark writes the Gardener and Reilly series, and the Clark catalogue also carries British social history. Calix (2008) is the first of 22 Clark books. Pirate radio, music festivals and English social life appear among the subjects, alongside titles such as Radio Caroline (2014) and The Great British Woodstock (2017). Impurity, Imperfection and Implant came out between 2016 and 2018. Bones on the Yorkshire Moors is dated 2026.

Source: composed

How many Ray Clark books are there?

Ray Clark has 22 books, released between 2008 and 2026. 13 of them belong to the Gardener and Reilly series.

Ray Clark Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Ray Clark 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.

  1. 1
    Calix2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
  2. 2
    Misrule 2: The Next Generation2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
  3. 3
    The Priest's Hole2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
  4. 4
    Radio Caroline2014 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014256
  5. 5
    A Devil's Dozen2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
  6. 6
    A Detective's Dozen2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
  7. 7
    ImpurityGardener and Reilly #12016 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016300
  8. 8
    ImperfectionGardener and Reilly #22017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
  9. 9
    The Great British Woodstock2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
  10. 10
    ImplantGardener and Reilly #32018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
  11. 11
    Ryder on the Storm2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
  12. 12
    Resurrection2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
  13. 13
    ImpressionGardener and Reilly #42020 · 329 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020329
  14. 14
    ImpositionGardener and Reilly #52020 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020284
  15. 15
    ImpostureGardener and Reilly #62021 · 270 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021270
  16. 16
    ImpassiveGardener and Reilly #72021 · 221 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021221
  17. 17
    ImpiousGardener and Reilly #82022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
  18. 18
    ImplicationGardener and Reilly #92022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
  19. 19
    ImpunityGardener and Reilly #102023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
  20. 20
    ImpaledGardener and Reilly #112024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
  21. 21
    ImproperGardener and Reilly #122024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
  22. 22
    Bones on the Yorkshire MoorsGardener and Reilly #132026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–

Ray Clark 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.

Gardener and Reilly in order

13 books
  1. 1. Impurity
  2. 2. Imperfection
  3. 3. Implant
  4. 4. Impression
  5. 5. Imposition
  6. 6. Imposture
  7. 7. Impassive
  8. 8. Impious
  9. 9. Implication
  10. 10. Impunity
  11. 11. Impaled
  12. 12. Improper
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Standalone books

9 books

9 Ray Clark titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ray Clark books in order?

You only need to read Ray Clark books in order within the Gardener and Reilly series, which holds 13 of the 22 Ray Clark books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ray Clark

Start with Calix (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ray Clark book?

Bones on the Yorkshire Moors (2026) is the newest Ray Clark book released so far.

Is there a new Ray Clark book coming?

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

Ray Clark at a glance

Still publishing
Ray Clark published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ray Clark books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,660 pages across the 6 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 277 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ray Clark books, 10 of 22, were published in the 2020s.

When Ray Clark books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Ray Clark titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 10 titles.

2000s
2
2010s
10
2020s
10

22 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Ray Clark books are about

2 of the 22 Ray Clark books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 2 of 2 books
  • England, social life and customs 1 of 2 books
  • Great Britain, biography 1 of 2 books
  • Music festivals 1 of 2 books
  • Pirate radio broadcasting 1 of 2 books
  • Radio Caroline 1 of 2 books