Reginald Hill Books in Order

How many Reginald Hill books are there?

Reginald Hill has 60 books, released between 1970 and 2023. 2 of them were published after Reginald Hill's death in 2012. They include 3 series and 26 titles listed outside any series.

Reginald Hill Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 60 Reginald Hill 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.

Reginald Hill series in order

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

• Dalziel & Pascoe books in order 27 books

Reginald Hill 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.

Reginald Hill Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Reginald Hill books run from A Clubbable Woman (1970) to A Candle for Christmas & Other Stories (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Reginald Hill in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Reginald Hill books in order?

You only need to read Reginald Hill 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 Reginald Hill

Start with A Clubbable Woman (1970), the first Dalziel & Pascoe book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Reginald Hill book?

A Candle for Christmas & Other Stories (2023) is the newest Reginald Hill book released so far.

Is there a new Reginald Hill book coming?

No next Reginald Hill 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 Reginald Hill has won

Wikidata records 3 awards and 2 nominations for Reginald Hill. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Macavity Awards2000Won
• Barry Award for Best Novel1999Won
• Cartier Diamond Dagger1995Won
• Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award2009Shortlisted
• Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award2008Shortlisted

Reginald Hill at a glance

Died

Reginald Hill died in 2012, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Reginald Hill are still being published after Reginald Hill's death in 2012; the newest appeared in 2023.

Release pace

Reginald Hill books have appeared about one a year on average.

Length

12,239 pages across the 38 of 60 books with a recorded length, a median of 306 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Reginald Hill books, 17 of 60, were published in the 1970s.

What the Reginald Hill books are about

48 of the 60 Reginald Hill books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: andrew dalziel (fictitious character) is tagged on 18 of 48. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Andrew Dalziel (Fictitious character) 18 of 48 books
• Peter Pascoe (Fictitious character) 18 of 48 books
• Police 17 of 48 books
• Dalziel, andrew (fictitious character) 14 of 48 books
• England 14 of 48 books
• Pascoe, peter (fictitious character) 13 of 48 books
• Mystery & detective 12 of 48 books
• Mystery & detective, police procedural 8 of 48 books
• Blacks 5 of 48 books
• Fiction in English 5 of 48 books
• Joe Sixsmith (Fictitious character) 5 of 48 books

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