Rhys Dylan Books in Order
Rhys Dylan has written 39 books, published between 2011 and 2026. The first book is The Curse of Wihtlea Barrows (2011) and the newest is Reckless Deceit (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 39
- Published
- 2011–2026
- Confirmed
- 12 of 39 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,429 in 4 of 39 books
Rhys Dylan's catalogue splits between crime and fantasy. DCI Evan Warlow / Black Beacons, Detective Anna Gwynne and the Merryweathers Mysteries are the detective series; the Hipposync Archives and Artefact form the other strand, and monsters, schools, friendship and good versus evil sit in the subject tags. Forty-seven titles run from The Curse of Wihtlea Barrows (2011) to Reckless Deceit (2026). Dylan remains in active publication.
How many Rhys Dylan books are there?
Rhys Dylan has 39 books, released between 2011 and 2026. They include 5 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Rhys Dylan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 39 Rhys Dylan books in the order they were released, 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.
- 12011–2/4
- 22012–2/4
- 32013–2/4
- 420144132/4
- 52016–2/4
- 62016–2/4
- 72016–2/4
- 82017–2/4
- 92018–2/4
- 102018–2/4
- 112018–2/4
- 12The Appointment (As: Dylan Young)2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 132019–2/4
- 14The Operation (As: Dylan Young)2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 15Trauma (As:Dylan Young)2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 162021–2/4
- 1720213583/4
- 1820223263/4
- 1920223323/4
- 202022–3/4
- 212022–2/4
- 222023–2/4
- 232023–2/4
- 242023–2/4
- 252023–2/4
- 262023–2/4
- 272024–2/4
- 282024–2/4
- 292024–3/4
- 302024–3/4
- 312025–2/4
- 322025–2/4
- 332025–3/4
- 342025–3/4
- 352025–3/4
- 362025–3/4
- 372026–3/4
- 382026–3/4
- 392026–2/4
Rhys Dylan 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.
DCI Evan Warlow / Black Beacons in order
22 books- 1. The Wolf Hunts Alone
- 2. The Engine House
- 3. Caution Death at Work
- 4. Ice Cold Malice
- 5. Suffer the Dead
- 6. Gravely Concerned
- 7. A Mark Of Imperfection
- 8. Burnt Echo
- 9. A Body of Water
- 10. Lines of Inquiry
- 11. No One Near
- 12. The Light Remains
- and 10 more in the table above
Hipposync Archives in order
6 booksMerryweathers Mysteries in order
3 booksDetective Anna Gwynne in order
3 booksArtefact in order
2 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Rhys Dylan titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Rhys Dylan Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Rhys Dylan books run from The Curse of Wihtlea Barrows (2011) to Reckless Deceit (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Rhys Dylan in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Rhys Dylan books in order?
You only need to read Rhys Dylan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Rhys Dylan
Start with The Curse of Wihtlea Barrows (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Rhys Dylan book?
Reckless Deceit (2026) is the newest Rhys Dylan book released so far.
Is there a new Rhys Dylan book coming?
No next Rhys Dylan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rhys Dylan at a glance
- Still publishing
- Rhys Dylan published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Rhys Dylan books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,429 pages across the 4 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 345 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rhys Dylan books, 26 of 39, were published in the 2020s.
What the Rhys Dylan books are about
2 of the 39 Rhys Dylan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Adventure stories 1 of 2 books
- Mystery & detective 1 of 2 books
- Fantasy 1 of 2 books
- Friendship 1 of 2 books
- Good and evil 1 of 2 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 2 books
- Monsters 1 of 2 books
- Schools 1 of 2 books