Richard Coles Books in Order
Richard Coles has written 10 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is Lives of the Improbable Saints (2012) and the newest is A Death on Location (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 5 of the 10 books listed here are in the Canon Clement series, which has its own page: Canon Clement books in order.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2012–2025
- Pages on record
- 808 in 4 of 10 books
Richard Coles is an English writer, radio presenter and Church of England priest. His 10 catalogued books begin with Lives of the Improbable Saints (2012) and its 2013 follow-up, both drawing on saints' biographies, and take in the memoirs Fathomless Riches (2014) and The Madness of Grief (2022). The Canon Clement series opens with Murder Before Evensong (2022) and continues to A Death on Location (2025). Before writing, Coles played in Bronski Beat and then partnered Jimmy Somerville in the Communards.
How many Richard Coles books are there?
Richard Coles has 10 books, released between 2012 and 2025. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Richard Coles Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Richard Coles 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.
- 120121921/4
- 220131921/4
- 3Fathomless Riches2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 4Bringing in the Sheaves2016 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/420162321/4
- 52022–1/4
- 6The Madness of Grief2022 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/420221921/4
- 72023–1/4
- 82024–1/4
- 92024–1/4
- 102025–1/4
Richard Coles series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Canon Clement books in order 5 books
Richard Coles 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.
Improbable Satins in order
2 booksStandalone books
3 books3 Richard Coles titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Richard Coles books in order?
You only need to read Richard Coles 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 Richard Coles
Start with Murder Before Evensong (2022), the first Canon Clement book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Lives of the Improbable Saints (2012).
What is the newest Richard Coles book?
A Death on Location (2025) is the newest Richard Coles book released so far.
Is there a new Richard Coles book coming?
No next Richard Coles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Richard Coles at a glance
- Still publishing
- Richard Coles published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Richard Coles books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 808 pages across the 4 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Richard Coles books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
What the Richard Coles books are about
3 of the 10 Richard Coles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 2 of 3 books
- Anecdotes 1 of 3 books
- BLANK AUTHORITY TEXT 1 of 3 books
- Christian saints 1 of 3 books
- Church of England 1 of 3 books
- Church of england, clergy 1 of 3 books
- Clergy 1 of 3 books
- Humor 1 of 3 books
- Radio personalities 1 of 3 books
- Rock musicians 1 of 3 books
- Rock musicians, great britain 1 of 3 books
- Saints 1 of 3 books