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Richard Osman Books in Order

Richard Osman has written 14 books, published between 2013 and 2026. The first book is The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World (2013) and the newest is We Chase Shadows (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2013–2026
Confirmed
4 of 14 titles
Pages on record
1,778 in 4 of 14 books
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Richard Osman is an English television presenter, producer and novelist, born on 28 November 1970, who created the BBC One quiz show Pointless and was one of its co-presenters. Osman's 14 catalogued books start with quiz and trivia titles such as The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World (2013). The Thursday Murder Club (2020), The Man Who Died Twice (2021) and The Bullet That Missed (2022) follow, and murder and older people appear among the subject headings. Osman's series are Thursday Murder Club and We Solve Murders, and the newest title is We Chase Shadows (2026).

The Thursday Murder Club series follows four friends in a retirement village who meet every Thursday to investigate cold cases, at times solving mysteries that stump the police.

How many Richard Osman books are there?

Richard Osman has 14 books, released between 2013 and 2026. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Richard Osman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Richard Osman 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.

  1. Cover of A Pointless History of the World by Richard Osman, book 1 of the BBC's Pointless series (2017)
  2. Cover of The World Cup of Everything by Richard Osman (2017)
  3. Cover of The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, book 1 of the Thursday Murder Club series (2020)
  4. Cover of The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman, book 2 of the Thursday Murder Club series (2021)
  5. Cover of The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman, book 3 of the Thursday Murder Club series (2022)
  6. Cover of The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman, book 4 of the Thursday Murder Club series (2023)
  7. Cover of We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, book 1 of the We Solve Murders series (2024)
  1. 1
    The 100 Most Pointless Things in the WorldBBC's Pointless #12013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  2. 2
    The 100 Most Pointless Arguments in the WorldBBC's Pointless #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Very Pointless Quiz BookBBC's Pointless #32014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The A-Z of PointlessBBC's Pointless #42015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  5. 5
    A Pointless History of the WorldBBC's Pointless #12017 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The World Cup of Everything2017 · 389 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017389
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Richard Osman's House of Games: 1,054 Questions to Test Your Wits, Wisdom and Imagination2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
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  8. 8
    The Thursday Murder ClubThursday Murder Club #12020 · 589 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020589
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Man Who Died TwiceThursday Murder Club #22021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Bullet That MissedThursday Murder Club #32022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Last Devil to DieThursday Murder Club #42023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  12. 12
    We Solve MurdersWe Solve Murders #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    The Impossible FortuneThursday Murder Club #52025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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  14. 14
    We Chase ShadowsWe Solve Murders #22026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Richard Osman series in order

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

Richard Osman 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.

BBC's Pointless in order

5 books
  1. 1. The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World
  2. 1. A Pointless History of the World
  3. 2. The 100 Most Pointless Arguments in the World
  4. 3. The Very Pointless Quiz Book
  5. 4. The A-Z of Pointless

Standalone books

2 books

2 Richard Osman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Richard Osman Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Richard Osman books run from The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World (2013) to We Chase Shadows (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Richard Osman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Richard Osman books in order?

You only need to read Richard Osman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Richard Osman books in?

Read Richard Osman one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Thursday Murder Club starts with The Thursday Murder Club (2020) and We Solve Murders starts with We Solve Murders (2024). The earliest catalogued title overall is The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World (2013).

What is the newest Richard Osman book?

We Chase Shadows (2026) is the newest Richard Osman book released so far.

Is there a new Richard Osman book coming?

No next Richard Osman 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 Osman at a glance

Still publishing
Richard Osman published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Richard Osman books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,778 pages across the 4 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Richard Osman books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2020s.

What the Richard Osman books are about

4 of the 14 Richard Osman 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.

  • Debates and debating 1 of 4 books
  • English literature 1 of 4 books
  • History 1 of 4 books
  • History, miscellanea 1 of 4 books
  • Investigation 1 of 4 books
  • Miscellanea 1 of 4 books
  • Murder 1 of 4 books
  • Mystery & detective 1 of 4 books
  • Older people 1 of 4 books
  • Questions and answers 1 of 4 books

Other Mystery authors

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.