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Roy Johansen Books in Order

Roy Johansen has written 4 books, published between 1999 and 2022. The first book is The Answer Man (1999) and the newest is Killer View (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
4
Published
1999–2022
Confirmed
1 of 4 titles
Total pages
1,427 across 4 books
Reading time
24–36 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,427 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 4 books in order Printable Roy Johansen checklist

Roy Johansen has 4 books in the catalogue, from The Answer Man (1999) to Killer View (2022). Beyond Belief (2001) and Deadly Visions (2003) fall between them, and Joe Bailey, Spirit Basher is the series name. Recorded subjects include polygraph operators, lie detection, parapsychologists, embezzlement and serial murder. Kendra Michaels also appears among the listed characters.

How many Roy Johansen books are there?

Roy Johansen has 4 books, released between 1999 and 2022. 2 of them belong to the Joe Bailey, Spirit Basher series.

Roy Johansen Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 4 Roy Johansen 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.

  1. Cover of Beyond Belief by Roy Johansen, book 1 of the Joe Bailey, Spirit Basher series (2001)
  2. Cover of Deadly Visions by Roy Johansen, book 2 of the Joe Bailey, Spirit Basher series (2003)
  3. Cover of Killer View by Roy Johansen, book 10 of the Kendra Michaels series (2022)
  1. 1
    The Answer Man1999 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    Beyond BeliefJoe Bailey, Spirit Basher #12001 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Deadly VisionsJoe Bailey, Spirit Basher #22003 · 307 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003307
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Killer ViewKendra Michaels #102022 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Roy Johansen 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.

Joe Bailey, Spirit Basher in order

2 books
  1. 1. Beyond Belief
  2. 2. Deadly Visions

Kendra Michaels in order

1 book
  1. 10. Killer View

Standalone books

1 book

1 Roy Johansen title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Roy Johansen books in order?

You only need to read Roy Johansen books in order within the Joe Bailey, Spirit Basher series, which holds 2 of the 4 Roy Johansen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Roy Johansen

Start with The Answer Man (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Roy Johansen book?

Killer View (2022) is the newest Roy Johansen book released so far.

Is there a new Roy Johansen book coming?

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

Roy Johansen at a glance

Paused
No new Roy Johansen title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Roy Johansen books have appeared about one every 8 years on average.
Length
1,427 pages across all 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 360 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Roy Johansen books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2000s.

What the Roy Johansen books are about

2 of the 4 Roy Johansen 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.