Shane Peacock Books in Order
Shane Peacock has written 24 books, published between 1996 and 2025. The first book is Great Farini (1996) and the newest is A Place of Secrets (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 24
- Published
- 1996–2025
- Pages on record
- 5,707 in 22 of 24 books
- Reading time
- 95–143 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,707 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 24 titles with a page count on record.
Born in Port Arthur, Ontario in 1957, Shane Peacock works in Canada as a novelist, playwright, journalist and television screenwriter. The Boy Sherlock Holmes books, written for young adults, are Peacock's best known series, published in ten countries and twelve languages. Sherlock Holmes as a fictional character heads the subject records, with mystery and detective stories beside him. The catalogue runs to 24 titles between Great Farini (1996) and A Place of Secrets (2025), and also holds the Dylan Maples Adventures, the Dark Missions of Edgar Brim and the Northern Gothic Mysteries.
How many Shane Peacock books are there?
Shane Peacock has 24 books, released between 1996 and 2025. They include 4 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Shane Peacock Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 24 Shane Peacock 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.
- 1Great Farini1996 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/419964801/4
- 21999–1/4
- 320002071/4
- 420012161/4
- 5Unusual Heroes2002 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/420023261/4
- 620032241/4
- 720072541/4
- 820082541/4
- 920093261/4
- 1020102621/4
- 1120112421/4
- 1220122372/4
- 1320122521/4
- 1420142562/4
- 1520143391/4
- 1620161682/4
- 17The Artist and Me2016 · 42 pages · confirmed 1/42016421/4
- 1820182881/4
- 1920192881/4
- 2020192641/4
- 21The Book of Us2022 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420222401/4
- 222024–1/4
- 23Show2025 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420252401/4
- 2420253021/4
Shane Peacock 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.
Boy Sherlock Holmes in order
6 booksDylan Maples Adventures in order
5 booksDark Missions of Edgar Brim in order
3 booksNorthern Gothic Mysteries in order
2 booksSeven in order
1 book- 1. Last Message
Seven Sequels in order
1 book- 1. Double You
Seven Prequels in order
1 book- 1. Separated
Standalone books
5 books5 Shane Peacock titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Shane Peacock books in order?
You only need to read Shane Peacock books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Shane Peacock
Start with Great Farini (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Shane Peacock book?
A Place of Secrets (2025) is the newest Shane Peacock book released so far.
Is there a new Shane Peacock book coming?
No next Shane Peacock book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Shane Peacock at a glance
- Still publishing
- Shane Peacock published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Shane Peacock books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,707 pages across the 22 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Shane Peacock books, 11 of 24, were published in the 2010s.
What the Shane Peacock books are about
17 of the 24 Shane Peacock books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 8 of 17 books
- Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character) 5 of 17 books
- American literature 4 of 17 books
- Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character) 4 of 17 books
- History 3 of 17 books
- Holmes, Sherlock (Personnage fictif) 3 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 17 books
- Biography 2 of 17 books
- Friendship 2 of 17 books