Simon Bestwick Books in Order
Simon Bestwick has written 25 books, published between 2004 and 2024. The first book is A Hazy Shade Of Winter (2004) and the newest is Jaeger (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 2004–2024
- Confirmed
- 2 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,087 in 9 of 25 books
Horror and suspense head the subjects attached to Simon Bestwick's catalogue, which also lists fantasy, zombies, missing persons and Great Britain. The 25 books run from A Hazy Shade Of Winter (2004) to Jaeger (2024), taking in The Narrows (2008), Tide of Souls (2009), Angels of the Silences (2011), The Faceless (2012) and The Condemned (2013). Black Road is the one series recorded. Gary McMahon and Matthew Smith are each credited on 1 title alongside Bestwick, and the listing remains open.
How many Simon Bestwick books are there?
Simon Bestwick has 25 books, released between 2004 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Black Road series.
Simon Bestwick Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Simon Bestwick 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.
- 1A Hazy Shade Of Winter2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 2The Narrows2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 3Pictures of the Dark2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 420093253/4
- 52011901/4
- 6Dermot2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 7The Faceless2012 · 470 pages · confirmed 1/420124701/4
- 8Let's Drink To The Dead2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 9The Condemned2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 102013–3/4
- 1120154161/4
- 1220164601/4
- 13The Feast of All Souls2016 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420164001/4
- 14Breakwater2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 1520184601/4
- 16Judgement Call / Along the Long Road2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 172018–1/4
- 18And Cannot Come Again2019 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/420193001/4
- 192019–1/4
- 20Roth-Steyr2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 21A Different Kind of Light2021 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/420211661/4
- 22Devils Of London2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 23Black Mountain2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 242021–1/4
- 25Jaeger2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Simon Bestwick 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.
Black Road in order
3 booksTomes of the Dead in order
2 booksBlack Shuck Shadows in order
2 booksChapter in order
1 bookDark Minds in order
1 bookStandalone books
16 books16 Simon Bestwick titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Simon Bestwick books in order?
You only need to read Simon Bestwick books in order within the Black Road series, which holds 3 of the 25 Simon Bestwick books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Simon Bestwick
Start with A Hazy Shade Of Winter (2004), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Simon Bestwick book?
Jaeger (2024) is the newest Simon Bestwick book released so far.
Is there a new Simon Bestwick book coming?
No next Simon Bestwick book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Simon Bestwick at a glance
- Still publishing
- Simon Bestwick published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Simon Bestwick books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,087 pages across the 9 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Simon Bestwick books, 15 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
What the Simon Bestwick books are about
5 of the 25 Simon Bestwick books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fantasy 2 of 5 books
- Horror 2 of 5 books
- England 1 of 5 books
- Great Britain 1 of 5 books
- Great Britain -- Fiction 1 of 5 books
- Missing persons 1 of 5 books
- Suspense 1 of 5 books
- Thrillers 1 of 5 books
- Zombies 1 of 5 books