Simon Kernick Books in Order
Simon Kernick has written 25 books, published between 2002 and 2024. The first book is The Business of Dying (2002) and the newest is You All Die Tonight (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 2002–2024
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,422 in 19 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 124–186 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,422 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Simon Kernick writes British crime thrillers, most of them around London. Born in Slough and living in Oxfordshire, Kernick has 25 books catalogued from The Business of Dying (2002) to You All Die Tonight (2024). Tina Boyd, Dennis Milne, the Bone Field and Scope are his series, with standalones alongside. Relentless (2006) was picked for the Richard & Judy summer book club in 2007 and became that year's best-selling thriller in the UK. Police, missing persons and revenge are the recurring subjects.
How many Simon Kernick books are there?
Simon Kernick has 25 books, released between 2002 and 2024. They include 4 separate series.
Simon Kernick Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Simon Kernick 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.
- 120023353/4
- 220033673/4
- 320044643/4
- 420053293/4
- 520064643/4
- 620073523/4
- 720084963/4
- 820094963/4
- 920104003/4
- 1020104963/4
- 1120113683/4
- 1220121123/4
- 132012–3/4
- 1420133453/4
- 1520154163/4
- 162016–3/4
- 1720173933/4
- 1820173733/4
- 19Dead Man's Gift and Other StoriesSimon Kernick Short Stories/Novellas #22018 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/420184163/4
- 2020194003/4
- 2120194003/4
- 222020–3/4
- 232021–3/4
- 242023–3/4
- 252024–3/4
Simon Kernick 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.
Simon Kernick Standalone Novels
8 books8 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Tina Boyd in order
7 books- 1. The Crime Trade
- 2. Relentless
- 3. Deadline
- 4. Target
- 5. The Last 10 Seconds
- 6. Ultimatum
- 7. The Final Minute
Dennis Milne in order
3 booksBone Field in order
3 booksScope in order
2 books- 1. Siege
- 2. Stay Alive
Simon Kernick Short Stories/Novellas
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Simon Kernick Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Simon Kernick books run from The Business of Dying (2002) to You All Die Tonight (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Simon Kernick in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Simon Kernick books in order?
You only need to read Simon Kernick 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 Simon Kernick
Start with The Business of Dying (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Simon Kernick book?
You All Die Tonight (2024) is the newest Simon Kernick book released so far.
Is there a new Simon Kernick book coming?
No next Simon Kernick 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 Kernick at a glance
- Still publishing
- Simon Kernick published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Simon Kernick books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,422 pages across the 19 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Simon Kernick books, 13 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
What the Simon Kernick books are about
20 of the 25 Simon Kernick books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 15 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 15 of 20 books
- Suspense 13 of 20 books
- Police 5 of 20 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 20 books
- Crime 3 of 20 books
- Investigation 3 of 20 books
- Missing persons 3 of 20 books
- Ex-police officers 2 of 20 books
- London (England) 2 of 20 books