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Stephen Gallagher Books in Order

Stephen Gallagher has written 28 books, published between 1978 and 2024. The first book is Dying of Paradise / The Last Rose of Summer (As: Stephen Couper) (1978) and the newest is Hounded (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
1978–2024
Confirmed
1 of 28 titles
Pages on record
3,768 in 13 of 28 books
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Stephen Gallagher, born in Salford in 1954, is an English screenwriter and novelist. Gallagher studied Drama and English at the University of Hull, then worked as a documentaries researcher at Yorkshire Television and in the presentation department of Granada TV. The catalogue holds 28 books dated 1978 to 2024, with early titles issued under the name Stephen Couper. Thrillers, psychological suspense, missing persons and kidnapping head the recorded subjects, and Sebastian Becker is the one series listed.

How many Stephen Gallagher books are there?

Stephen Gallagher has 28 books, released between 1978 and 2024. 3 of them belong to the Sebastian Becker series.

Stephen Gallagher Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Stephen Gallagher 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 Chimera by Stephen Gallagher (1982)
  2. Cover of The Ice Belt (As: Stephen Couper) by Stephen Gallagher (1983)
  3. Cover of Valley of Lights by Stephen Gallagher (1987)
  4. Cover of Down River by Stephen Gallagher (1990)
  5. Cover of Little Dead Girl Singing by Stephen Gallagher (2002)
  6. Cover of The Spirit Box by Stephen Gallagher (2005)
  7. Cover of The Kingdom of Bones by Stephen Gallagher, book 1 of the Sebastian Becker series (2007)
  8. Cover of The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher, book 2 of the Sebastian Becker series (2012)
  9. Cover of The Authentic William James by Stephen Gallagher, book 3 of the Sebastian Becker series (2016)
  10. Cover of Shepherds' Business by Stephen Gallagher (2017)
  1. 1
    Dying of Paradise / The Last Rose of Summer (As: Stephen Couper)1978 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978183
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  2. 2
    Saturn 31980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  3. 3
    Chimera1982 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982313
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  4. 4
    The Ice Belt (As: Stephen Couper)1983 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983251
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  5. 5
    Follower1984 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984313
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  6. 6
    Valley of Lights1987 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987312
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  7. 7
    Oktober1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  8. 8
    Down River1990 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990168
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  9. 9
    Magpie1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  10. 10
    The Boat House1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  11. 11
    Nightmare, with Angel1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  12. 12
    Rain1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  13. 13
    Red Red Robin1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  14. 14
    Little Dead Girl Singing2002 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002250
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  15. 15
    White Bizango2002 · 210 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002210
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  16. 16
    Out Of His Mind2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
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  17. 17
    The Spirit Box2005 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005276
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  18. 18
    The Painted Bride2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  19. 19
    The Kingdom of BonesSebastian Becker #12007 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007464
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  20. 20
    The Bedlam DetectiveSebastian Becker #22012 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012320
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  21. 21
    In Gethsemane2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  22. 22
    The Authentic William JamesSebastian Becker #32016 · 308 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016308
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  23. 23
    Shepherds' Business2017 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017400
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  24. 24
    Melody James2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  25. 25
    The Kairos RingBeyond the Doctor #12020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  26. 26
    BLACKWOOD2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  27. 27
    Warriors’ Gate and BeyondDoctor Who: Target Collection #162023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  28. 28
    Hounded2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Stephen Gallagher 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.

Sebastian Becker in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Kingdom of Bones
  2. 2. The Bedlam Detective
  3. 3. The Authentic William James

Beyond the Doctor in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Kairos Ring

Doctor Who: Target Collection

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Standalone books

23 books

23 Stephen Gallagher titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Stephen Gallagher books in order?

You only need to read Stephen Gallagher books in order within the Sebastian Becker series, which holds 3 of the 28 Stephen Gallagher books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Stephen Gallagher

Start with Dying of Paradise / The Last Rose of Summer (As: Stephen Couper) (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stephen Gallagher book?

Hounded (2024) is the newest Stephen Gallagher book released so far.

Is there a new Stephen Gallagher book coming?

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

Stephen Gallagher at a glance

Still publishing
Stephen Gallagher published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Stephen Gallagher books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,768 pages across the 13 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stephen Gallagher books, 6 of 28, were published in the 2000s.

What the Stephen Gallagher books are about

10 of the 28 Stephen Gallagher books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 3 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.