Steve Burrows Books in Order
Steve Burrows has written 10 books, published between 2014 and 2026. The first book is A Siege of Bitterns (2014) and the newest is A Murmuration of Starlings (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2014–2026
- Confirmed
- 10 of 10 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,470 in 4 of 10 books
Steve Burrows is a Canadian mystery writer and journalist, and a past winner of the Nature Writer of the Year award from BBC Wildlife. The Birder Murder Mystery series is Burrows' one sequence, running to 10 books from A Siege of Bitterns (2014) to A Murmuration of Starlings (2026); every title names a collective noun for birds. Domenic Jejeune recurs across the books, which take bird watchers, police and murder investigation as their subjects. A Siege of Bitterns took the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in 2015.
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How many Steve Burrows books are there?
Steve Burrows has 10 books, released between 2014 and 2026.
Steve Burrows Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Steve Burrows 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 November 2026.
- 120143523/4
- 220153643/4
- 320163823/4
- 420173723/4
- 52018–3/4
- 62019–3/4
- 72022–3/4
- 82024–3/4
- 92025–3/4
- 102026–3/4
Steve Burrows 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.
Birder Murder Mystery in order
10 booksDo you have to read Steve Burrows books in order?
You only need to read Steve Burrows books in order within the Birder Murder Mystery series, which holds 10 of the 10 Steve Burrows books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Steve Burrows
Start with A Siege of Bitterns (2014), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Steve Burrows book?
A Murmuration of Starlings (2026) is the newest Steve Burrows book released so far.
Is there a new Steve Burrows book coming?
No next Steve Burrows book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Steve Burrows at a glance
- Still publishing
- Steve Burrows published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Steve Burrows books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,470 pages across the 4 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Steve Burrows books, 6 of 10, were published in the 2010s.
When Steve Burrows books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Steve Burrows titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 6 titles.
10 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Steve Burrows books are about
5 of the 10 Steve Burrows books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: crime is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Crime 4 of 5 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 5 books
- Bird watchers 3 of 5 books
- Investigation 3 of 5 books
- Murder 3 of 5 books
- Police 2 of 5 books
- Jejeune, Domenic -- Fiction 1 of 5 books