Stuart MacBride Books in Order
Stuart MacBride has written 32 books, published between 2005 and 2026. The first book is Cold Granite (2005) and the newest is Blood, Rust, and Steel (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 2005–2026
- Confirmed
- 31 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,201 in 15 of 32 books
Scottish police procedurals are Stuart MacBride's main line, with Logan McRae as the recurring detective. Cold Granite (2005) opens a catalogue of 32 titles that reaches Blood, Rust, and Steel (2026), with Ash Henderson and Roberta Steel heading further series and standalone novels beside them. Serial murder, crime and investigation fill the subject tags.
Source: Wikidata
How many Stuart MacBride books are there?
Stuart MacBride has 32 books, released between 2005 and 2026. They include 5 separate series.
Stuart MacBride Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Stuart MacBride books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120055923/4
- 220063843/4
- 320074483/4
- 42008–3/4
- 520084963/4
- 620093763/4
- 720094963/4
- 820104693/4
- 92011–3/4
- 10A Partridge in a Pear Tree (Short Story)Stuart MacBride Short Stories/Novellas #22011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 112011–3/4
- 122012–3/4
- 132012–3/4
- 1420125113/4
- 152013–3/4
- 1620135343/4
- 172014–3/4
- 1820145813/4
- 192015–3/4
- 2020164003/4
- 2120175963/4
- 2220173823/4
- 2320184883/4
- 2420194483/4
- 252021–3/4
- 262022–3/4
- 272023–3/4
- 292024–3/4
- 302025–3/4
- 312026–3/4
- 322026–3/4
Stuart MacBride series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Logan McRae books in order 16 books
Stuart MacBride books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Logan McRae books in order
13 books by Stuart MacBride- 1. Cold Granite
- 2. Dying Light
- 3. Bloodshot / Broken Skin
- 4. Flesh House
- 5. Blind Eye
- 6. Dark Blood
- 7. Shatter The Bones
- 8. Close to the Bone
- 9. The Missing and the Dead
- 10. In the Cold Dark Ground
- 11. The Blood Road
- 12. All That’s Dead
- and 1 more in the table above
Stuart MacBride Standalone Novels
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Stuart MacBride Short Stories/Novellas
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ash Henderson in order
3 booksLogan McRae Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Roberta Steel in order
2 booksStuart MacBride in order
1 bookStuart MacBride Picture in order
1 bookStuart MacBride Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Stuart MacBride books run from Cold Granite (2005) to Blood, Rust, and Steel (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Stuart MacBride in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Stuart MacBride books in order?
You only need to read Stuart MacBride books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Stuart MacBride
Start with Cold Granite (2005), the first Logan McRae book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Stuart MacBride book?
Blood, Rust, and Steel (2026) is the newest Stuart MacBride book released so far.
Is there a new Stuart MacBride book coming?
No next Stuart MacBride book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Stuart MacBride has won
Wikidata records 1 award and 4 nominations for Stuart MacBride. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- Dagger in the Library2007Won
- Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award2009Shortlisted
- Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award2008Shortlisted
- Dagger in the Library2007Shortlisted
- Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award2007Shortlisted
Stuart MacBride at a glance
- Still publishing
- Stuart MacBride published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Stuart MacBride books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,201 pages across the 15 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 488 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stuart MacBride books, 17 of 32, were published in the 2010s.
When Stuart MacBride books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Stuart MacBride titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 17 titles.
32 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Stuart MacBride books are about
21 of the 32 Stuart MacBride books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 14 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 14 of 21 books
- Scotland 12 of 21 books
- Crime 9 of 21 books
- Logan McRae (Fictitious character) 8 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 8 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 21 books
- Investigation 5 of 21 books
- Murder 5 of 21 books
- Serial murders 4 of 21 books
- Crimes against 3 of 21 books