Tim Dorsey Books in Order
Tim Dorsey has written 28 books, published between 1999 and 2023. The first book is Florida Roadkill (1999) and the newest is The Maltese Iguana (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 1999–2023
- Confirmed
- 28 of 28 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,538 in 22 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 126–188 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,538 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Serge A. Storms, a Florida serial killer, runs through all of Tim Dorsey's novels, which are catalogued as humorous crime fiction. Florida Roadkill (1999) opens a 28-book run that ends with The Maltese Iguana in 2023. Florida itself is the constant setting, and the 2010s were the busiest decade. No new Tim Dorsey title has appeared since 2023.
Serge Storms is an antihero who metes out his own justice while traveling across Florida in Tim Dorsey's darkly comedic crime series, combining humor, satire and fast-paced action.
How many Tim Dorsey books are there?
Tim Dorsey has 28 books, released between 1999 and 2023. 27 of them belong to the SergeA. Storms series.
Tim Dorsey Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Tim Dorsey 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 September 2026.
- 119992884/4
- 220003843/4
- 320013843/4
- 420024003/4
- 520033803/4
- 62004–3/4
- 720054003/4
- 820063813/4
- 920072883/4
- 1020083403/4
- 1120093203/4
- 122010–3/4
- 1320113844/4
- 1420111923/4
- 152012963/4
- 1620123424/4
- 1720134494/4
- 182013–4/4
- 192014–4/4
- 202015–4/4
- 2120164323/4
- 2220173343/4
- 2320183523/4
- 2420193363/4
- 252020–3/4
- 2620213363/4
- 2720223843/4
- 2820233363/4
Tim Dorsey characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Serge A. Storms books in order 27 books
Tim Dorsey 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.
SergeA. Storms in order
27 books- 1. Florida Roadkill
- 2. Hammerhead Ranch Motel
- 3. Orange Crush
- 4. Triggerfish Twist
- 5. The Stingray Shuffle
- 6. Cadillac Beach
- 7. Torpedo Juice
- 8. The Big Bamboo
- 9. Hurricane Punch
- 10. Atomic Lobster
- 11. Nuclear Jellyfish
- 12. Gator A-Go-Go
- and 15 more in the table above
Tim Dorsey Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Tim Dorsey Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Tim Dorsey books run from Florida Roadkill (1999) to The Maltese Iguana (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Tim Dorsey in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Tim Dorsey books in order?
You only need to read Tim Dorsey books in order within the SergeA. Storms series, which holds 27 of the 28 Tim Dorsey books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
What order should you read Tim Dorsey books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Florida Roadkill (1999), the first Serge A. Storms book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Tim Dorsey book?
The Maltese Iguana (2023) is the newest Tim Dorsey book released so far.
Is there a new Tim Dorsey book coming?
No next Tim Dorsey book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tim Dorsey at a glance
- Died
- Tim Dorsey died in 2023, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Tim Dorsey on record dates from 2023.
- Release pace
- Tim Dorsey books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,538 pages across the 22 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 347 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tim Dorsey books, 13 of 28, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 28 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Tim Dorsey books are about
24 of the 28 Tim Dorsey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: serge storms (fictitious character) is tagged on 22 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Serge Storms (Fictitious character) 22 of 24 books
- Florida 12 of 24 books
- Humor 12 of 24 books
- Storms, serge (fictitious character) 11 of 24 books
- Serial murders 9 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 24 books
- Psychopaths 7 of 24 books
- Action & adventure 3 of 24 books
- Serial killers 3 of 24 books
- American literature 2 of 24 books
- Criminals 2 of 24 books