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Tim Downs Books in Order

Tim Downs has written 11 books, published between 2003 and 2015. The first book is Shoofly Pie (2003) and the newest is The Bug Man Collection (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2003–2015
Pages on record
2,453 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
41–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,453 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Tim Downs checklist

Tim Downs, born in 1954, is an American comic artist and author, known for the Downstown comic strip and for the Bug Man novels of Christian mystery. Nick Polchak and forensic entomology head the subject list, alongside Christian suspense and murder investigation. Eleven catalogued titles run from Shoofly Pie (2003) to The Bug Man Collection (2015), and nothing has followed since.

How many Tim Downs books are there?

Tim Downs has 11 books, released between 2003 and 2015. 7 of them belong to the Bug Man series.

Tim Downs Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Tim Downs 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 Shoofly Pie by Tim Downs, book 1 of the Bug Man series (2003)
  2. Cover of Chop Shop by Tim Downs, book 2 of the Bug Man series (2004)
  3. Cover of Plague Maker by Tim Downs (2006)
  4. Cover of Head Game by Tim Downs (2007)
  5. Cover of First the Dead by Tim Downs, book 3 of the Bug Man series (2008)
  6. Cover of Less than Dead by Tim Downs, book 4 of the Bug Man series (2008)
  7. Cover of Ends of the Earth by Tim Downs, book 5 of the Bug Man series (2009)
  8. Cover of Wonders Never Cease by Tim Downs (2010)
  9. Cover of Nick of Time by Tim Downs, book 6 of the Bug Man series (2011)
  10. Cover of Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption by Tim Downs (2014)
  1. 1
    Shoofly PieBug Man #12003 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003371
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  2. 2
    Chop ShopBug Man #22004 · 338 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004338
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  3. 3
    Plague Maker2006 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006416
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  4. 4
    Head Game2007 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007352
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  5. 5
    First the DeadBug Man #32008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  6. 6
    Less than DeadBug Man #42008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  7. 7
    Ends of the EarthBug Man #52009 · 358 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009358
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  8. 8
    Wonders Never Cease2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010304
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  9. 9
    Nick of TimeBug Man #62011 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011314
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  10. 10
    Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  11. 11
    The Bug Man CollectionBug Man #72015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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Tim Downs 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.

Bug Man in order

7 books
  1. 1. Shoofly Pie
  2. 2. Chop Shop
  3. 3. First the Dead
  4. 4. Less than Dead
  5. 5. Ends of the Earth
  6. 6. Nick of Time
  7. 7. The Bug Man Collection

Standalone books

4 books

4 Tim Downs titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Tim Downs books in order?

You only need to read Tim Downs books in order within the Bug Man series, which holds 7 of the 11 Tim Downs books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Tim Downs

Start with Shoofly Pie (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Tim Downs book?

The Bug Man Collection (2015) is the newest Tim Downs book released so far.

Is there a new Tim Downs book coming?

No next Tim Downs 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 Downs at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Tim Downs title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Tim Downs books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,453 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tim Downs books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Tim Downs books are about

10 of the 11 Tim Downs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: forensic entomology is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.