Tim Weaver Books in Order

Tim Weaver has written 16 books, published between 2009 and 2026. The first book is Chasing the Dead (2009) and the newest is The Lost Women (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2009–2026
Confirmed
16 of 16 titles
Pages on record
2,361 in 5 of 16 books
Photo of Tim Weaver, author

Tim Weaver, born 13 July 1977, is an English crime thriller writer. David Raker, an investigator of missing persons, is the recurring lead, and the David Raker Missing Persons series sits alongside standalone novels. The catalogue counts 16 books from Chasing the Dead (2009) to The Lost Women (2026), with Vanished (2012), Never Coming Back (2013) and I Am Missing (2017) among them.

How many Tim Weaver books are there?

Tim Weaver has 16 books, released between 2009 and 2026. 14 of them belong to the David Raker Missing Persons series.

Tim Weaver Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Tim Weaver 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.

  1. 1
    Chasing the DeadDavid Raker Missing Persons #12009 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009304
  2. 2
    The Dead TracksDavid Raker Missing Persons #22011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011
  3. 3
    VanishedDavid Raker Missing Persons #32012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  4. 4
    Never Coming BackDavid Raker Missing Persons #42013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013
  5. 5
    Fall from GraceDavid Raker Missing Persons #52014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014
  6. 6
    What RemainsDavid Raker Missing Persons #62015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015
  7. 7
    Broken HeartDavid Raker Missing Persons #72016 · 515 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016515
  8. 8
    I Am MissingDavid Raker Missing Persons #82017 · 514 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017514
  9. 9
    You Were GoneDavid Raker Missing Persons #92019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019
  10. 10
    No One HomeDavid Raker Missing Persons #102019 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019528
  11. 11
    Missing PiecesTim Weaver Standalone Novels #12021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021
  12. 12
    The BlackbirdDavid Raker Missing Persons #112022 · 500 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2022500
  13. 13
    The Last GoodbyeDavid Raker Missing Persons #122023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023
  14. 14
    The Missing FamilyDavid Raker Missing Persons #132024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024
  15. 15
    The LineDeadly Ambition Collection #62026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026
  16. 16
    The Lost WomenDavid Raker Missing Persons #142026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026

Tim Weaver characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Tim Weaver 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.

David Raker Missing Persons in order

14 books
  1. 1. Chasing the Dead
  2. 2. The Dead Tracks
  3. 3. Vanished
  4. 4. Never Coming Back
  5. 5. Fall from Grace
  6. 6. What Remains
  7. 7. Broken Heart
  8. 8. I Am Missing
  9. 9. You Were Gone
  10. 10. No One Home
  11. 11. The Blackbird
  12. 12. The Last Goodbye
  13. and 2 more in the table above

Tim Weaver Standalone Novels

1 book

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

Deadly Ambition Collection

1 book

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

Tim Weaver Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Tim Weaver books run from Chasing the Dead (2009) to The Lost Women (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Tim Weaver in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Tim Weaver books in order?

You only need to read Tim Weaver books in order within the David Raker Missing Persons series, which holds 14 of the 16 Tim Weaver books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

What order should you read Tim Weaver books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Chasing the Dead (2009), the first David Raker book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Tim Weaver book?

The Lost Women (2026) is the newest Tim Weaver book released so far.

Is there a new Tim Weaver book coming?

No next Tim Weaver 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 Weaver at a glance

Still publishing
Tim Weaver published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Tim Weaver books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,361 pages across the 5 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 514 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Tim Weaver books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Tim Weaver books are about

11 of the 16 Tim Weaver books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.