Timothy Hallinan Books in Order
Timothy Hallinan has written 25 books, published between 1985 and 2022. The first book is A Christmas Carol Christmas Book (1985) and the newest is Rock of Ages (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1985–2022
- Pages on record
- 6,755 in 20 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 113–169 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,755 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Timothy Hallinan is an American thriller writer based in Southern California and Southeast Asia. The 1990s work centres on Simeon Grist, an erudite private eye in six Los Angeles novels that drew strong reviews and Ten Best listings without wide sales; a seventh Grist book followed in 2017. Hallinan returned to publication in 2007 with a Bangkok series, the Poke Rafferty mysteries, and later added the Junior Bender books. Thieves and private investigators sit in the subject record. Twenty-five books are catalogued, from 1985 to Rock of Ages (2022).
How many Timothy Hallinan books are there?
Timothy Hallinan has 25 books, released between 1985 and 2022. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.
Timothy Hallinan Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Timothy Hallinan 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.
- 1A Christmas Carol Christmas Book1985 · 162 pages · confirmed 2/419851622/4
- 219893182/4
- 319903412/4
- 419913362/4
- 51992–2/4
- 619933042/4
- 719953052/4
- 820073042/4
- 920083042/4
- 1020093522/4
- 1120103762/4
- 122010–2/4
- 1320113622/4
- 1420123422/4
- 152013–2/4
- 1620143872/4
- 1720143472/4
- 1820153252/4
- 1920163932/4
- 2020163762/4
- 212017–2/4
- 2220173602/4
- 2320183772/4
- 2420203842/4
- 252022–2/4
Timothy Hallinan series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Junior Bender books in order 8 books
- Poke Rafferty books in order 9 books
Timothy Hallinan 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.
Poke Rafferty Mystery in order
9 booksSimeon Grist Mystery in order
7 booksStandalone books
1 book1 Timothy Hallinan title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Timothy Hallinan books in order?
You only need to read Timothy Hallinan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Timothy Hallinan
Start with the first book of the Timothy Hallinan series you want to read: Junior Bender starts with Crashed (2010) and Poke Rafferty starts with A Nail Through the Heart (2007). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Christmas Carol Christmas Book (1985).
What is the newest Timothy Hallinan book?
Rock of Ages (2022) is the newest Timothy Hallinan book released so far.
Is there a new Timothy Hallinan book coming?
No next Timothy Hallinan book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Timothy Hallinan at a glance
- Paused
- No new Timothy Hallinan title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Timothy Hallinan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,755 pages across the 20 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 344 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Timothy Hallinan books, 13 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
What the Timothy Hallinan books are about
23 of the 25 Timothy Hallinan 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 12 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 12 of 23 books
- Mystery & detective 11 of 23 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 10 of 23 books
- Thieves 7 of 23 books
- California 6 of 23 books
- Simeon Grist (Fictitious character) 6 of 23 books
- Thailand 6 of 23 books
- Travel writers 6 of 23 books
- Grist, simeon (fictitious character) 5 of 23 books
- Suspense 4 of 23 books
- Thrillers 4 of 23 books
- Crime 3 of 23 books