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Barney Thomson Books in Order

Douglas Lindsay has written 15 Barney Thomson books, published between 1999 and 2021: 11 in the Barney Thomson series and 4 related titles. The first book is The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson (1999) and the newest main-line book is Scenes From The Barbershop Floor: Volume 2 (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1999–2021
Pages on record
1,448 in 5 of 15 books
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Barney Thomson is a barber at the centre of Douglas Lindsay's crime fiction, set in Scotland and tagged both mystery and humorous. The character's run covers 15 books from 1999 to 2021, opening with The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson (also published as The Legend of Barney Thomson). Subjects on the books include serial murder investigation, missing persons and monasteries. Later titles include The Last Fish Supper (2006) and The Final Cut (2009). Lindsay also groups short pieces as Barney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas.

How many Barney Thomson books are there?

Barney Thomson has 15 books, released between 1999 and 2021. 11 of them belong to the Barney Thomson series, and 4 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.

Barney Thomson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Barney Thomson 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 The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay (1999)
  2. Cover of The Cutting Edge of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay, book 2 of the Barney Thomson series (2000)
  3. Cover of A Prayer For Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay, book 3 of the Barney Thomson series (2001)
  4. Cover of The King Was In His Counting House by Douglas Lindsay, book 4 of the Barney Thomson series (2004)
  5. Cover of The Last Fish Supper by Douglas Lindsay, book 5 of the Barney Thomson series (2006)
  6. Cover of The Haunting of Barney Thomson by Douglas Lindsay, book 6 of the Barney Thomson series (2007)
  7. Cover of The Final Cut by Douglas Lindsay, book 7 of the Barney Thomson series (2009)
  8. Cover of The Face of Death by Douglas Lindsay, book 2 of the Barney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas series (2013)
  1. 1
    The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #11999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    The Cutting Edge of Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #22000 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000384
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  3. 3
    A Prayer For Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #32001 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001416
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  4. 4
    The King Was In His Counting HouseBarney Thomson #42004 · 310 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004310
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  5. 5
    The Last Fish SupperBarney Thomson #52006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  6. 6
    The Haunting of Barney ThomsonBarney Thomson #62007 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007260
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  7. 7
    The Final CutBarney Thomson #72009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    The End Of DaysBarney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas #12011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    The Face of DeathBarney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas #22013 · 78 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201378
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  10. 11
    Barney Thomson: Zombie SlayerBarney Thomson Short Stories/Novellas #42017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  11. 12
    Aye, BarneyBarney Thomson #82018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  12. 13
    Curse Of The ClownBarney Thomson #92020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  13. 14
    Scenes From The Barbershop Floor: Volume 1Barney Thomson #102020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  14. 15
    Scenes From The Barbershop Floor: Volume 2Barney Thomson #112021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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Do you have to read Barney Thomson books in order?

You should read the Barney Thomson series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 4 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Barney Thomson book also stands alone.

Where to start with Barney Thomson

Start with The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson aka The Legend of Barney Thomson (1999), the earliest published book in the Barney Thomson series.

What is the newest Barney Thomson book?

Scenes From The Barbershop Floor: Volume 2 (2021) is the newest book in the Barney Thomson series.

Is there a new Barney Thomson book coming?

No next Barney Thomson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Barney Thomson at a glance

Paused
No new main-line Barney Thomson title has appeared for 5 years. The last was Scenes From The Barbershop Floor: Volume 2 (2021).
Release pace
Barney Thomson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,448 pages across the 5 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Barney Thomson books, 6 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the Barney Thomson books are about

7 of the 15 Barney Thomson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: barbers is tagged on 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Douglas Lindsay

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.