Constable Books in Order
Nicholas Rhea has written 38 Constable books, published between 1979 and 2016. The first book is Constable on the Hill (1979) and the newest is Constable on Trial (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 1979–2016
- Pages on record
- 6,014 in 24 of 38 books
- Reading time
- 100–150 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,014 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 38 titles with a page count on record.
Constable is Nicholas Rhea's series of Yorkshire village police novels, featuring the constable Nick Parish and set in the imaginary village of Aidensfield. Every title opens with the same word: Constable on the Hill (1979), Constable Around the Village (1981), Constable Across the Moors (1982), Constable by the Sea (1985). The run holds 38 books through Constable on Trial (2016), with country life and rural police work as its steady subjects.
How many Constable books are there?
Constable has 38 books, released between 1979 and 2016.
Constable Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Constable 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.
- 119792042/4
- 21980–2/4
- 31981–2/4
- 41982–2/4
- 51983–2/4
- 61985–2/4
- 71986–2/4
- 819883762/4
- 91988–2/4
- 101989–2/4
- 1119901892/4
- 1219911922/4
- 1319931922/4
- 1419933762/4
- 1519941912/4
- 1619951922/4
- 1719951582/4
- 181995–2/4
- 1919961922/4
- 201997–2/4
- 2119973522/4
- 2219981922/4
- 2319983362/4
- 2419993522/4
- 2519992082/4
- 2620012242/4
- 2720012212/4
- 2820022242/4
- 2920023312/4
- 3020043262/4
- 3120042242/4
- 3220052242/4
- 3320062242/4
- 3420063142/4
- 352008–2/4
- 362009–2/4
- 372010–2/4
- 382016–2/4
Do you have to read Constable books in order?
You should read the Constable books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Constable book also stands alone.
Where to start with Constable
Start with Constable on the Hill (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Constable book?
Constable on Trial (2016) is the newest Constable book released so far.
Is there a new Constable book coming?
No next Constable book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Constable at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Constable title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Constable books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,014 pages across the 24 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Constable books, 15 of 38, were published in the 1990s.
What the Constable books are about
19 of the 38 Constable books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 14 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 14 of 19 books
- Aidensfield (England : Imaginary place) 8 of 19 books
- Nick Parish (Fictitious character) 6 of 19 books
- Country life 5 of 19 books
- England 5 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 3 of 19 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 19 books
- Thrillers 2 of 19 books
More books by Nicholas Rhea
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Nicholas Rhea books in order 70 books