Inspector Barnaby Books in Order
Caroline Graham has written 7 Inspector Barnaby books, published between 1987 and 2004. The first book is The Killings at Badger's Drift (1987) and the newest is A Ghost in the Machine (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 1987–2004
- Confirmed
- 7 of 7 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,168 in 6 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 36–54 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,168 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Inspector Barnaby is Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, the English police detective at the centre of seven novels by Caroline Graham, with Sergeant Troy alongside him. The run opens with The Killings at Badger's Drift (1987) and closes with A Ghost in the Machine (2004), taking in Death of a Hollow Man (1989), Death in Disguise (1992), Written in Blood (1995), Faithful Unto Death (1996) and A Place of Safety (1999). Police procedure and murder investigation in England carry the books, which run to a median 350 pages.
How many Inspector Barnaby books are there?
Inspector Barnaby has 7 books, released between 1987 and 2004.
Inspector Barnaby Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Inspector Barnaby 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.
- 119872723/4
- 219893003/4
- 319924123/4
- 41995–3/4
- 519964003/4
- 619992883/4
- 720044963/4
Do you have to read Inspector Barnaby books in order?
You should read the Inspector Barnaby books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Inspector Barnaby book also stands alone.
Where to start with Inspector Barnaby
Start with The Killings at Badger's Drift (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Inspector Barnaby book?
A Ghost in the Machine (2004) is the newest Inspector Barnaby book released so far.
Is there a new Inspector Barnaby book coming?
No next Inspector Barnaby book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Inspector Barnaby has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Inspector Barnaby. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Macavity Awards1989Wonfor The Killings at Badger's Drift
Inspector Barnaby at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Inspector Barnaby title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Inspector Barnaby books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,168 pages across the 6 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 350 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Inspector Barnaby books, 4 of 7, were published in the 1990s.
What the Inspector Barnaby books are about
All 7 Inspector Barnaby 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 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 7 of 7 books
- England 6 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 2 of 7 books
- Sergeant Troy (Fictitious character) 2 of 7 books
More books by Caroline Graham
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Caroline Graham books in order 10 books