Jack Shepherd Books in Order
Jake Needham has written 11 books featuring Jack Shepherd, published between 1999 and 2019. The first book is The Big Mango (1999) and the newest is And Brother It's Starting To Rain (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1999–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,742 in 10 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 62–94 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,742 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Jack Shepherd is one of the characters linked to an 11-book Jake Needham listing, together with Inspector Samuel Tay. The books were published from The Big Mango (1999) to And Brother It's Starting To Rain (2019). Subject headings include thrillers, suspense, police procedural mystery, Thailand, Singapore, serial murders and conspiracies. Laundry Man (2002), Killing Plato (2007) and The Ambassador's Wife (2008) are among the titles, and the related series is Mean Streets of Asia Crime Novels.
How many Jack Shepherd books are there?
Jack Shepherd appears in 11 books, released between 1999 and 2019.
Jack Shepherd Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Jack Shepherd 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.
- 119993722/4
- 220023782/4
- 320073902/4
- 420083802/4
- 520124122/4
- 620123742/4
- 720143462/4
- 820143642/4
- 920163542/4
- 1020173722/4
- 112019–2/4
Do you have to read Jack Shepherd books in order?
You should read the Jack Shepherd books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jack Shepherd book also stands alone.
Where to start with Jack Shepherd
Start with The Big Mango (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jack Shepherd book?
And Brother It's Starting To Rain (2019) is the newest Jack Shepherd book released so far.
Is there a new Jack Shepherd book coming?
No next Jack Shepherd book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jack Shepherd at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jack Shepherd title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jack Shepherd books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,742 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 373 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jack Shepherd books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jack Shepherd books are about
4 of the 11 Jack Shepherd books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 4 of 4 books
- Suspense 3 of 4 books
- Thailand 2 of 4 books
- Ambassadors' spouses 1 of 4 books
- Conspiracies 1 of 4 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 1 of 4 books
- Serial murders 1 of 4 books
- Singapore 1 of 4 books
More books by Jake Needham
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Jake Needham books in order 20 books