Logan McRae Books in Order
Stuart MacBride has written 16 Logan McRae books, published between 2005 and 2025: 13 in the Logan McRae series and 3 related titles. The first book is Cold Granite (2005) and the newest main-line book is This House of Burning Bones (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2005–2025
- Confirmed
- 16 of 16 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,313 in 11 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 89–133 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,313 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Logan McRae is a police detective in Scotland, and the series built around Logan McRae is written by Stuart MacBride. Sixteen books run from Cold Granite (2005) to This House of Burning Bones (2025), at a median 488 pages, with a Logan McRae Short Story line alongside. Dying Light, Flesh House, Blind Eye, Dark Blood and Shatter The Bones mark the early run. Murder investigation and police procedure carry the series, which continues.
How many Logan McRae books are there?
Logan McRae has 16 books, released between 2005 and 2025. 13 of them belong to the Logan McRae series, and 3 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
Logan McRae Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Logan McRae 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.
- 120055923/4
- 220063843/4
- 320074483/4
- 420084963/4
- 520094963/4
- 620104693/4
- 72011–3/4
- 82012–3/4
- 920125113/4
- 102014–3/4
- 1120145813/4
- 122015–3/4
- 1320164003/4
- 1420184883/4
- 1520194483/4
- 162025–3/4
Logan McRae Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the Logan McRae series run from Cold Granite (2005) to This House of Burning Bones (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Logan McRae in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Logan McRae books in order?
You should read the Logan McRae series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 3 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Logan McRae book also stands alone.
Where to start with Logan McRae
Start with Cold Granite (2005), the earliest published book in the Logan McRae series.
What is the newest Logan McRae book?
This House of Burning Bones (2025) is the newest book in the Logan McRae series.
Is there a new Logan McRae book coming?
No next Logan McRae book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Logan McRae at a glance
- Still running
- Logan McRae is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Logan McRae books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,313 pages across the 11 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 488 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Logan McRae books, 10 of 16, were published in the 2010s.
What the Logan McRae books are about
13 of the 16 Logan McRae 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 11 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Police 11 of 13 books
- Scotland 10 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 7 of 13 books
- Crime 5 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 13 books
- Investigation 3 of 13 books
- Murder 3 of 13 books
- Crimes against 2 of 13 books
- Thrillers 2 of 13 books
More books by Stuart MacBride
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Stuart MacBride books in order 32 books