Mike Hammer Books in Order
Mike Hammer appears in 35 books, published between 1947 and 2025: 33 in the 2 main-line series and 2 related titles. The first book is I, the Jury (1947) and the newest main-line book is Baby, It's Murder (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1947–2025
- Pages on record
- 4,170 in 17 of 35 books
Mike Hammer is a hard-boiled New York private investigator created by Mickey Spillane. The character appears in 35 books, beginning with I, the Jury (1947) and followed by My Gun Is Quick (1950), Vengeance is Mine (1950), One Lonely Night (1951), The Big Kill (1951) and Kiss Me, Deadly (1952). Later entries include The Girl Hunters (1962), The Snake (1964) and The Body Lovers (1967), and the run reaches Baby, It's Murder (2025). Max Allan Collins is the credited author of 4 entries, among them The Little Death (2009), Encore for Murder (2011) and Kill Me If You Can (2022), and the listing also covers audio and graphic novel editions.
How many Mike Hammer books are there?
Mike Hammer appears in 35 books, released between 1947 and 2025. 33 of them belong to the 2 main-line series (Mike Hammer, Mike Hammer Audio), and 2 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels.
Mike Hammer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Mike Hammer 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.
- 1194712/4
- 21950–2/4
- 31950–2/4
- 41951–2/4
- 51951–2/4
- 619523202/4
- 71962–2/4
- 81964–2/4
- 919661602/4
- 101967–2/4
- 1119701602/4
- 1219893202/4
- 1319963202/4
- 142008–2/4
- 1520082742/4
- 162009–2/4
- 1720092702/4
- 182010–2/4
- 192011–2/4
- 2020122442/4
- 212012–2/4
- 2220132842/4
- 232014–2/4
- 2420152962/4
- 2520162962/4
- 2620162252/4
- 2720172352/4
- 28Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1Publication Order of's Mike Hammer Graphic Novels #12018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 29Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2Publication Order of's Mike Hammer Graphic Novels #22018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 3020182292/4
- 3120192962/4
- 3220202402/4
- 332022–2/4
- 342023–2/4
- 352025–2/4
Do you have to read Mike Hammer books in order?
You should read the 2 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (graphic novels) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Mike Hammer book also stands alone.
Where to start with Mike Hammer
Start with I, the Jury (1947), the earliest published book in the 2 main-line series.
What is the newest Mike Hammer book?
Baby, It's Murder (2025) is the newest book in the 2 main-line series.
Is there a new Mike Hammer book coming?
No next Mike Hammer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Mike Hammer at a glance
- Still running
- Mike Hammer is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Mike Hammer books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,170 pages across the 17 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Mike Hammer books, 14 of 35, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 35 titles, 31 are credited to Mickey Spillane and 4 to Max Allan Collins.
What the Mike Hammer books are about
26 of the 35 Mike Hammer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 22 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 22 of 26 books
- Hammer, mike (fictitious character) 19 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective 19 of 26 books
- Mystery & detective, hard-boiled 9 of 26 books
- New York (N.Y.) 8 of 26 books
- Crime 5 of 26 books
- New York (state) 3 of 26 books
- American literature 2 of 26 books
- Detectives 2 of 26 books
- Investigation 2 of 26 books