Nick Heller Books in Order
Nick Heller appears in 6 books, published between 2009 and 2020: 4 in the Nick Heller series and 2 related titles. The first book is Vanished (2009) and the newest main-line book is House on Fire (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2009–2020
- Confirmed
- 6 of 6 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,164 in 3 of 6 books
- Reading time
- 19–29 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,164 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.
Nick Heller is the investigator at the centre of a thriller series by Joseph Finder. Six books run from Vanished (2009) to House on Fire (2020), with missing persons, corporate scandal and criminal investigation in Boston as the recurring subjects. One entry credits a co-author, Lee Child, and its title, Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller (2014), pairs Heller with Child's Jack Reacher. A separate shelf of Nick Heller short stories and novellas sits beside the novels.
How many Nick Heller books are there?
Nick Heller appears in 6 books, released between 2009 and 2020. 4 of them belong to the Nick Heller series, and 2 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
Nick Heller Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Nick Heller 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.
- 120093884/4
- 22011–4/4
- 320113904/4
- 4Good and Valuable Consideration: Jack Reacher vs. Nick HellerNick Heller Short Stories/Novellas #62014 · confirmed 4/42014–4/4
- 520163864/4
- 62020–4/4
Do you have to read Nick Heller books in order?
You should read the Nick Heller series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Nick Heller book also stands alone.
Where to start with Nick Heller
Start with Vanished (2009), the earliest published book in the Nick Heller series.
What is the newest Nick Heller book?
House on Fire (2020) is the newest book in the Nick Heller series.
Is there a new Nick Heller book coming?
No next Nick Heller book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nick Heller at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Nick Heller title on record is House on Fire (2020), 6 years ago.
- Release pace
- Nick Heller books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,164 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 388 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nick Heller books, 4 of 6, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 6 of the 6 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
- Attribution
- Of the 6 titles, 5 are credited to Joseph Finder and 1 to Lee Child.
What the Nick Heller books are about
3 of the 6 Nick Heller books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: missing persons is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Missing persons 2 of 3 books
- Thrillers 2 of 3 books
- Boston (Mass.) 1 of 3 books
- Corporate culture 1 of 3 books
- Corporations 1 of 3 books
- Crime 1 of 3 books
- Criminal investigation 1 of 3 books
- International business enterprises 1 of 3 books
- Investigation 1 of 3 books
- Investments 1 of 3 books
- Kidnapping 1 of 3 books
- Murder 1 of 3 books