Repairman Jack Books in Order
F. Paul Wilson has written 26 Repairman Jack books, published between 1984 and 2020: 25 in the 4 main-line series and 1 related title. The first book is The Tomb (1984) and the newest main-line book is F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1984–2020
- Confirmed
- 26 of 26 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,773 in 21 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 130–194 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,773 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Repairman Jack is a thriller series by F. Paul Wilson, set in New York and built on private investigation, missing persons and cults. Twenty-six catalogued entries run from The Tomb (1984) to F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux (2020), taking in Nightworld (1992), Conspiracies and Legacies (1998), All the Rage (2000) and Hosts (2001). Young Repairman Jack, The Early Years and short story collections extend the line.
How many Repairman Jack books are there?
Repairman Jack has 26 books, released between 1984 and 2020. 25 of them belong to the 4 main-line series (Repairman Jack, Young Repairman Jack, Repairman Jack: The Early Years and others), and 1 related title sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
Repairman Jack Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Repairman Jack 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.
- 119844484/4
- 21992–4/4
- 319984484/4
- 41998–4/4
- 520005124/4
- 620015124/4
- 72002–4/4
- 820034354/4
- 920045124/4
- 1020054324/4
- 1120063594/4
- 1220061044/4
- 1320074484/4
- 1420082374/4
- 1520084644/4
- 1620093444/4
- 1720093683/4
- 182010–4/4
- 1920103324/4
- 2020112584/4
- 2120113364/4
- 2220123684/4
- 2320133684/4
- 2420143684/4
- 252019–4/4
- 26F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip ReduxRepairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux #12020 · 120 pages · confirmed 4/420201204/4
Repairman Jack Books in Chronological Order
In story order, The Tomb comes first and Nightworld comes last. Chronological order follows the events inside the story rather than the release dates. The 18 books with a recorded story position run in that sequence below.
- 1The Tomb1984 · 448 pages · confirmed 4/419844484/4
- 3Legacies1998 · 448 pages · confirmed 4/419984484/4
- 4Conspiracies1998 · confirmed 4/41998–4/4
- 5All the Rage2000 · 512 pages · confirmed 4/420005124/4
- 6Hosts2001 · 512 pages · confirmed 4/420015124/4
- 7The Haunted Air2002 · confirmed 4/42002–4/4
- 8Gateways2003 · 435 pages · confirmed 4/420034354/4
- 9Crisscross2004 · 512 pages · confirmed 4/420045124/4
- 10Infernal2005 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/420054324/4
- 11Harbingers2006 · 359 pages · confirmed 4/420063594/4
- 12The Last Rakosh2006 · 104 pages · confirmed 4/420061044/4
- 13Bloodline2007 · 448 pages · confirmed 4/420074484/4
- 14By the Sword2008 · 464 pages · confirmed 4/420084644/4
- 15Ground Zero2009 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/420093683/4
- 18The Last Christmas2019 · confirmed 4/42019–4/4
- 16Fatal Error2010 · 332 pages · confirmed 4/420103324/4
- 17The Dark at the End2011 · 336 pages · confirmed 4/420113364/4
- 6Nightworld1992 · confirmed 4/41992–4/4
Do you have to read Repairman Jack books in order?
You should read the 4 main-line series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Repairman Jack book also stands alone.
Where to start with Repairman Jack
Start with The Tomb (1984), the earliest published book in the 4 main-line series.
What is the newest Repairman Jack book?
F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux (2020) is the newest book in the 4 main-line series.
Is there a new Repairman Jack book coming?
No next Repairman Jack book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Repairman Jack at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest main-line Repairman Jack title on record is F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux (2020), 6 years ago.
- Release pace
- Repairman Jack books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 7,773 pages across the 21 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Repairman Jack books, 13 of 26, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 25 of the 26 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Repairman Jack books are about
21 of the 26 Repairman Jack books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 9 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 9 of 21 books
- New York (N.Y.) 4 of 21 books
- Missing persons 3 of 21 books
- Private investigators 3 of 21 books
- Crimes against 2 of 21 books
- Cults 2 of 21 books
- Paranormal fiction 2 of 21 books
- Supernatural 2 of 21 books
- Thrillers 2 of 21 books
More books by F. Paul Wilson
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- F. Paul Wilson books in order 102 books