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Bernie Gunther Books in Order

Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr contains 14 books, published between 1989 and 2019. The first book is March Violets (1989) and the newest is Metropolis (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1989–2019
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
4,433 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
74–111 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,433 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Bernie Gunther is a private investigator in Germany, and Philip Kerr's series follows Gunther through Berlin and the Second World War. March Violets (1989), The Pale Criminal (1990) and A German Requiem (1991) open the run, which reaches 14 books and ends with Metropolis in 2019. Historical crime is the register, at 421 pages on median.

How many Bernie Gunther books are there?

Bernie Gunther has 14 books, released between 1989 and 2019.

Bernie Gunther Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Bernie Gunther books in the order they were released, 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.

  1. Cover of March Violets by Philip Kerr, book 1 of the Bernie Gunther series (1989)
  2. Cover of The Pale Criminal by Philip Kerr, book 2 of the Bernie Gunther series (1990)
  3. Cover of A German Requiem by Philip Kerr, book 3 of the Bernie Gunther series (1991)
  4. Cover of The One from the Other by Philip Kerr, book 4 of the Bernie Gunther series (2006)
  5. Cover of A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr, book 5 of the Bernie Gunther series (2008)
  6. Cover of If The Dead Rise Not by Philip Kerr, book 6 of the Bernie Gunther series (2009)
  7. Cover of Field Gray by Philip Kerr, book 7 of the Bernie Gunther series (2010)
  8. Cover of Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr, book 8 of the Bernie Gunther series (2011)
  9. Cover of A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr, book 9 of the Bernie Gunther series (2013)
  10. Cover of The Lady from Zagreb by Philip Kerr, book 10 of the Bernie Gunther series (2015)
  11. Cover of The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr, book 11 of the Bernie Gunther series (2016)
  12. Cover of Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr, book 12 of the Bernie Gunther series (2017)
  13. Cover of Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr, book 13 of the Bernie Gunther series (2018)
  14. Cover of Metropolis by Philip Kerr, book 14 of the Bernie Gunther series (2019)
  1. 1
    March Violets1989 · 245 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989245
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  2. 2
    The Pale Criminal1990 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990272
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  3. 3
    A German Requiem1991 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991306
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  4. 4
    The One from the Other2006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  5. 5
    A Quiet Flame2008 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008416
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  6. 6
    If The Dead Rise Not2009 · 437 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009437
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  7. 7
    Field Gray2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    Prague Fatale2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    A Man Without Breath2013 · 465 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013465
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  10. 10
    The Lady from Zagreb2015 · 421 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015421
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  11. 11
    The Other Side of Silence2016 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016448
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  12. 12
    Prussian Blue2017 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017528
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  13. 13
    Greeks Bearing Gifts2018 · 511 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018511
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  14. 14
    Metropolis2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019384
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Bernie Gunther Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Bernie Gunther books run from March Violets (1989) to Metropolis (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Bernie Gunther in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Bernie Gunther books in order?

You should read the Bernie Gunther books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bernie Gunther book also stands alone.

Where to start with Bernie Gunther

Start with March Violets (1989), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bernie Gunther book?

Metropolis (2019) is the newest Bernie Gunther book released so far.

Is there a new Bernie Gunther book coming?

No next Bernie Gunther book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Bernie Gunther has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Bernie Gunther. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Bernie Gunther at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Bernie Gunther title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Bernie Gunther books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,433 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 421 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bernie Gunther books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Bernie Gunther books are about

All 14 Bernie Gunther 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 13 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Philip Kerr

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Bernie Gunther books

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