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Cliff Hardy Books in Order

Cliff Hardy by Peter Corris contains 43 books, published between 1980 and 2017. The first book is The Dying Trade (1980) and the newest is Win, Lose or Draw (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
43
Published
1980–2017
Pages on record
7,491 in 32 of 43 books
Reading time
125–187 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,491 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 43 titles with a page count on record.

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Cliff Hardy is a private investigator working Sydney in the crime fiction of Peter Corris. The series opens with The Dying Trade (1980) and runs to 43 books, ending on Win, Lose or Draw (2017). Short-story collections sit among the novels, among them Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories (1984) and Burn, and Other Stories (1993). Median length is 226 pages, and readers looking up Cliff Hardy books in order begin in 1980.

How many Cliff Hardy books are there?

Cliff Hardy has 43 books, released between 1980 and 2017.

Cliff Hardy Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 43 Cliff Hardy 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.

  1. Cover of White Meat by Peter Corris, book 2 of the Cliff Hardy series (1981)
  2. Cover of Man in the Shadows by Peter Corris, book 2 of the Cliff Hardy series (1988)
  3. Cover of The Marvellous Boy by Peter Corris, book 3 of the Cliff Hardy series (1982)
  4. Cover of The Big Drop by Peter Corris, book 3 of the Cliff Hardy series (1988)
  5. Cover of The Empty Beach by Peter Corris, book 4 of the Cliff Hardy series (1984)
  6. Cover of Taking Care Of Business by Peter Corris, book 5 of the Cliff Hardy series (2004)
  7. Cover of Forget Me If You Can by Peter Corris, book 6 of the Cliff Hardy series (2014)
  8. Cover of The Greenwich Apartments by Peter Corris, book 7 of the Cliff Hardy series (1986)
  9. Cover of The Black Prince by Peter Corris, book 18 of the Cliff Hardy series (1998)
  10. Cover of Salt and Blood by Peter Corris, book 21 of the Cliff Hardy series (2002)
  11. Cover of Master's Mates by Peter Corris, book 22 of the Cliff Hardy series (2003)
  12. Cover of The Coast Road by Peter Corris, book 23 of the Cliff Hardy series (2004)
  13. Cover of Saving Billie by Peter Corris, book 24 of the Cliff Hardy series (2005)
  14. Cover of The Undertow by Peter Corris, book 25 of the Cliff Hardy series (2006)
  15. Cover of Appeal Denied by Peter Corris, book 26 of the Cliff Hardy series (2007)
  16. Cover of Open File by Peter Corris, book 27 of the Cliff Hardy series (2008)
  17. Cover of Deep Water by Peter Corris, book 28 of the Cliff Hardy series (2009)
  18. Cover of Torn Apart by Peter Corris, book 29 of the Cliff Hardy series (2010)
  19. Cover of Follow The Money by Peter Corris, book 30 of the Cliff Hardy series (2011)
  20. Cover of Comeback by Peter Corris, book 31 of the Cliff Hardy series (2012)
  21. Cover of The Dunbar Case by Peter Corris, book 32 of the Cliff Hardy series (2013)
  22. Cover of Silent Kill by Peter Corris, book 33 of the Cliff Hardy series (2014)
  23. Cover of Win, Lose or Draw by Peter Corris, book 36 of the Cliff Hardy series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Dying Trade1980 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1980384
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  2. 1
    Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories1984 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984266
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  3. 2
    White Meat1981 · confirmed 2/4
    1981–
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  4. 2
    Man in the Shadows1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988–
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  5. 3
    The Marvellous Boy1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  6. 3
    The Big Drop1988 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988208
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  7. 4
    The Empty Beach1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  8. 5
    Heroin Annie1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  9. 5
    Taking Care Of Business2004 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004231
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  10. 6
    Make Me Rich1985 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985185
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  11. 6
    Forget Me If You Can2014 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014264
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  12. 7
    The Greenwich Apartments1986 · confirmed 2/4
    1986–
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  13. 7
    The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases2015 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015228
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  14. 8
    Deal Me Out1986 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986217
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  15. 9
    The January Zone1987 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987205
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  16. 10
    O'Fear1990 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990224
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  17. 11
    Wet Graves1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  18. 12
    Aftershock1991 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991236
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  19. 13
    Beware of the Dog1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  20. 14
    Matrimonial Causes1993 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993204
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  21. 15
    Casino1994 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994216
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  22. 16
    The Reward1997 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997232
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  23. 17
    Washington Club1997 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997260
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  24. 18
    The Black Prince1998 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998224
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  25. 19
    Other Side of Sorrow1999 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999224
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  26. 20
    Lugarno2001 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001220
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  27. 21
    Salt and Blood2002 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002244
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  28. 22
    Master's Mates2003 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003232
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  29. 23
    The Coast Road2004 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004224
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Is there a chronological order for Cliff Hardy?

No separate chronological order is on record for Cliff Hardy, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Cliff Hardy books in order?

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

Where to start with Cliff Hardy

Start with The Dying Trade (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cliff Hardy book?

Win, Lose or Draw (2017) is the newest Cliff Hardy book released so far.

Is there a new Cliff Hardy book coming?

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

Cliff Hardy at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Cliff Hardy title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Cliff Hardy books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,491 pages across the 32 of 43 books with a recorded length, a median of 226 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cliff Hardy books, 12 of 43, were published in the 1980s.

What the Cliff Hardy books are about

32 of the 43 Cliff Hardy 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 30 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Peter Corris

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

Other series by Peter Corris

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.