Jack Irish Books in Order
Jack Irish by Peter Temple contains 4 books, published between 1996 and 2004. The first book is Bad Debts (1996) and the newest is White Dog (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 1996–2004
- Total pages
- 1,350 across 4 books
- Reading time
- 23–34 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,350 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Jack Irish is a lawyer who works as a private investigator, and four Peter Temple novels follow him. Bad Debts (1996) opens the run, Black Tide and Dead Point both appeared in 2000, and White Dog (2004) closes it. Australian mystery and detective fiction is where the subjects place the series.
How many Jack Irish books are there?
Jack Irish has 4 books, released between 1996 and 2004.
Jack Irish Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Jack Irish 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.
- 1Bad Debts1996 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/419963202/4
- 2Black Tide2000 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/420003682/4
- 3Dead Point2000 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420003202/4
- 4White Dog2004 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/420043422/4
Is there a chronological order for Jack Irish?
No separate chronological order is on record for Jack Irish, 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 Jack Irish books in order?
You should read the Jack Irish books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jack Irish book also stands alone.
Where to start with Jack Irish
Start with Bad Debts (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Jack Irish book?
White Dog (2004) is the newest Jack Irish book released so far.
Is there a new Jack Irish book coming?
No next Jack Irish book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jack Irish at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Jack Irish title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Jack Irish books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,350 pages across all 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 331 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jack Irish books, 3 of 4, were published in the 2000s.
What the Jack Irish books are about
All 4 Jack Irish 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 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 4 of 4 books
- Private investigators 3 of 4 books
- Australian fiction 1 of 4 books
- Lawyers as detectives 1 of 4 books
More books by Peter Temple
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Peter Temple books in order 11 books