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Jack Parlabane Books in Order

Jack Parlabane by Christopher Brookmyre contains 10 books, published between 1996 and 2026. The first book is Quite Ugly One Morning (1996) and the newest is Quite Ugly One Evening (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1996–2026
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
2,051 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
34–51 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,051 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Jack Parlabane is Christopher Brookmyre's investigative journalist, working murder and political corruption in Edinburgh and the wider Scottish scene. Quite Ugly One Morning (1996) opens the series, and Country of the Blind (1997), Boiling a Frog (2000), Be My Enemy (2004), Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks (2007), Dead Girl Walking (2015), Black Widow (2016) and Want You Gone (2017) follow. Ten books are catalogued, the newest being Quite Ugly One Evening (2026).

How many Jack Parlabane books are there?

Jack Parlabane has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2026.

Jack Parlabane Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Jack Parlabane 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 Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre, book 1 of the Jack Parlabane series (1996)
  2. Cover of Boiling a Frog by Christopher Brookmyre, book 3 of the Jack Parlabane series (2000)
  3. Cover of Dead Girl Walking by Christopher Brookmyre, book 7 of the Jack Parlabane series (2015)
  4. Cover of Black Widow by Christopher Brookmyre, book 8 of the Jack Parlabane series (2016)
  5. Cover of Want You Gone / The Last Hack by Christopher Brookmyre, book 9 of the Jack Parlabane series (2017)
  1. 1
    Quite Ugly One Morning1996 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996320
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  2. 2
    Country of the Blind1997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997–
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  3. 3
    Boiling a Frog2000 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000416
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  4. 4
    Be My Enemy2004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  5. 5
    Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks2007 · confirmed 3/4
    2007–
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  6. 6
    The Last Day of Christmas2014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  7. 7
    Dead Girl Walking2015 · 377 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015377
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  8. 8
    Black Widow2016 · 512 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016512
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  9. 9
    Want You Gone / The Last Hack2017 · 426 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017426
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  10. 10
    Quite Ugly One Evening2026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Is there a chronological order for Jack Parlabane?

No separate chronological order is on record for Jack Parlabane, 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 Parlabane books in order?

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

Where to start with Jack Parlabane

Start with Quite Ugly One Morning (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jack Parlabane book?

Quite Ugly One Evening (2026) is the newest Jack Parlabane book released so far.

Is there a new Jack Parlabane book coming?

No next Jack Parlabane 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 Parlabane at a glance

Still running
Jack Parlabane is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Jack Parlabane books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,051 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 416 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jack Parlabane books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jack Parlabane books are about

5 of the 10 Jack Parlabane books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigative reporting is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Christopher Brookmyre

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