Jackson Brodie Books in Order
Jackson Brodie by Kate Atkinson contains 6 books, published between 2004 and 2024. The first book is Case Histories (2004) and the newest is Death at the Sign of the Rook (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 6
- Published
- 2004–2024
- Confirmed
- 6 of 6 titles
- Pages on record
- 816 in 2 of 6 books
Jackson Brodie left the army and then the police before taking up work as a private investigator, and Kate Atkinson has built six books around him. Case Histories (2004) opens the sequence and Death at the Sign of the Rook (2024) is the most recent. The cases run in England, and Brodie carries a troubled past through them. Loss and fatalism sit among the recurring subjects.
How many Jackson Brodie books are there?
Jackson Brodie has 6 books, released between 2004 and 2024.
Jackson Brodie Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 6 Jackson Brodie 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.
- 1Case Histories2004 · confirmed 3/42004–3/4
- 2One Good Turn2006 · 448 pages · confirmed 4/420064484/4
- 3When Will There Be Good News?2008 · confirmed 4/42008–4/4
- 4Started Early, Took My Dog2010 · confirmed 4/42010–4/4
- 5Big Sky2019 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/420193683/4
- 6Death at the Sign of the Rook2024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
Is there a chronological order for Jackson Brodie?
No separate chronological order is on record for Jackson Brodie, 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 Jackson Brodie books in order?
You should read the Jackson Brodie books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jackson Brodie book also stands alone.
What order should you read Jackson Brodie books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Case Histories (2004), the earliest published title. After it come One Good Turn (2006), When Will There Be Good News? (2008), Started Early, Took My Dog (2010), Big Sky (2019) and Death at the Sign of the Rook (2024).
What is the newest Jackson Brodie book?
Death at the Sign of the Rook (2024) is the newest Jackson Brodie book released so far.
Is there a new Jackson Brodie book coming?
No next Jackson Brodie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jackson Brodie at a glance
- Still running
- Jackson Brodie is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Jackson Brodie books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 816 pages across the 2 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 408 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jackson Brodie books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 3 of the 6 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Jackson Brodie books are about
5 of the 6 Jackson Brodie 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 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 3 of 5 books
- Private investigators 3 of 5 books
- England 2 of 5 books
- Thrillers 2 of 5 books
- Domestic fiction 1 of 5 books
- Fate and fatalism 1 of 5 books
- Life change events 1 of 5 books
- Loss (Psychology) 1 of 5 books
- Romance 1 of 5 books
- Millionaires 1 of 5 books
More books by Kate Atkinson
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Kate Atkinson books in order 19 books