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Lockwood & Co. Books in Order

Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud contains 6 books, published between 2013 and 2017. The first book is The Screaming Staircase (2013) and the newest is The Empty Grave (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2013–2017
Confirmed
3 of 6 titles
Pages on record
1,715 in 4 of 6 books
Reading time
29–43 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,715 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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Lockwood & Co. is a young adult supernatural detective series by Jonathan Stroud, set in a London plagued by ghosts known as Visitors. Three young agents of a psychic detection agency carry the story: Anthony Lockwood, Lucy Carlyle and George Cubbins. The Screaming Staircase (2013) opens the run, and The Whispering Skull, The Hollow Boy and The Creeping Shadow follow before The Empty Grave closes it in 2017. Six catalogued titles include the novella The Dagger in the Desk.

How many Lockwood & Co. books are there?

Lockwood & Co. has 6 books, released between 2013 and 2017.

Lockwood & Co. Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Lockwood & Co. 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 The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud, book 1 of the Lockwood & Co. series (2013)
  2. Cover of The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud, book 3 of the Lockwood & Co. series (2014)
  3. Cover of The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud, book 4 of the Lockwood & Co. series (2015)
  4. Cover of The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud, book 5 of the Lockwood & Co. series (2016)
  5. Cover of The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud, book 6 of the Lockwood & Co. series (2017)
  1. 1
    The Screaming Staircase2013 · 390 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013390
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  2. 2
    The Dagger in the Desk2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  3. 3
    The Whispering Skull2014 · 464 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014464
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  4. 4
    The Hollow Boy2015 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015416
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  5. 5
    The Creeping Shadow2016 · 445 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016445
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  6. 6
    The Empty Grave2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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Is there a chronological order for Lockwood & Co.?

No separate chronological order is on record for Lockwood & Co., 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 Lockwood & Co. books in order?

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

Where to start with Lockwood & Co.

Start with The Screaming Staircase (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lockwood & Co. book?

The Empty Grave (2017) is the newest Lockwood & Co. book released so far.

Is there a new Lockwood & Co. book coming?

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

Lockwood & Co. at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Lockwood & Co. title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Lockwood & Co. books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,715 pages across the 4 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 430 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lockwood & Co. books, 6 of 6, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lockwood & Co. books are about

5 of the 6 Lockwood & Co. books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: ghosts is tagged on 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jonathan Stroud

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