Rafferty Books in Order by W. Glenn Duncan and others
Rafferty contains 9 books, published between 1987 and 2022. The first book is Rafferty's Rules (1987) and the newest is Down The Barrel (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
Other series are also called Rafferty: Rafferty Books in Order: 2 Different Series.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 1987–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,340 in 5 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 22–34 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,340 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Rafferty is a 9-book series that opens with Rafferty's Rules (1987). The listing credits 6 of the books to W. Glenn Duncan and 3 to Bill Duncan. Titles from 1987 to 1990 include Last Seen Alive, Poor Dead Cricket and Cannon's Mouth, and three further books, False Gods, Wright & Wrong and Down The Barrel, are dated 2018 to 2022. The series is marked dormant.
How many Rafferty books are there?
Rafferty has 9 books, released between 1987 and 2022.
Rafferty Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Rafferty 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.
- 1Rafferty's Rules1987 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/419872381/4
- 2Last Seen Alive1987 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/419872701/4
- 3Poor Dead Cricket1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 4Wrong Place, Wrong Time1989 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/419892841/4
- 5Fatal Sisters1990 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/419902761/4
- 6Cannon's Mouth1990 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/419902721/4
- 7False Gods2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 8Wright & Wrong2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 9Down The Barrel2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Do you have to read Rafferty books in order?
You should read the Rafferty books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Rafferty book also stands alone.
Where to start with Rafferty
Start with Rafferty's Rules (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Rafferty book?
Down The Barrel (2022) is the newest Rafferty book released so far.
Is there a new Rafferty book coming?
No next Rafferty book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rafferty at a glance
- Paused
- No new Rafferty title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Rafferty books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
- Length
- 1,340 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rafferty books, 4 of 9, were published in the 1980s.
- Attribution
- Of the 9 titles, 6 are credited to W. Glenn Duncan and 3 to Bill Duncan.