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Scobie Malone Books in Order

Scobie Malone by Jon Cleary contains 21 books, published between 1966 and 2015. The first book is The High Commissioner (1966) and the newest is The Climate of Courage (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
21
Published
1966–2015
Pages on record
5,472 in 19 of 21 books
Reading time
91–137 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,472 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 21 titles with a page count on record.

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Scobie Malone is Jon Cleary's police procedural series, with Sydney and Australia among its subjects and 21 books from 1966 to 2015. The High Commissioner (1966) opens the series, and Helga's Web (1970) and Ransom (1973) come next. After a gap, the series resumed with Dragons at the Party (1987) and continued with Babylon South, Murder Song, Dark Summer and Bleak Spring into the 1990s. The Climate of Courage (2015) is the last listed title.

How many Scobie Malone books are there?

Scobie Malone has 21 books, released between 1966 and 2015.

Scobie Malone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 21 Scobie Malone 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 High Commissioner by Jon Cleary, book 1 of the Scobie Malone series (1966)
  2. Cover of Helga's Web by Jon Cleary, book 2 of the Scobie Malone series (1970)
  3. Cover of Ransom by Jon Cleary, book 3 of the Scobie Malone series (1973)
  4. Cover of Dragons at the Party by Jon Cleary, book 4 of the Scobie Malone series (1987)
  5. Cover of Now and Then, Amen by Jon Cleary, book 5 of the Scobie Malone series (1988)
  6. Cover of Babylon South by Jon Cleary, book 6 of the Scobie Malone series (1989)
  7. Cover of Murder Song by Jon Cleary, book 7 of the Scobie Malone series (1990)
  8. Cover of Pride's Harvest by Jon Cleary, book 8 of the Scobie Malone series (1991)
  9. Cover of Dark Summer by Jon Cleary, book 9 of the Scobie Malone series (1992)
  10. Cover of Bleak Spring by Jon Cleary, book 10 of the Scobie Malone series (1993)
  11. Cover of Autumn Maze by Jon Cleary, book 11 of the Scobie Malone series (1994)
  12. Cover of Winter Chill by Jon Cleary, book 12 of the Scobie Malone series (1995)
  13. Cover of A Different Turf by Jon Cleary, book 13 of the Scobie Malone series (1996)
  14. Cover of Endpeace by Jon Cleary, book 14 of the Scobie Malone series (1997)
  15. Cover of Five Ring Circus by Jon Cleary, book 15 of the Scobie Malone series (1998)
  16. Cover of Dilemma by Jon Cleary, book 16 of the Scobie Malone series (1999)
  17. Cover of Yesterday's Shadow by Jon Cleary, book 17 of the Scobie Malone series (2001)
  18. Cover of The Bear Pit by Jon Cleary, book 18 of the Scobie Malone series (2001)
  19. Cover of The Easy Sin by Jon Cleary, book 19 of the Scobie Malone series (2003)
  1. 1
    The High Commissioner1966 · 284 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1966284
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  2. 2
    Helga's Web1970 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970288
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  3. 3
    Ransom1973 · 225 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973225
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  4. 4
    Dragons at the Party1987 · 285 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987285
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  5. 5
    Now and Then, Amen1988 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988330
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  6. 6
    Babylon South1989 · 382 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989382
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  7. 7
    Murder Song1990 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990288
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  8. 8
    Pride's Harvest1991 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991288
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  9. 9
    Dark Summer1992 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992269
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  10. 10
    Bleak Spring1993 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993287
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  11. 11
    Autumn Maze1994 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994292
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  12. 12
    Winter Chill1995 · 269 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995269
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  13. 13
    A Different Turf1996 · 259 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996259
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  14. 14
    Endpeace1997 · 263 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997263
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  15. 15
    Five Ring Circus1998 · 397 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998397
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  16. 16
    Dilemma1999 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999261
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  17. 17
    Yesterday's Shadow2001 · 281 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001281
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  18. 18
    The Bear Pit2001 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001264
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  19. 19
    The Easy Sin2003 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003260
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  20. 20
    Degrees of Connection2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  21. 21
    The Climate of Courage2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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Is there a chronological order for Scobie Malone?

No separate chronological order is on record for Scobie Malone, 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 Scobie Malone books in order?

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

Where to start with Scobie Malone

Start with The High Commissioner (1966), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Scobie Malone book?

The Climate of Courage (2015) is the newest Scobie Malone book released so far.

Is there a new Scobie Malone book coming?

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

Scobie Malone at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Scobie Malone title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Scobie Malone books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
5,472 pages across the 19 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 284 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Scobie Malone books, 10 of 21, were published in the 1990s.

What the Scobie Malone books are about

19 of the 21 Scobie Malone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 18 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Jon Cleary

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