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Skulduggery Pleasant Books in Order

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy contains 28 books, published between 2007 and 2026. The first book is Scepter of the Ancients / Skulduggery Pleasant (2007) and the newest is A Soul Full of Shadows (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
2007–2026
Confirmed
3 of 28 titles
Pages on record
4,032 in 9 of 28 books
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Skulduggery Pleasant is a fantasy series by Derek Landy about a skeleton detective of that name and a young apprentice, Valkyrie Cain, who take on magical crimes together. Scepter of the Ancients (2007) opens a run of 28 catalogued titles reaching A Soul Full of Shadows in 2026. Sorcery, adventure and humour run through the subject records, and the median book is 432 pages.

How many Skulduggery Pleasant books are there?

Skulduggery Pleasant has 28 books, released between 2007 and 2026.

Skulduggery Pleasant Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Skulduggery Pleasant 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 Scepter of the Ancients / Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, book 1 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2007)
  2. Cover of Playing with Fire by Derek Landy, book 2 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2008)
  3. Cover of The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy, book 3 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2008)
  4. Cover of Dark Days by Derek Landy, book 4 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2010)
  5. Cover of Mortal Coil by Derek Landy, book 5 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2010)
  6. Cover of Death Bringer by Derek Landy, book 8 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2011)
  7. Cover of The End of the World by Derek Landy, book 9 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2012)
  8. Cover of Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy, book 10 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2012)
  9. Cover of Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven by Derek Landy, book 11 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2013)
  10. Cover of Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy, book 12 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2013)
  11. Cover of Armageddon Outta Here by Derek Landy, book 13 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2014)
  12. Cover of The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy, book 14 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2014)
  13. Cover of Resurrection by Derek Landy, book 15 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2017)
  14. Cover of Midnight by Derek Landy, book 16 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2018)
  15. Cover of Bedlam by Derek Landy, book 17 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2019)
  16. Cover of Seasons of War by Derek Landy, book 18 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2020)
  17. Cover of Dead or Alive by Derek Landy, book 20 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2021)
  18. Cover of A Mind Full of Murder by Derek Landy, book 24 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2024)
  19. Cover of A Heart Full of Hatred by Derek Landy, book 26 of the Skulduggery Pleasant series (2025)
  1. 1
    Scepter of the Ancients / Skulduggery Pleasant2007 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007416
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  2. 2
    Playing with Fire2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  3. 3
    The Faceless Ones2008 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008432
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  4. 4
    Dark Days2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    Mortal Coil2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    The Lost Art of World Domination2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  8. 8
    Death Bringer2011 · 602 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011602
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  9. 9
    The End of the World2012 · 127 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012127
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  10. 10
    Kingdom of the Wicked2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    Last Stand of Dead Men2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  13. 13
    Armageddon Outta Here2014 · 478 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014478
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  14. 14
    The Dying of the Light2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  15. 15
    Resurrection2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  16. 16
    Midnight2018 · 417 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018417
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  17. 17
    Bedlam2019 · 584 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019584
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  18. 18
    Seasons of War2020 · 560 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020560
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  19. 19
    Apocalypse Kings2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  20. 20
    Dead or Alive2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  21. 21
    The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  22. 22
    Until the End2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  23. 23
    Hell Breaks Loose2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  24. 24
    A Mind Full of Murder2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  25. 25
    The Haunted House on Hollow Hill2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  26. 26
    A Heart Full of Hatred2025 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2025416
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  27. 27
    A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  28. 28
    A Soul Full of Shadows2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Skulduggery Pleasant Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Skulduggery Pleasant books run from Scepter of the Ancients / Skulduggery Pleasant (2007) to A Soul Full of Shadows (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Skulduggery Pleasant in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Skulduggery Pleasant books in order?

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

What order should you read Skulduggery Pleasant books in?

Read them in publication order, starting with Scepter of the Ancients / Skulduggery Pleasant (2007), the earliest published title. After it come Playing with Fire (2008), The Faceless Ones (2008), Dark Days (2010) and Mortal Coil (2010); the numbered table above continues from there.

What is the newest Skulduggery Pleasant book?

A Soul Full of Shadows (2026) is the newest Skulduggery Pleasant book released so far.

Is there a new Skulduggery Pleasant book coming?

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

Skulduggery Pleasant at a glance

Still running
Skulduggery Pleasant is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Skulduggery Pleasant books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
4,032 pages across the 9 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 432 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Skulduggery Pleasant books, 14 of 28, were published in the 2010s.

What the Skulduggery Pleasant books are about

16 of the 28 Skulduggery Pleasant books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 13 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Derek Landy

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

Characters in the Skulduggery Pleasant books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.