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Thomas Kell Books in Order

Thomas Kell by Charles Cumming contains 3 books, published between 2012 and 2018. The first book is A Foreign Country (2012) and the newest is A Divided Spy (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2012–2018
Confirmed
3 of 3 titles
Total pages
1,152 across 3 books
Reading time
19–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,152 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Thomas Kell is the spy at the centre of three Charles Cumming novels: A Foreign Country (2012), A Colder War (2014) and A Divided Spy (2018). Military intelligence, undercover operations and missing persons drive the plots. The sequence has stood at three books since 2018.

How many Thomas Kell books are there?

Thomas Kell has 3 books, released between 2012 and 2018.

Thomas Kell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Thomas Kell 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 A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming, book 1 of the Thomas Kell series (2012)
  2. Cover of A Colder War by Charles Cumming, book 2 of the Thomas Kell series (2014)
  1. 1
    A Foreign Country2012 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012368
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  2. 2
    A Colder War2014 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014400
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  3. 3
    A Divided Spy2018 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018384
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Is there a chronological order for Thomas Kell?

No separate chronological order is on record for Thomas Kell, 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 Thomas Kell books in order?

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

Where to start with Thomas Kell

Start with A Foreign Country (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Thomas Kell book?

A Divided Spy (2018) is the newest Thomas Kell book released so far.

Is there a new Thomas Kell book coming?

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

Thomas Kell at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Thomas Kell title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Thomas Kell books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,152 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Thomas Kell books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2010s.

What the Thomas Kell books are about

All 3 Thomas Kell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Charles Cumming

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

Other series by Charles Cumming

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