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Publication Order of Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit Books
Start with: Full Dark House (2003)
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Publication Order of Bryant & May Collections
Start with: London's Glory (2015)
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Publication Order of Bryant & May Graphic Novels
Start with: The Casebook of Bryant & May: The Soho Devil (2012)
ⓘ About Christopher Fowler
Fowler writes about desperate people in desperate situations and their eventual response to their predicament. The fact that he uses familiar settings makes the reader relate to his stories. To sum it all, Fowler’s competency in crime fiction makes his various works outstanding.
All Book Series by Christopher Fowler
1
Full Dark House
Series opener · book 1 of 21 · published 2003
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Seventy-Seven Clocks
Book 3 of 21 · published 2005
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Ten Second Staircase
Book 4 of 21 · published 2006
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The Victoria Vanishes
Book 6 of 21 · published 2008
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7
Bryant & May on the Loose
Book 7 of 21 · published 2009
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The Memory of Blood / Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood
Book 9 of 21 · published 2011
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10
Bryant & May's Mystery Tour
Book 10 of 21 · published 2011
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11
The Invisible Code
Book 11 of 21 · published 2012
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The Bleeding Heart
Book 12 of 21 · published 2014
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The Secret Santa
Book 13 of 21 · published 2015
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The Burning Man
Book 14 of 21 · published 2015
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Hall of Mirrors
Book 17 of 21 · published 2018
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The Lonely Hour
Book 18 of 21 · published 2019
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England’s Finest
Book 19 of 21 · published 2019
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Oranges and Lemons
Book 20 of 21 · published 2020
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London Bridge Is Falling Down
Latest in the series · book 21 of 21 · published 2021
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1
London's Glory
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2015
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2
England’s Finest
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2019
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1
The Casebook of Bryant & May: The Soho Devil
Single-title series · published 2012
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1
Peculiar London
Single-title series · published 2022
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1
The Curse of Snakes
Single-title series · published 2010
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1
Roofworld
Series opener · book 1 of 17 · published 1988
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Little Boy Found
Book 15 of 17 · published 2017 Pen name · L.K. Fox
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The Foot on the Crown
Latest in the series · book 17 of 17 · published 2025
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1
Wage Slaves
Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 1997
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3
American Waitress
Book 3 of 9 · published 2003
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#ChooseThePlot
Book 6 of 9 · published 2014 Co-authored · James Oswald,Jane Casey
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7
Bryant & May and the Nameless Woman
Book 7 of 9 · published 2015
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8
Reconciliation Day
Book 8 of 9 · published 2016
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9
The Washing
Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2019
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1
The Bureau of Lost Souls
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1984
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3
More City Jitters
Book 3 of 12 · published 1988
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6
Personal Demons
Book 6 of 12 · published 1998
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8
The Devil in Me
Book 8 of 12 · published 2001
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10
Old Devil Moon
Book 10 of 12 · published 2007
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12
Red Gloves Volume I & II
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2011
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1
Menz Insana
Single-title series · published 1997
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1
How to Impersonate Famous People
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 1985
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2
Ultimate Party Book
Book 2 of 6 · published 1985
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6
The Book of Forgotten Authors
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2017
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1
The Book of Virtue
Series opener · book 1 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · Ken Bruen
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2
Pronghorns of the Third Reich
Book 2 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · C.J. Box
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3
The Book Thing
Book 3 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · Laura Lippman
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4
The Book Case
Book 4 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · Nelson DeMille
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5
An Acceptable Sacrifice
Book 5 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · Jeffery Deaver
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6
Death Leaves a Bookmark
Book 6 of 40 · published 2012 Anthology · William Link
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7
The Final Testament
Book 7 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Peter Blauner
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8
Rides a Stranger
Book 8 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · David Bell
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9
The Long Sonata of the Dead
Book 9 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Andrew Taylor
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10
The Book of Ghosts
Book 10 of 40 · published 2013 Anthology · Reed Farrel Coleman
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The Compendium of Srem
Book 11 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · F. Paul Wilson
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12
What's in a Name?
Book 12 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Thomas H. Cook
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Remaindered
Book 13 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Peter Lovesey
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14
The Sequel
Book 14 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · R.L. Stine
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The Gospel of Sheba
Book 15 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Lyndsay Faye
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Book Club
Book 16 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Loren D. Estleman
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The Nature of My Inheritance
Book 17 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Bradford Morrow
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It's in the Book
Book 18 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane
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The Scroll
Book 19 of 40 · published 2014 Anthology · Anne Perry
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The Book of the Lion
Book 20 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · Thomas Perry
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The Little Men
Book 21 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · Megan Abbott
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22
Condor in the Stacks
Book 22 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · James Grady
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Mystery, Inc.
Book 23 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · Joyce Carol Oates
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Every Seven Years
Book 24 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · Denise Mina
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From the Queen
Book 25 of 40 · published 2015 Anthology · Carolyn Hart
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The Travelling Companion
Book 26 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · Ian Rankin
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Citadel
Book 27 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · Stephen Hunter
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Reconciliation Day
Book 28 of 40 · published 2016
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Dead Dames Don't Sing
Book 29 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · John Harvey
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The Haze
Book 30 of 40 · published 2016 Anthology · James W. Hall
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Hoodoo Harry
Book 31 of 40 · published 2017 Anthology · Joe R. Lansdale
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The Pretty Little Box
Book 32 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · Charles Todd
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Seven Years
Book 33 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · Peter Robinson
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The Hemingway Valise
Book 34 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · Robert Olen Butler
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The Last Honest Horse Thief
Book 35 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · Michael Koryta
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The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository
Book 36 of 40 · published 2018 Anthology · John Connolly
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The Girl Who Did Say No
Book 37 of 40 · published 2020 Anthology · David Handler
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The Traitor
Book 38 of 40 · published 2022 Anthology · Martin Edwards
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The Dark Door
Book 39 of 40 · published 2022 Anthology · Lisa Unger
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The Honeymoon Trap
Latest in the series · book 40 of 40 · published 2022 Anthology · Peter Swanson
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1
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One
Series opener · book 1 of 19 · published 2009
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2
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two
Book 2 of 19 · published 2010
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3
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
Book 3 of 19 · published 2011
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4
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four
Book 4 of 19 · published 2012
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5
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Five
Book 5 of 19 · published 2013
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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six
Book 6 of 19 · published 2014
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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven
Book 7 of 19 · published 2015
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8
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight
Book 8 of 19 · published 2016
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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine
Book 9 of 19 · published 2017
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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Ten
Book 10 of 19 · published 2018
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The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction
Book 11 of 19 · published 2018
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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven
Book 12 of 19 · published 2019
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13
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Twelve
Book 13 of 19 · published 2020
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The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen
Book 14 of 19 · published 2021
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The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen
Book 15 of 19 · published 2022
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The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fifteen
Book 16 of 19 · published 2024
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The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Sixteen
Book 17 of 19 · published 2024
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The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Seventeen
Book 18 of 19 · published 2025
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Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eighteen
Latest in the series · book 19 of 19 · published 2026
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1
Drabble II: Double Century
Series opener · book 1 of 74 · published 1990
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2
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
Book 2 of 74 · published 1992
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3
The Giant Book of Zombies
Book 3 of 74 · published 1993
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4
Best New Horror 4
Book 4 of 74 · published 1993
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The Mammoth Book of Zombies
Book 5 of 74 · published 1993
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The Giant Book of Terror
Book 6 of 74 · published 1994
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Best New Horror 5
Book 7 of 74 · published 1994
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 7
Book 9 of 74 · published 1996
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10
Destination Unknown
Book 10 of 74 · published 1997
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Dark of the Night
Book 12 of 74 · published 1997
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13
Dark Terrors 3
Book 13 of 74 · published 1997
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 8
Book 14 of 74 · published 1997
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The Mammoth Book of Dracula
Book 15 of 74 · published 1997
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Dark Terrors 4
Book 16 of 74 · published 1998
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Eleventh Annual Collection
Book 17 of 74 · published 1998
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 9
Book 18 of 74 · published 1998
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10
Book 19 of 74 · published 1999
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Dark Terrors 5
Book 20 of 74 · published 2000
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Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips
Book 21 of 74 · published 2001
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #12
Book 22 of 74 · published 2001
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Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters
Book 23 of 74 · published 2002
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Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 13
Book 24 of 74 · published 2002
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Dark Terrors 6
Book 25 of 74 · published 2002
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Fifteenth Annual Collection
Book 26 of 74 · published 2002
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27
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
Book 27 of 74 · published 2003
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The Mammoth Book of New Terror
Book 28 of 74 · published 2004
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15
Book 29 of 74 · published 2004
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection
Book 30 of 74 · published 2005
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Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror
Book 31 of 74 · published 2006
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The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration
Book 32 of 74 · published 2006
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Best New Horror 18
Book 33 of 74 · published 2007
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Summer Chills
Book 34 of 74 · published 2007
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The Mammoth Book of Monsters
Book 35 of 74 · published 2007
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Mammoth Books Presents Demonic Dreams
Book 36 of 74 · published 2008
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Best New Horror 19
Book 37 of 74 · published 2008
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Best New Horror 20
Book 38 of 74 · published 2009
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The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7
Book 39 of 74 · published 2010
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The Sounds Of Crime
Book 40 of 74 · published 2010
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Zombie Apocalypse!
Book 41 of 74 · published 2010
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The End of the Line
Book 42 of 74 · published 2010
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Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead
Book 45 of 74 · published 2011
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House of Fear
Book 46 of 74 · published 2011
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Full Fathom Forty
Book 47 of 74 · published 2011
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The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three
Book 48 of 74 · published 2011
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Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes
Book 49 of 74 · published 2011
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Best New Horror 22
Book 50 of 74 · published 2011
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The Mammoth Book of Body Horror
Book 51 of 74 · published 2012
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Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke
Book 52 of 74 · published 2012
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Four For Fear
Book 53 of 74 · published 2012
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Best New Horror 23
Book 54 of 74 · published 2012
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Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane
Book 55 of 74 · published 2012
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Dark World: Ghost Stories
Book 56 of 74 · published 2013
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Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013
Book 58 of 74 · published 2013
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Psychomania: Killer Stories
Book 59 of 74 · published 2013
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Deadly Pleasures
Book 60 of 74 · published 2013
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Guilty Parties
Book 61 of 74 · published 2014
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Kneeling in the Silver Light: Stories from the Great War
Book 62 of 74 · published 2014
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Interzone 258, May-June 2015
Book 63 of 74 · published 2015
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The Future of Horror
Book 64 of 74 · published 2015
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The Monstrous
Book 65 of 74 · published 2015
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Darker Terrors 7
Book 66 of 74 · published 2016
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In the Footsteps of Dracula
Book 67 of 74 · published 2017
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Invisible Blood
Book 68 of 74 · published 2019
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The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror
Book 69 of 74 · published 2021
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Ink and Daggers
Book 71 of 74 · published 2023
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72
Reports from the Deep End
Book 72 of 74 · published 2023
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73
Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club
Book 73 of 74 · published 2025
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Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories
Latest in the series · book 74 of 74 · published 2010
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Christopher Fowler?
Fowler writes about desperate people in desperate situations and their eventual response to their predicament. The fact that he uses familiar settings makes the reader relate to his stories. To sum it all, Fowler's competency in crime fiction makes his various works outstanding.
Which Christopher Fowler series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit series, the earliest of Christopher Fowler's multi-book series: it opens with Full Dark House (2003) and runs to 21 books across 2003–2021, ending with London Bridge Is Falling Down (2021).
How many books has Christopher Fowler written?
Christopher Fowler has 204 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2026. 85 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit series with 21 books — and 119 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Christopher Fowler's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Christopher Fowler's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit (2003–2021, 21 books), Hellion (2010, 1 book) and Bryant & May Graphic Novels (2012, 1 book), plus 2 more.
How are Christopher Fowler's books organised into series?
This guide splits Christopher Fowler's 204 books into 7 named series and 119 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit (21 books, 2003–2021); Bryant & May Collections (2 books, 2015–2019); Bryant & May Graphic Novels (1 book, 2012); Bryant & May Companion (1 book, 2022); Hellion (1 book, 2010), plus 2 further series.
