Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks is a renowned English author of young adult, fiction, mystery, thriller, and fantasy stories. He has received critical acclaim for writing successful novel series, such as the Johnny Delgado series, PI John Crane series, and the Travis Delaney series. Kevin has also written several mind-blowing standalone books in his career.

The best place to start is the Johnny Delgado: Private Detective series, the earliest of Kevin Brooks's multi-book series: it opens with Private Detective (2006) and runs to 3 books across 2006–2020, ending with Johnny Delgado (2020). Kevin Brooks's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Kevin Brooks has 32 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2001 and 2020. 9 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Johnny Delgado: Private Detective series with 3 books — and 23 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kevin Brooks's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Johnny Delgado: Private Detective (2006–2020, 3 books), PI John Craine (2010–2013, 3 books) and Travis Delaney Investigates (2014–2015, 3 books).

This guide splits Kevin Brooks's 32 books into 3 named series and 23 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Johnny Delgado: Private Detective (3 books, 2006–2020); PI John Craine (3 books, 2010–2013); Travis Delaney Investigates (3 books, 2014–2015).