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Tim Downs

3 Series • 11 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

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Publication Order of Bug Man Books
Start with: Shoofly Pie (2003)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption (2014)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Plague Maker (2006)

ⓘ About Tim Downs

Tim Downs is an American author of fiction novels. Born in 1954, he graduated from Indiana University in 1976, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Sometime after graduating, he created the comic strip Downstown. It was a daily strip and it ended up being syndicated for six years by Universal Press Syndicate which brought readers such daily strips such as The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, and political tongue-in-cheek comic Doonesbury. Tim Downs has created cartoons that have appeared all over the world in newspapers. They have been featured in over a hundred newspapers worldwide that come out on a daily basis. In addition to his drawing and writing of cartoons, Tim has also ventured into the world of writing and has done quite well after the success of his published mystery and suspense novels.

All Book Series by Tim Downs

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Shoofly Pie

Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2003

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2003
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Chop Shop

Book 2 of 7 · published 2004

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2004
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First the Dead

Book 3 of 7 · published 2008

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2008
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Less than Dead

Book 4 of 7 · published 2008

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2008
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Ends of the Earth

Book 5 of 7 · published 2009

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2009
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Nick of Time

Book 6 of 7 · published 2011

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2011
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The Bug Man Collection

Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2015

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2015
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Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption book cover

Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption

Single-title series · published 2014

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2014
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Plague Maker

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2006

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2006
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Head Game

Book 2 of 3 · published 2007

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2007
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Wonders Never Cease

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2010

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2010

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tim Downs?

Tim Downs is an American author of fiction novels. Born in 1954, he graduated from Indiana University in 1976, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Sometime after graduating, he created the comic strip Downstown.

Which Tim Downs series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Bug Man series, the earliest of Tim Downs's multi-book series: it opens with Shoofly Pie (2003) and runs to 7 books across 2003–2015, ending with The Bug Man Collection (2015).

How many books has Tim Downs written?

Tim Downs has 11 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2015. 7 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Bug Man series with 7 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Tim Downs's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tim Downs's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Bug Man (2003–2015, 7 books).

How are Tim Downs's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tim Downs's 11 books into 1 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Bug Man (7 books, 2003–2015).