Christopher Fowler is an English author of thrillers, horror, mysteries and satire. He is best known for his Bryant and May series. Several of his novels have been bestsellers and have been optioned by Hollywood names like Guillermo Del Toro and Jude Law.

Christopher Fowler’s first published work of fiction was a short story collection titled The Bureau of Lost Souls (titled More City Jitters in the USA) in 1984. His first novel would be published in 1988, titled Roofworld. Below is a list of Christopher Fowler’s books in order of when they were first released:

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Publication Order of Bryant & May: Peculiar Crimes Unit Books

Full Dark House(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Water Room(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seventy-Seven Clocks(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ten Second Staircase(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
White Corridor(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Victoria Vanishes(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bryant & May on the Loose(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Off the Rails(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Memory of Blood / Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bryant & May's Mystery Tour(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Invisible Code(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bleeding Heart(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret Santa(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Burning Man(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strange Tide(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wild Chamber(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hall of Mirrors(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lonely Hour(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
England’s Finest(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Oranges and Lemons(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
London Bridge Is Falling Down(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bryant & May's Mystery Tour is a novella set between On the Loose and Off the Rails.

Publication Order of Bryant & May Collections

London's Glory(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
England’s Finest(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bryant & May Graphic Novels

The Casebook of Bryant & May: The Soho Devil(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bryant & May Companion Books

Peculiar London(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Hellion Books

The Curse of Snakes(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Roofworld(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rune(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Bride(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Darkest Day(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Spanky(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Psychoville(1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Disturbia(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Soho Black(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Calabash(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Plastic(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Breathe(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hell Train(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nyctophobia(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sand Men(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hot Water(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

(with James Oswald, Jane Casey)

Wage Slaves(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Green Man(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Waitress(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spider Kiss(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beautiful Men(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
#ChooseThePlot (With: James Oswald,Jane Casey)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bryant & May and the Nameless Woman(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reconciliation Day(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Washing(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Bureau of Lost Souls(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
City Jitters(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
More City Jitters(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Flesh Wounds(1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sharper Knives(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Personal Demons(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Uncut(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Devil in Me(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Demonized(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Old Devil Moon(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Gloves(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Gloves Volume I & II(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Graphic Novels

Menz Insana(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

How to Impersonate Famous People(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Ultimate Party Book(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Paperboy(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Invisible Ink(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Film Freak(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Forgotten Authors(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reconciliation Day(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Books

The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Scroll (By: Anne Perry)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Acceptable Sacrifice (By: Jeffery Deaver)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Thing (By: Laura Lippman)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of Ghosts (By: Reed Farrel Coleman)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's in a Name? (By: Thomas H. Cook)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Travelling Companion (By: Ian Rankin)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Haze (By: James W. Hall)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reconciliation Day(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pretty Little Box (By: Charles Todd)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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Publication Order of Anthologies

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