Order of Philip Kerr Books
Philip Kerr was a British author of thriller novels and children’s books under the pen name of P.B. Kerr.
Philip passed away on March 23rd, 2018.
Kerr got his Master’s in Law from the University of Birmingham before working as a copywriter and finally becoming a full-time author in 1989. His series include Bernie Gunther and the Children of the Lamp series. Kerr lives in Wimbledon with his wife and fellow novelist, Jane Thynne. They have three children.
Philip Kerr became a published author in 1989 with the novel March Violets, the beginning of his Bernie Gunther series. Below is a list of Philip Kerr’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Bernie Gunther Books
| March Violets | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pale Criminal | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A German Requiem | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The One from the Other | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Quiet Flame | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| If The Dead Rise Not | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Field Gray | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prague Fatale | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Man Without Breath | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lady from Zagreb | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Other Side of Silence | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prussian Blue | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Greeks Bearing Gifts | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Metropolis | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Children Of The Lamp Books
(as P.B. Kerr)
| The Akhenaten Adventure | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blue Djinn of Babylon | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cobra King of Kathmandu | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Day of the Djinn Warriors | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Eye of the Forest | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Five Fakirs of Faizabad | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Scott Manson Books
| January Window | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hand of God | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| False Nine | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| A Philosophical Investigation | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Meat | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Gridiron / The Grid | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Esau | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Five-Year Plan | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Second Angel | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shot | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dark Matter | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hitler's Peace | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Prayer | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Winter Horses | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Research | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Most Frightening Story Ever Told | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
(as P.B. Kerr)
| One Small Step | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pocket Handkerchief | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of P.B. Kerr Short Stories/Novellas
(as P.B. Kerr)
| One Small Step | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Children of the Lamp series and One Small Step were written under the pen name P.B. Kerr.
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I believe the stories are pretty much in order if you follow the publication sequence. They begin before WWII and end when Gunther returns to Germany from South America.
Wow! Just read about Philip Kerr’s death! He just had another book published in 2019! Metropolis which I just purchased. I wanted to ask why he wrote and published stories with Bernie Gunther that went all over the second world war dates. He never seemed to follow any consistent dates, like having one story in 1941 and the next in say 1943. Does anyone know about his ideas behind this?
Philip Kerr is dead, sorry to say. Google:
Died: March 23, 2018, London, United Kingdom
More than a year ago.