Order of Ian Rankin Books

Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime fiction author whose initial aspiration was not to write in this genre. He had hoped to be compared to Robert Louis Stevenson rather than be associated with Tartan Noir. Rankin is primarily recognized for his Inspector Rebus novels, which take place in Edinburgh. Several of these books have been adapted into a television series on the British channel ITV, featuring John Hannah and later Ken Stott as Inspector Rebus. Rankin published his first book, The Flood, in 1986, and his subsequent novel, Knots and Crosses, introduced the character of Inspector Rebus. Since then, he has predominantly focused on the Rebus series, though he has also penned standalone novels and a new series featuring Malcolm Fox. Below is a list of all of Ian Rankin’s novels in publication order and chronological order (when applicable).

Ian Rankin became a published novelist in 1977 with the novel Laidlaw (By: William McIlvanney). Below is a list of Ian Rankin's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Inspector Rebus Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Knots and Crosses	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Hide and Seek	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tooth and Nail / Wolfman	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strip Jack	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Black Book	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mortal Causes	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Let It Bleed	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Black and Blue	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hanging Garden	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dead Souls	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Set in Darkness	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Falls	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Resurrection Men	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Question of Blood	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Fleshmarket Alley / Fleshmarket Close	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Naming of the Dead	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Exit Music	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Standing in Another Man's Grave	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Saints of the Shadow Bible	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Even Dogs in the Wild	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rather Be the Devil	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In a House of Lies	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Song for the Dark Times	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Heart Full of Headstones	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Midnight and Blue	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Inspector Rebus Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Good Hanging	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Death is Not the End	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Good Hanging and Other Stories	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In the Nick of Time (With: Peter James)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Beat Goes On	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Long Shadows (Play)	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Jack Harvey Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Witch Hunt	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Blood Hunt	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bleeding Hearts	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Malcolm Fox Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Complaints	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Impossible Dead	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Jack Laidlaw Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Laidlaw (By: William McIlvanney)	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Papers of Tony Veitch (By: William McIlvanney)	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Strange Loyalties (By: William McIlvanney)	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dark Remains (With: William McIlvanney)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Flood	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Watchman	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Westwind	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Doors Open	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
A Deep Hole	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Cool Head	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Meet and Greet	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rise	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Plays Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Dark Road	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Beggars Banquet	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Rebus's Scotland	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Hellblazer Graphic Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Dark Entries	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
30th Anniversary Celebration (By: Neil Gaiman,Paul Jenkins,Alan Moore,Garth Ennis)	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Bibliomysteries Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Travelling Companion	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books

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

Publication Order of Mysterious Profiles Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Murder under the Christmas Tree	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder on Christmas Eve	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Very Murderous Christmas	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder at Christmas	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in Midwinter	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder on a Winter's Night	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Murder in the Falling Snow	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
John Rebus	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Joe Pickett (By: C.J. Box)	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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