Author guide
John Connolly Books in Order
John Connolly was born in Dublin in 1968. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked in journalism and other occupations, and wrote for The Irish Times. His fiction ranges from supernatural crime thrillers and horror to fantasy and young-adult science fiction. He is best known for the Charlie Parker series, and has also written the Samuel Johnson trilogy, The Chronicles of the Invaders with Jennifer Ridyard, the linked Lost Things novels, short-fiction collections, standalone novels, and nonfiction about crime fiction, Irish genre literature, and film.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Every Dead Thing
The first Charlie Parker novel and the series introduction.
The Book of Lost Things
The first linked Lost Things novel and a self-contained fantasy.
The Gates
The first Samuel Johnson novel and the beginning of the young-adult trilogy.
Conquest
The first novel in the co-authored Chronicles of the Invaders trilogy.
Nocturnes
The first collection of Connolly's supernatural short fiction.
Bad Men
A self-contained supernatural thriller.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · ongoing
Charlie Parker
An ongoing series of supernatural crime thrillers following private investigator Charlie Parker and his investigations into violent and occasionally otherworldly crimes.
- 1 Every Dead ThingAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1999
- 2
Dark HollowAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2000
- 3
The Killing KindAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2001
- 4
The White RoadAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2002
- 5
The Black AngelAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2005
- 6
The UnquietAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2007
- 7
The ReapersAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2008
- 8
The LoversAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2009
- 9
The WhisperersAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2010
- 10
The Burning SoulAmazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 2011
- 11
The Wrath of AngelsAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 2012
- 12
The Wolf in WinterAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 2014
- 13
A Song of ShadowsAmazon ↗Book 13 · novel · 2015
- 14
A Time of TormentAmazon ↗Book 14 · novel · 2016
- 15
Parker: A MiscellanyAmazon ↗Book companion · nonfiction · 2016 Optional
- 16
A Game of GhostsAmazon ↗Book 15 · novel · 2017
- 17 The Woman in the WoodsAmazon ↗
Book 16 · novel · 2018
- 18
A Book of BonesAmazon ↗Book 17 · novel · 2019
- 19
The Dirty SouthAmazon ↗Book 18 · novel · 2020
- 20
The Nameless OnesAmazon ↗Book 19 · novel · 2021
- 21
The FuriesAmazon ↗Book 20 · novella-collection · 2022
- 22
The Instruments of DarknessAmazon ↗Book 21 · novel · 2024
- 23
The Children of EveAmazon ↗Book 22 · novel · 2025
- 24 A River Red with BloodAmazon ↗
Book 23 · novel · 2026
linked-novel-series · complete
Lost Things
A pair of linked fantasy novels exploring grief, childhood, parenthood, and worlds shaped by folk and fairy tales.
young-adult-series · complete
Samuel Johnson
A darkly comic young-adult fantasy trilogy about Samuel Johnson, his dog Boswell, and their battles against the forces of Hell.
young-adult-series · complete
The Chronicles of the Invaders
A young-adult science-fiction trilogy co-authored with Jennifer Ridyard about an alien occupation of Earth and the resistance against it.
short-fiction-series · complete
Nocturnes
A sequence of separately published collections and novellas of supernatural and atmospheric short fiction.
Outside the series
