Ian Rankin Books In Order

1.The Flood

1986 pub |256 pages

2.Knots and Crosses

1987 pub |228 pages

3.Watchman

1988 pub |254 pages

4.Westwind

1990 pub |272 pages

5.Hide and Seek

1990 pub |210 pages

6.Tooth and Nail

1992 pub |277 pages

7.Strip Jack

1992 pub |269 pages

8.A Good Hanging

1992 pub |320 pages

9.The Black Book

1993 pub |352 pages

10.Mortal Causes

1994 pub |278 pages

11.Let It Bleed

1995 pub |292 pages

12.Black and Blue

1997 pub |352 pages

13.The Hanging Garden

1998 pub |349 pages

14.Death Is Not the End

1998 pub |73 pages

15.Dead Souls

1999 pub |320 pages

16.Set in Darkness

2000 pub |448 pages

17.The Falls

2001 pub |479 pages

18.Resurrection Men

2002 pub |528 pages

19.Beggars Banquet

2002 pub |376 pages

20.A Question of Blood

2003 pub |440 pages

21.Fleshmarket Close

2004 pub |482 pages

22.The Naming of the Dead

2006 pub |464 pages

23.Exit Music

2007 pub |400 pages

24.Doors Open

2008 pub |364 pages

25.A Cool Head

2009 pub |107 pages

26.Dark Entries

2009 pub |216 pages

27.The Complaints

2009 pub |480 pages

28.The Impossible Dead

2011 pub |391 pages

29.Standing in Another Man's Grave

2012 pub |388 pages

30.Saints of the Shadow Bible

2013 pub |389 pages

31.Dark Road

2014 pub |224 pages

32.In the Nick of Time

John Rebus vs. Roy Grace

2014 pub |24 pages

33.The Beat Goes On

2014 pub |451 pages

34.Even Dogs in the Wild

2015 pub |353 pages

35.Rather Be the Devil

2016 pub |317 pages

36.Rebus

Long Shadows: The New Play

2018 pub |177 pages

37.In a House of Lies

2018 pub |370 pages

38.A Song for the Dark Times

2020 pub |328 pages

39.The Dark Remains

2021 pub |289 pages

40.A Heart Full of Headstones

2022 pub |352 pages

41.The Rise

2023 pub |86 pages

42.A Game Called Malice

2023 pub |112 pages