New York Times Bestsellers
Adrian McKinty has placed 2 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 9 weeks on the charts.
4 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #6 · debuted Jul 2019 · 8 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #12 · debuted Jun 2022
Full chart history →Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Adrian McKinty’s complete chart history, week by week.
Reading Order
5 series · 26 books
Michael Forsythe Series
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead I Well May Be | 2003 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Dead Yard | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Bloomsday Dead | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Lighthouse Trilogy Series
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lighthouse Land | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Lighthouse War | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Lighthouse Keepers | 2008 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cold Cold Ground | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | I Hear the Sirens in the Street | 2013 | Ned Kelly Award 2013Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | In the Morning I'll Be Gone | 2014 | 🏆 Ned Kelly Award 2014Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Gun Street Girl | 2015 | Ned Kelly Award 2015Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Rain Dogs | 2015 | 🏆 Edgar Awards 2017Ned Kelly Award 2016Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly | 2017 | 🏆 Ned Kelly Award 2017Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 7 | The Detective Up Late | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Adrian McKinty Other Novels
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange Rhymes With Everything | 1997 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Hidden River | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Fifty Grand | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Falling Glass | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Deviant | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Sun Is God | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The Chain | 2019 | 🏆 Ned Kelly Award 2020🏆 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2020Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 8 | The Island | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Adrian McKinty Anthologies
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Requiems for the Departed | 2010 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Radio Silence | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Hard Labour | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Reports from the Deep End | 2023 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Adrian McKinty was born and grew up in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. He studied law at Warwick University and politics and philosophy at Oxford University. In the early 90's he emigrated to New York City where he worked in bars, building sites and bookstores for seven years before moving to Denver, Colorado to become a high school English teacher. In 2008 he moved again, this time to Melbourne, Australia with his wife and kids.