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 booksMichael Forsythe Series
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead I Well May Be | 2003 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Dead Yard | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Bloomsday Dead | 2007 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Lighthouse Trilogy Series
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lighthouse Land | 2006 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Lighthouse War | 2007 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Lighthouse Keepers | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cold Cold Ground | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | I Hear the Sirens in the Street | 2013 | Ned Kelly Award 2013Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | In the Morning I'll Be Gone | 2014 | 🏆 Ned Kelly Award 2014Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | Gun Street Girl | 2015 | Ned Kelly Award 2015Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | Rain Dogs | 2015 | 🏆 Edgar Awards 2017Ned Kelly Award 2016Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly | 2017 | 🏆 Ned Kelly Award 2017Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 7 | The Detective Up Late | 2018 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Adrian McKinty Other Novels
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange Rhymes With Everything | 1997 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Hidden River | 2004 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Fifty Grand | 2009 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Falling Glass | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Deviant | 2011 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Sun Is God | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The Chain | 2019 | 🏆 Ned Kelly Award 2020🏆 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2020Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 8 | The Island | 2022 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Adrian McKinty Anthologies
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Requiems for the Departed | 2010 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Radio Silence | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Hard Labour | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters | 2014 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Reports from the Deep End | 2023 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from 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.