New York Times Bestsellers
Ian Rankin has placed 4 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 5 weeks on the charts.
Standing in Another Man's Grave
Inspector Rebus Series
1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #9 · debuted Jan 2013 · 2 weeks across 2 NYT lists
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Saints of the Shadow Bible
Inspector Rebus Series
1 week on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #14 · debuted Feb 2014
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Reading Order
15 series · 206 booksInspector Rebus Short Stories/Novellas
0 of 6 read
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| 1 | A Good Hanging | 1992 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Death is Not the End (Short Story) | 1998 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | A Good Hanging and Other Stories | 2003 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | In the Nick of Time (Short Story) with Peter James | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | The Beat Goes On | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Long Shadows (Play) | 2019 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Jack Harvey Series
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Witch Hunt | 1993 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Blood Hunt | 1995 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Bleeding Hearts | 2001 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Malcolm Fox Series
0 of 2 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Complaints | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Impossible Dead | 2011 | Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2012Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Jack Laidlaw Series
0 of 4 read
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| 1 | Laidlaw by William McIlvanney | 1977 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney | 1983 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Strange Loyalties by William McIlvanney | 1991 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Dark Remains with William McIlvanney | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Rankin Other Novels
0 of 4 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Flood | 1986 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Watchman | 1988 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Westwind | 1991 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Doors Open | 2008 | 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Rankin Short Stories/Novellas
0 of 4 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | A Deep Hole (Short Story) | 1994 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | A Cool Head (Short Story) | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Meet and Greet (Short Story) | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Rise | 2023 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Rankin Plays
0 of 1 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Dark Road | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Rankin Short Story Collections
0 of 1 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Beggars Banquet | 2002 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Rankin Non-Fiction Books
0 of 1 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | Rebus's Scotland | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Hellblazer Graphic Novels
0 of 49 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | The Book of Virtue by Ken Bruen | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) by C.J. Box | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Book Thing by Laura Lippman | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Book Case by Nelson DeMille | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | An Acceptable Sacrifice by Jeffery Deaver | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) by William Link | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The Final Testament (Short Story) by Peter Blauner | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Rides a Stranger (Short Story) by David Bell | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) by Andrew Taylor | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) by Reed Farrel Coleman | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) by F. Paul Wilson | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | What's in a Name? (Short Story) by Thomas H. Cook | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | Remaindered (Short Story) by Peter Lovesey | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | The Sequel (Short Story) by R.L. Stine | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) by Lyndsay Faye | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | Book Club (Short Story) by Loren D. Estleman | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 17 | The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) by Bradford Morrow | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 18 | It's in the Book (Short Story) by Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 19 | The Scroll (Short Story) by Anne Perry | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 20 | The Book of the Lion (Short Story) by Thomas Perry | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 21 | The Little Men (Short Story) by Megan Abbott | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 22 | Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) by James Grady | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 23 | Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) by Joyce Carol Oates | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 24 | Every Seven Years (Short Story) by Denise Mina | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 25 | From the Queen (Short Story) by Carolyn Hart | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 26 | The Travelling Companion | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 27 | Citadel (Short Story) by Stephen Hunter | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 28 | Reconciliation Day (Short Story) by Christopher Fowler | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 29 | Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) by John Harvey | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 30 | The Haze (Short Story) by James W. Hall | 2016 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 31 | Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) by Joe R. Lansdale | 2017 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 32 | The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) by Charles Todd | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 33 | Seven Years (Short Story) by Peter Robinson | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 34 | The Hemingway Valise by Robert Olen Butler | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 35 | The Last Honest Horse Thief by Michael Koryta | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 36 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository by John Connolly | 2018 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 37 | The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) by David Handler | 2020 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 38 | The Traitor (Short Story) by Martin Edwards | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 39 | The Dark Door by Lisa Unger | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 40 | The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) by Peter Swanson | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
Ian Rankin Anthologies
About the Author
Sir Ian Rankin OBE is the #1 internationally bestselling Scottish author and creator of Inspector Rebus. A pioneer of Tartan Noir, he received a knighthood in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to literature and charity. His Rebus books have sold over 35 million copies worldwide.