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Ken Bruen is an Irish author that writes crime fiction. He is best known for the Jack Taylor series of novels. Bruen was born in Galway, Ireland. He has a metaphysics Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin. He also attended Gormanston College.
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Order of Inspector Brant Series
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A White Arrest | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | Taming The Alien | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | The McDead | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | Blitz | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | Vixen | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Calibre | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | Ammunition | 2007 | Description / Buy |
Order of Jack Taylor Series
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Guards | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | The Killing of the Tinkers | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | The Magdalen Martyrs | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | The Dramatist | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | The Dead Room (Short Story) | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Priest | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | Cross | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
| 8 | Sanctuary | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 9 | The Devil | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 10 | Headstone | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 11 | Purgatory | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 12 | Green Hell | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 13 | The Emerald Lie | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 14 | The Ghosts of Galway | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 15 | In the Galway Silence | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 16 | Galway Girl | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
| 17 | A Galway Epiphany | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
| 18 | Galway Confidential | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
| 19 | Galway's Edge | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of Max and Angela Series with Jason Starr
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bust | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | Slide | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | The Max | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | Pimp | 2016 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ken Bruen Standalone Novels
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shades of Grace | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice (Short Story) | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | Rilke on Black | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | The Hackman Blues | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | London Boulevard | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Dispatching Baudelaire | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | American Skin | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 8 | Once Were Cops | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 9 | Tower | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 10 | Callous (Short Story) | 2021 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ken Bruen Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder by the Book | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | Time of the Green | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | Wednesday’s Child (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ken Bruen Short Story Collections
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funeral: Tales of Irish Morbidities | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | Sherry and Other Stories (Short Story) | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | Time of Serena-May and Upon the Third Cross (Short Story) | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | A Fifth of Bruen: Early Fiction of Ken Bruen | 2006 | Description / Buy |
Order of Bibliomysteries Series
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Virtue | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | The Book Thing | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | The Book Case | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | An Acceptable Sacrifice | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | The Final Testament (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 8 | Rides a Stranger (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 9 | The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 10 | The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 11 | The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 12 | What's in a Name? (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 13 | Remaindered (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 14 | The Sequel (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 15 | The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 16 | Book Club (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 17 | The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 18 | It's in the Book (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 19 | The Scroll (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 20 | The Book of the Lion (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 21 | The Little Men (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 22 | Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 23 | Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 24 | Every Seven Years (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 25 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 26 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 27 | The Travelling Companion | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 28 | Citadel (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 29 | Reconciliation Day (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 30 | Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 31 | The Haze (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 32 | Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 33 | The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 34 | Seven Years (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 35 | The Hemingway Valise | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 36 | The Last Honest Horse Thief | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 37 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 38 | The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
| 39 | The Traitor (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 40 | The Dark Door | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 41 | The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries Series
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Book of Virtue | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | The Scroll (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | Pronghorns of the Third Reich (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | An Acceptable Sacrifice | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | Death Leaves a Bookmark (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Seven Years (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | The Book Thing | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 8 | The Book of Ghosts (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 9 | Book Club (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 10 | The Long Sonata of the Dead (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 11 | The Final Testament (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 12 | Rides a Stranger (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 13 | What's in a Name? (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 14 | It's in the Book (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 15 | The Nature of My Inheritance (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 16 | Remaindered (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 17 | The Compendium of Srem (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 18 | The Gospel of Sheba (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 19 | The Sequel (Short Story) | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 20 | The Book of the Lion (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 21 | The Little Men (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 22 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 23 | Every Seven Years (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 24 | Citadel (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 25 | Condor in the Stacks (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 26 | Mystery, Inc. (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 27 | The Travelling Companion | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 28 | The Haze (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 29 | Dead Dames Don't Sing (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 30 | Reconciliation Day (Short Story) | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 31 | Hoodoo Harry (Short Story) | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 32 | The Pretty Little Box (Short Story) | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 33 | The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 34 | The Hemingway Valise | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 35 | The Last Honest Horse Thief | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 36 | The Book Case | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 37 | From the Queen (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 38 | The Girl Who Did Say No (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
| 39 | The Traitor (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 40 | The Dark Door | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 41 | The Honeymoon Trap (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy |
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Order of Akashic Drug Chronicles Series
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Cocaine Chronicles (Short Story) | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | The Speed Chronicles | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | The Heroin Chronicles | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | The Marijuana Chronicles | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | The Nicotine Chronicles | 2020 | Description / Buy |
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Order of Mysterious Profiles Series
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rambo | 2022 | Available at mysteriousbookshop.com | |
| 2 | Elvis Cole and Joe Pike | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | Jack Taylor | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | Jack Reacher | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | Charlie Parker | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Hieronymus Bosch | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | Lincoln Rhyme | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 8 | Alex Delaware | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 9 | Tess Monaghan | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 10 | Charlie Resnick | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 11 | Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 12 | Inspector Morse | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 13 | Dismas Hardy | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 14 | Bob Lee Swagger | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 15 | Aloysius X. L. Pendergast | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 16 | Lou Boldt (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 17 | Spenser | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 18 | Charlotte and Thomas Pitt | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 19 | John Rebus | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 20 | Mallory | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 21 | Jane Whitefield (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 22 | Ian Rutledge (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 23 | Amos Walker (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 24 | Precious Ramotswe (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 25 | Maisie Dobbs (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 26 | The Lincoln Lawyer (Short Story) | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
| 27 | Condor (Short Story) | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
| 28 | Ben Kincaid (Short Story) | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
| 29 | Repairman Jack (Short Story) | 2023 | Description / Buy | |
| 30 | Joe Pickett (Short Story) | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
| 31 | Peter Diamond (Short Story) | 2024 | Description / Buy | |
| 32 | Nathan Heller (Short Story) | 2024 | Description / Buy |
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Order of Akashic Noir Series with Michael Connelly, Diana Gabaldon, Lee Child, Robert B. Parker, Lawrence Block, Dennis Lehane, Herman Koch, Joe R. Lansdale, Reed Farrel Coleman, Laura Lippman, Lisa Unger, P.J. Parrish, Peter Robinson, Bill Loehfelm, William Kent Krueger, Sara Paretsky, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Donald E Westlake, Peter James, Patricia Highsmith, Martyn Waites, Joseph Hansen, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Thomas Adcock, T. Jefferson Parker, Raymond Chandler, Tim Dorsey, John Burdett, S.J. Rozan, Julie Smith, James Grady, Max Allan Collins, Dick Lochte, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, John Lutz, Tom De Haven, Jerome Charyn, James Ellroy, Tom Franklin, Ross Macdonald, Margaret Millar, Joyce Carol Oates, James Crumley, Stanley Ellin, James M. Cain, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Ernesto Mallo, Gary Phillips, Linda Barnes, Walter Mosley, Andre Dubus, Stewart O'Nan, Mirron Willis, Don Winslow, James W. Hall, Kevin T. Collins, Megan Abbott, Brian McGilloway, Allyson Johnson, Jonathan Lethem, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Tananarive Due, John Dufresne, Stuart Neville, Harry Hunsicker, Jonathan Davis, Christina Milletti, René Appel, Amity Gaige, Jedidiah Ayers, Dana Cameron, Lou Kemp, H.P. Lovecraft, Fredric Brown, Charles Ardai, Edith Wharton, Ian McDonald, Scott Phillips, Ace Atkins, William Campbell Gault, Sherwood Anderson, V.S. Naipaul, Carolyn Wheat, Joe Meno, Barbara Hambly, Josh Pachter, Luis Alberto Urrea, Jim Fusilli, Robert S. Levinson, Leigh Brackett, Maxim Jakubowski, James Sallis, Jerry Sykes, Desmond Barry, Sarah Weinman, Eddie Muller, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Naomi Hirahara, Peter Berkrot, Steve Cavanagh, Patty Friedmann, David Fulmer, Bobby Byrd, Patricia McFall, Irwin Shaw, Chester Himes, Michael Farris Smith, Andrew Paul, Lee Durkee, Robert Busby, John M. Floyd, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, Mary Miller, William Boyle, Jack Pendarvis, Dominiqua Dickey, Michael Kardos, Jamie Paige, Jimmy Cajoleas, Chris Offutt, Edwidge Danticat, Stuart Dybek, Ben Fountain, Sheila Kohler, David Wallace, Hirsh Sawhney, Pete Hamill, Robert Lopresti, Thomas Wolfe, Sandra Kitt, Inés Garland, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Leandro Ávalos Blacha, Maria Ines Krimer, Ariel Magnus, Veronica Abdala, Elsa Osorio, Claudia Piñeiro, Pablo de Santis, Inés Fernández Moreno, Alejandro Parisi, Alejandro Soifer, Enzo Maqueira, Peter Spiegelman, Nisi Shawl, David Corbett, Jervey Tervalon, Susan Straight, Andre Dubus III, Jim Grimsley, Tom Robbins, John Crowley, Nnedi Okorafor, Mark Kurlansky, Simon Wood, Laura Benedict, Brian Sutherland, Greg Herren, Brandon Massey, Vikas Adam, Achy Obejas, Nick Mamatas, Russ Aborn, Patricia Powell, Lynne Heitman, Itabari Njeri, Jaime Clarke, Mary Cotton, David Ryan, Kenneth Abel, Barbara Neely, Hannah Tinti, Jason Brown, Chuck Hogan, George Harrar, George V. Higgins, David Housewright, Clay McLeod Chapman, Twist Phelan, Charles Salzberg, Michael Anthony, Adrian McKinty, Claire McGowan, Richard Wright, Christopher M. Stevenson, David Haynes, Carolina Garcia-Aguilara, Barbara Parker, Tom Corcoran, Colin Channer, Ann Hood, Patrick McCabe, John Williams, John McFetridge, Jason Starr, Robert Ward, Kevin Baker, Michael Ward, Peter Doyle, Kwame Dawes, Jules Feiffer, K.J.A. Wishnia, Paul Cain, Seana Graham, Ed Park, Maryelizabeth Hart, Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Roxana Robinson, Elizabeth Strout, Ian Thomson, Nelson Algren, Leone Ross, Stewart Home, Sam Wiebe, John C. Hocking, Jim Nisbet, Pete Hautman, Paul D. Marks, Charles Kelly, Kathleen Kent, Ellen Hart, Derek Walcott, Barry Gifford, Karen Brown, Sandra Cisneros, David L. Ulin, Denise Hamilton, Emily St. John Mandel, Peter Blauner, Mark Haskell Smith, Michael Gregorio, Cathi Unsworth, Mary Hoffman, Isabella Santacroce, Michelle Lovric, Francesca Mazzucato, Barbara Baraldi, Mike Hodges, Maria Tronca, Matteo Righetto, Tony Cartano, Francesco Ferracin, Altaf Tyrewala, Jarret Keene, Alejandro Murguía, Kurt Reichenbaugh, Chris Everheart, Theo Capel, Robert Antoni, Marlon James, Assaf Gavron, Marie Lily Cerat, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Marvin Victor, Katia D. Ulysse, Ibi Zoboi, Nadine Pinede, Yanick Lahens, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Patrick Sylvain, M.J. Fievre, Gary Victor, Kettly Mars, Evelyne Trouillot, Madison Smartt Bell, Josaphat-Robert Large, Stephen L. Carter, Irwin Allan Sealy, Radhika Jha, Hartosh Singh Bal, Siddharth Chowdhury, Ruchir Joshi, Meera Nair, Nalinaksha Bhattacharya, Mohan Sikka, Tabish Khair, Uday Prakash, Tim Broderick, Henry Blodget, Larry Light, James Hime, Lauren Sanders, Kathleen Alcalá, Susie Bright, Colson Whitehead, Sam Millar, Garbhan Downey, Eoin McNamee, Arlene Hunt, Alex Barclay, Ludy Caldwell, Gerard Brennan, Glenn Patterson, Elizabeth Mckenzie, Jerry Thompson, Gail Bowen, Milton T. Burton, Andrew Pyper, James Thompson, Michael Redhill, Lawrence Osborne, Tayari Jones, Suzanne Chazin, Eliot Schrefer, Kristen Lepionka, Bruce DeSilva, Larry Millett, Brigid Hughes, Chris Abani, Lauren Davis, Richie Narvaez, Catherine McKenzie, Chris Knopf, Luanne Rice, L.J. Smith, Jon Talton, R.M. Vaughan, Connie Rose Porter, David L. Robbins, Nury Vittachi, Marcia Douglas, Lee Quarnstrom, Craig Holden, Desiree Cooper, G.M. Ford, Gordon McAlpine, Howard Owen, Jennifer Harlow, Jonathan Stone, Lisa Sandlin, Lori Roy, Joanne Dobson, Maaza Mengiste, Martin Michaud, Mary Logue, Nathan Walpow, Ovidia Yu, Peggy Townsend, Robert Pobi, Steve Thayer, Meron Hadero, Dawn Raffel, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Gilbert Sorrentino, Jacques Filippi, C.L.R. James, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Lissa Marie Redmond, Emily Schultz, Ladee Hubbard, R. Barri Flowers, Bharti Kirchner, Kevin Sampsell, Sheri Joseph, Nathan Larson, Kim Chinquee, Tess Fragoulis, David Rich, Alice Mattison, Kate?ina Tu?ková, Melissa Yi, Michelle Tea, Kalamu ya Salaam, Mary Sharratt, Terrence Cheng, Dennis Danvers, Yxta Maya Murray, Mayra Santos-Febres, Gale Massey, Yassin Adnan, Lawrence Scott, Chika Unigwe, Jude Dibia, Kate Braverman, Tom Fontana, Neal Pollack, Thomas Glave, Kei Miller, Christopher John Farley, John Searles, Thomas Cobb, LaShonda Katrice Barnett, Taylor M. Polites, Hester Kaplan, Robert Leuci, Peter Farrelly, Pablo Rodríguez, Clint McCown, K.J. Erickson, Domenic Stansberry, Patricia Smith, Stephen L.J. Smith, Kathleen George, Gabrielle Lord, Chandra Prasad, Kenneth Wishnia, Sabina Murray, Peter Markus, Jessica Speart, Sarah Pemberton Strong, Karen E. Olson, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Steven Torres, Shani Mootoo, Colette Bancroft, Lisa D. Gray, Mike Penncavage, Linda Nieves-Powell, Shay Youngblood, Edward Joyce, Ted Anthony, Todd Craig, Ashley Dawson, Louisa Ermelino, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Michael Largo, Robert Knightly, Maggie Estep, Tim McLoughlin, C.J. Sullivan, Hubert Selby Jr., Salvatore La Puma, Christopher Musella, Kim Sykes, Jess Korman, Constance Casey, Rosemarie Yu, Dennis Hawkins, Errol Louis, Denise Buffa, Patricia Mulcahy, Aileen Gallagher, Vinnie Hansen, Patrick Millikin, Hanna Bervoets, Elizabeth Nunez, Brad Smith, Howard Shrier, Matt Bondurant, Terrance Hayes, Carlin Romano, Peter Maravelis, David Henry Sterry, Salar Abdoh, Colin Goh, Simon Tay, Philip Jeyaretnam, Colin Cheong, Monica Bhide, Suchen Christine Lim, Damon Chua, Johann S. Lee, Dave Chua, Mark Pilkington, E.J. Olsen, James Nolan, Bruce Rubenstein, Julie Schaper, Quinton Skinner, Judith Guest, Gary Bush, Brad Zellar, Sarah Gerard, Matthias Wittekindt, Curt Colbert, Paul S. Piper, Stephan Magcosta, Thomas P. Hopp, Patricia Harrington, Max Annas, Joolz Denby, Mark Dapin, P.M. Newton, Tom Gilling, Leigh Redhead, John Dale, Philip McLaren, Mandy Sayer, Peter Kirby, Mark Sinnett, Kim Moritsugu, Maceo Montoya, Steve Paul, Ahmed Saadawi, Alvin Lu, George Elliott Clarke, Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo, Julie Koh, Joe Wallace, Sterling Watson, Lou Mathews, Samuel Archibald, Pasha Malla, Jessica Hagedorn, Robert Hughes, Angelo R. Lacuesta, R. Zamora Linmark, Lysley Tenorio, Vladimir Arsenijevi?, Daniel Bennett, Clay Reynolds, Vesna Goldsworthy, Harry Stephen Keeler, Daniel Black, Kati Hiekkapelto, David James Poissant, John Holman, John Wray, Merritt Tierce, Barbara Jenkins, Ken Hollings, Ariel Gore, Barry Adamson, Sylvie Simmons, Max Décharné, Joe McNally, Robert Drewe, Aurélien Masson, Kevin Prufer, Anthony Grooms, Tony Bellotto, Susan Blumberg- Kason, Salim Hatubou, Sara Doke, Nada Gaši?, Sarah Cortez, Abbas Beydoun, Irina Denezhkina, Pavel Krusanov, Gwendolyn Zepeda, Martin Goffa, Pavel Mandys, Manjula Padmanabhan., Omair Ahmad, Palash K. Mehrotra, Willi Chen, Ismith Khan, Earl Lovelace, Daniel J. Hale, Ed Dee, Muharem Bazdulj, Kaylie Jones, Janine Armin, Nathaniel G. Moore, Raywat Deonandan, Heather Birrell, Sean Dixon, Ibi Kaslik, Nathan Sellyn, Christine Murray, Gina B. Nahai, Miles Marshall Lewis, Jill Wolfson, Jon Longhi, Amy Spangler, Hermine Pinson, Michael Berg, Anneloes Timmerije, Murat Isik, Simon De Waal,, Karin Amatmoekrim, Christine Otten, Mensje van Keulen, Max van Olden, Loes den Hollander, Abdelkader Benali, Walter van den Berg, Peter Plate, Miljenko Jergovi, Edward Robert Hughes, Liza Monroy, Tommy Moore, Jessica Breheny, Jon Bailiff, Calvin McMillin, Micah Perks, Wallace Baine, Beth Liseck, Dillon Kaiser, Willow Pennell, Pir Rothenberg, Rita Laken, Pat Picciarelli, Abraham Rodriguez Jr., Thomas Bentil, Emma Rathbone, Don Noble, Luis Castillo, Kirsten Tranter, Eleanor Limprecht, Peter Polites, Kenji Jasper, Hannah Giorgis, Mahtem Shiferraw, Chiara Stangalino, Rob Pobi, Patrick Senécal, Jo Seymour, Ian Truman, Michel Basilieres,, Arjun Basu, Geneviève Lefebvre, Andrew Blossom, Laura Browder, Anne Thomas Soffee, Brian Castleberry, Yazmina Beverly, X.C. Atkins, Meagan J. Saunders, Conrad Ashley Persons, Lourd de Veyra, F. H. Batacan, Jose Dalisay, Brooke Costello, Gary Earl Ross, Dimitri Anastasopoulos, Wayne Brown, Colleen J. McElroy, Mikael Awake, Percy Spurlark Parker, Todd James Pierce, Johanne Seymour, Laureen P. Cantwell, Leonard Gill, Mahsa Mohebali, Samuel Selvon, Eric Roach, Harold Sonny Ladoo, Jennifer Rahim, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Sharon Millar, Fouad Laroui, Bewketu Seyoum, Misha Glenny, Jules Feifer, Jane Ciabattari, Allal Bourqia, Miron Zownir, S.L. Coney, Hossein Abkenar, Farhaad H. Gooran, Majed Neisi, Sima Saeedi, Zoë Beck, Rob Alef, Katja Bohnet, Ute Cohen, Johannes Groschupf, Kai Hensel, Robert Rescue, Susanne Saygin, Ulrich Woelk, Michael Wuliger, Robert Mailer Anderson, Skye Kathleen Moody, Chris Barsanti, Lucy Jones, Eric Boyd, Steven Wishnia, Amani Scipio, Tim Tomlinson, Matthew McGevna, Qanta Ahmed, J.Z. Holden, Calvin Wilson, LaVelle Wilkins-Chinn, Jason Makansi, Michael Castro, Umar Lee, Mustafa Ziyalan, Bo Tao Michaëlis, Hugh Holton, Danny L?pez, Yuly Restrepo Garc?s, Sulaiman Addonia, Girma T Fantaye, Rebecca Fisseha, Lelissa Girma, Solomon Hailemariam, Teferi Nigussie Tafa, Linda Yohannes, Milorad Ivanovi?, Dallas Hudgens, Alesia Parker, Gillian Royes, Oto Oltvanji, Mirjana ?ur?evi?, Vladan Matijevi?, Dejan Stojiljkovi?, Aleksandar Gatalica, Vule Žuri?, Verica Vincent Cole, Goran Skrobonja, Brian Thornton, Will Christopher Baer, Sin Soracco, Scott Gutches, Ali F. Sareini, Stephen Geez, B.M. Dolarman, Zeke Caligiuri, Marco Verdoni, Kenneth R. Brydon, Linda Michelle Marquardt, Andre White, Timothy Pauley, Bryan K. Palmer, William Van Poyck
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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| 1 | San Francisco Noir | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | Seattle Noir | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | Bronx Noir | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | Brooklyn Noir 2 | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Chicago Noir | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | Manhattan Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 8 | Miami Noir: The Classics | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 9 | D.C. Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 10 | Baltimore Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 11 | London Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 12 | New Orleans Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
| 13 | Los Angeles Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
| 14 | Wall Street Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
| 15 | Havana Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
| 16 | Detroit Noir | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
| 17 | Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 18 | Toronto Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 19 | Las Vegas Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 20 | Manhattan Noir 2 | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 21 | Paris Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 22 | Istanbul Noir | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 23 | Boston Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 24 | Rome Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 25 | San Francisco Noir 2 | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 26 | Portland Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 27 | Delhi Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 28 | Phoenix Noir | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 29 | Los Angeles Noir 2 | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 30 | Mexico City Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 31 | Richmond Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 32 | Orange County Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 33 | Indian Country Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 34 | Moscow Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 35 | Lone Star Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 36 | Philadelphia Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 37 | Haiti Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 38 | Copenhagen Noir | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 39 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 40 | San Diego Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 41 | Pittsburgh Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 42 | Barcelona Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 43 | Cape Cod Noir | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 44 | Staten Island Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 45 | Mumbai Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 46 | Long Island Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 47 | Venice Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 48 | Kingston Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 49 | St. Petersburg Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 50 | Kansas City Noir | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 51 | Boston Noir 2 | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 52 | Manila Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 53 | Buffalo Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 54 | Twin Cities Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 55 | Dallas Noir | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 56 | Haiti Noir 2 | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 57 | Singapore Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 58 | Prison Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 59 | Tel Aviv Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 60 | Tehran Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 61 | Belfast Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 62 | Helsinki Noir | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
| 63 | Providence Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 64 | Chicago Noir: The Classics | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 65 | Memphis Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 66 | Zagreb Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 67 | Marseille Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 68 | Beirut Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 69 | Stockholm Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 70 | Brussels Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 71 | Mississippi Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 72 | St. Louis Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 73 | Prague Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 74 | San Juan Noir | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 75 | Oakland Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 76 | Trinidad Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 77 | Atlanta Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 78 | New Haven Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 79 | Montana Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 80 | Buenos Aires Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 81 | Montreal Noir | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
| 82 | Berlin Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 83 | São Paulo Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 84 | Santa Cruz Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 85 | Lagos Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 86 | Marrakech Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 87 | Baghdad Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 88 | Vancouver Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 89 | Sydney Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 90 | Hong Kong Noir | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
| 91 | Amsterdam Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
| 92 | Houston Noir | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
| 93 | Columbus Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
| 94 | Santa Fe Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
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| 96 | Addis Ababa Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
| 97 | Tampa Bay Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
| 98 | Belgrade Noir | 2020 | Description / Buy |
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Ken Bruen Anthologies
| # | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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| 1 | Brooklyn Noir | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
| 2 | The Cocaine Chronicles | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
| 3 | Dublin Noir | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
| 4 | Damn Near Dead | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 5 | London Noir | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
| 6 | Killer Year: Stories to Die For... | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
| 7 | Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
| 8 | First Thrills | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 9 | Requiems for the Departed | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
| 10 | First Thrills: Volume 2 | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 11 | D*CKED | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
| 12 | Uncommon Assassins | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
| 13 | Inherit the Dead | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 14 | Kwik Krimes | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
| 15 | Borderland Noir | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
| 16 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
| 17 | Invisible Blood | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
| 18 | Ink and Daggers | 2023 | Description / Buy |
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Bruen taught English for over two decades. The profession took him to places like Japan, South America, Africa, and Asia. It wasn’t until he returned to London after a stint in South America that Bruen put his mind to the task of writing fiction.
Bruen’s upbringing did little to encourage his artistic sensibilities. The author was a quiet child and that did not endear him to the people around him. The only book his father permitted in their home was the Bible.
As far as he was concerned, reading was not a manly undertaking. As such, Bruen’s parents did not appreciate his fascination with books. They wanted him to prioritize practical pursuits that would eventually land him a job in insurance.
At the age of ten, Bruen was fortunate enough to receive a library card as a gift. He eventually stumbled upon some discarded books in the library that he was permitted to keep. They had a significant influence on him, introducing the author to the many American writers whose works would eventually shape Bruen’s literary tastes and preferences.
Nonetheless, Bruen’s upbringing did not position him to succeed as a writer, which is why he became a teacher. Interestingly enough, the author was initially tempted to pursue acting. Following a successful audition, RADA offered him a place. But Bruen was unwilling to face the teasing he would encounter at home if he accepted RADA’s offer. So he stuck to English.
Once he got his Masters, the author began teaching English as a foreign language in other countries. The events that lured Bruen into publishing were far from pleasant.
During his time in Rio de Janeiro, a brawl at a bar landed Bruen in prison. The experience was so traumatic that Bruen rarely talks about it. He was released after four months.
After returning home, Bruen did not know what to do with himself. Writing entered the picture because the author thought that he could use the activity to heal his mental and emotional wounds. Around that same time, Bruen’s friends introduced him to a group of children they wanted to help.
But the kids were quite tough, and they hated books. Bruen decided to write a novel that would appeal to them. He did such an impressive job of capturing their voices that many of the author’s fans were surprised to learn, later on, that he was a white Irish man.
It took him a while to find his footing in publishing. Bruen’s books were unique because they featured European settings and yet the author wrote them using a style reminiscent of the American hard-boiled genre. Today, Bruen’s novels are more famous abroad than they are in Ireland.
Ken Bruen Awards
Bruen has won Shamus, Macavity, and Barry Awards. He has also received Edgar Award nominations.
Ken Bruen Books Into Movies
‘Blitz’ became a Jason Statham movie of the same name. It came out in 2011. ‘Merrick’ became the TV show ‘100 Code’. ‘London Boulevard’ became a 2010 film of the same name. It featured Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell.
Best Ken Bruen Books
The author’s stories are dark. They have been praised for their grim atmosphere. Some of Bruen’s best novels include:
The Guards: Jack Taylor’s life was over. Ireland’s Police Force had ejected him from its ranks. He had briefly tolerated notions of becoming Ireland’s first and best private investigator.
But that was during his sober moments. Alcohol had all but consumed him. As far as Jack was concerned, life had nothing of note to offer him. But then a dazzling woman walked into the bar and made a request. Naturally, Jack had to accept, though he had no idea what he had just signed up for.
The Killing of the Tinkers: Jack thought he could start over. When he left for London, he was sober. More importantly, he was determined to stay that way. But then life’s many trials shattered his dreams.
A year later, Jack is back in Galway. He has fallen back into his old habits. He can’t stop drinking or sniffing coke. When a gypsy walks into the bar, the investigator can tell that the man is a kindred spirit.
In the Gypsy’s eyes, Jack can see the same hopelessness he feels. This is why he has decided to help the man even though he has a feeling that doing so may bring more ruin into his life.
When Does The Next Ken Bruen book come out?
The next book by Ken Bruen is Galway\'s Edge and will be released on March, 4th 2025. It is the newest book in the Jack Taylor Series.