Order of Mike Hammer Books

Order of Mike Hammer Books


Mike Hammer is a fictional character featured in a series of hardboiled crime fiction novels by American novelist Mickey Spillane and later American novelist Max Allan Collins. Following World War II, Spillane conceived of a comic book character named Mike Danger, which ended up becoming a detective fiction character named Mike Hammer. The character is a no-holds-barred private investigator, fuelled by rage against violent crime. He considers the law an impediment to justice, although he holds most cops in high regard. The character has reached across to other mediums, including several television shows, movies, a comic strip and radio.

The Mike Hammer series began in 1947 with the novel I, the Jury. The last novel that Spillane would be directly involved with was The Goliath Bone in 2008. Despite Spillane, the series remains ongoing with new installments being written by Max Allan Collins. Below is a list of Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins’ Mike Hammer books in order of when they were originally released (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Mike Hammer Books

(By: Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins)

I, the Jury

(1947)

My Gun Is Quick

(1950)

Vengeance is Mine

(1950)

One Lonely Night

(1951)

The Big Kill

(1951)

Kiss Me, Deadly

(1952)

The Girl Hunters

(1962)

The Snake

(1964)

The Twisted Thing

(1966)

The Body Lovers

(1967)

Survival… Zero

(1970)

The Killing Man

(1989)

Black Alley

(1996)

The Goliath Bone

(2008)

Kiss Her Goodbye

(2009)

The Big Bang

(2010)

Lady, Go Die!

(2012)

Skin

(2012)

Complex 90

(2013)

King of the Weeds

(2014)

Kill Me, Darling

(2015)

Murder Never Knocks

(2016)

A Long Time Dead

(2016)

The Will to Kill

(2017)

Killing Town

(2018)

Murder, My Love

(2019)

Masquerade for Murder

(2020)

Kill Me If You Can

(2022)

Dig Two Graves

(2023)

Publication Order of’s Mike Hammer Graphic Novels

(By: Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins)

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #1

(2018)

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #2

(2018)

Publication Order of Mike Hammer Audio Books

The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer

(2008)

The Little Death

(2009)

Encore for Murder

(2011)

Notes: As of The Goliath Bone, the Mike Hammer novels are co-authored (or ghostwritten) by Max Allan Collins.