Order of Reginald Hill Books
Reginald Hill (1936-2012) was an English novelist of crime fiction. He is best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe series, set in Yorkshire. His novels used interesting structures, such as telling the story out of chronological order. In 1995, Reginald received the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. Hill passed away in January 2012 from a brain tumour.
Reginald Hill made his fiction debut in 1970 with A Clubbable Woman, the beginning of his Dalziel and Pascoe series. Below is a list of Reginald Hill’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Books
A Clubbable Woman | (1970) | |
An Advancement of Learning | (1971) | |
Ruling Passion | (1973) | |
An April Shroud | (1975) | |
A Pinch of Snuff | (1978) | |
A Killing Kindness | (1980) | |
Deadheads | (1983) | |
Exit Lines | (1984) | |
Child’s Play | (1986) | |
Under World | (1988) | |
Bones and Silence | (1990) | |
One Small Step | (1990) | |
Recalled to Life | (1992) | |
Pictures of Perfection | (1994) | |
The Wood Beyond | (1995) | |
On Beulah Height | (1998) | |
Arms and the Women | (1999) | |
Dialogues of the Dead | (2001) | |
Death’s Jest-Book | (2002) | |
Good Morning, Midnight | (2004) | |
Death Comes for the Fat Man / The Death of Dalziel | (2007) | |
The Last National Service Man | (2007) | |
A Cure for All Diseases / The Price of Butcher’s Meat | (2008) | |
Midnight Fugue | (2009) | |
The Last National Service Man is a prequel novella. |
Publication Order of Dalziel & Pascoe Collections
Pascoe’s Ghost | (1979) | Asking for the Moon | (1996) | Dalziel and Pascoe Hunt the Christmas Killer | (2022) |
Publication Order of Joe Sixsmith Books
Blood Sympathy | (1993) | Born Guilty | (1995) | Killing the Lawyers | (1997) | Singing the Sadness | (1999) | The Roar of the Butterflies | (2008) |
Publication Order of Captain Fantom Books
(as Charles Underhill)
Captain Fantom | (1978) | The Forging of Fantom | (1979) | The Forging of Fantom is a prequel. |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Castle of the Demon / The Turning of the Tide | (1971) | A Fairly Dangerous Thing | (1972) | Red Christmas | (1972) | Matlock’s System / Heart Clock | (1973) | A Very Good Hater | (1974) | Albion! Albion! / Singleton’s Law | (1974) | The Low Road / Death Takes the Low Road | (1974) | Urn Burial / Beyond the Bone | (1975) | Another Death in Venice | (1976) | The Spy’s Wife | (1980) | Who Guards a Prince? / Guardians of the Prince | (1982) | Traitor’s Blood | (1983) | No Man’s Land | (1985) | Fell of Dark | (1986) | Death of a Dormouse | (1987) | The Collaborators | (1987) | The Long Kill | (1988) | Dream of Darkness | (1989) | The Only Game | (1993) | The Stranger House | (2005) | The Woodcutter | (2010) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Proxime Accessit | (1990) | A Candle for Christmas | (2000) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union | (1987) | Brother’s Keeper | (1992) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Crime Writers | (1978) | The Man Who… | (1992) | 2nd Culprit | (1993) | Thou Shalt Not Kill | (2005) | The Detection Collection | (2005) |
Notes: Death Comes for the Fat Man is also known as The Death of Dalziel. A Cure For All Diseases is alternatively titled The Price of Butcher’s Meat. Heart Clock was also published as Matlock’s System. Albion! Albion! is also titled Singleton’s Law. The Castle of the Demon was also published as The Turning of the Tide. Urn Burial was also published as Beyond the Bone.
Heart Clock and Albion! Albion! were written under the pen name of Dick Morland. Captain Fantom was written under the pen name of Charles Underhill. The Castle of the Demon, Red Christmas, Death Takes the Low Road, Urn Burial, The Long Kill, Death of a Dormouse, Dream of Darkness and The Only Game were originally published under the pseudonym of Patrick Ruell.