Order of Skulduggery Pleasant Books
Skulduggery Pleasant is a series of YA fantasy novels by Irish novelist Derek Landy. The title character is a skeleton who works as a detective. The series is about his sidekick Stephanie’s battle against evil forces threatening the world, get justice for her uncle’s death, and her internal struggle of keeping the darkness within her to stay within.
Derek Landy began his Skulduggery Pleasant series in 2007 with the title novel. The series lasted 12 novels, concluding with The Dying of the Light in 2014. Below is a list of Derek Landy’s Skulduggery Pleasant books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Skulduggery Pleasant Books
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Scepter of the Ancients / Skulduggery Pleasant |
(2007) |
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Playing with Fire |
(2008) |
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The Faceless Ones |
(2008) |
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Dark Days |
(2010) |
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Mortal Coil |
(2010) |
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The Lost Art of World Domination |
(2011) |
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Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon |
(2011) |
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Death Bringer |
(2011) |
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The End of the World |
(2012) |
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Kingdom of the Wicked |
(2012) |
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Tanith Low in the Maleficent Seven |
(2013) |
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Last Stand of Dead Men |
(2013) |
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Armageddon Outta Here |
(2014) |
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The Dying of the Light |
(2014) |
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Resurrection |
(2017) |
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Midnight |
(2018) |
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Bedlam |
(2019) |
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Seasons of War |
(2020) |
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Apocalypse Kings |
(2021) |
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Dead or Alive |
(2021) |
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The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire |
(2021) |
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Until the End |
(2022) |
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Hell Breaks Loose |
(2023) |
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A Mind Full of Murder |
(2024) |
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The Skulduggery Pleasant Grimoire is a prequel to the series. |
Note: Skulduggery Pleasant is also known as Scepter of the Ancients.