’s Mike Hammer Graphic Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #1 |
2018 |
Buy |
| Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #2 |
2018 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| City Sleuths and Tough Guys |
1989 |
Buy |
| Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories |
1996 |
N/A |
| Private Eyes |
1998 |
Buy |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories |
2001 |
Buy |
| A Century of Noir |
2002 |
Buy |
| Crimes by Moonlight |
2010 |
Buy |
| Masters of Noir, Volume One |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction |
2012 |
Buy |
| Ink and Daggers |
2023 |
Buy |
Caleb York Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Legend of Caleb York |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Big Showdown |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Bloody Spur |
2018 |
Buy |
| Last Stage to Hell Junction |
2019 |
Buy |
| Hot Lead, Cold Justice |
2020 |
Buy |
| Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek |
2021 |
Buy |
Mike Hammer Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| I, the Jury |
1947 |
Buy |
| My Gun Is Quick |
1950 |
Buy |
| Vengeance is Mine |
1950 |
Buy |
| One Lonely Night |
1951 |
Buy |
| The Big Kill |
1951 |
Buy |
| Kiss Me, Deadly |
1952 |
Buy |
| The Girl Hunters |
1962 |
Buy |
| The Snake |
1964 |
Buy |
| The Twisted Thing |
1966 |
Buy |
| The Body Lovers |
1967 |
Buy |
| Survival… Zero |
1970 |
Buy |
| The Killing Man |
1989 |
Buy |
| Chronicle of a death foretold |
1980 |
N/A |
| Black Alley |
1996 |
Buy |
| The Goliath Bone |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Big Bang: A Mike Hammer Novel |
2010 |
N/A |
| Kiss Her Goodbye |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Big Bang |
2010 |
Buy |
| Lady, Go Die! |
2012 |
Buy |
| Skin |
2012 |
Buy |
| Mike Hammer: Complex 90 |
2013 |
N/A |
| Complex 90 |
2013 |
Buy |
| Mike Hammer: King of the Weeds: A Mike Hammer Novel |
2014 |
N/A |
| King of the Weeds |
2014 |
Buy |
| Kill Me, Darling |
2015 |
Buy |
| Murder Never Knocks |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Long Time Dead |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Will to Kill |
2017 |
Buy |
| Killing Town |
2018 |
Buy |
| Murder, My Love |
2019 |
Buy |
| Masquerade for Murder |
2020 |
Buy |
| Kill Me If You Can |
2022 |
Buy |
| Dig Two Graves |
2023 |
Buy |
| Baby, It’s Murder |
2025 |
Buy |
Publication Order of’s Mike Hammer Graphic Novels Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #1 |
2018 |
Buy |
| Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #2 |
2018 |
N/A |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Killing Man |
1989 |
N/A |
| So Long, Chief |
2013 |
N/A |
| A Dangerous Cat |
2017 |
N/A |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Me, Hood! |
1963 |
Buy |
| The Flier |
1964 |
Buy |
| Return of the Hood |
1964 |
Buy |
| Killer Mine |
1965 |
Buy |
| The Tough Guys |
1969 |
Buy |
| Vintage Spillane |
1974 |
Buy |
| Tomorrow I Die |
1984 |
Buy |
| Stand Up and Die! |
2022 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Long Wait |
1951 |
Buy |
| The Deep |
1961 |
Buy |
| The Delta Factor |
1968 |
Buy |
| The Erection Set |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Last Cop Out |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Day the Sea Rolled Back |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Ship That Never Was |
1982 |
Buy |
| Something’s Down There |
2003 |
Buy |
| Dead Street |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Consummata |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Last Stand |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Menace |
2022 |
Buy |
Tiger Mann Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Day of the Guns |
1964 |
Buy |
| Bloody Sunrise |
1965 |
Buy |
| The Death Dealers |
1966 |
Buy |
| The By-Pass Control |
1966 |
Buy |
Mickey Spillane was one of the most commercially successful crime writers in history. His creation, private eye Mike Hammer, debuted in I, the Jury (1947) and became a defining figure of hard-boiled fiction. Spillane’s direct, violent style and Hammer’s no-nonsense approach to justice made the books wildly popular, with several selling tens of millions of copies.
Beyond Mike Hammer, Spillane wrote the Tiger Mann spy series, the Caleb York westerns (completed after his death by Max Allan Collins), and numerous standalone novels and short story collections. After his death in 2006, Collins continued several of his unfinished manuscripts, keeping the Spillane brand alive.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Mickey Spillane written?
Mickey Spillane has written 81 books across nine series.
What was Mickey Spillane's first book?
Mickey Spillane’s first book is I, the Jury, published in 1947.
What is Mickey Spillane best known for?
Mickey Spillane is best known for creating Mike Hammer, one of the most iconic hard-boiled private detectives in fiction. His debut, I, the Jury (1947), sold millions of copies and made Hammer a cultural phenomenon. Seven of the top fifteen bestselling fiction titles of the 1950s were Spillane novels.