Harry Silver Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Man and Boy |
1999 |
Buy |
| Man and Wife |
2002 |
Buy |
| Men from the Boys |
2010 |
Buy |
Max Wolfe Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Murder Bag / The Murder Man |
2014 |
Buy |
| The murder bag |
2014 |
N/A |
| Dead Time |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Slaughter Man |
2015 |
Buy |
| Fresh Blood |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Hanging Club |
2016 |
Buy |
| Die Last |
2017 |
Buy |
| Tell Him He’s Dead |
2018 |
Buy |
| Girl On Fire |
2018 |
Buy |
| #taken |
2020 |
Buy |
| Murder for Busy People |
2025 |
N/A |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Boy Looked at Johnny: The Obituary of Rock and Roll |
1978 |
Buy |
| Limelight Blues |
1987 |
Buy |
| Big Mouth Strikes Again |
1998 |
Buy |
| Life, Death and Breakfast |
2010 |
Buy |
| On Life, Death, & Breakfast |
2013 |
Buy |
Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Beyond the Bounty |
2012 |
Buy |
Short Story Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Departures |
2011 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Platinum Logic |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Family Way |
2004 |
Buy |
| One for My Baby |
2005 |
Buy |
| Stories We Could Tell |
2005 |
Buy |
| My Favourite Wife |
2008 |
Buy |
| Starting Over |
2009 |
Buy |
| Catching the Sun |
2012 |
Buy |
| Your Neighbour’s Wife |
2021 |
Buy |
| The People Next Door |
2022 |
Buy |
| Who She Was |
2023 |
Buy |
Tony Parsons began his career as a music journalist at the NME in the late 1970s before becoming one of Britain’s most popular novelists with Man and Boy in 1999. The story of a father suddenly left to raise his young son alone became a publishing phenomenon and spawned two sequels, Man and Wife and Men from the Boys.
Parsons later moved into crime fiction with the DC Max Wolfe series, beginning with The Murder Bag in 2014. The eleven-book series follows a London detective through cases that draw on the darker side of the capital. His standalone novels, from The Family Way to Who She Was, continue to explore contemporary British life, while his non-fiction includes punk-era music writing and essay collections.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Tony Parsons written?
Tony Parsons has written 31 books across six series.
What was Tony Parsons's first book?
Tony Parsons’s first book is The Boy Looked at Johnny: The Obituary of Rock and Roll, published in 1978.
What is Tony Parsons best known for?
He is best known for Man and Boy (1999), which became a massive bestseller about a father raising his son alone, and the DC Max Wolfe crime series (11 books), which follows a London detective through gritty murder investigations.