Order of Anthony Horowitz Books

Mindgame

Horowitz Horror

The Switch

Return to Groosham Grange: The Unholy Grail

The second adventure in the Groosham universe. When a secret book goes missing, David and his friends must battle dark forces and stop a plot that could destroy the school. If you liked the first, this one is darker, stranger, and way more magical.

Groosham Grange

David Eliot is expelled from school and sent to Groosham Grangea place so creepy even the trees look haunted. Students arrive mysteriously. Teachers dont eat. And magic? Lets just say its not part of the curriculumit is the curriculum. Think of it as a dark parody of boarding school fantasy, years b...

Marble Hall Murders

Moonflower Murders

A hotel murder from years ago. A family begging for closure. And a clue hidden inside one of Conways old books. Susan Ryeland is pulled back into the web of Conways fictiononly to find that the real world is just as dangerous. Horowitz blurs the line between page and reality in this mindwarping sequ...

The Magpie Murders

Two mysteries. One killer. And a missing chapter that could solve both. Editor Susan Ryeland receives the latest manuscript from famed mystery author Alan Conwayonly to discover the final chapter is missing. Worse, Conway is dead. As Susan searches for the ending of his book, she realizes shes livin...

With a Mind to Kill

Forever and a Day

Ever wonder how Bond became 007? This is the origin story. When the previous 007 dies in the line of duty, James is promotedand immediately sent to the French Riviera to investigate a criminal underworld tied to the CIA. Stylish, brutal, and bursting with intrigue, Forever and a Day is Bond before t...

Trigger Mortis

Set just after Goldfinger, Trigger Mortis finds Bond racing cars, dodging assassins, and foiling Soviet plots. It reads like lost Flemingwith all the style, swagger, and sexism of the originalsbut Horowitz adds stronger female characters and cleaner prose. The plot involves a rocket scientist, a rac...

The Three Monarchs

Moriarty

After the fall at Reichenbach Falls, both Holmes and Moriarty are presumed dead. But a new villain rises in the vacuum, and an American Pinkerton detective teams up with Inspector Athelney Jones to investigate. This book isnt about Holmesits about the darkness that followed him. Atmospheric, gritty,...

The House of Silk

Sanctioned by the Conan Doyle estate, The House of Silk is Holmes like youve never read him. Dr. Watson recalls a case too horrific to publishuntil now. It begins with a suspicious art dealer and ends with a criminal society so vile, so untouchable, it shook even Holmes. Horowitz captures Doyles voi...

Close to Death

The most recent installment drops us into a gated community where everyone has secretsand one person wont live to tell theirs. When a resident is killed with a medieval sword, Horowitz and Hawthorne must sort through the lies, rivalries, and passiveaggressive lawn ornaments. The book dives deeper in...

The Twist of a Knife

When a scathing theatre critic is murdered the night after panning one of Horowitzs plays, guess whos suspect 1? Thats rightAnthony himself. Desperate and humiliated, he must turn to Hawthorne for help even if Hawthornes not sure he wants to be involved. This entry is razorsharp in every way the dia...

A Line to Kill

A cozy literary festival on a remote island sounds delightfuluntil someone ends up dead. With the entire island population under suspicion and Horowitz himself increasingly entangled in the mess, A Line to Kill turns the classic locked room formula into a battle of egos, secrets, and misdirection. T...

The Sentence Is Death

Celebrity lawyer Richard Pryce is found murdered, bludgeoned with a rare bottle of wine. As Hawthorne and Horowitz dig deeper, the suspects multiplyand so do the riddles. A scorned poet? A jealous ex? A longforgotten vendetta? Every lead opens another door and every door hides another trap. Horowitz...

The Word Is Murder

A woman walks into a funeral parlor to plan her own funeraland is murdered just hours later. Who killed her and why? Enter Hawthornegruff, brilliant, and secretive. The twist? He asks Anthony Horowitz to write a book about the case. What follows is a mystery so layered, so meta, youll wonder where f...

Where Seagulls Dare

Two of Diamonds

The Greek Who Stole Christmas

I Know What You Did Last Wednesday

French Confection

The Blurred Man

South By Southeast

Public Enemy Number Two

The Falcon's Malteser

The Power of Five: Oblivion

The final battle. The world has fallen. Chaos reigns. The Old Ones have returnedand the Gatekeepers are scattered, broken, and hunted. In a bleak, ashcovered Earth where cities burn and people hide underground, Matt and the others must reunite for one last stand. But theres a catch the only way to w...

Necropolis

Scarlett Adams doesnt know shes a Gatekeeperuntil shes kidnapped and taken to Hong Kong, now a city ruled by the Old Ones. The fourth of the five, Scarlett controls the weatherlightning, storms, typhoons. But even that might not be enough to survive a place where evil walks openly. Matt, Jamie, Pedr...

Nightrise

Twins Jamie and Scott are telepathsable to hear thoughts, influence decisions. But when theyre targeted by the sinister Nightrise Corporation, Scott is captured, and Jamie is forced into hiding. What seems like a corporate conspiracy quickly turns into something far more ancientand apocalyptic. Jami...

Evil Star

Matts battle isnt overits only begun. Sent to Peru with a new guardian, he begins to unravel the bigger picture hes not the only one chosen. A second Gatekeeper is out there, a Peruvian boy named Pedro, with a gift of healing. But time is running out. A second gate is about to open, and the Old Ones...

Raven's Gate

Fourteenyearold Matt Freeman is no stranger to trouble. After being caught stealing, hes given a second chance a rehabilitation program in the countryside. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. The village of Lesser Malling is more Children of the Corn than charming countryside. Theres something off herepeople...

Nightshade Revenge

Theyre back. Stronger. Smarter. And now, its personal. When Alexs closest allies are targeted, the fight becomes allout war. This book is Horowitzs declaration the boy spy is growing up, and the game is more dangerous than ever. Betrayals cut deeper. Victories feel smaller. And the enemy? Theyve alr...

Nightshade

A new enemy. One unlike any before. Nightshade is an elite, ultrasecret criminal group using children as assassins. And MI6 wants Alex to go undercover inside it. What follows is a twisted mirrorAlex looking at what he couldve become. The brutality here is more psychological than ever. Kids brainwas...

Secret Weapon

NEVER SAY DIE

You thought it was over? Think again. After the traumatic losses in Scorpia Rising, Alex has stepped awayuntil a cryptic message hints that someone he thought was dead might still be alive. The chase leads to Europe, back into the heart of Scorpia, and facetoface with a new kind of terror. This book...

Russian Roulette

Who was Yassen Gregorovich before he became the most feared assassin in the world? This book answers that with terrifying honesty. Told from Yassens point of view, Russian Roulette is a haunting origin story about a boy who could have been Alex Rider but chose the other path. Its dark, philosophical...

Scorpia Rising

The endgame. Scorpia returns with a vengeanceplanning to destroy MI6 once and for all. Their target a British school in Egypt. Their weapon Alex Rider himself. This is where the mask shatters. Friends die. Secrets explode. And Alex finally faces the truth about his own creation. Scorpia Rising is ra...

Crocodile Tears

A charity that kills. A scientist playing God. And a genetically modified virus that could end humanity. Alex is pulled into a world of ecoterrorism, where doing the right thing can still mean blood on your hands. Set against the snowy backdrop of Scotland and the swamps of Kenya, Crocodile Tears gi...

Snakehead

Washed up in Australia after his last mission, Alex is recruited by the Australian Secret Service to infiltrate Snakeheada global crime syndicate involved in everything from human trafficking to biochemical weapons. Here, he meets Ash, a man who claims to have known his parents. The mission becomes ...

Ark Angel

After recovering in a hospital from a neardeath mission, Alex overhears an assassination attempt. What follows is a spiral into the terrifying world of Nikolei Drevin, a billionaire whose obsession with space hides a horrifying plot. From London rooftops to space hotels in orbit, this is Horowitzs m...

Scorpia

They say never ask a question you dont want the answer to. But Alex needs to know who was his father? The answer lies with Scorpiaa shadowy organization offering him truth and a chance to join them. This is the turning point. Morally complex, psychologically rich, and full of shadow games, Scorpia c...

Eagle Strike

Fame is the perfect cover for evil. Enter Damian Cray, pop megastar and digital gaming mogul, whos planning to save the world by destroying it. When Alexs friend is attacked, he goes rogueno MI6 backup, no second chances. This time, its personal. Horowitz packs this one with emotional weight, moral ...

Skeleton Key

Vacation? Think again. Alex is sent to Cuba on a routine intelligence missionexcept nothing is ever routine. A mad Russian general is planning a nuclear attack. And Alex, stuck between the CIA and a ticking bomb, becomes the one pawn that can stop it all. This time, hes up against Soviet ghosts, sha...

Point Blank

An elite boarding school. A remote mountain retreat. And teenage sons of global billionaires who are returning home different. Alex is back, undercover at Point Blanc Academy, where a sinister cloning operation threatens to take over the worlds future leaders. Horowitz sharpens his blade heredeeper ...

Stormbreaker

It starts with a funeral. Alex Riders unclehis only guardianis dead. A car crash, they say. But Alex knows better. Ian Rider was no banker. He was a spy. And now MI6 wants Alex, just 14 years old, to finish the mission. Thrust into the glamorous, deadly world of espionage, Alex infiltrates the world...