Thursday Murder Club reading order

Short version of the door: Where to start Thursday Murder Club. This page is the five, plus the Osman-other-series flag.

Five novels when this page was checked. Publication order is the path. Penguin’s own FAQ says you can hop; the people still accumulate. For a first read, written order is the honest path.

The novels

We Solve Murders starts a different Osman series. It is not Thursday Murder Club 6.

The Netflix film is a cousin of book one. It is not a reason to skip to book five.

Common mistakes

• Starting with the newest hardcover.
• Treating We Solve Murders as a continuation.
• Using the film as a table of contents for the later novels.

What to read next

1. Cormoran Strike (Robert Galbraith) — If you want another partnership that gets more expensive book by book, in a colder register.
2. Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch) — If you want another British series where the city keeps being the case. Short door: where to start Rivers of London.
3. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Holly Jackson) — If you want a shorter YA case-file trilogy.
4. Freida McFadden — If you want the workplace-thriller cluster whose only true series is the Housemaid books. Start that series at The Housemaid (2022). The Thursday Murder Club is still a complete visit if you want it to be.
5. Agatha Christie paths (Agatha Christie) — If you want the older club of one detective, in publication order, without treating every standalone as book six.

FAQ

Do I have to read them in order?
For a first pass, yes. The cases are separate; the people are not.

Is We Solve Murders book 6?
No.

Film first?
The film is a cousin of book one.

Sources

• Penguin UK, The Thursday Murder Club — publisher series page, including the “start with book one” note. Opened 2026-09-13.
• Penguin Random House, Thursday Murder Club — US series page. Opened 2026-09-13.