Where to start Thursday Murder Club
Start Thursday Murder Club with the first novel. Publication order through The Impossible Fortune. We Solve Murders is a different Osman series — not book 6.
Short answer
The Thursday Murder Club
It is book one (2020). Later cases assume Joyce, Elizabeth, Ibrahim, and Ron. Do not start with The Impossible Fortune. Do not start with We Solve Murders.
Written order is the honest path
Penguin’s own FAQ says you can hop. The people still accumulate. For a first read: The Thursday Murder Club, The Man Who Died Twice, The Bullet That Missed, The Last Devil to Die, The Impossible Fortune.
The Netflix film is a cousin of book one. It is not a reason to skip to book five.
We Solve Murders is a different desk
We Solve Murders starts a different Osman series. It is not Thursday Murder Club 6, a spin-off that continues Coopers Chase, or a gentler on-ramp. If a shop piles it next to The Impossible Fortune as the next hardcover, that is retail gravity.
The full TMC map
The five-novel table and the usual mistakes live on the Thursday Murder Club reading-order guide. If you want another British series where the city keeps being the case, where to start Rivers of London. If you want partnership crime without the magic, the Strike map is the colder next shelf.
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.
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