Reading order · 2 books · 1987 to 1988 · Set in Cambridge
Dirk Gently Books in Order
The Dirk Gently books follow Dirk Gently, a holistic detective who believes in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, in two comic mysteries mixing ghosts, time travel and Norse gods.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 1987 to 1988
- First book
- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- Latest
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
- Setting
- Set in Cambridge
The reading order
Every Dirk Gently book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in Cambridge
- 1Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency1987With Dirk GentlyDirk Gently, a holistic detective, investigates a series of strange events in Cambridge, including a ghost, a horse in a bathroom and a computer programmer suspected of murder.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul1988With Dirk GentlyAn airport check-in desk explodes, and Dirk Gently finds himself caught up with a client who has been decapitated and the Norse god Thor.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, then The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Dirk Gently |
|---|---|
| 1 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | LLead |
| 2 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul | LLead |
Characters in the Dirk Gently books
3 characters from Douglas Adams’s chart, with the number of Dirk Gently books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Dirk GentlyHolistic detective | 2 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 1987 |
| Richard MacDuffSoftware engineer | 1 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 1987 |
| Kate SchechterAmerican woman searching for answers | 1 | The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul 1988 |