Reading order · 4 books · 2018 to 2025 · Set in various places
Holly Gibney Books in Order
Holly Gibney, Bill Hodges’s former partner, now runs the Finders Keepers detective agency, and her cases often lead to something more than human.
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Series facts
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2018 to 2025
- First book
- The Outsider
- Latest
- Never Flinch (2025)
- Setting
- Set in various places
The reading order
Every Holly Gibney book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
4 books · Set in various places
- 1The Outsider2018With Ralph AndersonA popular local coach is arrested for a horrific murder, with overwhelming evidence against him, but he also has an alibi that seems just as solid.Buy on Amazon
- 2If It Bleeds2020Story collection · With Holly GibneyFour novellas.Buy on Amazon
- 3Holly2023With Holly GibneyHolly takes on the case of a missing young woman, and the trail leads to a pair of respectable elderly professors.Buy on Amazon
- 4Never Flinch2025With Holly GibneyHolly is hired to protect a controversial speaker on a national tour, while someone threatens to kill innocent people as payment for a wrongful conviction.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read after the Bill Hodges trilogy, starting with The Outsider.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Holly Gibney | Ralph Anderson | Jerome Robinson | Barbara Robinson |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Outsider | MMajor | LLead | ||
| 2 If It Bleeds | LLead | ·Minor | ||
| 3 Holly | LLead | ·Minor | ·Minor | |
| 4 Never Flinch | LLead | MMajor |
Characters in the Holly Gibney books
4 characters from Stephen King’s chart, with the number of Holly Gibney books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Holly GibneyShy, brilliant investigator who becomes Hodges’s partner | 4 | The Outsider 2018 |
| Ralph AndersonPolice detective in Oklahoma | 1 | The Outsider 2018 |
| Jerome RobinsonBright young friend of Hodges and Holly | 2 | If It Bleeds 2020 |
| Barbara RobinsonJerome’s younger sister | 2 | Holly 2023 |
Crossovers with Stephen King’s other series
- Bill Hodges: Holly Gibney also appears in 3 of its books