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Mick Herron best books, ranked

Mick Herron — 3 titles in the rankings, first published between 2010 and 2025. They average 7.9, above the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages. 2 of the series have a reading order worth keeping to.

Editor’s note English crime writer whose Slough House novels, now the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, follow the MI5 officers exiled for their failures to a shabby office near the Barbican, where they push paper under Jackson Lamb, a flatulent, foul-mouthed and secretly brilliant old spy. Each book drags the misfits into a real operation that the Service would rather they stayed out of. Funny, bleak and sharp about British politics; ratings rise as the series goes on, and Clown Town, the ninth, keeps the standard. Read in order, from Slow Horses.

Ranked titles: 3 books
Average score: 7.9
Total ratings: 569
First published: 2010–2025