Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide to Richard Osman's Works

Richard Osman spent decades in British television before writing a word of fiction — he created and co-presented the BBC quiz show Pointless, a concept he pitched himself, after cutting his teeth around shows like Deal or No Deal. He studied Politics and Sociology at Trinity College, Cambridge, and grew up between Billericay, Essex, and Haywards Heath, West Sussex.

His fiction debut, The Thursday Murder Club, arrived in 2020 and landed a seven-figure deal with Viking Press — an unusually large bet on a first-time novelist. This guide runs all four books in the series through 2023's The Last Devil to Die, tracking a retirement-home murder club that turned into one of publishing's more unlikely recent hits.