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Anthony Horowitz, who is a UK national, is a renaissance man; Horowitz is a man of letters, scriptwriter, playwright, and journalist, all rolled into one. Horowitz, who is in his early sixties, was born in April 1955. Horowitz’s birthplace is Stanmore upon Middlesex in England.
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Order of Alex Rider Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Stormbreaker | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Point Blank | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Skeleton Key | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Eagle Strike | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Scorpia | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Ark Angel | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Snakehead | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Crocodile Tears | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Quite a Ride | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Scorpia Rising | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Russian Roulette | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Never Say Die | 2017 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Secret Weapon | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Nightshade | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Nightshade Revenge | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alex Rider Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Alex Rider: Secret Weapon | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Alex Rider Undercover | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alex Rider: The Graphic Novel Series with Antony Johnston
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Stormbreaker | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Point Blank | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Skeleton Key | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Eagle Strike | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Scorpia | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Ark Angel | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Alex Rider Non-Fiction Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Gadget | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Alex Rider, Mission Files | 2008 | Description / Buy |
Order of Detective Daniel Hawthorne Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Word Is Murder | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Sentence Is Death | 2019 | Description / Buy | |
3 | A Line to Kill | 2021 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Twist of a Knife | 2022 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Close to Death | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Order of Diamond Brothers Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Falcon's Malteser | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Public Enemy Number Two | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
3 | South by Southeast | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Blurred Man | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The French Confection | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
6 | I Know What You Did Last Wednesday | 2003 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Greek Who Stole Christmas | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Two of Diamonds | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Double Eagle Has Landed (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Where Seagulls Dare | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Diamond Brother Mysteries Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Three of Diamonds | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Four of Diamonds | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Groosham Grange Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Groosham Grange | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Unholy Grail / Return to Groosham Grange | 1990 | Description / Buy |
Order of Horrowitz Horror Shorts Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Horowitz Horror | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
2 | More Horowitz Horror | 2000 | Description / Buy |
Order of Legends Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Battles and Quests | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Beasts and Monsters (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Death and the Underworld | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Heroes and Villains | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Tricks and Transformations | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Wrath of the Gods | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Pentagram Chronicles Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Devil's Door Bell | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Night of the Scorpion | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Silver Citadel | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Day of the Dragon | 1989 | Description / Buy |
Order of Pocket Horowitz Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Burnt | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Killer Camera | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Night Bus | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Phone Goes Dead | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Scared | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Twist Cottage | 2002 | Description / Buy |
Order of Power Of Five/The Gatekeepers Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Raven's Gate | 2005 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Evil Star | 2006 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Nightrise | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Necropolis | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Oblivion | 2012 | Description / Buy |
Order of Power Of Five/The Gatekeepers Graphic Novel Series with Tony Lee
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Raven's Gate | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Evil Star | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Nightrise | 2014 | Description / Buy |
Order of Sherlock Holmes Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The House of Silk | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Moriarty | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Three Monarchs | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Adventure of the Seven Christmas Cards (Short Story) | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Susan Ryeland Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Magpie Murders | 2016 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Moonflower Murders | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Marble Hall Murders | 2025 | Description / Buy |
Order of James Bond Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Colonel Sun | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Authorized Biography of 007 | 1973 | Description / Buy | |
3 | License Renewed | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
4 | For Special Services | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Icebreaker | 1983 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Role of Honor | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Nobody Lives Forever | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
8 | No Deals, Mr. Bond | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Scorpius | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Licence to Kill | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Win, Lose or Die | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Brokenclaw | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Man from Barbarossa | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Death Is Forever | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Never Send Flowers | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
16 | SeaFire | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
17 | GoldenEye | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Cold Fall | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Zero Minus Ten | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Facts of Death | 1998 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The World is Not Enough | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
23 | High Time to Kill | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Doubleshot | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Never Dream of Dying | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
26 | The Man With the Red Tattoo | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Die Another Day | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Devil May Care | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Carte Blanche | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Solo | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Trigger Mortis | 2015 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Forever and a Day | 2018 | Description / Buy | |
33 | With a Mind to Kill | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anthony Horowitz Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Enter Frederick K. Bower | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Sinister Secret Of Frederick K. Bower | 1979 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Misha, the magician and the mysterious amulet | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Adventurer | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The New Adventures of William Tell | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Starting Out | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Granny | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Switch | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Devil and His Boy | 1997 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Mindgame | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Killing Joke | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Vermeer to Eternity (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anthony Horowitz Short Stories/Novellas
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Guys Read: The Double Eagle Has Landed (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anthony Horowitz Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Myths and Legends | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Death Walks Tonight | 1995 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Bloody Horowitz | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Scared to Death | 2018 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anthony Horowitz Graphic Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Hitchhiker (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Anthony Horowitz Standalone Plays
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | A Handbag (Short Story) | 2015 | Description / Buy |
Order of Bug Club Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Wallace & Gromit and the Snowman-o-tron | 0 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Green Soppy Hop | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Bug Boy - Spider Camp! | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Bug Boy - Slug Picnic | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Pompom Pets | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Moon Monsters Get Lost | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Sid Did it | 2002 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Rat and Cat - The Dance | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Slug Picnic (Short Story) | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Get a Parrot | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
11 | A Little Green Monster (Short Story) | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Keeping a Pet | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Giant George & the Robin (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Boring, Boring (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Babysitting Barney (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Trout Fishing Song (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Rat and Cat - The Hat! (Short Story) | 2008 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Dig Sid Dig (Short Story) | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Bug Boy - Beetle Cookies | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Julia Donaldson Plays | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Turquoise | 2009 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Orange | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Spider Camp (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
24 | The Not-So-Merry-Go-Round | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
25 | The Bop (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
26 | BC Yellow A/1C Bug Boy: Beetle Cookies (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Shaun the Sheep: Too Many Jobs! | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
28 | A Rat and Cat in the H (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
29 | The Quiz Went Fizz! | 2010 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Let's Rock | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Sid and the Boxer Pup (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Butterfly Pie (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Sea Fishing (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
34 | The Runaway T (Short Story) | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Step Inside a Story | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Plays to Act Tyrannosaurus Drip | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Plays to Act Tiddler | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Flash the Dog Dives In! | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
39 | The Dragon's Tale and Other Beastly Stories | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Machines on the Move | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Rat and Cat - Let's Jump (Short Story) | 2012 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Missing Milly | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Goha and the Shoes | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
44 | The Best Bet | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
45 | Frog Fight | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
46 | The Noises Next Door | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
47 | Don't Call Me Mum! | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
48 | One-way Ticket to Mars (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
49 | Turquoise Rap-unzel (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
50 | Orange Little Red Riding Hood (Short Story) | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
51 | Flash the Dog Bounces In! | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
52 | Big Giant, Little Bear | 2013 | Description / Buy | |
53 | The Road to Freedom | 2017 | Description / Buy |
Anthony Horowitz Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Puffin Book of Horror Stories | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Fantasy: Red Hot Reads | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Midnight Feast | 2007 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Guys Read: Thriller | 2011 | Description / Buy | |
5 | OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the Cream of Crimewriters | 2014 | Description / Buy | |
6 | California Schemin' | 2020 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024 | 2024 | Description / Buy |
Among the authors who influenced Anthony Horowitz include English penman Charles Dickens. Horowitz niche is particularly juvenile literature, mystery-thriller books, and science fiction; and his literary work is often juxtaposed with that of British authors Enid Mary Blyton alongside Mark A. Cooper.
For his basic education, Anthony Horowitz attended the Harrow-based Orley Farm School and thereafter proceeded to the Warwickshire-based Rugby School. For his undergraduate studies, Horowitz attended the York-based Vanbrugh College, a constituent of University of York; at the said institution, Horowitz pursued English literature coupled with Art history, ultimately graduating in 1977.
While schooling, Anthony Horowitz grappled with weight problems, and a sad and brutal school life. This prompted Horowitz to start narrating stories to schoolmates and writing which was more or less a form of escapism. He opines that he only got happiness when he put pen to paper. As young as aged eight, he felt writing was his calling. Even then it was not until in his twenties when he started writing seriously, culminating in the publication of his debut book in 1978, titled Enter Frederick K Bower.
Anthony has been outsourced to write James Bond and Sherlock Holmes books. Horowitz, who has co-authored work with British scribblers Tony Lee and Nigeel Dobbyn, has a comprehensive bibliography encompassing standalone novels and novellas, a play, collections, stories, series of books, and graphic novels to his credit.
Anthony Horowitz has authored more than five series of books. Horowitz’s most notable series is the Alex Rider series. There are eleven major books in the said series. There are almost 110 editions of the first book in the serialized Alex Rider. However, the first edition was initially published in January 2000, titled Stormbreaker; and the book is shelved under the young adult, adventure, mystery, and fiction genres.
Alex Rider is the featured protagonist in Anthony Horowitz’s book Stormbreaker. Meet Alex Rider: aged fourteen, watchful and, intelligent. Rider was orphaned, prompting his uncle, named Ian Rider, to take care of him. The critical moment in Horowitz’s book, Stormbreaker, is the suspicious road accident that claimed Ian’s life because he had reportedly not buckled up. Alex Rider soon finds out that Ian was an MI6 undercover agent and was killed in the line of duty. Eventually, Alex is recruited and trained by the Special Air Services to work for the unit. The precocious child protagonist has to face up to an assignment seeking to neutralize a well-off sadistic criminal, Herod Sayle, to nip Sayle’s intention of annihilating all English children in the bud in this multi-award-winning literary gem.
Anthony Horowitz Awards
Anthony Horowitz has clinched several literary awards. In 2004, Horowitz clinched the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader’s Book Award. In 2005, Horowitz bagged the South Carolina Book Award, Junior Book category; and also won the Iowa Teen Award. In the three cases, Horowitz won courtesy of his 2000 book Stormbreaker. Stormbreaker also bagged Golden Archer Awards in the Middle and Junior High category (2003), Beehive Award in the Young Adult category (2004), and California Young Reader Medal (2005).
In 1989 and 2006, Anthony Horowitz clinched the Lancanshire Book of the Year in virtue of his 1988 book titled Groosham Grange and 2005 book named Raven’s Gate, respectively. In 2003, Horowitz bagged the Hampshire Book Award courtesy of his 2002 book Skeleton Key; the book also clinched the Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award in 2006. In 2003, Horowitz’s book Point Blank won the Black-Eyed Susan Award, in the Grades 6-9 category. Most importantly, Horowitz is a recipient of the Order of the British Empire in virtue of his literary works.
Anthony Horowitz Books into Movies
Author Anthony Horowitz has written many scripts for films and TV shows. Contextually, however, there are few film adaptations of his books. For instance, the 1988 film named Just Ask for Diamond; it is a film adaptation of Horowitz’s 1986 book called The Falcon’s Malteser (first in the serialized The Diamond Brothers); and starring Colin Dale and Dursley McLinden who played as Nick and Tim, respectively. Horowitz’s book Stormbreaker was made into a similarly titled 2006 film; Alex Pettyfer starred, appearing as Alex Rider.
Best Anthony Horowitz Books
The best books authored by Anthony Horowitz are the said Stormbreaker, Skeleton Key, and Groosham Grange.
Skeleton Key: In Skeleton Key, Alex is battling contemporary terrorism; Alex’s nemesis is a patriotic and bereaved Russian who wants to avenge himself on the world and make Russia a superpower through nuclear warfare.
Groosham Grange: This book features David Eliot who attends a school where teachers, seemingly monsters, have cast a spell on the learners.
Other Book Series You May Like
Readers who liked the books authored by Anthony Horowitz also liked the following books. The first is called “Young Bond” series, authored by Charlie Higson and Stephen Cole; it features a youthful James Bond, then an Elton College student. The second is called “Cherub” series, penned by Robert Muchamore; it is all about a department within the MI5 that uses juveniles as undercover agents. The third is called “Rich and Jade” series, authored by Jack Higgins. It features twin brothers; their single mother dies, prompting their absentee father, a spy, to take them in begrudgingly.
When Does The Next Anthony Horowitz book come out?
The next book by Anthony Horowitz is Marble Hall Murders and will be released on May, 13th 2025. It is the newest book in the Susan Ryeland Series.