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Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films (Non-Fiction) was the most recently released book by Barry Forshaw, on July 4th, 2022.

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Barry Forshaw Stats: The highest rated book by Barry Forshaw on Book Notification is Death in a Cold Climate, the 5th novel in the Crime Files series. The second-highest rated book is The Sherlock Holmes Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained #19).

The most read book by Barry Forshaw on Book Notification is The Sherlock Holmes Book, the 19th novel in the Big Ideas Simply Explained series. The second most read book is Death in a Cold Climate (Crime Files #5).

Below is a complete list of Barry Forshaw books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
2007
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2
British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia
2008
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The Man Who Left Too Soon
2010
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4
Guns for Hire: The Modern Adventure Thriller
2012
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5
British Gothic Cinema
2013
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6
Alicia: My Battle with Wegener's Disease
2014
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7
The War of the Worlds
2014
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8
Sex and Film: The Erotic in British, American and World Cinema
2015
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9
Crime Uncovered: Detective
2015
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10
Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide
2020
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11
Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films
2022
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List of Crime Files Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction (By: Lucy Sussex)
2010
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2
Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature (By: E. Godfrey)
2010
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3
Narratives of Enclosure in Detective Fiction (By: Michael Cook)
2011
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4
Hollywood's Detectives: Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir (By: Fran Mason)
2011
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10
Death in a Cold Climate
2012
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6
100 American Crime Writers (By: Steven Powell)
2012
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7
British Crime Film: Subverting the Social Order
2012
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8
Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society (By: Emelyne Godfrey)
2012
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9
Middlebrow Feminism in Classic British Detective Fiction (By: Melissa Schaub)
2013
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10
Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction (By: Pamela Bedore)
2013
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11
Detective Fiction and the Ghost Story (By: Michael Cook)
2014
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12
Late Victorian Crime Fiction in the Shadows of Sherlock (By: Clare Clarke)
2014
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13
The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century (By: Beatrix Hesse)
2015
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14
Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction (By: Maysaa Husam Jaber)
2015
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15
American TV Detective Dramas (By: Mareike Jenner)
2015
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16
The Noir Thriller (By: Lee Horsley)
2016
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17
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction (By: Steven Powell)
2016
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18
Serial Crime Fiction (By: Carolina Miranda)
2016
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19
Gender and Representation in British ‘Golden Age’ Crime Fiction (By: Megan Hoffman)
2016
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20
The Contemporary Irish Detective Novel (By: Elizabeth Mannion)
2016
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21
Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture (By: Clare Smith)
2016
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22
Queering Agatha Christie (By: J.C. Bernthal)
2016
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23
Globalization and the State in Contemporary Crime Fiction (By: David Schmid, Andrew Pepper)
2016
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24
Agatha Christie on Screen (By: Mark Aldridge)
2016
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25
The Legal Thriller from Gardner to Grisham (By: Lars Ole Sauerberg)
2016
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26
Sherlock Holmes in Context (By: Sam Naidu)
2017
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27
Irish Crime Fiction (By: Brian Cliff)
2018
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28
Domestic Noir (By: Laura Joyce)
2018
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29
Detective Fiction and the Problem of Knowledge (By: Antoine Dechêne)
2018
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30
Female Corpses in Crime Fiction (By: Glen S. Close)
2018
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31
British Detective Fiction 1891–1901 (By: Clare Clarke)
2020
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32
Transnational Crime Fiction (By: Maarit Piipponen, Helen Mäntymäki, Marinella Rodi-Risberg)
2020
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33
100 British Crime Writers (By: Esme Miskimmin)
2020
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34
Burial Plots in British Detective Fiction (By: Lisa Hopkins)
2021
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35
The Detective's Companion in Crime Fiction (By: Samuel Saunders, Lucy Andrew)
2021
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36
Contemporary European Crime Fiction (By: Andrew Pepper, Monica Dall'Asta, Jacques Migozzi, Federico Pagello)
2023
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37
Ocular Proof and the Spectacled Detective in British Crime Fiction (By: Lisa Hopkins)
2023
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List of The Pocket Essentials: Film Books in Publication Order (with Ashok K. Banker, with D.K. Holm)

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Alfred Hitchcock. The Complete Films (By: Paul Duncan)
1999
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2
Film Noir ( By: Paul Duncan)
2000
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3
Martin Scorsese ( By: Paul Duncan)
2001
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4
Bollywood (By: Ashok K. Banker)
2001
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5
Film Studies (By: Andrew M. Butler)
2002
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6
Quentin Tarantino (By: D.K. Holm)
2004
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7
Film Soleil (By: D.K. Holm)
2005
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8
Italian Cinema: Arthouse to Exploitation
2006
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9
Nordic Noir
2013
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10
Euro Noir
2014
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11
Brit Noir
2016
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12
American Noir
2017
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13
Historical Noir
2018
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List of Devil's Advocates Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Let the Right One In (By: Anne Billson)
2010
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2
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( By: James Rose)
2012
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3
The Silence of the Lambs
2013
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4
Halloween (By: Murray J.D. Leeder)
2014
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List of Big Ideas Simply Explained Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The History Book (By: R.G. Grant)
2010
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2
The Psychology Book (By: Marcus Weeks, Catherine Collin, Joannah Ginsburg, Nigel C. Benson, Voula Grand, Merrin Lazyan)
2011
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3
4
The Astronomy Book (By: DK Publishing)
2012
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4
The Economics Book (By: Niall Kishtainy)
2012
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5
The Religions Book (By: Neil Philip, Michael D. Coogan, Paul Freedman, Shulamit Ambalu, Eve Levavi Feinstein, Andrew Stob)
2013
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6
The Science Book (By: Dan Green, David John, Rob Scott Colson, Camilla Hallinan)
2014
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7
The Business Book (By: Sam Atkinson)
2014
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8
The Shakespeare Book (By: Stanley Wells)
2015
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9
The Politics Book (By: Kate Johnsen, Sam Atkinson)
2015
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10
The Philosophy Book (By: Will Buckingham)
2015
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11
The Sociology Book (By: Marcus Weeks, Megan Todd, Mitchell Hobbs, Sam Atkinson, Sarah Tomley, Christopher Thorpe, Chris Yuill)
2015
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The Literature Book (By: Sam Atkinson)
2016
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13
The Art Book (By: Caroline Bugler)
2017
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14
The Crime Book (By: Peter James, Michael Kerrigan, Lee Mellor, Shanna Hogan, Cathy Scott, Helen Fewster, Rebecca T. Morris)
2017
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15
The Bible Book (By: DK Publishing)
2018
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16
The Mythology Book (By: Shulamit Ambalu)
2018
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17
The Classical Music Book (By: Katie Derham)
2018
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18
The Ecology Book (By: DK Publishing)
2019
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19
The Maths Book (By: DK Publishing)
2019
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The Sherlock Holmes Book
2019
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21
The Marvel Book (By: DK Publishing)
2019
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22
The Crime Book (By: Shanna Hogan)
2019
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23
The Movie Book (By: Danny Leigh)
2020
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24
The Physics Book (By: Jim Al-Khalili, Ben Still)
2020
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25
The Islam Book (By: DK Publishing)
2020
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26
The Law Book (By: DK Publishing)
2020
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27
The Star Wars Book (By: Pablo Hidalgo, Cole Horton, Dan Zehr)
2020
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28
The Medicine Book (By: DK Publishing)
2021
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29
The Biology Book (By: DK Publishing)
2021
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30
The DC Book (By: Grant Morrison, Stephen Wiacek)
2021
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31
The World War II Book (By: DK Publishing)
2022
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32
The Chemistry Book (By: DK Publishing)
2022
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33
The LGBTQ+ History Book (By: DK Publishing)
2023
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34
El libro de la historia LGBTQ+ (By: DK Publishing)
2023
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35
The Poetry Book (By: DK Publishing)
2023
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36
The World War I Book (By: DK Publishing)
2024
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37
The Design Book (By: DK Publishing)
2024
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List of Barry Forshaw Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology
2011
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Barry Forshaw

Barry Forshaw is probably best known for their Non-Fiction Books. They currently have 11 Non-Fiction books available. The first was released in 2007 with the book The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction. The most recently released was Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films which was released in 2022. There are no upcoming non-fiction books by Barry at this time.

Barry Forshaw has also written The Pocket Essentials: Film series which has 13 books including Alfred Hitchcock. The Complete Films and Film Noir.

Barry Forshaw: Awards & Accolades

Forshaw's books have won multiple awards, British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia won the CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award, in 2013. Brit Noir won the CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award, in 2017.

The following novels by Barry Forshaw were nominated for these awards:

  • Nordic Noir: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2015).
  • Euro Noir: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2015).
  • Crime Uncovered: Detective: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2016).
  • The Sherlock Holmes Book: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2016).
  • American Noir: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2018).
  • Historical Noir: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2019).
  • Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2020).
  • Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films: CrimeFest, H.R.F. Keating Award (2023).

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  1. Terry Pratchett, author of the novel: Good Omens.
  2. Dan Brown, author of the Robert Langdon Series.
  3. Ken Follett, author of the Kingsbridge Series.
  4. Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation Series.
  5. David Lagercrantz, author of the Millennium Series.

Barry Forshaw: F.A.Q

What book awards has Barry Forshaw won?

British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia: CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award (2013).
Brit Noir: CrimeFest H.R.F. Keating Award (2017).

What was the first book Barry Forshaw wrote?

The first book written by Barry Forshaw was Italian Cinema: Arthouse to Exploitation, published in 2006.

What was the most recent book Barry Forshaw wrote?

Their most recently released work was Simenon: The Man, The Books, The Films on July 4th, 2022.

Will there be any more books by Barry Forshaw?

Barry Forshaw does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

How many books has Barry Forshaw written?

Barry Forshaw has written 21 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 11 books in the Non-Fiction Books, 2 books in the Crime Files Series, 6 books in The Pocket Essentials: Film Series, 1 book in the Devil's Advocates Series, 1 book in the Big Ideas Simply Explained Series.

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