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Home / Authors / John Straley John Straley American author John Straley is best known for his Cecil Younger private investigator series set in Alaska. A former private investigator himself, his debut novel *The Woman Who Married a Bear* won the Shamus Award. This page provides the John Straley books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1992 The Woman Who Married a Bear POoCYB · 1 Buy ↗ 1993 The Curious Eat Themselves POoCYB · 2 Buy ↗ 1996 The Music of What Happens POoCYB · 3 Buy ↗ 1998 The Angels Will Not Care POoCYB · 4 Buy ↗ 1999 Death and the Language of Happiness POoCYB · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 Cold Water Burning POoCYB · 6 Buy ↗ 2008 The Big Both Ways POoCSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2008 The Rising and the Rain POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 Cold Storage, Alaska POoCSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 Baby's First Felony POoCYB · 7 Buy ↗ 2020 What Is Time to a Pig? POoCSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2021 So Far and Good POoCYB · 8 Buy ↗ 2022 Blown by the Same Wind POoCSB · 4 Buy ↗ 2024 Big Breath In POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 1 book · 2024
Publication Order of Cold Storage Books 4 books · 2008–2022
01 The Big Both Ways 2008 Buy ↗ 02 Cold Storage, Alaska 2013 Buy ↗ 03 What Is Time to a Pig? 2020 Buy ↗ 04 Blown by the Same Wind 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 1 book · 2008
01 The Rising and the Rain 2008 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Cecil Younger Books 8 books · 1992–2021
01 The Woman Who Married a Bear 1992 Buy ↗ 02 The Curious Eat Themselves 1993 Buy ↗ 03 The Music of What Happens 1996 Buy ↗ 04 The Angels Will Not Care 1998 Buy ↗ 05 Death and the Language of Happiness 1999 Buy ↗ 06 Cold Water Burning 2001 Buy ↗ 07 Baby's First Felony 2018 Buy ↗ 08 So Far and Good 2021 Buy ↗