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William Kent Krueger Complete Bibliography

Browse books by William Kent Krueger in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 155 books / 7 series

American author best known for the Cork O’Connor mystery series set in Minnesota. His novels have sold millions of copies and won numerous awards, including the Edgar Award. This page provides the William Kent Krueger books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by William Kent Krueger in Publication Order

1998 Iron Lake POoCOB / 1 Buy
1999 Boundary Waters POoCOB / 2 Buy
2001 Purgatory Ridge POoCOB / 3 Buy
2002 San Francisco Noir POoANB / 1 Buy
2003 The Devil's Bed POoSN / 1 Buy
2003 Seattle Noir POoANB / 2 Buy
2003 Bronx Noir POoANB / 3 Buy
2004 Brooklyn Noir POoANB / 4 Buy
2004 Blood Hollow POoCOB / 4 Buy
2004 Hasidic Noir POoANB / 5 Buy
2005 Mercy Falls POoCOB / 5 Buy
2005 Brooklyn Noir 2 POoANB / 6 Buy
2005 Chicago Noir POoANB / 7 Buy
2005 Dublin Noir POoANB / 8 Buy
2006 Copper River POoCOB / 6 Buy
2006 Manhattan Noir POoANB / 9 Buy
2006 Miami Noir POoANB / 10 Buy
2006 D.C. Noir POoANB / 11 Buy
2006 Baltimore Noir POoANB / 12 Buy
2006 Twin Cities Noir POoANB / 13 Buy
2006 London Noir POoANB / 14 Buy
2007 Thunder Bay POoCOB / 7 Buy
2007 New Orleans Noir POoANB / 15 Buy
2007 Los Angeles Noir POoANB / 16 Buy
2007 Wall Street Noir POoANB / 17 Buy
2007 Havana Noir POoANB / 18 Buy
2007 Detroit Noir POoANB / 19 Buy
2008 Red Knife POoCOB / 8 Buy
2008 Queens Noir POoANB / 20 Buy
2008 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth POoANB / 21 Buy
2008 Toronto Noir POoANB / 22 Buy
2008 Las Vegas Noir POoANB / 23 Buy
2008 Trinidad Noir POoANB / 24 Buy
2008 D.C. Noir 2 POoANB / 25 Buy
2008 Manhattan Noir 2 POoANB / 26 Buy
2008 Paris Noir POoANB / 27 Buy
2008 Istanbul Noir POoANB / 28 Buy
2009 Heaven's Keep POoCOB / 9 Buy
2009 Boston Noir POoANB / 29 Buy
2009 Rome Noir POoANB / 30 Buy
2009 San Francisco Noir 2 POoANB / 31 Buy
2009 Portland Noir POoANB / 32 Buy
2009 Delhi Noir POoANB / 33 Buy
2009 Phoenix Noir POoANB / 34 Buy
2010 Hixton POoSS / 1 Buy
2010 Vermilion Drift POoCOB / 10 Buy
2010 Los Angeles Noir 2 POoANB / 35 Buy
2010 Mexico City Noir POoANB / 36 Buy
2010 Richmond Noir POoANB / 37 Buy
2010 Orange County Noir POoANB / 38 Buy
2010 Indian Country Noir POoANB / 39 Buy
2010 Moscow Noir POoANB / 40 Buy
2010 Lone Star Noir POoANB / 41 Buy
2010 Philadelphia Noir POoANB / 42 Buy
2010 Haiti Noir POoANB / 43 Buy
2010 Copenhagen Noir POoANB / 44 Buy
2011 Northwest Angle POoCOB / 11 Buy
2011 Pittsburgh Noir POoANB / 45 Buy
2011 San Diego Noir POoANB / 46 Buy
2011 Barcelona Noir POoANB / 47 Buy
2011 Cape Cod Noir POoANB / 48 Buy
2011 New Jersey Noir POoANB / 49 Buy
2012 The William Kent Krueger Reader's Companion POoSSC / 1 Buy
2012 Trickster's Point POoCOB / 12 Buy
2012 Staten Island Noir POoANB / 50 Buy
2012 Mumbai Noir POoANB / 51 Buy
2012 Long Island Noir POoANB / 52 Buy
2012 Venice Noir POoANB / 53 Buy
2012 Kingston Noir POoANB / 54 Buy
2012 St. Petersburg Noir POoANB / 55 Buy
2012 Kansas City Noir POoANB / 56 Buy
2012 Boston Noir 2 POoANB / 57 Buy
2013 Ordinary Grace POoSN / 2 Buy
2013 Tamarack County POoCOB / 13 Buy
2013 USA Noir POoANB / 58 Buy
2013 Manila Noir POoANB / 59 Buy
2013 Buffalo Noir POoANB / 60 Buy
2013 Dallas Noir POoANB / 61 Buy
2013 Haiti Noir 2 POoANB / 62 Buy
2014 Windigo Island POoCOB / 14 Buy
2014 Singapore Noir POoANB / 63 Buy
2014 Prison Noir POoANB / 64 Buy
2014 Tel Aviv Noir POoANB / 65 Buy
2014 Tehran Noir POoANB / 66 Buy
2014 Belfast Noir POoANB / 67 Buy
2014 Helsinki Noir POoANB / 68 Buy
2014 Rio Noir POoANB / 69 Buy
2015 Providence Noir POoANB / 70 Buy
2015 Chicago Noir: The Classics POoANB / 71 Buy
2015 Memphis Noir POoANB / 72 Buy
2015 Zagreb Noir POoANB / 73 Buy
2015 Marseille Noir POoANB / 74 Buy
2015 Beirut Noir POoANB / 75 Buy
2016 The World of Cork O'Connor POoCOCB / 1 Buy
2016 Manitou Canyon POoCOB / 15 Buy
2016 New Orleans Noir: The Classics POoANB / 76 Buy
2016 Stockholm Noir POoANB / 77 Buy
2016 Brussels Noir POoANB / 78 Buy
2016 Mississippi Noir POoANB / 79 Buy
2016 St. Louis Noir POoANB / 80 Buy
2016 Prague Noir POoANB / 81 Buy
2016 San Juan Noir POoANB / 82 Buy
2017 Sulfur Springs POoCOB / 16 Buy
2017 Oakland Noir POoANB / 83 Buy
2017 Trinidad Noir: The Classics POoANB / 84 Buy
2017 Atlanta Noir POoANB / 85 Buy
2017 New Haven Noir POoANB / 86 Buy
2017 Montana Noir POoANB / 87 Buy
2017 Buenos Aires Noir POoANB / 88 Buy
2017 Montreal Noir POoANB / 89 Buy
2018 This Tender Land POoSN / 3 Buy
2018 Desolation Mountain POoCOB / 17 Buy
2018 Berlin Noir POoANB / 90 Buy
2018 S’o Paulo Noir POoANB / 91 Buy
2018 Santa Cruz Noir POoANB / 92 Buy
2018 Lagos Noir POoANB / 93 Buy
2018 Marrakech Noir POoANB / 94 Buy
2018 Baghdad Noir POoANB / 95 Buy
2018 Vancouver Noir POoANB / 96 Buy
2018 Sydney Noir POoANB / 97 Buy
2018 Hong Kong Noir POoANB / 98 Buy
2019 Amsterdam Noir POoANB / 99 Buy
2019 Milwaukee Noir POoANB / 100 Buy
2019 Houston Noir POoANB / 101 Buy
2020 Nairobi Noir POoANB / 102 Buy
2020 Columbus Noir POoANB / 103 Buy
2020 Santa Fe Noir POoANB / 104 Buy
2020 Alabama Noir POoANB / 105 Buy
2020 Berkeley Noir POoANB / 106 Buy
2020 Addis Ababa Noir POoANB / 107 Buy
2020 Tampa Bay Noir POoANB / 108 Buy
2020 Miami Noir: The Classics POoANB / 109 Buy
2020 Accra Noir POoANB / 110 Buy
2020 Belgrade Noir POoANB / 111 Buy
2021 Lightning Strike POoCOB / 18 Buy
2021 Palm Springs Noir POoANB / 112 Buy
2022 Hotel California(By: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Reed Farrel Coleman,Andrew Child,Amanda Flower,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Jennifer Dornbush) POoMaMMB / 1 Buy
2022 Fox Creek POoCOB / 19 Buy
2022 Paris Noir: The Suburbs POoANB / 113 Buy
2022 Denver Noir POoANB / 114 Buy
2022 South Central Noir POoANB / 115 Buy
2023 Thriller(With: Heather Graham,Jeffery Deaver,Don Bruns,Dahlia Rose,David R. Slayton) POoMaMMB / 2 Buy
2023 The Levee POoSS / 2 Buy
2023 The River We Remember POoSN / 4 Buy
2023 Cleveland Noir POoANB / 116 Buy
2023 East Jerusalem Noir POoANB / 117 Buy
2023 West Jerusalem Noir POoANB / 118 Buy
2024 Back in Black(By: Heather Graham,Reed Farrel Coleman,Ward Larsen,Tori Eldridge,Andrew Child,Don Bruns) POoMaMMB / 3 Buy
2024 Spirit Crossing POoCOB / 20 Buy
2024 Honolulu Noir POoANB / 119 Buy
2025 Bat Out of Hell(By: Charles Todd,Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Andrew Child,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Dave Bruns,C.J. Kudlacz) POoMaMMB / 4 Buy
2025 Apostle's Cove POoCOB / 21 Buy
2025 Sacramento Noir POoANB / 120 Buy
2025 Hamburg Noir POoANB / 121 Buy
2026 God's Country POoCOB / 22 Buy

Complete William Kent Krueger Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Akashic Noir Reading Order 121 books / 2002-2025
01 San Francisco Noir 2002 Buy
02 Seattle Noir 2003 Buy
03 Bronx Noir 2003 Buy
04 Brooklyn Noir 2004 Buy
05 Hasidic Noir 2004 Buy
06 Brooklyn Noir 2 2005 Buy
07 Chicago Noir 2005 Buy
08 Dublin Noir 2005 Buy
09 Manhattan Noir 2006 Buy
10 Miami Noir 2006 Buy
11 D.C. Noir 2006 Buy
12 Baltimore Noir 2006 Buy
13 Twin Cities Noir 2006 Buy
14 London Noir 2006 Buy
15 New Orleans Noir 2007 Buy
16 Los Angeles Noir 2007 Buy
17 Wall Street Noir 2007 Buy
18 Havana Noir 2007 Buy
19 Detroit Noir 2007 Buy
20 Queens Noir 2008 Buy
21 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008 Buy
22 Toronto Noir 2008 Buy
23 Las Vegas Noir 2008 Buy
24 Trinidad Noir 2008 Buy
25 D.C. Noir 2 2008 Buy
26 Manhattan Noir 2 2008 Buy
27 Paris Noir 2008 Buy
28 Istanbul Noir 2008 Buy
29 Boston Noir 2009 Buy
30 Rome Noir 2009 Buy
31 San Francisco Noir 2 2009 Buy
32 Portland Noir 2009 Buy
33 Delhi Noir 2009 Buy
34 Phoenix Noir 2009 Buy
35 Los Angeles Noir 2 2010 Buy
36 Mexico City Noir 2010 Buy
37 Richmond Noir 2010 Buy
38 Orange County Noir 2010 Buy
39 Indian Country Noir 2010 Buy
40 Moscow Noir 2010 Buy
41 Lone Star Noir 2010 Buy
42 Philadelphia Noir 2010 Buy
43 Haiti Noir 2010 Buy
44 Copenhagen Noir 2010 Buy
45 Pittsburgh Noir 2011 Buy
46 San Diego Noir 2011 Buy
47 Barcelona Noir 2011 Buy
48 Cape Cod Noir 2011 Buy
49 New Jersey Noir 2011 Buy
50 Staten Island Noir 2012 Buy
51 Mumbai Noir 2012 Buy
52 Long Island Noir 2012 Buy
53 Venice Noir 2012 Buy
54 Kingston Noir 2012 Buy
55 St. Petersburg Noir 2012 Buy
56 Kansas City Noir 2012 Buy
57 Boston Noir 2 2012 Buy
58 USA Noir 2013 Buy
59 Manila Noir 2013 Buy
60 Buffalo Noir 2013 Buy
61 Dallas Noir 2013 Buy
62 Haiti Noir 2 2013 Buy
63 Singapore Noir 2014 Buy
64 Prison Noir 2014 Buy
65 Tel Aviv Noir 2014 Buy
66 Tehran Noir 2014 Buy
67 Belfast Noir 2014 Buy
68 Helsinki Noir 2014 Buy
69 Rio Noir 2014 Buy
70 Providence Noir 2015 Buy
71 Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015 Buy
72 Memphis Noir 2015 Buy
73 Zagreb Noir 2015 Buy
74 Marseille Noir 2015 Buy
75 Beirut Noir 2015 Buy
76 New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016 Buy
77 Stockholm Noir 2016 Buy
78 Brussels Noir 2016 Buy
79 Mississippi Noir 2016 Buy
80 St. Louis Noir 2016 Buy
81 Prague Noir 2016 Buy
82 San Juan Noir 2016 Buy
83 Oakland Noir 2017 Buy
84 Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017 Buy
85 Atlanta Noir 2017 Buy
86 New Haven Noir 2017 Buy
87 Montana Noir 2017 Buy
88 Buenos Aires Noir 2017 Buy
89 Montreal Noir 2017 Buy
90 Berlin Noir 2018 Buy
91 S’o Paulo Noir 2018 Buy
92 Santa Cruz Noir 2018 Buy
93 Lagos Noir 2018 Buy
94 Marrakech Noir 2018 Buy
95 Baghdad Noir 2018 Buy
96 Vancouver Noir 2018 Buy
97 Sydney Noir 2018 Buy
98 Hong Kong Noir 2018 Buy
99 Amsterdam Noir 2019 Buy
100 Milwaukee Noir 2019 Buy
101 Houston Noir 2019 Buy
102 Nairobi Noir 2020 Buy
103 Columbus Noir 2020 Buy
104 Santa Fe Noir 2020 Buy
105 Alabama Noir 2020 Buy
106 Berkeley Noir 2020 Buy
107 Addis Ababa Noir 2020 Buy
108 Tampa Bay Noir 2020 Buy
109 Miami Noir: The Classics 2020 Buy
110 Accra Noir 2020 Buy
111 Belgrade Noir 2020 Buy
112 Palm Springs Noir 2021 Buy
113 Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022 Buy
114 Denver Noir 2022 Buy
115 South Central Noir 2022 Buy
116 Cleveland Noir 2023 Buy
117 East Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
118 West Jerusalem Noir 2023 Buy
119 Honolulu Noir 2024 Buy
120 Sacramento Noir 2025 Buy
121 Hamburg Noir 2025 Buy
01 The William Kent Krueger Reader's Companion 2012 Buy
Cork O'Connor Reading Order 22 books / 1998-2026
01 Iron Lake 1998 Buy
02 Boundary Waters 1999 Buy
03 Purgatory Ridge 2001 Buy
04 Blood Hollow 2004 Buy
05 Mercy Falls 2005 Buy
06 Copper River 2006 Buy
07 Thunder Bay 2007 Buy
08 Red Knife 2008 Buy
09 Heaven's Keep 2009 Buy
10 Vermilion Drift 2010 Buy
11 Northwest Angle 2011 Buy
12 Trickster's Point 2012 Buy
13 Tamarack County 2013 Buy
14 Windigo Island 2014 Buy
15 Manitou Canyon 2016 Buy
16 Sulfur Springs 2017 Buy
17 Desolation Mountain 2018 Buy
18 Lightning Strike 2021 Buy
19 Fox Creek 2022 Buy
20 Spirit Crossing 2024 Buy
21 Apostle's Cove 2025 Buy
22 God's Country 2026 Buy
01 The World of Cork O'Connor 2016 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 4 books / 2003-2023
01 The Devil's Bed 2003 Buy
02 Ordinary Grace 2013 Buy
03 This Tender Land 2018 Buy
04 The River We Remember 2023 Buy
01 Hotel California(By: Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Reed Farrel Coleman,Andrew Child,Amanda Flower,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Jennifer Dornbush) 2022 Buy
02 Thriller(With: Heather Graham,Jeffery Deaver,Don Bruns,Dahlia Rose,David R. Slayton) 2023 Buy
03 Back in Black(By: Heather Graham,Reed Farrel Coleman,Ward Larsen,Tori Eldridge,Andrew Child,Don Bruns) 2024 Buy
04 Bat Out of Hell(By: Charles Todd,Heather Graham,John Gilstrap,Andrew Child,Don Bruns,Rick Bleiweiss,Dave Bruns,C.J. Kudlacz) 2025 Buy
01 Hixton 2010 Buy
02 The Levee 2023 Buy

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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