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Aaron Stander Books in Order

Aaron Stander has written 12 books, published between 2000 and 2024. The first book is Summer People (2000) and the newest is Smoke and Mirrors (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2000–2024
Pages on record
1,794 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
30–45 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,794 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Aaron Stander writes the Ray Elkins mysteries, murder investigations set in Michigan. Twelve books run from Summer People (2000) to Smoke and Mirrors (2024), roughly two years apart, taking in Color Tour (2006), Deer Season (2009), Shelf Ice (2010) and Gales of November (2017). Median length is 250 pages, and Stander remains actively publishing.

How many Aaron Stander books are there?

Aaron Stander has 12 books, released between 2000 and 2024.

Aaron Stander Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Aaron Stander books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Color Tour by Aaron Stander, book 2 of the Ray Elkins Mystery series (2006)
  2. Cover of Medieval Murders by Aaron Stander, book 5 of the Ray Elkins Mystery series (2011)
  3. Cover of Gales of November by Aaron Stander, book 9 of the Ray Elkins Mystery series (2017)
  4. Cover of The Center Cannot Hold by Aaron Stander, book 10 of the Ray Elkins Mystery series (2018)
  1. 1
    Summer PeopleRay Elkins Mystery #12000 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000260
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  2. 2
    Color TourRay Elkins Mystery #22006 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006320
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  3. 3
    Deer SeasonRay Elkins Mystery #32009 · 238 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009238
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  4. 4
    Shelf IceRay Elkins Mystery #42010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  5. 5
    Medieval MurdersRay Elkins Mystery #52011 · 216 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011216
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  6. 6
    Cruelest MonthRay Elkins Mystery #62012 · 260 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012260
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  7. 7
    Death in a Summer ColonyRay Elkins Mystery #72013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Murder in the MerlotRay Elkins Mystery #82016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  9. 9
    Gales of NovemberRay Elkins Mystery #92017 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017250
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  10. 10
    The Center Cannot HoldRay Elkins Mystery #102018 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018250
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  11. 11
    Destination WeddingRay Elkins Mystery #112020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    Smoke and MirrorsRay Elkins Mystery #122024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Aaron Stander characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Aaron Stander books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Ray Elkins Mystery in order

12 books
  1. 1. Summer People
  2. 2. Color Tour
  3. 3. Deer Season
  4. 4. Shelf Ice
  5. 5. Medieval Murders
  6. 6. Cruelest Month
  7. 7. Death in a Summer Colony
  8. 8. Murder in the Merlot
  9. 9. Gales of November
  10. 10. The Center Cannot Hold
  11. 11. Destination Wedding
  12. 12. Smoke and Mirrors

Do you have to read Aaron Stander books in order?

You only need to read Aaron Stander books in order within the Ray Elkins Mystery series, which holds 12 of the 12 Aaron Stander books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Aaron Stander

Start with Summer People (2000), the first Ray Elkins book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Aaron Stander book?

Smoke and Mirrors (2024) is the newest Aaron Stander book released so far.

Is there a new Aaron Stander book coming?

No next Aaron Stander book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Aaron Stander at a glance

Still publishing
Aaron Stander published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Aaron Stander books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,794 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Aaron Stander books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Aaron Stander books are about

3 of the 12 Aaron Stander books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.