Ace Collins Books in Order
Ace Collins has written 62 books, published between 1975 and 2024. The first book is Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs (1975) and the newest is Time Walker (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 62
- Published
- 1975–2024
- Pages on record
- 6,414 in 28 of 62 books
Ace Collins works both sides of the fiction line. The Stories Behind books trace the origins of songs and hymns, starting with Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue (1975), while In the President's Service and the Lije Evans Mysteries are suspense and legal fiction. The catalogue holds 62 titles published between 1975 and 2024, reaching Time Walker (2024). Christmas music, hymns, lawyers and Christian suspense recur among the subjects, at a median 207 pages.
How many Ace Collins books are there?
Ace Collins has 62 books, released between 1975 and 2024. They include 4 series and 16 titles listed outside any series.
Ace Collins Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 62 Ace Collins 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.
- 1Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic SongsStories Behind #11975 · 223 pages · confirmed 1/419752231/4
- 2The Mandrell Family Album1983 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419831921/4
- 31993–1/4
- 41993–1/4
- 5Runaway Thanksgiving1993 · 38 pages · confirmed 1/41993381/4
- 61993–1/4
- 71993–1/4
- 81993–1/4
- 91993–1/4
- 101993–1/4
- 111993–1/4
- 121993–1/4
- 131993–1/4
- 14Darkness Before Dawn1995 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/419953481/4
- 151996–1/4
- 161997–1/4
- 171997–1/4
- 18The Cathedrals: The Story of America's Best-Loved Gospel Quartet1998 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/419982111/4
- 1920011921/4
- 2020031951/4
- 2120032081/4
- 222004–1/4
- 23More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of ChristmasStories Behind #72006 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/420062241/4
- 2420071831/4
- 2520083521/4
- 2620081921/4
- 272008–1/4
- 282009–1/4
- 292010–1/4
- 30Reich of Passage2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 312011–1/4
- 32The Christmas Star2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 33The Yellow Packard2012 · 319 pages · confirmed 1/420123191/4
- 3420132061/4
- 3520131141/4
- 36The Cutting Edge2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420133361/4
- 3720141261/4
- 382014–1/4
- 3920141441/4
- 40The Color of Justice2014 · 351 pages · confirmed 1/420143511/4
- 4120151681/4
- 4220151361/4
- 43Hollywood Lost2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 442015–1/4
- 45The Fruitcake Murders2015 · 302 pages · confirmed 1/420153021/4
- 46Service Tails2016 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420162401/4
- 4720161641/4
- 48Touchdown Tommy2016 · 204 pages · confirmed 1/420162041/4
- 492016–1/4
- 5020162081/4
- 512016–1/4
- 5220174321/4
- 532017–1/4
- 54In the Line of Fire2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 5520184061/4
- 562019–1/4
- 572020–1/4
- 582020–1/4
- 592021–1/4
- 60Geared-Up Faith for Classic Car Buffs2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 61The Last Imprint2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 622024–1/4
Ace Collins series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Ace Collins 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.
Lije Evans Mysteries in order
3 booksStandalone books
16 books16 Ace Collins titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ace Collins books in order?
You only need to read Ace Collins books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ace Collins
Start with the first book of the Ace Collins series you want to read: In the President's Service starts with A Date with Death (2013), Stories Behind starts with Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs (1975) and Children's Holiday Adventure starts with Best Man for the Job (1993). The earliest catalogued title overall is Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs (1975).
What is the newest Ace Collins book?
Time Walker (2024) is the newest Ace Collins book released so far.
Is there a new Ace Collins book coming?
No next Ace Collins book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ace Collins at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ace Collins published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Ace Collins books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,414 pages across the 28 of 62 books with a recorded length, a median of 207 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ace Collins books, 28 of 62, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ace Collins books are about
32 of the 62 Ace Collins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history and criticism is tagged on 6 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History and criticism 6 of 32 books
- Biography 4 of 32 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 32 books
- Popular music 4 of 32 books
- Christmas music 3 of 32 books
- Children's fiction 3 of 32 books
- Christian, suspense 2 of 32 books
- Christmas 2 of 32 books
- English Carols 2 of 32 books
- Hymns, history and criticism 2 of 32 books
- Investigation 2 of 32 books
- Law stories 2 of 32 books