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Amanda Cockrell Books in Order

Amanda Cockrell has written 10 books, published between 1988 and 2023. The first book is The Moonshine Blade (1988) and the newest is Coyote Weather (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1988–2023
Pages on record
1,511 in 5 of 10 books
Reading time
25–38 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,511 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Amanda Cockrell is an American author and an academic at Hollins University, a private women's university in Virginia. Cockrell has also written historical novels under the pseudonym Damion Hunter. The catalogue lists 10 books from The Moonshine Blade (1988) to Coyote Weather (2023), and the series credited to Cockrell are Deer Dancers and the Horse Catchers Trilogy. Subject headings include historical and fantasy fiction, Indians of North America, prehistoric peoples, horses, tricksters and the legendary character Coyote. Wind Caller's Children (1995), When the Horses Came (1999) and The Rain Child (2001) are among the titles.

How many Amanda Cockrell books are there?

Amanda Cockrell has 10 books, released between 1988 and 2023. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Amanda Cockrell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Amanda Cockrell 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 The Moonshine Blade by Amanda Cockrell (1988)
  2. Cover of Daughter of the Sky by Amanda Cockrell, book 1 of the Deer Dancers series (1995)
  3. Cover of Wind Caller's Children by Amanda Cockrell, book 2 of the Deer Dancers series (1995)
  4. Cover of The Long Walk by Amanda Cockrell, book 3 of the Deer Dancers series (1996)
  5. Cover of Children of the Horse by Amanda Cockrell, book 2 of the Horse Catchers Trilogy (2000)
  6. Cover of The Rain Child by Amanda Cockrell, book 3 of the Horse Catchers Trilogy (2001)
  7. Cover of What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay by Amanda Cockrell (2011)
  1. 1
    The Moonshine Blade1988 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988263
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  2. 2
    Daughter of the SkyDeer Dancers #11995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  3. 3
    Wind Caller's ChildrenDeer Dancers #21995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  4. 4
    The Long WalkDeer Dancers #31996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996–
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  5. 5
    When the Horses CameHorse Catchers Trilogy #11999 · 295 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999295
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  6. 6
    Children of the HorseHorse Catchers Trilogy #22000 · 281 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000281
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  7. 7
    Pomegranate Seed2001 · 342 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001342
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  8. 8
    The Rain ChildHorse Catchers Trilogy #32001 · 330 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001330
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  9. 9
    What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  10. 10
    Coyote Weather2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Amanda Cockrell 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.

Deer Dancers in order

3 books
  1. 1. Daughter of the Sky
  2. 2. Wind Caller's Children
  3. 3. The Long Walk

Horse Catchers Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. When the Horses Came
  2. 2. Children of the Horse
  3. 3. The Rain Child

Standalone books

4 books

4 Amanda Cockrell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Amanda Cockrell books in order?

You only need to read Amanda Cockrell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Amanda Cockrell

Start with The Moonshine Blade (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Amanda Cockrell book?

Coyote Weather (2023) is the newest Amanda Cockrell book released so far.

Is there a new Amanda Cockrell book coming?

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

Amanda Cockrell at a glance

Paused
No new Amanda Cockrell title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Amanda Cockrell books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,511 pages across the 5 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 295 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Amanda Cockrell books, 4 of 10, were published in the 1990s.

What the Amanda Cockrell books are about

8 of the 10 Amanda Cockrell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.