Charles Martin Books in Order
Charles Martin has written 26 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is The Dead Don't Dance (2004) and the newest is Stand Firm and Act Like Men: Becoming the Man You Were Created to Be Instead of Who the World Says You Are (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 2004–2025
- Confirmed
- 26 of 26 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,159 in 18 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 103–154 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,159 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Charles Martin's catalogue runs to 26 books from 2004 to 2025, beginning with The Dead Don't Dance (2004). Wrapped in Rain (2005), When Crickets Cry (2006), Where the River Ends (2008) and The Mountain Between Us (2010) follow. The books are grouped as standalone novels, a religious line and the Murphy Shepherd series. Subjects include Christian life, man-woman relationships, loss, and settings in South Carolina and Georgia.
How many Charles Martin books are there?
Charles Martin has 26 books, released between 2004 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.
Charles Martin Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Charles Martin books in the order they were released, 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.
- 120043154/4
- 220053364/4
- 320063114/4
- 420063364/4
- 520073204/4
- 620083844/4
- 720103304/4
- 820123844/4
- 920133304/4
- 1020143524/4
- 1120153844/4
- 1220163203/4
- 1320183413/4
- 1420193203/4
- 1520205003/4
- 162021–3/4
- 1720213843/4
- 182022–3/4
- 19If the Tomb Is Empty: Why the Resurrection Means Anything Is PossibleCharles Martin Religious #32023 · confirmed 3/42023–3/4
- 202023–3/4
- 21Anything Is Possible: How Nine Miracles of Jesus Reveal God’s Love for YouCharles Martin Religious #52023 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/420232883/4
- 222023–4/4
- 232024–3/4
- 24Run Over By the Grace Train: How the Unstoppable Love of God Transforms EverythingCharles Martin Religious #72024 · confirmed 3/42024–3/4
- 252025–4/4
- 26Stand Firm and Act Like Men: Becoming the Man You Were Created to Be Instead of Who the World Says You AreCharles Martin Religious #82025 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/420252243/4
Charles Martin 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.
Charles Martin Standalone Novels
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Charles Martin Religious in order
8 books- 1. What If It's True?
- 2. They Turned the World Upside Down
- 3. If the Tomb Is Empty: Why the Resurrection Means Anything Is Possible
- 4. Son of Man: Retelling the Stories of Jesus
- 5. Anything Is Possible: How Nine Miracles of Jesus Reveal God’s Love for You
- 6. It Is Finished
- 7. Run Over By the Grace Train: How the Unstoppable Love of God Transforms Everything
- 8. Stand Firm and Act Like Men: Becoming the Man You Were Created to Be Instead of Who the World Says You Are
Murphy Shepherd in order
4 booksAwakening in order
2 booksCharles Martin Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Charles Martin books run from The Dead Don't Dance (2004) to Stand Firm and Act Like Men: Becoming the Man You Were Created to Be Instead of Who the World Says You Are (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Charles Martin in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Charles Martin books in order?
You only need to read Charles Martin books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Charles Martin books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The Dead Don't Dance (2004), the earliest published title. After it come Wrapped in Rain (2005), Maggie (2006), When Crickets Cry (2006) and Chasing Fireflies (2007); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Charles Martin book?
Stand Firm and Act Like Men: Becoming the Man You Were Created to Be Instead of Who the World Says You Are (2025) is the newest Charles Martin book released so far.
Is there a new Charles Martin book coming?
No next Charles Martin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Printable Charles Martin Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 26 books in publication order is on the Charles Martin reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Charles Martin at a glance
- Still publishing
- Charles Martin published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Charles Martin books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,159 pages across the 18 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 333 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Charles Martin books, 12 of 26, were published in the 2020s.
- Corroboration
- 13 of the 26 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Charles Martin books are about
17 of the 26 Charles Martin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christian fiction is tagged on 7 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Christian fiction 7 of 17 books
- Man-woman relationships 4 of 17 books
- American literature 2 of 17 books
- Theology, practical 2 of 17 books