Chris McKinney Books in Order
Chris McKinney has written 10 books, published between 1999 and 2023. The first book is The Tattoo (1999) and the newest is Sunset, Water City (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1999–2023
- Pages on record
- 765 in 3 of 10 books
Chris McKinney is an American writer who was born and raised in Hawaii. The catalogue lists 10 books from The Tattoo (1999) to Sunset, Water City (2023), and McKinney's series are Water City and a group of standalone novels. The Queen of Tears, Bolohead Row, Mililani Mauka, Boi No Good, Red Headed Hawaiian and Yakudoshi: Age of Calamity came before Midnight, Water City (2021). Subjects include Hawaii, Honolulu, Korean Americans, Hawaiians and family sagas.
How many Chris McKinney books are there?
Chris McKinney has 10 books, released between 1999 and 2023. 3 of them belong to the Water City series.
Chris McKinney Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Chris McKinney 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.
- 11999–1/4
- 220012681/4
- 32005–1/4
- 42009–1/4
- 52012–1/4
- 620141851/4
- 72016–1/4
- 820213121/4
- 92023–1/4
- 102023–1/4
Chris McKinney 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.
ChrisMcKinney Standalone Novels
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Water City in order
3 booksDo you have to read Chris McKinney books in order?
You only need to read Chris McKinney books in order within the Water City series, which holds 3 of the 10 Chris McKinney books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Chris McKinney
Start with The Tattoo (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Chris McKinney book?
Sunset, Water City (2023) is the newest Chris McKinney book released so far.
Is there a new Chris McKinney book coming?
No next Chris McKinney book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Chris McKinney at a glance
- Paused
- No new Chris McKinney title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Chris McKinney books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 765 pages across the 3 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Chris McKinney books, 3 of 10, were published in the 2020s.
What the Chris McKinney books are about
4 of the 10 Chris McKinney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- American literature 1 of 4 books
- Biography 1 of 4 books
- Family life 1 of 4 books
- Hawaii 1 of 4 books
- Hawaiians 1 of 4 books
- Honolulu (Hawai) 1 of 4 books
- Korean Americans 1 of 4 books
- Physicians 1 of 4 books
- Sagas 1 of 4 books
- Successful people 1 of 4 books


