Dale Cramer Books in Order
Dale Cramer has written 8 books, published between 2002 and 2015. The first book is Sutter's Cross (2002) and the newest is Kiss of the Jewel Bird (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2002–2015
- Pages on record
- 2,185 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 36–55 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,185 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Dale Cramer writes Christian fiction, with an Amish strand. Eight books are catalogued between 2002 and 2015: Sutter's Cross (2002), Bad Ground (2004), Levi's Will (2004), Summer of Light (2007) and Kiss of the Jewel Bird (2015), plus the Daughters of Caleb Bender trilogy of Paradise Valley (2010), The Captive Heart (2012) and Though Mountains Fall (2013). Amish life, frontier settlement, miners, orphans and generational conflict are the recorded subjects.
How many Dale Cramer books are there?
Dale Cramer has 8 books, released between 2002 and 2015. 3 of them belong to the Daughters of Caleb Bender series.
Dale Cramer Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Dale Cramer 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.
- 1Sutter's Cross2002 · 394 pages · confirmed 1/420023941/4
- 2Bad Ground2004 · 382 pages · confirmed 1/420043821/4
- 3Levi's Will2004 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420044001/4
- 4Summer of Light2007 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/420074001/4
- 52010–1/4
- 620123481/4
- 72013–1/4
- 8Kiss of the Jewel Bird2015 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/420152611/4
Dale Cramer 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.
Daughters of Caleb Bender in order
3 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Dale Cramer titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Dale Cramer books in order?
You only need to read Dale Cramer books in order within the Daughters of Caleb Bender series, which holds 3 of the 8 Dale Cramer books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Dale Cramer
Start with Sutter's Cross (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dale Cramer book?
Kiss of the Jewel Bird (2015) is the newest Dale Cramer book released so far.
Is there a new Dale Cramer book coming?
No next Dale Cramer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dale Cramer at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Dale Cramer title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Dale Cramer books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,185 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 388 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dale Cramer books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Dale Cramer books are about
All 8 Dale Cramer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: amish is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Amish 4 of 8 books
- Christian fiction 2 of 8 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 2 of 8 books