Dawn Lee McKenna Books in Order

Dawn Lee McKenna has written 17 books, published between 2014 and 2019. The first book is See You (2014) and the newest is Back of the Bayou (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
2014–2019
Pages on record
3,878 in 15 of 17 books
Reading time
65–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,878 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

Dawn Lee McKenna wrote crime fiction set on the Florida coast. Three series make up the catalogue: Forgotten Coast, Still Waters and Dismal, Florida. See You (2014) opens it, and the titles keep to a tidal vocabulary, among them Low Tide (2015), Riptide (2015), What Washes Up (2015), Awash (2016), Dead Reckoning (2017) and Dead Center (2018). Seventeen books appeared in six years, at a median 258 pages, and the catalogue closes in 2019.

How many Dawn Lee McKenna books are there?

Dawn Lee McKenna has 17 books, released between 2014 and 2019. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Dawn Lee McKenna Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Dawn Lee McKenna 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. 1
    See You2014 · 412 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014412
  2. 2
    Low TideForgotten Coast #12015 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015190
  3. 3
    RiptideForgotten Coast #22015 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015200
  4. 4
    What Washes UpForgotten Coast #32015 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015198
  5. 5
    LandfallForgotten Coast #42015 · 180 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015180
  6. 6
    Dead WakeForgotten Coast #52015 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015236
  7. 7
    AwashForgotten Coast #62016 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016220
  8. 8
    Dead ReckoningStill Waters #12017 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017320
  9. 9
    Apparent WindForgotten Coast #72017 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017256
  10. 10
    Dead CenterStill Waters #22018 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018310
  11. 11
    Lake MoralityForgotten Coast #82018 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018264
  12. 12
    Squall LineForgotten Coast #92018 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018258
  13. 13
    OverboardForgotten Coast #102018 · 282 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018282
  14. 14
    Black and WhiteDismal, Florida #12019 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019288
  15. 15
    Dead and GoneStill Waters #32019 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019264
  16. 16
    Ebb TideForgotten Coast #112019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  17. 17
    Back of the BayouForgotten Coast #122019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019

Dawn Lee McKenna 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.

Forgotten Coast in order

12 books
  1. 1. Low Tide
  2. 2. Riptide
  3. 3. What Washes Up
  4. 4. Landfall
  5. 5. Dead Wake
  6. 6. Awash
  7. 7. Apparent Wind
  8. 8. Lake Morality
  9. 9. Squall Line
  10. 10. Overboard
  11. 11. Ebb Tide
  12. 12. Back of the Bayou

Still Waters in order

3 books
  1. 1. Dead Reckoning
  2. 2. Dead Center
  3. 3. Dead and Gone

Dismal, Florida in order

1 book
  1. 1. Black and White

Standalone books

1 book

1 Dawn Lee McKenna title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dawn Lee McKenna books in order?

You only need to read Dawn Lee McKenna books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Dawn Lee McKenna

Start with See You (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dawn Lee McKenna book?

Back of the Bayou (2019) is the newest Dawn Lee McKenna book released so far.

Is there a new Dawn Lee McKenna book coming?

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

Dawn Lee McKenna at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Dawn Lee McKenna title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Dawn Lee McKenna books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,878 pages across the 15 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 258 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dawn Lee McKenna books, 17 of 17, were published in the 2010s.