Edward Humes Books in Order
Edward Humes has written 18 books, published between 1990 and 2022. The first book is Buried Secrets A true story of Serial Murder, Black Magic, and Drug-Running on the U.S. Border (1990) and the newest is The Forever Witness (2022). Publication order is the reading order below. 9 of the 18 books listed here are in the Edward Humes True Crime series, which has its own page: Edward Humes True Crime books in order.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1990–2022
- Pages on record
- 5,858 in 15 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 98–146 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,858 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Edward Humes is an American journalist whose nonfiction spans 18 catalogued books from 1990 to 2022. The listing groups the work into four series: True Crime, Environmental, Medical and Food. Buried Secrets (1990) opens the list, a true account of serial murder, black magic and drug-running on the U.S. border. Other titles include Murderer with a Badge (1992), Mississippi Mud (1994), Mean Justice (1999), Baby ER (2000) and Monkey Girl (2007), and The Forever Witness (2022) is the newest.
How many Edward Humes books are there?
Edward Humes has 18 books, released between 1990 and 2022. They include 4 separate series.
Edward Humes Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Edward Humes 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.
- 1Buried Secrets A true story of Serial Murder, Black Magic, and Drug-Running on the U.S. BorderEdward Humes True Crime #11990 · confirmed 1/41990–1/4
- 2Buried Secrets: A True Story of Serial MurderEdward Humes True Crime #21991 · 544 pages · confirmed 1/419915441/4
- 319924541/4
- 419944341/4
- 519963741/4
- 619994961/4
- 720003361/4
- 820044001/4
- 920063361/4
- 1020074001/4
- 1120093841/4
- 122011–1/4
- 1320122881/4
- 1420133241/4
- 1520163841/4
- 162016–1/4
- 1720193201/4
- 1820223841/4
Edward Humes series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Edward Humes 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.
Edward Humes Environmental in order
3 books- 1. Eco Barons
- 2. Force of Nature
- 3. Garbology
History in order
2 books- 1. Over Here
- 2. Door to Door
Edward Humes Medical in order
1 book- 1. Baby ER
Edward Humes Food in order
1 bookDo you have to read Edward Humes books in order?
You only need to read Edward Humes books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Edward Humes
Start with Buried Secrets A true story of Serial Murder, Black Magic, and Drug-Running on the U.S. Border (1990), the first Edward Humes True Crime book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Edward Humes book?
The Forever Witness (2022) is the newest Edward Humes book released so far.
Is there a new Edward Humes book coming?
No next Edward Humes book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Edward Humes at a glance
- Paused
- No new Edward Humes title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Edward Humes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,858 pages across the 15 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Edward Humes books, 6 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the Edward Humes books are about
15 of the 18 Edward Humes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: case studies is tagged on 4 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
Social Science in order
2 books