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Ivan Doig Books in Order

Ivan Doig has written 19 books, published between 1972 and 2015. The first book is News, a Consumer's Guide (1972) and the newest is Last Bus to Wisdom (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1972–2015
Confirmed
19 of 19 titles
Pages on record
4,467 in 14 of 19 books
Reading time
74–112 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,467 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Montana is Ivan Doig's territory: ranch life, teachers, fathers and sons, and the history of the American West. Doig's catalogue holds fiction and non-fiction alike, with the Two Medicine Country and Whistling Season books beside the Montana Trilogy, which runs English Creek (1984), Dancing at the Rascal Fair (1987) and Ride With Me, Mariah Montana (1990). Nineteen titles are catalogued, ending with Last Bus to Wisdom in 2015.

How many Ivan Doig books are there?

Ivan Doig has 19 books, released between 1972 and 2015. They include 3 separate series.

Ivan Doig Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Ivan Doig 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. Cover of News, a Consumer's Guide by Ivan Doig, book 1 of the Ivan Doig Non-Fiction series (1972)
  2. Cover of Utopian America by Ivan Doig, book 2 of the Ivan Doig Non-Fiction series (1976)
  3. Cover of The Sea Runners by Ivan Doig, book 1 of the Ivan Doig Standalone Novels series (1981)
  4. Cover of Inside This House of Sky by Ivan Doig, book 5 of the Ivan Doig Non-Fiction series (1983)
  5. Cover of English Creek by Ivan Doig, book 1 of the Montana Trilogy (1984)
  6. Cover of Dancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan Doig, book 2 of the Montana Trilogy (1987)
  7. Cover of Ride With Me, Mariah Montana by Ivan Doig, book 3 of the Montana Trilogy (1990)
  8. Cover of Heart Earth by Ivan Doig, book 6 of the Ivan Doig Non-Fiction series (1992)
  9. Cover of Mountain Time by Ivan Doig, book 2 of the Two Medicine Country series (1999)
  10. Cover of Prairie Nocturne by Ivan Doig, book 3 of the Two Medicine Country series (2003)
  11. Cover of The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, book 1 of the Whistling Season series (2006)
  12. Cover of The Bartender's Tale by Ivan Doig, book 5 of the Two Medicine Country series (2012)
  13. Cover of Sweet Thunder by Ivan Doig, book 3 of the Whistling Season series (2013)
  1. 1
    News, a Consumer's GuideIvan Doig Non-Fiction #11972 · 230 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1972230
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  2. 2
    Utopian AmericaIvan Doig Non-Fiction #21976 · 270 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1976270
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  3. 3
    This House of SkyIvan Doig Non-Fiction #31978 · confirmed 3/4
    1978–
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  4. 4
    Winter BrothersIvan Doig Non-Fiction #41980 · confirmed 3/4
    1980–
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  5. 5
    The Sea RunnersIvan Doig Standalone Novels #11981 · 275 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1981275
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  6. 6
    Inside This House of SkyIvan Doig Non-Fiction #51983 · 112 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1983112
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  7. 7
    English CreekMontana Trilogy #11984 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984352
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  8. 8
    Dancing at the Rascal FairMontana Trilogy #21987 · confirmed 3/4
    1987–
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  9. 9
    Ride With Me, Mariah MontanaMontana Trilogy #31990 · 321 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990321
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  10. 10
    Heart EarthIvan Doig Non-Fiction #61992 · 176 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992176
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  11. 11
    Bucking the SunTwo Medicine Country #11996 · 412 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996412
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  12. 12
    Mountain TimeTwo Medicine Country #21999 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999320
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  13. 13
    Prairie NocturneTwo Medicine Country #32003 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003384
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  14. 14
    The Whistling SeasonWhistling Season #12006 · confirmed 3/4
    2006–
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  15. 15
    The Eleventh ManTwo Medicine Country #42008 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008416
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  16. 16
    Work SongWhistling Season #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  17. 17
    The Bartender's TaleTwo Medicine Country #52012 · 414 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012414
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  18. 18
    Sweet ThunderWhistling Season #32013 · 305 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013305
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  19. 19
    Last Bus to WisdomTwo Medicine Country #62015 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015480
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Ivan Doig 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.

Ivan Doig Non-Fiction

6 books

6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Two Medicine Country in order

6 books
  1. 1. Bucking the Sun
  2. 2. Mountain Time
  3. 3. Prairie Nocturne
  4. 4. The Eleventh Man
  5. 5. The Bartender's Tale
  6. 6. Last Bus to Wisdom

Montana Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. English Creek
  2. 2. Dancing at the Rascal Fair
  3. 3. Ride With Me, Mariah Montana

Whistling Season in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Whistling Season
  2. 2. Work Song
  3. 3. Sweet Thunder

Ivan Doig Standalone Novels

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Ivan Doig Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Ivan Doig books run from News, a Consumer's Guide (1972) to Last Bus to Wisdom (2015), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ivan Doig in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Ivan Doig books in order?

You only need to read Ivan Doig 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 Ivan Doig

Start with News, a Consumer's Guide (1972), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ivan Doig book?

Last Bus to Wisdom (2015) is the newest Ivan Doig book released so far.

Is there a new Ivan Doig book coming?

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

Ivan Doig at a glance

Died
Ivan Doig died in 2015, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Ivan Doig on record dates from 2015.
Release pace
Ivan Doig books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,467 pages across the 14 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ivan Doig books, 5 of 19, were published in the 1980s.

What the Ivan Doig books are about

17 of the 19 Ivan Doig books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: montana is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.