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James D. Doss Books in Order

James D. Doss has written 17 books, published between 1994 and 2012. The first book is The Shaman Sings (1994) and the newest is The Old Gray Wolf (2012). Publication order is the reading order below. All 17 books listed here are in the Charlie Moon series, which has its own page: Charlie Moon books in order.

Books
17
Published
1994–2012
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
5,044 in 15 of 17 books
Reading time
84–126 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,044 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Charlie Moon is the detective in James D. Doss's mysteries, set in Colorado among Ute communities. The Shaman Sings (1994) opens a 17-book run that closed with The Old Gray Wolf in 2012. Police procedure, missing persons and Native American life carry the series, and the shaman titles - The Shaman Laughs, The Shaman's Bones, The Shaman's Game - group its early years.

How many James D. Doss books are there?

James D. Doss has 17 books, released between 1994 and 2012.

James D. Doss Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 James D. Doss 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 The Shaman Sings by James D. Doss, book 1 of the Charlie Moon series (1994)
  2. Cover of The Shaman Laughs by James D. Doss, book 2 of the Charlie Moon series (1995)
  3. Cover of The Shaman's Bones by James D. Doss, book 3 of the Charlie Moon series (1997)
  4. Cover of The Shaman's Game by James D. Doss, book 4 of the Charlie Moon series (1998)
  5. Cover of The Night Visitor by James D. Doss, book 5 of the Charlie Moon series (1999)
  6. Cover of Grandmother Spider by James D. Doss, book 6 of the Charlie Moon series (2001)
  7. Cover of White Shell Woman by James D. Doss, book 7 of the Charlie Moon series (2002)
  8. Cover of Dead Soul by James D. Doss, book 8 of the Charlie Moon series (2003)
  9. Cover of The Witch's Tongue by James D. Doss, book 9 of the Charlie Moon series (2004)
  10. Cover of Shadow Man by James D. Doss, book 10 of the Charlie Moon series (2005)
  11. Cover of Stone Butterfly by James D. Doss, book 11 of the Charlie Moon series (2006)
  12. Cover of Three Sisters by James D. Doss, book 12 of the Charlie Moon series (2007)
  13. Cover of Snake Dreams by James D. Doss, book 13 of the Charlie Moon series (2008)
  14. Cover of The Widow's Revenge by James D. Doss, book 14 of the Charlie Moon series (2009)
  15. Cover of A Dead Man's Tale by James D. Doss, book 15 of the Charlie Moon series (2010)
  16. Cover of Coffin Man by James D. Doss, book 16 of the Charlie Moon series (2011)
  17. Cover of The Old Gray Wolf by James D. Doss, book 17 of the Charlie Moon series (2012)
  1. 1
    The Shaman SingsCharlie Moon #11994 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994272
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  2. 2
    The Shaman LaughsCharlie Moon #21995 · 274 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995274
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  3. 3
    The Shaman's BonesCharlie Moon #31997 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997344
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  4. 4
    The Shaman's GameCharlie Moon #41998 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998352
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  5. 5
    The Night VisitorCharlie Moon #51999 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999384
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  6. 6
    Grandmother SpiderCharlie Moon #62001 · confirmed 3/4
    2001–
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  7. 7
    White Shell WomanCharlie Moon #72002 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002352
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  8. 8
    Dead SoulCharlie Moon #82003 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003352
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  9. 9
    The Witch's TongueCharlie Moon #92004 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004324
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  10. 10
    Shadow ManCharlie Moon #102005 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005448
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  11. 11
    Stone ButterflyCharlie Moon #112006 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006304
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  12. 12
    Three SistersCharlie Moon #122007 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007320
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  13. 13
    Snake DreamsCharlie Moon #132008 · 308 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008308
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  14. 14
    The Widow's RevengeCharlie Moon #142009 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009326
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  15. 15
    A Dead Man's TaleCharlie Moon #152010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  16. 16
    Coffin ManCharlie Moon #162011 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011340
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  17. 17
    The Old Gray WolfCharlie Moon #172012 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012344
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James D. Doss series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Do you have to read James D. Doss books in order?

You only need to read James D. Doss books in order within the Charlie Moon series, which holds 17 of the 17 James D. Doss books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with James D. Doss

Start with The Shaman Sings (1994), the first Charlie Moon book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest James D. Doss book?

The Old Gray Wolf (2012) is the newest James D. Doss book released so far.

Is there a new James D. Doss book coming?

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

James D. Doss at a glance

No recent titles
The newest James D. Doss title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
James D. Doss books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,044 pages across the 15 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James D. Doss books, 9 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the James D. Doss books are about

All 17 James D. Doss books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: moon, charlie (fictitious character : doss) is tagged on 15 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.