Order of Book Series
0

JK Brandon Books in Order

JK Brandon has written 15 books, published between 2001 and 2017. The first book is A Howl in the Night (2001) and the newest is Dead Dogs Don't Howl (2017). Publication order is the reading order below. 11 of the 15 books listed here are in the Howl series, which has its own page: Howl books in order.

Books
15
Published
2001–2017
Pages on record
2,360 in 12 of 15 books
Reading time
39–59 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,360 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

See all 15 books in order Printable JK Brandon checklist

JK Brandon's catalogue holds 15 books from A Howl in the Night (2001) to Dead Dogs Don't Howl (2017), and Howl is the listed series. Recorded subjects include dogs, murder, investigation and suburban life. A Howl at Midnight, A Howl for Help and The Twilight Howl carry 2012 dates, and Howling through Darkness and Less Howl, More Wag came in 2013. The listing also includes The Kennedy Rifle (2012) and Tactical Reload (2012), and other recorded subjects are presidents, assassination and conspiracies.

How many JK Brandon books are there?

JK Brandon has 15 books, released between 2001 and 2017. 11 of them belong to the Howl series.

JK Brandon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 JK Brandon 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 A Howl in the Night by JK Brandon, book 1 of the Howl series (2001)
  2. Cover of The Kennedy Rifle by JK Brandon (2012)
  3. Cover of The Twilight Howl by JK Brandon, book 3 of the Howl series (2012)
  4. Cover of Shoot First, Howl Later by JK Brandon, book 8 of the Howl series (2014)
  1. 1
    A Howl in the NightHowl #12001 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001236
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    The Steel Violin2012 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012274
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    A Howl at MidnightHowl #22012 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012216
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Kennedy Rifle2012 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    A Kind Word and a Gun2012 · 196 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012196
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Twilight HowlHowl #32012 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012178
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    A Howl for HelpHowl #42012 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012174
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Tactical Reload2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Howling through DarknessHowl #52013 · 182 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013182
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Murder Most HowlHowl #62013 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013186
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Less Howl, More WagHowl #72013 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013170
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Shoot First, Howl LaterHowl #82014 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014178
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Howl of the WildHowl #92015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  14. 14
    Howl No EvilHowl #102016 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016162
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  15. 15
    Dead Dogs Don't HowlHowl #112017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

JK Brandon series in order

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

JK Brandon 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.

Standalone books

4 books

4 JK Brandon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read JK Brandon books in order?

You only need to read JK Brandon books in order within the Howl series, which holds 11 of the 15 JK Brandon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with JK Brandon

Start with A Howl in the Night (2001), the first Howl book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest JK Brandon book?

Dead Dogs Don't Howl (2017) is the newest JK Brandon book released so far.

Is there a new JK Brandon book coming?

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

JK Brandon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest JK Brandon title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
JK Brandon books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,360 pages across the 12 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 184 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most JK Brandon books, 14 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the JK Brandon books are about

2 of the 15 JK Brandon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.