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Julia Keller Books in Order

Julia Keller has written 18 books, published between 2008 and 2020. The first book is Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel (2008) and the newest is Back Home (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2008–2020
Confirmed
18 of 18 titles
Pages on record
3,871 in 12 of 18 books
Reading time
65–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,871 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 18 titles with a page count on record.

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Julia Keller writes crime fiction, and her 18 catalogued books span 2008 to 2020. Bell Elkins is her recurring character, and the subject tags across the run name West Virginia, murder investigation, public prosecutors and women sleuths. Keller also wrote the Dark Intercept novels, standalone fiction and non-fiction, beginning with Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel (2008). Back Home (2020) is the most recent entry, and nothing has followed it.

How many Julia Keller books are there?

Julia Keller has 18 books, released between 2008 and 2020. They include 2 separate series.

Julia Keller Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Julia Keller 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 Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller, book 1 of the Bell Elkins series (2012)
  2. Cover of Bitter River by Julia Keller, book 2 of the Bell Elkins series (2013)
  3. Cover of Summer of the Dead by Julia Keller, book 3 of the Bell Elkins series (2014)
  4. Cover of Last Ragged Breath by Julia Keller, book 7 of the Bell Elkins series (2015)
  5. Cover of Sorrow Road by Julia Keller, book 9 of the Bell Elkins series (2016)
  6. Cover of The Dark Intercept by Julia Keller, book 1 of the Dark Intercept series (2017)
  7. Cover of Fast Falls the Night by Julia Keller, book 10 of the Bell Elkins series (2017)
  8. Cover of Dark Star Calling by Julia Keller, book 4 of the Dark Intercept series (2019)
  9. Cover of The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller, book 12 of the Bell Elkins series (2019)
  10. Cover of Back Home by Julia Keller, book 1 of the Julia Keller Standalone Novels series (2020)
  1. 1
    Mr. Gatling's Terrible MarvelJulia Keller Non-Fiction #12008 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008294
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  2. 2
    A Killing in the HillsBell Elkins #12012 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012384
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  3. 3
    Bitter RiverBell Elkins #22013 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013400
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  4. 4
    Summer of the DeadBell Elkins #32014 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014384
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  5. 5
    The Devil's StepdaughterBell Elkins #42014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  6. 6
    A Haunting of the BonesBell Elkins #52014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  7. 7
    Ghost RollBell Elkins #62015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  8. 8
    Last Ragged BreathBell Elkins #72015 · 397 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015397
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  9. 9
    Evening StreetBell Elkins #82015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  10. 10
    Sorrow RoadBell Elkins #92016 · 354 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016354
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  11. 11
    The Dark InterceptDark Intercept #12017 · 314 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017314
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  12. 12
    The Tablet of ScapturDark Intercept #22017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  13. 13
    Fast Falls the NightBell Elkins #102017 · 286 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017286
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  14. 14
    Dark Mind RisingDark Intercept #32018 · 286 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018286
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  15. 15
    Bone on BoneBell Elkins #112018 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018307
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  16. 16
    Dark Star CallingDark Intercept #42019 · 271 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019271
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  17. 17
    The Cold Way HomeBell Elkins #122019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  18. 18
    Back HomeJulia Keller Standalone Novels #12020 · 194 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020194
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Julia Keller 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.

Bell Elkins in order

12 books
  1. 1. A Killing in the Hills
  2. 2. Bitter River
  3. 3. Summer of the Dead
  4. 4. The Devil's Stepdaughter
  5. 5. A Haunting of the Bones
  6. 6. Ghost Roll
  7. 7. Last Ragged Breath
  8. 8. Evening Street
  9. 9. Sorrow Road
  10. 10. Fast Falls the Night
  11. 11. Bone on Bone
  12. 12. The Cold Way Home

Dark Intercept in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Dark Intercept
  2. 2. The Tablet of Scaptur
  3. 3. Dark Mind Rising
  4. 4. Dark Star Calling

Julia Keller Non-Fiction

1 book

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

Julia Keller Standalone Novels

1 book

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

Julia Keller Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Julia Keller books run from Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel (2008) to Back Home (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Julia Keller in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Julia Keller books in order?

You only need to read Julia Keller books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Julia Keller

Start with Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Julia Keller book?

Back Home (2020) is the newest Julia Keller book released so far.

Is there a new Julia Keller book coming?

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

Julia Keller at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Julia Keller title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Julia Keller books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,871 pages across the 12 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Julia Keller books, 16 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Julia Keller books are about

11 of the 18 Julia Keller books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.