K.C. Constantine Books in Order
K.C. Constantine has written 18 books, published between 1972 and 2024. The first book is The Rocksburg Railroad Murders (1972) and the newest is Another Day's Pain (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1972–2024
- Pages on record
- 3,824 in 16 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 64–96 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,824 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Rocksburg, an imaginary place in Pennsylvania, gives its name to the K.C. Constantine series. The catalogue lists 18 books from 1972 to 2024, tagged as police procedural mysteries. Mario Balzic and Ruggiero Carlucci are fictitious characters named in the subjects, alongside police chiefs and private investigators. The Rocksburg Railroad Murders (1972) comes first, then The Man Who Liked To Look At Himself (1973) and The Blank Page (1974). Joey's Case (1988) and Sunshine Enemies (1990) are later entries, and Another Day's Pain (2024) is the newest.
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How many K.C. Constantine books are there?
K.C. Constantine has 18 books, released between 1972 and 2024.
K.C. Constantine Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 K.C. Constantine 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 November 2026.
- 119721962/4
- 219731562/4
- 319741502/4
- 419751852/4
- 519821772/4
- 619832562/4
- 719852322/4
- 819882162/4
- 919901762/4
- 1019932602/4
- 1119953202/4
- 1219962972/4
- 1319972562/4
- 1419982782/4
- 1519993752/4
- 162000–2/4
- 1720022942/4
- 182024–2/4
K.C. Constantine 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.
Rocksburg in order
18 books- 1. The Rocksburg Railroad Murders
- 2. The Man Who Liked To Look At Himself
- 3. The Blank Page
- 4. A Fix Like This
- 5. The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes
- 6. Always a Body to Trade
- 7. Upon Some Midnights Clear
- 8. Joey's Case
- 9. Sunshine Enemies
- 10. Bottom Liner Blues
- 11. Cranks and Shadows
- 12. Good Sons
- and 6 more in the table above
Do you have to read K.C. Constantine books in order?
You only need to read K.C. Constantine books in order within the Rocksburg series, which holds 18 of the 18 K.C. Constantine books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with K.C. Constantine
Start with The Rocksburg Railroad Murders (1972), the earliest published title.
What is the newest K.C. Constantine book?
Another Day's Pain (2024) is the newest K.C. Constantine book released so far.
Is there a new K.C. Constantine book coming?
No next K.C. Constantine book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
K.C. Constantine at a glance
- Still publishing
- K.C. Constantine published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- K.C. Constantine books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 3,824 pages across the 16 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 244 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most K.C. Constantine books, 7 of 18, were published in the 1990s.
When K.C. Constantine books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when K.C. Constantine titles appeared. 1990s was the most productive decade with 7 titles.
18 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the K.C. Constantine books are about
17 of the 18 K.C. Constantine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: balzic, mario (fictitious character) is tagged on 15 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Balzic, mario (fictitious character) 15 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 14 of 17 books
- Pennsylvania 14 of 17 books
- Mario Balzic (Fictitious character) 13 of 17 books
- Rocksburg (pa. : imaginary place) 12 of 17 books
- Carlucci, ruggiero (fictitious character) 11 of 17 books
- Police 11 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 17 books
- Police chiefs 2 of 17 books