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Keith McCafferty Books in Order

Keith McCafferty has written 10 books, published between 1999 and 2020. The first book is L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook (1999) and the newest is The Bangtail Ghost (2020). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 10 books listed here are in the Sean Stranahan series, which has its own page: Sean Stranahan books in order.

Books
10
Published
1999–2020
Pages on record
2,884 in 9 of 10 books
Reading time
48–72 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,884 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Keith McCafferty checklist

Fly fishing and Montana run through Keith McCafferty's mysteries, where Sean Stranahan works murder and missing-person cases among sheriffs and policewomen. That series starts at The Royal Wulff Murders (2012) and reaches The Bangtail Ghost (2020). Two outdoor handbooks written for L.L. Bean in 1999 and 2000 open a catalogue of 10 titles.

How many Keith McCafferty books are there?

Keith McCafferty has 10 books, released between 1999 and 2020. 8 of them belong to the Sean Stranahan series.

Keith McCafferty Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Keith McCafferty 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 L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook by Keith McCafferty (1999)
  2. Cover of L.L. Bean Hiking and Backpacking Handbook by Keith McCafferty (2000)
  3. Cover of The Royal Wulff Murders by Keith McCafferty, book 1 of the Sean Stranahan series (2012)
  4. Cover of The Gray Ghost Murders by Keith McCafferty, book 2 of the Sean Stranahan series (2013)
  5. Cover of Buffalo Jump Blues by Keith McCafferty, book 5 of the Sean Stranahan series (2016)
  6. Cover of Cold Hearted River by Keith McCafferty, book 6 of the Sean Stranahan series (2017)
  1. 1
    L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook1999 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999192
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    L.L. Bean Hiking and Backpacking Handbook2000 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000208
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Royal Wulff MurdersSean Stranahan #12012 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012352
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Gray Ghost MurdersSean Stranahan #22013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Dead Man's FancySean Stranahan #32014 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Crazy Mountain KissSean Stranahan #42015 · 334 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015334
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Buffalo Jump BluesSean Stranahan #52016 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Cold Hearted RiverSean Stranahan #62017 · 501 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017501
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    A Death in EdenSean Stranahan #72018 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018305
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Bangtail GhostSean Stranahan #82020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Keith McCafferty series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Keith McCafferty 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

2 books

2 Keith McCafferty titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Keith McCafferty Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Keith McCafferty books run from L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook (1999) to The Bangtail Ghost (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Keith McCafferty in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Keith McCafferty books in order?

You only need to read Keith McCafferty books in order within the Sean Stranahan series, which holds 8 of the 10 Keith McCafferty books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Keith McCafferty

Start with the first book of the Keith McCafferty series you want to read: Sean Stranahan starts with The Royal Wulff Murders (2012) and Sean Stranahan Mystery starts with The Royal Wulff Murders (2012). The earliest catalogued title overall is L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook (1999).

What is the newest Keith McCafferty book?

The Bangtail Ghost (2020) is the newest Keith McCafferty book released so far.

Is there a new Keith McCafferty book coming?

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

Keith McCafferty at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Keith McCafferty title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Keith McCafferty books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,884 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 334 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Keith McCafferty books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Keith McCafferty books are about

All 10 Keith McCafferty books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.