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Ken Goddard Books in Order

Ken Goddard has written 12 books, published between 1984 and 2011. The first book is Balefire (1984) and the newest is Chimera (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1984–2011
Pages on record
3,218 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
54–80 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,218 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Ken Goddard checklist

Ken Goddard writes crime thrillers and police procedurals. Twelve books are catalogued between Balefire (1984) and Chimera (2011), among them Wildfire (1985), Cheater / Digger (1991), Prey (1992), Double Blind (1997), First Evidence (1999), Outer Perimeter (2001) and In Extremis (2007). Henry Lightstone and Colin Cellars are Goddard's catalogued series. Recorded subjects include environmental protection, serial murders, psychopaths, and settings in California and the Pacific Northwest.

How many Ken Goddard books are there?

Ken Goddard has 12 books, released between 1984 and 2011. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Ken Goddard Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Ken Goddard 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 Balefire by Ken Goddard (1984)
  2. Cover of Wildfire by Ken Goddard, book 2 of the Henry Lightstone series (1985)
  3. Cover of Cheater / Digger by Ken Goddard (1991)
  4. Cover of Prey by Ken Goddard, book 1 of the Henry Lightstone series (1992)
  5. Cover of Informative Writing: Your Practical Guide to Effective Communication by Ken Goddard (1995)
  6. Cover of Double Blind by Ken Goddard, book 3 of the Henry Lightstone series (1997)
  7. Cover of Outer Perimeter by Ken Goddard, book 2 of the Colin Cellars series (2001)
  8. Cover of In Extremis by Ken Goddard, book 1 of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series (2007)
  1. 1
    Balefire1984 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984416
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  2. 2
    WildfireHenry Lightstone #21985 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985480
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  3. 3
    Cheater / Digger1991 · 560 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991560
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  4. 4
    PreyHenry Lightstone #11992 · 398 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992398
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  5. 5
    Informative Writing: Your Practical Guide to Effective Communication1995 · 114 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995114
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  6. 6
    Double BlindHenry Lightstone #31997 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997480
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  7. 7
    First EvidenceColin Cellars #11999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  8. 8
    Outer PerimeterColin Cellars #22001 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001496
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  9. 9
    In ExtremisCSI: Crime Scene Investigation #12007 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007274
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  10. 10
    It's Your Crime Scene2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  11. 11
    Final DispositionColin Cellars #32011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  12. 12
    Chimera2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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Ken Goddard 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.

Henry Lightstone in order

3 books
  1. 1. Prey
  2. 2. Wildfire
  3. 3. Double Blind

Colin Cellars in order

3 books
  1. 1. First Evidence
  2. 2. Outer Perimeter
  3. 3. Final Disposition

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in order

1 book
  1. 1. In Extremis

Standalone books

5 books

5 Ken Goddard titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ken Goddard books in order?

You only need to read Ken Goddard 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 Ken Goddard

Start with Balefire (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ken Goddard book?

Chimera (2011) is the newest Ken Goddard book released so far.

Is there a new Ken Goddard book coming?

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

Ken Goddard at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ken Goddard title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ken Goddard books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,218 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 448 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ken Goddard books, 5 of 12, were published in the 1990s.

What the Ken Goddard books are about

7 of the 12 Ken Goddard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: environmental protection is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.