Ken Kuhlken Books in Order
Ken Kuhlken has written 21 books, published between 1980 and 2020. The first book is Midheaven (1980) and the newest is The Holy Grail (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1980–2020
- Pages on record
- 2,308 in 9 of 21 books
San Diego native Ken Kuhlken played semi-pro baseball in Tijuana and studied philosophy, then English, at San Diego State University. Kuhlken later sang and played guitar in a rock and blues band, taught high school, and attended the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. His short stories ran in Esquire, drew an honourable mention in Best American Short Stories and earned him a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His Hickey Family Mystery series features Tom Hickey, with private investigators and Los Angeles among the subjects. The 21 titles run from Midheaven (1980) to The Holy Grail (2020).
How many Ken Kuhlken books are there?
Ken Kuhlken has 21 books, released between 1980 and 2020. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.
Ken Kuhlken Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Ken Kuhlken 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.
- 1Midheaven1980 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/419802651/4
- 21991–1/4
- 31993–1/4
- 41994–1/4
- 5No Cats, No Chocolate2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 620062281/4
- 720082341/4
- 8Writing and the Spirit2009 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/420092061/4
- 920102501/4
- 10Reading Brother Lawrence2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 1120142771/4
- 12Cars2016 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/420162361/4
- 13Newport Ave2018 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/420182821/4
- 142018–1/4
- 1520183301/4
- 162018–1/4
- 172019–1/4
- 182019–1/4
- 192019–1/4
- 202020–1/4
- 212020–1/4
Ken Kuhlken series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Hickey Family Mystery books in order 10 books
Ken Kuhlken 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.
For America in order
5 books- 1. Supermen
- 2. This Rough Beast
- 3. The Gas Crisis
- 4. War
- 5. The Holy Grail
Standalone books
6 books6 Ken Kuhlken titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ken Kuhlken books in order?
You only need to read Ken Kuhlken 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 Kuhlken
Start with The Loud Adios (1991), the first Hickey Family Mystery book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Midheaven (1980).
What is the newest Ken Kuhlken book?
The Holy Grail (2020) is the newest Ken Kuhlken book released so far.
Is there a new Ken Kuhlken book coming?
No next Ken Kuhlken 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 Kuhlken at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Ken Kuhlken title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Ken Kuhlken books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,308 pages across the 9 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ken Kuhlken books, 11 of 21, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ken Kuhlken books are about
8 of the 21 Ken Kuhlken books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: california is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- California 3 of 8 books
- Crime 3 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 8 books
- Private investigators 3 of 8 books
- Tom Hickey (Fictitious character) 3 of 8 books
- Corruption investigation 2 of 8 books
- Hickey, tom (fictitious character) 2 of 8 books
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 2 of 8 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 2 of 8 books
- World War, 1939-1945 2 of 8 books