Kent Harrington Books in Order

Kent Harrington has written 9 books, published between 1996 and 2021. The first book is Dark Ride (1996) and the newest is Last Seen (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1996–2021
Pages on record
2,290 in 8 of 9 books
Reading time
38–57 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,290 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Photo of Kent Harrington, author of the Michael O'Higgins series

Kent Harrington is an American novelist. Dia de Los Muertos (1997), The American Boys (1999) and The Tattooed Muse (2001) are the titles that carry the widest recognition. Nine catalogued books run from Dark Ride (1996) to Last Seen (2021), with Harrington credited alone on each, and Michael O'Higgins heads the one series in the listing. Subject headings file the work as thriller and psychological mystery and name Mexico, Guatemala, the Mayas, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Central Intelligence Agency. The novels reach a median of 288 pages.

How many Kent Harrington books are there?

Kent Harrington has 9 books, released between 1996 and 2021. 2 of them belong to the Michael O'Higgins series.

Kent Harrington Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Kent Harrington 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. 1
    Dark Ride1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996256
  2. 2
    Dia de Los Muertos1997 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997289
  3. 3
    The American Boys1999 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999226
  4. 4
    The Tattooed Muse2001 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001288
  5. 5
    Red Jungle2004 · 325 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004325
  6. 6
    The Good Physician2008 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008269
  7. 7
    The Rat Machine2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  8. 8
    Last Ferry HomeMichael O'Higgins #12018 · 301 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018301
  9. 9
    Last SeenMichael O'Higgins #22021 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021336

Kent Harrington 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.

Michael O'Higgins in order

2 books
  1. 1. Last Ferry Home
  2. 2. Last Seen

Standalone books

7 books

7 Kent Harrington titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kent Harrington books in order?

You only need to read Kent Harrington books in order within the Michael O'Higgins series, which holds 2 of the 9 Kent Harrington books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Kent Harrington

Start with Dark Ride (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kent Harrington book?

Last Seen (2021) is the newest Kent Harrington book released so far.

Is there a new Kent Harrington book coming?

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

Kent Harrington at a glance

Paused
No new Kent Harrington title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Kent Harrington books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,290 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kent Harrington books, 3 of 9, were published in the 2000s.

What the Kent Harrington books are about

8 of the 9 Kent Harrington books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.