Kirk Mitchell Books in Order

Kirk Mitchell has written 19 books, published between 1984 and 2004. The first book is A.D. Anno Domini (1984) and the newest is Dance of the Thunder Dogs (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1984–2004
Pages on record
4,712 in 15 of 19 books
Reading time
79–118 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,712 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

Kirk Mitchell, born in 1950, writes time travel, alternate history, historical and adventure fiction, plus novelisations of films. The 19 catalogued books open with A.D. Anno Domini and Procurator in 1984 and close with Dance of the Thunder Dogs (2004). Series include Procurator, the Emmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed mysteries and the Dee Laguerre Mysteries. Mitchell worked as a law enforcement officer earlier in his career, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indigenous North American subjects recur across the catalogue.

How many Kirk Mitchell books are there?

Kirk Mitchell has 19 books, released between 1984 and 2004. They include 3 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.

Kirk Mitchell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Kirk Mitchell 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
    A.D. Anno Domini1984 · 377 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984377
  2. 2
    ProcuratorProcurator #11984 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1984234
  3. 3
    The New BarbariansProcurator #21986 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986304
  4. 4
    Never The Twain1987 · confirmed 2/4
    1987
  5. 5
    Black Dragon1988 · confirmed 2/4
    1988
  6. 6
    Cry RepublicProcurator #31989 · 267 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989267
  7. 7
    Mississippi Burning1989 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19891
  8. 8
    With Siberia Comes a Chill1990 · 394 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990394
  9. 9
    Backdraft1991 · 250 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991250
  10. 10
    Shadow on the Valley1994 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994342
  11. 11
    Blown Away1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994
  12. 12
    High Desert MaliceDee Laguerre Mystery #11995 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995276
  13. 13
    Deep Valley MaliceDee Laguerre Mystery #21996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996
  14. 14
    Fredericksburg1996 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996384
  15. 15
    Cry DanceEmmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed #11999 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999341
  16. 16
    Spirit SicknessEmmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed #22000 · 374 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000374
  17. 17
    Ancient OnesEmmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed #32001 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001400
  18. 18
    Sky Woman FallingEmmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed #42003 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003384
  19. 19
    Dance of the Thunder DogsEmmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed #52004 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004384

Kirk Mitchell 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.

Emmett Parker and Anna Turnipseed in order

5 books
  1. 1. Cry Dance
  2. 2. Spirit Sickness
  3. 3. Ancient Ones
  4. 4. Sky Woman Falling
  5. 5. Dance of the Thunder Dogs

Procurator in order

3 books
  1. 1. Procurator
  2. 2. The New Barbarians
  3. 3. Cry Republic

Dee Laguerre Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. High Desert Malice
  2. 2. Deep Valley Malice

Standalone books

9 books

9 Kirk Mitchell titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kirk Mitchell books in order?

You only need to read Kirk Mitchell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Kirk Mitchell

Start with A.D. Anno Domini (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kirk Mitchell book?

Dance of the Thunder Dogs (2004) is the newest Kirk Mitchell book released so far.

Is there a new Kirk Mitchell book coming?

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

Kirk Mitchell at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kirk Mitchell title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kirk Mitchell books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,712 pages across the 15 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 342 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kirk Mitchell books, 8 of 19, were published in the 1990s.

What the Kirk Mitchell books are about

17 of the 19 Kirk Mitchell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: indians of north america is tagged on 4 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.