Linda O Johnston Books in Order
Linda O Johnston has written 69 books, published between 1988 and 2025. The first book is Different Drummers (Short Story) (1988) and the newest is Canine Refuge (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 69
- Published
- 1988–2025
- Confirmed
- 68 of 69 titles
- Pages on record
- 12,868 in 45 of 69 books
- Reading time
- 214–322 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,868 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 45 of 69 titles with a page count on record.
Dogs run through most of Linda O Johnston's work. The Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mysteries pair pet-sitting with murder investigation, and the Pet Rescue, Barkery & Biscuits, Shelter of Secrets and K-9 Ranch Rescue series continue on that ground, while the Alpha Force books sit in Harlequin's paranormal line. Women lawyers, dog owners and rescue work recur as subjects. Eighty-two titles are catalogued, from a 1988 short story to Canine Refuge (2025), at a median length of 288 pages.
How many Linda O Johnston books are there?
Linda O Johnston has 69 books, released between 1988 and 2025. They include 6 separate series.
Linda O Johnston Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 69 Linda O Johnston 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.
- 11988–1/4
- 219953263/4
- 319963203/4
- 419983633/4
- 519993203/4
- 620002943/4
- 72000–3/4
- 820002563/4
- 920012563/4
- 1020022563/4
- 1120022563/4
- 1220032493/4
- 1320042483/4
- 1420042483/4
- 1520052953/4
- 1620052653/4
- 1720062723/4
- 1820072723/4
- 1920072453/4
- 2020082643/4
- 2120093623/4
- 2220092823/4
- 2320092953/4
- 2420092913/4
- 252009–3/4
- 262010–3/4
- 272010–3/4
- 282010–3/4
- 292011–3/4
- 3020112963/4
- 312011–3/4
- 3220112813/4
- 3320122913/4
- 3420122563/4
- 3520122243/4
- 362013–3/4
- 372013–3/4
- 382013–3/4
- 3920132813/4
- 4020143363/4
- 4120142923/4
- 422014–3/4
- 4320142983/4
- 4420143043/4
- 4520153003/4
- 4620153123/4
- 4720153043/4
- 4820162983/4
- 4920162753/4
- 5020162803/4
- 5120172763/4
- 522017–3/4
- 5320182883/4
- 5420182883/4
- 5520182733/4
- 562018–3/4
- 5720183043/4
- 582019–3/4
- 592019–3/4
- 6020202883/4
- 612021–3/4
- 622021–3/4
- 632022–3/4
- 642022–3/4
- 652023–3/4
- 6620232883/4
- 672023–3/4
- 682024–3/4
- 692025–3/4
Linda O Johnston characters in order
Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Linda O Johnston 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.
Linda O Johnston Standalone Novels
17 books17 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alpha Force in order
10 booksKendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter Mystery in order
9 booksPet Rescue Mystery in order
7 booksBarkery & Biscuits Mystery in order
5 booksShelter of Secrets in order
5 booksSuperstition Mystery in order
3 booksK-9 Ranch Rescue in order
3 booksHarlequin Nocturne in order
3 books- 3. Back to Life
- 14. The Black Wolf
- 17. Visionary Wolf
Linda O Johnston Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Colton 911 in order
1 bookColorado Confidential in order
1 bookColtons Of Mustang Valley in order
1 bookColtons Of Grave Gulch in order
1 bookColtons Of Colorado in order
1 bookColtons of New York in order
1 bookDo you have to read Linda O Johnston books in order?
You only need to read Linda O Johnston books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Linda O Johnston
Start with the first book of the Linda O Johnston series you want to read: Alpha Force (Linda Johnston) starts with Alpha Wolf (2009) and Kendra Ballantyne starts with Sit, Stay, Slay (2005). The earliest catalogued title overall is Different Drummers (Short Story) (1988).
What is the newest Linda O Johnston book?
Canine Refuge (2025) is the newest Linda O Johnston book released so far.
Is there a new Linda O Johnston book coming?
No next Linda O Johnston book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Linda O Johnston at a glance
- Still publishing
- Linda O Johnston published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Linda O Johnston books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 12,868 pages across the 45 of 69 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Linda O Johnston books, 34 of 69, were published in the 2010s.
What the Linda O Johnston books are about
45 of the 69 Linda O Johnston books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 14 of 45. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 14 of 45 books
- Investigation 11 of 45 books
- Mystery & detective 11 of 45 books
- Pet sitting 8 of 45 books
- Kendra Ballantyne (Fictitious character) 7 of 45 books
- Romance 7 of 45 books
- Contemporary romance 6 of 45 books
- Crime 5 of 45 books
- Dog owners 5 of 45 books
- Man-woman relationships 5 of 45 books
- Paranormal romance 5 of 45 books
- Women lawyers 5 of 45 books