Margaret Coel Books in Order
Margaret Coel has written 34 books, published between 1981 and 2017. The first book is Chief Left Hand (1981) and the newest is Man Found Dead in Park (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 34
- Published
- 1981–2017
- Confirmed
- 34 of 34 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,424 in 22 of 34 books
- Reading time
- 90–136 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,424 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 34 titles with a page count on record.
Margaret Coel's series include Wind River Reservation, Arapaho Ten Commandments and Catherine McLeod, alongside non-fiction and short stories. Subjects name Vicky Holden and John O'Malley as characters and cover Arapaho Indians, women lawyers, clergy and Wyoming. The 34 catalogued books run from Chief Left Hand (1981) to Man Found Dead in Park (2017). The Eagle Catcher (1995), The Ghost Walker (1996) and The Dream Stalker (1997) are among the titles. The catalogue is listed as likely complete.
How many Margaret Coel books are there?
Margaret Coel has 34 books, released between 1981 and 2017. They include 3 separate series.
Margaret Coel Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 34 Margaret Coel 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.
- 11981–3/4
- 219851803/4
- 31985493/4
- 419952413/4
- 519962563/4
- 619972603/4
- 71998243/4
- 81999203/4
- 919992943/4
- 1019992413/4
- 112000–3/4
- 1220003043/4
- 132001–3/4
- 1420012453/4
- 152002–3/4
- 1620022913/4
- 1720032913/4
- 182004–3/4
- 1920042743/4
- 2020053203/4
- 212006–3/4
- 2220063213/4
- 2320072933/4
- 242008–3/4
- 252009–3/4
- 262010–3/4
- 27Watching Eagles Soar: Stories from the Wind River and BeyondMargaret Coel Short Story #12011 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/420113523/4
- 2820112933/4
- 292012–3/4
- 302013–3/4
- 3120142903/4
- 3220152913/4
- 3320162943/4
- 342017–3/4
Margaret Coel 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.
Wind River Reservation in order
20 books- 1. The Eagle Catcher
- 2. The Ghost Walker
- 3. The Dream Stalker
- 4. The Lost Bird
- 5. The Story Teller
- 6. The Spirit Woman
- 7. The Thunder Keeper
- 8. The Shadow Dancer
- 9. Killing Raven
- 10. Wife of Moon
- 11. Eye of the Wolf
- 12. The Drowning Man
- and 8 more in the table above
Arapaho Ten Commandments in order
8 booksMargaret Coel Non-Fiction
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Catherine McLeod in order
2 booksMargaret Coel Short Story
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Margaret Coel Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Margaret Coel Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Margaret Coel books run from Chief Left Hand (1981) to Man Found Dead in Park (2017), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Margaret Coel in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Margaret Coel books in order?
You only need to read Margaret Coel 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 Margaret Coel
Start with Chief Left Hand (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Margaret Coel book?
Man Found Dead in Park (2017) is the newest Margaret Coel book released so far.
Is there a new Margaret Coel book coming?
No next Margaret Coel book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Margaret Coel at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Margaret Coel title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Margaret Coel books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,424 pages across the 22 of 34 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margaret Coel books, 15 of 34, were published in the 2000s.
What the Margaret Coel books are about
25 of the 34 Margaret Coel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: vicky holden (fictitious character) is tagged on 17 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Vicky Holden (Fictitious character) 17 of 25 books
- John O'Malley (Fictitious character) 16 of 25 books
- Arapaho Indians 14 of 25 books
- Women lawyers 11 of 25 books
- Clergy 8 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 25 books
- O'malley, john (fictitious character) 7 of 25 books
- Indians of North America 6 of 25 books
- Investigation 5 of 25 books
- Holden, vicky (fictitious character) 4 of 25 books
- Murder 4 of 25 books
- Wyoming 4 of 25 books