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Randall Silvis Books in Order

Randall Silvis has written 29 books, published between 1984 and 2022. The first book is Luckiest Man in the World (1984) and the newest is The Deepest Black (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1984–2022
Pages on record
5,153 in 17 of 29 books
Reading time
86–129 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,153 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 29 titles with a page count on record.

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Randall Silvis is an American novelist, poet and teacher of creative writing. The Ryan DeMarco Mysteries are his main crime series, set around Pennsylvania and turning on murder investigations and missing persons, and a separate sequence casts Edgar Allan Poe as an investigator, beginning with On Night's Shore (2001). Twenty-nine catalogued titles run from Luckiest Man in the World (1984) to The Deepest Black (2022).

How many Randall Silvis books are there?

Randall Silvis has 29 books, released between 1984 and 2022. They include 2 series and 22 titles listed outside any series.

Randall Silvis Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Randall Silvis 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. Cover of Excelsior by Randall Silvis (1988)
  2. Cover of Under the Rainbow by Randall Silvis (1993)
  3. Cover of Dead Man Falling by Randall Silvis (1996)
  4. Cover of The 50 Greatest Dads of All Time by Randall Silvis (1998)
  5. Cover of Mysticus by Randall Silvis (1999)
  6. Cover of On Night's Shore by Randall Silvis, book 1 of the Edgar Allan Poe series (2001)
  7. Cover of Disquiet Heart by Randall Silvis, book 2 of the Edgar Allan Poe series (2002)
  8. Cover of Heart So Hungry by Randall Silvis (2004)
  9. Cover of Doubly Dead by Randall Silvis (2004)
  10. Cover of North of Unknown by Randall Silvis (2005)
  11. Cover of In a Town Called Mundomuerto by Randall Silvis (2007)
  12. Cover of The Boy Who Shoots Crows by Randall Silvis (2011)
  13. Cover of Two Days Gone by Randall Silvis, book 1 of the Ryan DeMarco Mystery series (2017)
  14. Cover of First the Thunder by Randall Silvis (2018)
  15. Cover of A Long Way Down, by Randall Silvis, book 3 of the Ryan DeMarco Mystery series (2019)
  1. 1
    Luckiest Man in the World1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  2. 2
    Excelsior1988 · 293 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988293
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  3. 3
    An Occasional Hell1993 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993308
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  4. 4
    Under the Rainbow1993 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993128
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  5. 5
    Dead Man Falling1996 · 214 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996214
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  6. 6
    The 50 Greatest Dads of All Time1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  7. 7
    Mysticus1999 · 414 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999414
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  8. 8
    On Night's ShoreEdgar Allan Poe #12001 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001368
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  9. 9
    Disquiet HeartEdgar Allan Poe #22002 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002322
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  10. 10
    Heart So Hungry2004 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004266
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  11. 11
    Doubly Dead2004 · 404 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004404
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  12. 12
    North of Unknown2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  13. 13
    In a Town Called Mundomuerto2007 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007160
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  14. 14
    Hangtime2009 · 233 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009233
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  15. 15
    The Boy Who Shoots Crows2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  16. 16
    Flying Fish2012 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201260
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  17. 17
    The Indian2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  18. 18
    Snap2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  19. 19
    Blood & Ink2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  20. 20
    Two Days GoneRyan DeMarco Mystery #12017 · 394 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017394
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  21. 21
    Only the Rain2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  22. 22
    Walking the BonesRyan DeMarco Mystery #22018 · 455 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018455
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  23. 23
    First the Thunder2018 · 318 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018318
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  24. 24
    Incident on Ten-Right Road2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  25. 25
    A Long Way Down,Ryan DeMarco Mystery #32019 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019464
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  26. 26
    No Woods So Dark as TheseRyan DeMarco Mystery #42020 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020352
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  27. 27
    From the Mirror: Reflections on Living, Writing, and Dying Well2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  28. 28
    When All Light FailsRyan DeMarco Mystery #52021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  29. 29
    The Deepest Black2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Randall Silvis 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.

Ryan DeMarco Mystery in order

5 books
  1. 1. Two Days Gone
  2. 2. Walking the Bones
  3. 3. A Long Way Down,
  4. 4. No Woods So Dark as These
  5. 5. When All Light Fails

Edgar Allan Poe in order

2 books
  1. 1. On Night's Shore
  2. 2. Disquiet Heart

Standalone books

22 books

22 Randall Silvis titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Randall Silvis books in order?

You only need to read Randall Silvis 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 Randall Silvis

Start with Luckiest Man in the World (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Randall Silvis book?

The Deepest Black (2022) is the newest Randall Silvis book released so far.

Is there a new Randall Silvis book coming?

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

Randall Silvis at a glance

Paused
No new Randall Silvis title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Randall Silvis books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,153 pages across the 17 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 318 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Randall Silvis books, 11 of 29, were published in the 2010s.

What the Randall Silvis books are about

20 of the 29 Randall Silvis books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 4 of 20. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.