Rex Miller Books in Order
11 books are credited to Rex Miller, published between 1981 and 2008; 1 of them appeared after Rex Miller's death in 2004. The first book is Slob (1981) and the newest is Pirate Radio (2008). Publication order is the reading order below. 9 of the 11 books listed here are in the Chaingang series, which has its own page: Chaingang books in order.
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 1981–2008
- Pages on record
- 1,841 in 10 of 11 books
- Reading time
- 31–46 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,841 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.
Rex Miller was the professional name of Rex Miller Spangberg, an American novelist born on 25 April 1939 who died on 21 May 2004. A series of Miller's novels follows Jack Eichord, a homicide detective who hunts serial killers. Slob, the first of them, introduced the half-ton killer Daniel Bunkowski and earned a 1987 Bram Stoker Award nomination for Best First Novel. Bunkowski returned in Chaingang, Butcher and Savant, three novels set outside the Eichord continuity. The catalogue also includes Frenzy (1988) and Iceman (1990), with subject headings for horror, serial murders, the Vietnam War and Dallas, Texas.
How many Rex Miller books are there?
Rex Miller has 11 books, released between 1981 and 2008. 1 of them were published after Rex Miller's death in 2004. 9 of them belong to the Chaingang series.
Rex Miller Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 11 Rex Miller 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.
- 119813011/4
- 2198811/4
- 319892851/4
- 4198911/4
- 5199011/4
- 619902831/4
- 719923101/4
- 819942121/4
- 919942881/4
- 10Saint Louis Blues1995 · 159 pages · confirmed 1/419951591/4
- 11Pirate Radio2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
Rex Miller series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Chaingang books in order 9 books
Rex Miller 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.
Standalone books
2 books2 Rex Miller titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Rex Miller books in order?
You only need to read Rex Miller books in order within the Chaingang series, which holds 9 of the 11 Rex Miller books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Rex Miller
Start with Slob (1981), the first Chaingang book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Rex Miller book?
Pirate Radio (2008) is the newest Rex Miller book released so far.
Is there a new Rex Miller book coming?
No next Rex Miller book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Rex Miller at a glance
- Died
- Rex Miller died in 2004, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to Rex Miller are still being published after Rex Miller's death in 2004; the newest appeared in 2008.
- Release pace
- Rex Miller books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,841 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 248 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Rex Miller books, 6 of 11, were published in the 1990s.
What the Rex Miller books are about
10 of the 11 Rex Miller books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 5 of 10 books
- Serial murders 5 of 10 books
- Chaingang (fictitious character) 4 of 10 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 10 books