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Robert Traver Books in Order

12 books are credited to Robert Traver, published between 1954 and 2015; 1 of them appeared after Robert Traver's death in 1991. The first book is Small Town D.A. (1954) and the newest is Trouble Shooter (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Robert Traver is the pen name of John D. Voelker.

Books
12
Published
1954–2015
Confirmed
1 of 12 titles
Pages on record
1,188 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
20–30 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,188 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Robert Traver, author

Robert Traver is the pen name of John Donaldson Voelker, a lawyer, author and fly fisherman from Michigan's Upper Peninsula who lived from June 29, 1903, to March 18, 1991. Voelker was born and raised in Ishpeming, studied at the University of Michigan Law School and worked as an attorney and Marquette County prosecutor. Governor G. Mennen Williams appointed Voelker to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1957. Anatomy of a Murder (1958) is the novel Traver is best known for. Other catalogued titles include Small Town D.A., Trout Madness and Trout Magic.

How many Robert Traver books are there?

Robert Traver has 12 books, released between 1954 and 2015. 1 of them were published after Robert Traver's death in 1991.

Robert Traver Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Robert Traver 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 Trout Madness by Robert Traver (1960)
  2. Cover of The Jealous Mistress by Robert Traver (1968)
  3. Cover of Trout Magic by Robert Traver (1974)
  4. Cover of Anatomy of a Fisherman by Robert Traver (1978)
  5. Cover of Danny and the Boys: Being Some Legends of Hungry Hollow by Robert Traver, book 6 of the Great Lakes series (1987)
  1. 1
    Small Town D.A.1954 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954253
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  2. 2
    Anatomy of a Murder1958 · confirmed 1/4
    1958–
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  3. 3
    Trout Madness1960 · 178 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1960178
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  4. 4
    Hornstein's Boy1962 · confirmed 1/4
    1962–
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  5. 5
    Laughing Whitefish1965 · confirmed 1/4
    1965–
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  6. 6
    The Jealous Mistress1968 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1968170
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  7. 7
    Trout Magic1974 · 216 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974216
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  8. 8
    Anatomy of a Fisherman1978 · 117 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978117
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  9. 9
    People Versus Kirk1981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  10. 10
    Trout Streams of Michigan1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985–
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  11. 11
    Danny and the Boys: Being Some Legends of Hungry HollowGreat Lakes #61987 · 254 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987254
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  12. 12
    Trouble Shooter2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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Robert Traver 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.

Great Lakes in order

1 book
  1. 6. Danny and the Boys: Being Some Legends of Hungry Hollow

Standalone books

11 books

11 Robert Traver titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Robert Traver books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 12 Robert Traver books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Robert Traver

Start with Small Town D.A. (1954), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert Traver book?

Trouble Shooter (2015) is the newest Robert Traver book released so far.

Is there a new Robert Traver book coming?

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

Robert Traver at a glance

Died
Robert Traver died in 1991, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Robert Traver are still being published after Robert Traver's death in 1991; the newest appeared in 2015.
Release pace
Robert Traver books have appeared about one every 6 years on average.
Length
1,188 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 197 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert Traver books, 4 of 12, were published in the 1960s.

What the Robert Traver books are about

5 of the 12 Robert Traver books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: trout fishing is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Trout fishing 3 of 5 books
  • Fishing stories 2 of 5 books
  • Trout 2 of 5 books
  • Fishing 1 of 5 books
  • Fly fishing 1 of 5 books
  • Michigan 1 of 5 books
  • Pictorial works 1 of 5 books
  • Trials 1 of 5 books
  • Trials, united states 1 of 5 books