Rod Collins Books in Order

Rod Collins has written 8 books, published between 2007 and 2020. The first book is What Do I Do When I Get There?: A New Manager's Guidebook (2007) and the newest is Abiqua (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2007–2020
Pages on record
634 in 3 of 8 books

Rod Collins writes on management and in fiction. What Do I Do When I Get There?: A New Manager's Guidebook (2007) is the earliest of eight catalogued books, and subjects record personnel management and management alongside thrillers, friendship and Oregon. Sheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery and John Bitter are the two series filed under the Collins name. Bitter's Run (2015), Spider Silk (2016), Stone Fly (2016), Not Before Midnight (2017), Bloodstone (2018) and Mariah's Song (2018) precede Abiqua (2020), the most recent title.

How many Rod Collins books are there?

Rod Collins has 8 books, released between 2007 and 2020. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Rod Collins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Rod Collins 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. 12007120
  2. 2
    Bitter's RunJohn Bitter #12015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  3. 3
    Spider SilkSheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  4. 4
    Stone FlySheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery #22016 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016260
  5. 5
    Not Before MidnightSheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery #32017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  6. 6
    Mariah's SongSheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery #42018 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018254
  7. 7
    BloodstoneSheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery #52018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018
  8. 8
    AbiquaJohn Bitter #22020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020

Rod Collins 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.

Sheriff Bud Blair Oregon Mystery in order

5 books
  1. 1. Spider Silk
  2. 2. Stone Fly
  3. 3. Not Before Midnight
  4. 4. Mariah's Song
  5. 5. Bloodstone

John Bitter in order

2 books
  1. 1. Bitter's Run
  2. 2. Abiqua

Standalone books

1 book

1 Rod Collins title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Rod Collins books in order?

You only need to read Rod Collins 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 Rod Collins

Start with What Do I Do When I Get There?: A New Manager's Guidebook (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rod Collins book?

Abiqua (2020) is the newest Rod Collins book released so far.

Is there a new Rod Collins book coming?

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

Rod Collins at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Rod Collins title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Rod Collins books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
634 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 254 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rod Collins books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Rod Collins books are about

2 of the 8 Rod Collins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.