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Ron Faust Books in Order

Ron Faust has written 15 books, published between 1974 and 2013. The first book is Snowkill (1974) and the newest is The Burning Sky (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1974–2013
Pages on record
4,221 in 14 of 15 books
Reading time
70–106 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,221 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Ron Faust wrote crime fiction and psychological thrillers across a catalogue of 15 books from Snowkill (1974) to The Burning Sky (2013). Subject tags include serial murders, archaeologists, Nazis, terrorists and Colorado. Faust's series is Dan Shaw. The Wolf in the Clouds (1977), The Long Count (1979), Death Fires (1980), In the Forest of the Night (1993), Fugitive Moon (1995) and Split Image (1997) are among the titles.

How many Ron Faust books are there?

Ron Faust has 15 books, released between 1974 and 2013. 3 of them belong to the Dan Shaw series.

Ron Faust Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Ron Faust 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 Snowkill by Ron Faust (1974)
  2. Cover of The Long Count by Ron Faust (1979)
  3. Cover of Nowhere to Run by Ron Faust (1981)
  4. Cover of In the Forest of the Night by Ron Faust (1993)
  5. Cover of When She Was Bad by Ron Faust (1994)
  6. Cover of Lord of the Dark Lake by Ron Faust (1996)
  7. Cover of Split Image by Ron Faust (1997)
  8. Cover of Sea of Bones by Ron Faust, book 1 of the Dan Shaw series (2004)
  9. Cover of Dead Men Rise Up Never by Ron Faust, book 2 of the Dan Shaw series (2004)
  10. Cover of Jackstraw by Ron Faust (2013)
  1. 1
    Snowkill1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  2. 2
    The Wolf in the Clouds1977 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1977212
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  3. 3
    The Long Count1979 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979244
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  4. 4
    Death Fires1980 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980250
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  5. 5
    Nowhere to Run1981 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1981220
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  6. 6
    In the Forest of the Night1993 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993354
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  7. 7
    When She Was Bad1994 · 322 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994322
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  8. 8
    Fugitive Moon1995 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995312
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  9. 9
    Lord of the Dark Lake1996 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996340
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  10. 10
    Split Image1997 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997249
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  11. 11
    Sea of BonesDan Shaw #12004 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004368
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  12. 12
    Dead Men Rise Up NeverDan Shaw #22004 · 327 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004327
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  13. 13
    The Blood Red SeaDan Shaw #32005 · 360 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005360
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  14. 14
    Jackstraw2013 · 409 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013409
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  15. 15
    The Burning Sky2013 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013254
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Ron Faust 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.

Dan Shaw in order

3 books
  1. 1. Sea of Bones
  2. 2. Dead Men Rise Up Never
  3. 3. The Blood Red Sea

Standalone books

12 books

12 Ron Faust titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ron Faust books in order?

You only need to read Ron Faust books in order within the Dan Shaw series, which holds 3 of the 15 Ron Faust books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Ron Faust

Start with Snowkill (1974), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ron Faust book?

The Burning Sky (2013) is the newest Ron Faust book released so far.

Is there a new Ron Faust book coming?

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

Ron Faust at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ron Faust title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ron Faust books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,221 pages across the 14 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 317 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ron Faust books, 5 of 15, were published in the 1990s.

What the Ron Faust books are about

All 15 Ron Faust 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 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.