Sean Doolittle Books in Order

Sean Doolittle has written 8 books, published between 2001 and 2023. The first book is Dirt (2001) and the newest is Device Free Weekend (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2001–2023
Pages on record
1,290 in 4 of 8 books
Reading time
22–32 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,290 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Crime and suspense fill Sean Doolittle's catalogue of 8 books, which opens with Dirt (2001) and reaches Device Free Weekend (2023). Doolittle was born in Nebraska in 1971. Burn (2003), Rain Dogs (2005), The Cleanup (2006), Safer (2008), Lake Country (2012) and Kill Monster (2019) fill out the run. Subject headings attach murder, police, terrorism and wildfires to the books. Doolittle is credited alone on all 8, and no title has been catalogued since 2023.

How many Sean Doolittle books are there?

Sean Doolittle has 8 books, released between 2001 and 2023.

Sean Doolittle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Sean Doolittle 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. 1
    Dirt2001 · 362 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001362
  2. 2
    Burn2003 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003368
  3. 3
    Rain Dogs2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005
  4. 4
    The Cleanup2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006304
  5. 5
    Safer2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008
  6. 6
    Lake Country2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  7. 7
    Kill Monster2019 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019256
  8. 8
    Device Free Weekend2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Sean Doolittle 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

8 books

8 Sean Doolittle titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sean Doolittle books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Sean Doolittle books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Sean Doolittle

Start with Dirt (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sean Doolittle book?

Device Free Weekend (2023) is the newest Sean Doolittle book released so far.

Is there a new Sean Doolittle book coming?

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

Sean Doolittle at a glance

Paused
No new Sean Doolittle title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Sean Doolittle books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,290 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 333 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sean Doolittle books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2000s.

What the Sean Doolittle books are about

4 of the 8 Sean Doolittle books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.