Sheldon Russell Books in Order
Sheldon Russell has written 14 books, published between 1994 and 2025. The first book is Empire (1994) and the newest is A Rare Obsession (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1994–2025
- Pages on record
- 3,027 in 10 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 50–76 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,027 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Empire (1994) is the first of 14 catalogued books by Sheldon Russell, whose most recent title is A Rare Obsession (2025). Russell writes the Hook Runyon Mystery series. Subject tags include historical and Western fiction, frontier and pioneer life, Cheyenne Indians, Oklahoma, physicians and the legendary Quivira. The Savage Trail, The Yard Dog, The Insane Train, Dead Man's Tunnel and The Bridge Troll Murders are other listed titles. Russell continues to publish.
How many Sheldon Russell books are there?
Sheldon Russell has 14 books, released between 1994 and 2025. 5 of them belong to the Hook Runyon Mystery series.
Sheldon Russell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Sheldon Russell 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.
- 1Empire1994 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/419942042/4
- 2The Savage Trail1998 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/419983162/4
- 3Requiem At Dawn2000 · 414 pages · confirmed 2/420004142/4
- 4Dreams to Dust2006 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/420062962/4
- 520093062/4
- 620103242/4
- 720123242/4
- 820133242/4
- 9The Dig: In Search of Coronado's Treasure2013 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/420132482/4
- 1020172712/4
- 11A Forgotten Evil2019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 12A Particular Madness2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 13Listen2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 14A Rare Obsession2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Sheldon Russell 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.
Hook Runyon Mystery in order
5 booksStandalone books
9 books9 Sheldon Russell titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Sheldon Russell books in order?
You only need to read Sheldon Russell books in order within the Hook Runyon Mystery series, which holds 5 of the 14 Sheldon Russell books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Sheldon Russell
Start with Empire (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Sheldon Russell book?
A Rare Obsession (2025) is the newest Sheldon Russell book released so far.
Is there a new Sheldon Russell book coming?
No next Sheldon Russell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Sheldon Russell at a glance
- Still publishing
- Sheldon Russell published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Sheldon Russell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,027 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 311 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Sheldon Russell books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Sheldon Russell books are about
7 of the 14 Sheldon Russell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 4 of 7 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 2 of 7 books
- History 2 of 7 books
- Hook Runyon (Fictitious character) 2 of 7 books
- Indians of North America 2 of 7 books
- Westerns 2 of 7 books