Steven Axelrod Books in Order

Steven Axelrod has written 9 books, published between 2000 and 2020. The first book is Paranoid (2000) and the newest is Nantucket Penny (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2000–2020
Pages on record
2,991 in 8 of 9 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,991 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Steven Axelrod has nine catalogued books, published between 2000 and 2020. Paranoid (2000) and Just Like in the Movies (2004) come before a run of Nantucket titles: Nantucket Sawbuck (2013), Nantucket Five-Spot (2015), Nantucket Grand (2016), Nantucket Red Tickets (2017), Nantucket Counterfeit (2018) and Nantucket Penny (2020), with Heat of the Moment (2015) alongside them. Henry Kennis is the recurring character and Henry Kennis Mystery the series recorded here. Subjects record murder, investigation, Massachusetts and police procedure.

How many Steven Axelrod books are there?

Steven Axelrod has 9 books, released between 2000 and 2020. 6 of them belong to the Henry Kennis Mystery series.

Steven Axelrod Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Steven Axelrod 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
    Paranoid2000 · 508 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000508
  2. 2
    Just Like in the Movies2004 · 630 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004630
  3. 3
    Nantucket SawbuckHenry Kennis Mystery #12013 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013306
  4. 4
    Nantucket Five-SpotHenry Kennis Mystery #22015 · 283 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015283
  5. 5
    Heat of the Moment2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  6. 6
    Nantucket GrandHenry Kennis Mystery #32016 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016342
  7. 7
    Nantucket Red TicketsHenry Kennis Mystery #42017 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017326
  8. 8
    Nantucket CounterfeitHenry Kennis Mystery #52018 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018276
  9. 9
    Nantucket PennyHenry Kennis Mystery #62020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320

Steven Axelrod 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.

Henry Kennis Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. Nantucket Sawbuck
  2. 2. Nantucket Five-Spot
  3. 3. Nantucket Grand
  4. 4. Nantucket Red Tickets
  5. 5. Nantucket Counterfeit
  6. 6. Nantucket Penny

Standalone books

3 books

3 Steven Axelrod titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Steven Axelrod books in order?

You only need to read Steven Axelrod books in order within the Henry Kennis Mystery series, which holds 6 of the 9 Steven Axelrod books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Steven Axelrod

Start with Paranoid (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steven Axelrod book?

Nantucket Penny (2020) is the newest Steven Axelrod book released so far.

Is there a new Steven Axelrod book coming?

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

Steven Axelrod at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Steven Axelrod title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Steven Axelrod books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,991 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 323 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steven Axelrod books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Steven Axelrod books are about

7 of the 9 Steven Axelrod books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.