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William Krueger Books in Order

William Krueger has written 19 books, published between 1998 and 2024. The first book is Iron Lake (1998) and the newest is Spirit Crossing (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1998–2024
Pages on record
4,446 in 13 of 19 books
Reading time
74–111 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,446 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

See all 19 books in order Printable William Krueger checklist

Cork O'Connor, a private investigator in Minnesota, leads William Krueger's mystery series. Nineteen catalogued books run from Iron Lake (1998) to Spirit Crossing (2024), taking in Boundary Waters (1999), Purgatory Ridge (2001), Blood Hollow (2004) and Mercy Falls (2005). Missing persons, Ojibwa characters and Minnesota settings recur as subjects.

William Kent Krueger's crime fiction is set in Minnesota's North Woods. The Cork O'Connor series follows a former sheriff of Ojibwe heritage, addressing tensions between Native and white communities. Krueger won the Edgar Award for the standalone novel Ordinary Grace.

How many William Krueger books are there?

William Krueger has 19 books, released between 1998 and 2024.

William Krueger Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 William Krueger 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 Iron Lake by William Krueger (1998)
  2. Cover of Purgatory Ridge by William Krueger (2001)
  3. Cover of Blood Hollow by William Krueger (2004)
  4. Cover of Copper River by William Krueger (2006)
  5. Cover of Red Knife by William Krueger (2008)
  6. Cover of Heaven's Keep by William Krueger (2009)
  7. Cover of Vermilion Drift by William Krueger (2010)
  8. Cover of Northwest Angle by William Krueger (2011)
  9. Cover of Manitou Canyon by William Krueger (2016)
  10. Cover of Sulfur Springs by William Krueger (2017)
  11. Cover of Fox Creek by William Krueger (2022)
  12. Cover of Spirit Crossing by William Krueger (2024)
  1. 1
    Iron Lake1998 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998368
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  2. 2
    Boundary Waters1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999352
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  3. 3
    Purgatory Ridge2001 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001384
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  4. 4
    Blood Hollow2004 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004368
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  5. 5
    Mercy Falls2005 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005368
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Copper River2006 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006336
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  7. 7
    Thunder Bay2007 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007304
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  8. 8
    Red Knife2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  9. 9
    Heaven's Keep2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Vermilion Drift2010 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010304
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Northwest Angle2011 · 357 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011357
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Trickster's Point2012 · 329 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012329
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  13. 13
    Windigo Island2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  14. 14
    Manitou Canyon2016 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016336
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  15. 15
    Sulfur Springs2017 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017320
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  16. 16
    Desolation Mountain2018 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Lightning Strike2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  18. 18
    Fox Creek2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  19. 19
    Spirit Crossing2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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William Krueger 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.

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19 books

19 William Krueger titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read William Krueger books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 19 William Krueger books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with William Krueger

Start with Iron Lake (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William Krueger book?

Spirit Crossing (2024) is the newest William Krueger book released so far.

Is there a new William Krueger book coming?

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

William Krueger at a glance

Still publishing
William Krueger published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
William Krueger books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,446 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William Krueger books, 7 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the William Krueger books are about

All 19 William Krueger books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cork o'connor (fictitious character) is tagged on 16 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.