Alex Rutledge Books in Order
Tom Corcoran has written 10 books featuring Alex Rutledge, published between 1998 and 2022. The first book is The Mango Opera (1998) and the newest is A Step Beyond Chaos (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1998–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,913 in 6 of 10 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,913 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.
Alex Rutledge is the recurring figure in Tom Corcoran's mystery and detective novels, which record photographers, Key West and Florida among their subjects. The sequence starts with The Mango Opera (1998) and extends to A Step Beyond Chaos (2022), 10 books in all, with an average gap of 2.7 years between releases. Tom Corcoran is credited on every one. Readers looking for Alex Rutledge books in order get a run that has been dormant since 2022.
How many Alex Rutledge books are there?
Alex Rutledge appears in 10 books, released between 1998 and 2022.
Alex Rutledge Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Alex Rutledge 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.
- 11998–2/4
- 219993042/4
- 320013412/4
- 420033362/4
- 520053202/4
- 620092882/4
- 720123242/4
- 82018–2/4
- 92020–2/4
- 102022–2/4
Do you have to read Alex Rutledge books in order?
You should read the Alex Rutledge books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Alex Rutledge book also stands alone.
Where to start with Alex Rutledge
Start with The Mango Opera (1998), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Alex Rutledge book?
A Step Beyond Chaos (2022) is the newest Alex Rutledge book released so far.
Is there a new Alex Rutledge book coming?
No next Alex Rutledge book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alex Rutledge at a glance
- Paused
- No new Alex Rutledge title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Alex Rutledge books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 1,913 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alex Rutledge books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
What the Alex Rutledge books are about
4 of the 10 Alex Rutledge 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 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 4 of 4 books
- Key west (fla.) 3 of 4 books
- Rutledge, alex (fictitious character) 3 of 4 books
- Photographers 2 of 4 books
- Brothers 1 of 4 books
- Florida 1 of 4 books
More books by Tom Corcoran
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Tom Corcoran books in order 22 books