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Cody Hoyt Books in Order

C.J. Box has written 6 Cody Hoyt books, published between 2011 and 2022. The first book is Back of Beyond (2011) and the newest is Treasure State (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2011–2022
Confirmed
6 of 6 titles
Total pages
2,003 across 6 books
Reading time
33–50 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,003 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Cody Hoyt is a detective in C.J. Box's Hoyt and Dewell thrillers, with Cassie Dewell beside him. Back of Beyond (2011) opens the six-book run, followed by The Highway (2013), Badlands (2015), Paradise Valley (2017), The Bitterroots (2019) and Treasure State (2022). Missing persons, recovering alcoholics and fathers and sons recur as subjects, and the series has been dormant since 2022.

How many Cody Hoyt books are there?

Cody Hoyt has 6 books, released between 2011 and 2022.

Cody Hoyt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Cody Hoyt 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 Back of Beyond by C.J. Box, book 1 of the Hoyt/Dewell series (2011)
  2. Cover of The Highway by C.J. Box, book 2 of the Hoyt/Dewell series (2013)
  3. Cover of Badlands by C.J. Box, book 3 of the Hoyt/Dewell series (2015)
  4. Cover of Paradise Valley by C.J. Box, book 4 of the Hoyt/Dewell series (2017)
  5. Cover of The Bitterroots by C.J. Box, book 5 of the Hoyt/Dewell series (2019)
  6. Cover of Treasure State by C.J. Box, book 6 of the Hoyt/Dewell series (2022)
  1. 1
    Back of BeyondHoyt/Dewell #12011 · 372 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2011372
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  2. 2
    The HighwayHoyt/Dewell #22013 · 383 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2013383
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  3. 3
    BadlandsHoyt/Dewell #32015 · 278 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2015278
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  4. 4
    Paradise ValleyHoyt/Dewell #42017 · 340 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2017340
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  5. 5
    The BitterrootsHoyt/Dewell #52019 · 310 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2019310
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  6. 6
    Treasure StateHoyt/Dewell #62022 · 320 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2022320
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Do you have to read Cody Hoyt books in order?

You should read the Cody Hoyt books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Cody Hoyt book also stands alone.

Where to start with Cody Hoyt

Start with Back of Beyond (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Cody Hoyt book?

Treasure State (2022) is the newest Cody Hoyt book released so far.

Is there a new Cody Hoyt book coming?

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

Cody Hoyt at a glance

Paused
No new Cody Hoyt title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Cody Hoyt books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,003 pages across all 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 330 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cody Hoyt books, 5 of 6, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
6 of the 6 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Cody Hoyt books are about

All 6 Cody Hoyt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by C.J. Box

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.