Dan Rhodes Books in Order
Bill Crider has written 26 books featuring Dan Rhodes, published between 1986 and 2019. The first book is Too Late to Die (1986) and the newest is That Old Scoundrel Death (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 26
- Published
- 1986–2019
- Pages on record
- 4,539 in 18 of 26 books
- Reading time
- 76–113 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,539 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 18 of 26 titles with a page count on record.
Sheriff Dan Rhodes is the Texas lawman at the centre of Bill Crider's police procedural mysteries. The Dan Rhodes books number 26, starting with Too Late to Die (1986) and ending with That Old Scoundrel Death (2019). Murder investigations drive the series, in titles such as Shotgun Saturday Night (1987), Booked for a Hanging (1992) and Murder Most Fowl (1994).
How many Dan Rhodes books are there?
Dan Rhodes appears in 26 books, released between 1986 and 2019.
Dan Rhodes Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 26 Dan Rhodes 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.
- 11986–2/4
- 21987–2/4
- 31988–2/4
- 41989–2/4
- 519902142/4
- 619922022/4
- 719942002/4
- 81996–2/4
- 919982772/4
- 1020002632/4
- 1120012312/4
- 1220032152/4
- 1320062632/4
- 142007–2/4
- 152008–2/4
- 1620092792/4
- 1720102582/4
- 1820112642/4
- 192012–2/4
- 2020122612/4
- 2120132622/4
- 2220142642/4
- 2320152722/4
- 2420162642/4
- 2520172622/4
- 2620192882/4
Do you have to read Dan Rhodes books in order?
You should read the Dan Rhodes books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Dan Rhodes book also stands alone.
Where to start with Dan Rhodes
Start with Too Late to Die (1986), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dan Rhodes book?
That Old Scoundrel Death (2019) is the newest Dan Rhodes book released so far.
Is there a new Dan Rhodes book coming?
No next Dan Rhodes book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dan Rhodes at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Dan Rhodes title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Dan Rhodes books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,539 pages across the 18 of 26 books with a recorded length, a median of 262 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dan Rhodes books, 10 of 26, were published in the 2010s.
What the Dan Rhodes books are about
21 of the 26 Dan Rhodes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: sheriffs is tagged on 20 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Sheriffs 20 of 21 books
- Rhodes, dan (fictitious character) 11 of 21 books
- Texas 11 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 10 of 21 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 21 books
- Investigation 4 of 21 books
- Murder 4 of 21 books
- Crime 2 of 21 books
More books by Bill Crider
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Bill Crider books in order 75 books