Joe Gunther Books in Order
Archer Mayor has written 35 books featuring Joe Gunther, published between 1988 and 2022: 33 in the Joe Gunther series and 2 related titles. The first book is Open Season (1988) and the newest main-line book is Fall Guy (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1988–2022
- Confirmed
- 35 of 35 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,410 in 27 of 35 books
- Reading time
- 140–210 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,410 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 35 titles with a page count on record.
Joe Gunther is the Vermont police detective at the centre of Archer Mayor's procedural series. The investigations run through Brattleboro and the wider state, taking in murder and the drug trade. The sequence opens with Open Season (1988) and reaches Fall Guy (2022), 35 catalogued titles at roughly one a year and a median of 310 pages. Short stories and novellas sit beside the novels. Nothing new has been published under Joe Gunther's name since 2022.
How many Joe Gunther books are there?
Joe Gunther appears in 35 books, released between 1988 and 2022. 33 of them belong to the Joe Gunther series, and 2 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
Joe Gunther Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Joe Gunther 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.
- 119883303/4
- 219902763/4
- 31991–3/4
- 419922943/4
- 519932903/4
- 619943103/4
- 71995–3/4
- 819963523/4
- 919973143/4
- 101999–3/4
- 112000–3/4
- 1220012463/4
- 1320023393/4
- 1420033523/4
- 1520042943/4
- 1620053413/4
- 1720062453/4
- 1820073783/4
- 1920082063/4
- 2020093083/4
- 2120103043/4
- 2220114213/4
- 232012–3/4
- 2420123203/4
- 2520133363/4
- 2620143203/4
- 2720153043/4
- 2820173043/4
- 2920173363/4
- 3020182913/4
- 312019–3/4
- 3220193113/4
- 3320202883/4
- 342021–3/4
- 352022–3/4
Do you have to read Joe Gunther books in order?
You should read the Joe Gunther series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 2 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Joe Gunther book also stands alone.
Where to start with Joe Gunther
Start with Open Season (1988), the earliest published book in the Joe Gunther series.
What is the newest Joe Gunther book?
Fall Guy (2022) is the newest book in the Joe Gunther series.
Is there a new Joe Gunther book coming?
No next Joe Gunther book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joe Gunther at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line Joe Gunther title has appeared for 4 years. The last was Fall Guy (2022).
- Release pace
- Joe Gunther books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,410 pages across the 27 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 310 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joe Gunther books, 12 of 35, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joe Gunther books are about
24 of the 35 Joe Gunther books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: gunther, joe (fictitious character) is tagged on 14 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Gunther, joe (fictitious character) 14 of 24 books
- Police 13 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 12 of 24 books
- Vermont 10 of 24 books
- Crime 7 of 24 books
- Investigation 7 of 24 books
- Murder 7 of 24 books
- Mystery & detective 6 of 24 books
- Brattleboro (vt.) 4 of 24 books
- Burglars 2 of 24 books
- Drug traffic 2 of 24 books
More books by Archer Mayor
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Archer Mayor books in order 36 books