Kate Burkholder Books in Order
Linda Castillo has written 30 books featuring Kate Burkholder, published between 2009 and 2026: 17 in the Kate Burkholder series and 13 related titles. The first book is Sworn to Silence (2009) and the newest main-line book is Rage (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 30
- Published
- 2009–2026
- Confirmed
- 30 of 30 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,486 in 14 of 30 books
Kate Burkholder is Linda Castillo's police chief in a small Ohio town, investigating murders inside an Amish community she came from. Sworn to Silence (2009) opens the series, followed by Pray for Silence, Breaking Silence, Gone Missing, Her Last Breath and Long Lost. Thirty books make up the run, novellas and short stories included, reaching A Dark Path in 2026. Entries median 307 pages.
How many Kate Burkholder books are there?
Kate Burkholder appears in 30 books, released between 2009 and 2026. 17 of them belong to the Kate Burkholder series, and 13 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas.
Kate Burkholder Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 30 Kate Burkholder 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.
- 120093843/4
- 220103043/4
- 320113023/4
- 420112773/4
- 52013–3/4
- 620133083/4
- 720143393/4
- 920153063/4
- 102016–3/4
- 1120163063/4
- 122017–3/4
- 1320172923/4
- 142018–3/4
- 1520183083/4
- 162019–3/4
- 1720193043/4
- 182020–3/4
- 1920203203/4
- 2020214163/4
- 212021–3/4
- 2220213203/4
- 232022–3/4
- 252023–3/4
- 262023–3/4
- 272024–3/4
- 282024–3/4
- 292025–4/4
- 302026–3/4
Kate Burkholder Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the Kate Burkholder series run from Sworn to Silence (2009) to Rage (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Kate Burkholder in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Kate Burkholder books in order?
You should read the Kate Burkholder series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 13 related titles (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Kate Burkholder book also stands alone.
Where to start with Kate Burkholder
Start with Sworn to Silence (2009), the earliest published book in the Kate Burkholder series.
What is the newest Kate Burkholder book?
Rage (2025) is the newest book in the Kate Burkholder series. The newest related title is A Dark Path (2026).
Is there a new Kate Burkholder book coming?
No next Kate Burkholder book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kate Burkholder at a glance
- Still running
- Kate Burkholder is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Kate Burkholder books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,486 pages across the 14 of 30 books with a recorded length, a median of 307 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kate Burkholder books, 16 of 30, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 1 of the 30 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Kate Burkholder books are about
14 of the 30 Kate Burkholder books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: amish is tagged on 10 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Amish 10 of 14 books
- Investigation 7 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 7 of 14 books
- Murder 6 of 14 books
- Women police chiefs 6 of 14 books
- American literature 4 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 14 books
- Ohio 4 of 14 books
- Crimes against 2 of 14 books
- Policewomen 2 of 14 books
- Suspense 2 of 14 books
More books by Linda Castillo
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Linda Castillo books in order 54 books