Kidd Books in Order
John Sandford has written 4 Kidd books, published between 1989 and 2003. The first book is The Fool's Run (1989) and the newest is The Hanged Man's Song (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 1989–2003
- Confirmed
- 4 of 4 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,048 in 3 of 4 books
- Reading time
- 17–26 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,048 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 4 titles with a page count on record.
Kidd is a computer hacker and painter who carries four of John Sandford's novels, published between 1989 and 2003. The Fool's Run (1989) opens the sequence, followed by The Empress File (1991), The Devil's Code (2000) and The Hanged Man's Song (2003). Corporate and political corruption and conspiracy supply the plots, and the four books are also catalogued as Kidd & LuEllen.
How many Kidd books are there?
Kidd has 4 books, released between 1989 and 2003.
Kidd Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Kidd 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.
- 119893384/4
- 219913564/4
- 320003544/4
- 42003–4/4
Do you have to read Kidd books in order?
You should read the Kidd books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Kidd book also stands alone.
Where to start with Kidd
Start with The Fool's Run (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Kidd book?
The Hanged Man's Song (2003) is the newest Kidd book released so far.
Is there a new Kidd book coming?
No next Kidd book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kidd at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Kidd title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Kidd books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,048 pages across the 3 of 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 354 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kidd books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 4 of the 4 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Kidd books are about
All 4 Kidd books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: computer hackers is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Computer hackers 4 of 4 books
- Hackers 4 of 4 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 4 books
- Painters 3 of 4 books
- African American political activists 1 of 4 books
- Conspiracies 1 of 4 books
- Corporations 1 of 4 books
- Corrupt practices 1 of 4 books
- Criminals 1 of 4 books
- Political corruption 1 of 4 books
More books by John Sandford
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- John Sandford books in order 62 books