Liam Campbell Books in Order

Dana Stabenow has written 6 Liam Campbell books, published between 1998 and 2021: 5 in the Liam Campbell series and 1 related title. The first book is Fire And Ice (1998) and the newest main-line book is Spoils of the Dead (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
1998–2021
Pages on record
1,175 in 4 of 6 books
Reading time
20–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,175 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

Liam Campbell is a police officer in Alaska and the lead of a Dana Stabenow series running to 6 books. Fire And Ice (1998) opens the run, followed by So Sure Of Death (1999), Nothing Gold Can Stay (2000), Under the Influence (2001) and Better To Rest (2002); Spoils of the Dead (2021) returns after a nineteen-year gap. Murder investigation and Alaska are the recurring subjects. Stabenow also writes the Kate Shugak series.

How many Liam Campbell books are there?

Liam Campbell has 6 books, released between 1998 and 2021. 5 of them belong to the Liam Campbell series, and 1 related title sit outside it: other titles.

Liam Campbell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Liam Campbell 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. 1
    Fire And IceLiam Campbell #11998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998
  2. 2
    So Sure Of DeathLiam Campbell #21999 · 275 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999275
  3. 3
    Nothing Gold Can StayLiam Campbell #32000 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000292
  4. 4
    Under the InfluenceKate Shugak #122001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001
  5. 5
    Better To RestLiam Campbell #42002 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002304
  6. 6
    Spoils of the DeadLiam Campbell #72021 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021304

Do you have to read Liam Campbell books in order?

You should read the Liam Campbell series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (other titles) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Liam Campbell book also stands alone.

Where to start with Liam Campbell

Start with Fire And Ice (1998), the earliest published book in the Liam Campbell series.

What is the newest Liam Campbell book?

Spoils of the Dead (2021) is the newest book in the Liam Campbell series.

Is there a new Liam Campbell book coming?

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

Liam Campbell at a glance

Paused
No new main-line Liam Campbell title has appeared for 5 years. The last was Spoils of the Dead (2021).
Release pace
Liam Campbell books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
1,175 pages across the 4 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 298 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Liam Campbell books, 3 of 6, were published in the 2000s.

What the Liam Campbell books are about

5 of the 6 Liam Campbell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: alaska is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Dana Stabenow

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

Series that include Liam Campbell books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.