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Sloan Krause Books in Order

Ellie Alexander has written 10 Sloan Krause books, published between 2018 and 2023: 9 in the Sloan Krause series and 1 related title. The first book is Death on Tap (2018) and the newest main-line book is Ale I Want for Christmas is a Clue (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2018–2023
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
1,198 in 4 of 10 books
See all 10 books in order Printable Sloan Krause checklist

Sloan Krause is the sleuth in Ellie Alexander's brewery mysteries. Ten books are catalogued between Death on Tap (2018) and 2023, including The Pint of No Return (2018), Beyond a Reasonable Stout (2019), Without a Brew (2020), The Cure for What Ales You (2021), Hold on for Beer Life (2022) and A Brew to a Kill (2023). Recorded subjects include microbreweries, brewers, Oktoberfest, murder and women detectives. Sloan Krause Mystery Shorts is a companion listing of short fiction.

How many Sloan Krause books are there?

Sloan Krause has 10 books, released between 2018 and 2023. 9 of them belong to the Sloan Krause series, and 1 related title sit outside it: short stories and novellas.

Sloan Krause Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Sloan Krause 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. Cover of Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander, book 1 of the Sloan Krause series (2018)
  2. Cover of Beyond a Reasonable Stout by Ellie Alexander, book 3 of the Sloan Krause series (2019)
  3. Cover of Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander, book 4 of the Sloan Krause series (2020)
  4. Cover of The Cure for What Ales You by Ellie Alexander, book 5 of the Sloan Krause series (2021)
  1. 1
    Death on TapSloan Krause #12018 · 310 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018310
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  2. 2
    The Pint of No ReturnSloan Krause #22018 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018296
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  3. 3
    Beyond a Reasonable StoutSloan Krause #32019 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019288
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  4. 4
    Without a BrewSloan Krause #42020 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020304
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  5. 5
    The Cure for What Ales YouSloan Krause #52021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  6. 6
    Hold on for Beer LifeSloan Krause #62022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  7. 7
    The First PourSloan Krause Mystery Shorts #12023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  8. 8
    Beer and LoathingSloan Krause #72023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  9. 9
    A Brew to a KillSloan Krause #82023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  10. 10
    Ale I Want for Christmas is a ClueSloan Krause #92023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Do you have to read Sloan Krause books in order?

You should read the Sloan Krause series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 1 related title (short stories and novellas) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Sloan Krause book also stands alone.

Where to start with Sloan Krause

Start with Death on Tap (2018), the earliest published book in the Sloan Krause series.

What is the newest Sloan Krause book?

Ale I Want for Christmas is a Clue (2023) is the newest book in the Sloan Krause series.

Is there a new Sloan Krause book coming?

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

Sloan Krause at a glance

Paused
No new main-line Sloan Krause title has appeared for 3 years. The last was Ale I Want for Christmas is a Clue (2023).
Release pace
Sloan Krause books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,198 pages across the 4 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 300 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sloan Krause books, 7 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Sloan Krause books are about

5 of the 10 Sloan Krause books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: american literature is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Ellie Alexander

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