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Charlie Moon Books in Order

Charlie Moon by James D. Doss contains 17 books, published between 1994 and 2012. The first book is The Shaman Sings (1994) and the newest is The Old Gray Wolf (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1994–2012
Confirmed
17 of 17 titles
Pages on record
5,044 in 15 of 17 books
Reading time
84–126 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,044 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Charlie Moon is James D. Doss's mystery series, following a Ute police officer and rancher through investigations in Colorado. The Shaman Sings (1994) opens the sequence, and the early titles keep to the shaman, The Shaman Laughs, The Shaman's Bones, The Shaman's Game, before Grandmother Spider, White Shell Woman and The Witch's Tongue. Seventeen books end with The Old Gray Wolf (2012).

How many Charlie Moon books are there?

Charlie Moon has 17 books, released between 1994 and 2012.

Charlie Moon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Charlie Moon 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 The Shaman Sings by James D. Doss, book 1 of the Charlie Moon series (1994)
  2. Cover of The Shaman Laughs by James D. Doss, book 2 of the Charlie Moon series (1995)
  3. Cover of The Shaman's Bones by James D. Doss, book 3 of the Charlie Moon series (1997)
  4. Cover of The Shaman's Game by James D. Doss, book 4 of the Charlie Moon series (1998)
  5. Cover of The Night Visitor by James D. Doss, book 5 of the Charlie Moon series (1999)
  6. Cover of Grandmother Spider by James D. Doss, book 6 of the Charlie Moon series (2001)
  7. Cover of White Shell Woman by James D. Doss, book 7 of the Charlie Moon series (2002)
  8. Cover of Dead Soul by James D. Doss, book 8 of the Charlie Moon series (2003)
  9. Cover of The Witch's Tongue by James D. Doss, book 9 of the Charlie Moon series (2004)
  10. Cover of Shadow Man by James D. Doss, book 10 of the Charlie Moon series (2005)
  11. Cover of Stone Butterfly by James D. Doss, book 11 of the Charlie Moon series (2006)
  12. Cover of Three Sisters by James D. Doss, book 12 of the Charlie Moon series (2007)
  13. Cover of Snake Dreams by James D. Doss, book 13 of the Charlie Moon series (2008)
  14. Cover of The Widow's Revenge by James D. Doss, book 14 of the Charlie Moon series (2009)
  15. Cover of A Dead Man's Tale by James D. Doss, book 15 of the Charlie Moon series (2010)
  16. Cover of Coffin Man by James D. Doss, book 16 of the Charlie Moon series (2011)
  17. Cover of The Old Gray Wolf by James D. Doss, book 17 of the Charlie Moon series (2012)
  1. 1
    The Shaman Sings1994 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994272
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  2. 2
    The Shaman Laughs1995 · 274 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995274
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  3. 3
    The Shaman's Bones1997 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997344
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  4. 4
    The Shaman's Game1998 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998352
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  5. 5
    The Night Visitor1999 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999384
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  6. 6
    Grandmother Spider2001 · confirmed 3/4
    2001–
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  7. 7
    White Shell Woman2002 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002352
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  8. 8
    Dead Soul2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003352
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  9. 9
    The Witch's Tongue2004 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004324
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  10. 10
    Shadow Man2005 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005448
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  11. 11
    Stone Butterfly2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006304
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  12. 12
    Three Sisters2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007320
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  13. 13
    Snake Dreams2008 · 308 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008308
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  14. 14
    The Widow's Revenge2009 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009326
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  15. 15
    A Dead Man's Tale2010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  16. 16
    Coffin Man2011 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011340
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  17. 17
    The Old Gray Wolf2012 · 344 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012344
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Is there a chronological order for Charlie Moon?

No separate chronological order is on record for Charlie Moon, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Charlie Moon books in order?

You should read the Charlie Moon books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Charlie Moon book also stands alone.

Where to start with Charlie Moon

Start with The Shaman Sings (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Charlie Moon book?

The Old Gray Wolf (2012) is the newest Charlie Moon book released so far.

Is there a new Charlie Moon book coming?

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

Charlie Moon at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Charlie Moon title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Charlie Moon books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,044 pages across the 15 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 340 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charlie Moon books, 9 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the Charlie Moon books are about

All 17 Charlie Moon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: moon, charlie (fictitious character : doss) is tagged on 15 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by James D. Doss

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