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Doc Ford Books in Order

Doc Ford by Randy Wayne White contains 28 books, published between 1990 and 2025. The first book is Sanibel Flats (1990) and the newest is Tomlinson's Wake (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
28
Published
1990–2025
Confirmed
28 of 28 titles
Pages on record
7,907 in 24 of 28 books
Reading time
132–198 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,907 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 28 titles with a page count on record.

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Doc Ford is a marine biologist in Florida and the lead of Randy Wayne White's mystery and thriller series. Sanibel Flats (1990) opens the run, which reaches 28 books and continues to Tomlinson's Wake in 2025. Florida waters and Cuba supply much of the setting, with scientists and detection recurring as subjects.

How many Doc Ford books are there?

Doc Ford has 28 books, released between 1990 and 2025.

Doc Ford Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 28 Doc Ford 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 Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White, book 1 of the Doc Ford series (1990)
  2. Cover of The Heat Islands by Randy Wayne White, book 2 of the Doc Ford series (1992)
  3. Cover of The Man Who Invented Florida by Randy Wayne White, book 3 of the Doc Ford series (1993)
  4. Cover of North of Havana by Randy Wayne White, book 5 of the Doc Ford series (1997)
  5. Cover of The Mangrove Coast by Randy Wayne White, book 6 of the Doc Ford series (1998)
  6. Cover of Ten Thousand Islands by Randy Wayne White, book 7 of the Doc Ford series (2000)
  7. Cover of Shark River by Randy Wayne White, book 8 of the Doc Ford series (2001)
  8. Cover of Twelve Mile Limit by Randy Wayne White, book 9 of the Doc Ford series (2002)
  9. Cover of Everglades by Randy Wayne White, book 10 of the Doc Ford series (2003)
  10. Cover of Tampa Burn by Randy Wayne White, book 11 of the Doc Ford series (2004)
  11. Cover of Dead of Night by Randy Wayne White, book 12 of the Doc Ford series (2005)
  12. Cover of Dark Light by Randy Wayne White, book 13 of the Doc Ford series (2006)
  13. Cover of Hunter's Moon by Randy Wayne White, book 14 of the Doc Ford series (2007)
  14. Cover of Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White, book 17 of the Doc Ford series (2010)
  15. Cover of Night Vision by Randy Wayne White, book 18 of the Doc Ford series (2011)
  16. Cover of Chasing Midnight by Randy Wayne White, book 19 of the Doc Ford series (2012)
  17. Cover of Night Moves by Randy Wayne White, book 20 of the Doc Ford series (2012)
  18. Cover of Bone Deep by Randy Wayne White, book 21 of the Doc Ford series (2014)
  19. Cover of Cuba Straits by Randy Wayne White, book 22 of the Doc Ford series (2015)
  20. Cover of Deep Blue by Randy Wayne White, book 23 of the Doc Ford series (2016)
  21. Cover of Caribbean Rim by Randy Wayne White, book 25 of the Doc Ford series (2018)
  22. Cover of Salt River by Randy Wayne White, book 26 of the Doc Ford series (2020)
  23. Cover of One Deadly Eye by Randy Wayne White, book 27 of the Doc Ford series (2024)
  1. 1
    Sanibel Flats1990 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990307
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  2. 2
    The Heat Islands1992 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992307
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  3. 3
    The Man Who Invented Florida1993 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993294
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  4. 4
    Captiva1996 · 319 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996319
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  5. 5
    North of Havana1997 · 253 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997253
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  6. 6
    The Mangrove Coast1998 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998336
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  7. 7
    Ten Thousand Islands2000 · 297 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000297
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  8. 8
    Shark River2001 · 302 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001302
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  9. 9
    Twelve Mile Limit2002 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002356
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  10. 10
    Everglades2003 · 366 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003366
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  11. 11
    Tampa Burn2004 · 394 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004394
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  12. 12
    Dead of Night2005 · 348 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005348
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  13. 13
    Dark Light2006 · 333 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006333
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  14. 14
    Hunter's Moon2007 · 317 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007317
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  15. 15
    Black Widow2008 · 337 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008337
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  16. 16
    Dead Silence2009 · 354 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009354
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  17. 17
    Deep Shadow2010 · 353 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010353
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  18. 18
    Night Vision2011 · 351 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011351
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  19. 19
    Chasing Midnight2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  20. 20
    Night Moves2012 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012352
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  21. 21
    Bone Deep2014 · 362 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014362
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  22. 22
    Cuba Straits2015 · 314 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015314
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  23. 23
    Deep Blue2016 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016316
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  24. 24
    Mangrove Lightning2017 · 329 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017329
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  25. 25
    Caribbean Rim2018 · 310 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018310
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  26. 26
    Salt River2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  27. 27
    One Deadly Eye2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  28. 28
    Tomlinson's Wake2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Doc Ford Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Doc Ford books run from Sanibel Flats (1990) to Tomlinson's Wake (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Doc Ford in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Doc Ford books in order?

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

Where to start with Doc Ford

Start with Sanibel Flats (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Doc Ford book?

Tomlinson's Wake (2025) is the newest Doc Ford book released so far.

Is there a new Doc Ford book coming?

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

Printable Doc Ford Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 28 books in publication order is on the Doc Ford reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Doc Ford at a glance

Still running
Doc Ford is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Doc Ford books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,907 pages across the 24 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 331 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Doc Ford books, 10 of 28, were published in the 2000s.

What the Doc Ford books are about

26 of the 28 Doc Ford books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: marine biologists is tagged on 22 of 26. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Marine biologists 22 of 26 books
  • Ford, doc (fictitious character) 16 of 26 books
  • Mystery & detective 13 of 26 books
  • Florida 12 of 26 books
  • Scientists 9 of 26 books
  • Suspense 5 of 26 books
  • Thrillers 5 of 26 books
  • Marine biologists in fiction 3 of 26 books
  • Amerikanisches Englisch 2 of 26 books
  • Cuba 2 of 26 books

More books by Randy Wayne White

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

Other series by Randy Wayne White

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