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Kate Shugak Books in Order

Kate Shugak by Dana Stabenow contains 24 books, published between 1992 and 2023. The first book is A Cold Day For Murder (1992) and the newest is Not the Ones Dead (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
24
Published
1992–2023
Pages on record
6,015 in 21 of 24 books
Reading time
100–150 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,015 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

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Kate Shugak is a private investigator in Alaska, and Dana Stabenow has built 24 books around her. A Cold Day For Murder (1992) opens the series, and Not the Ones Dead (2023) is the most recent. Murder investigations and Alaskan settings run through the whole sequence, with A Fatal Thaw, Dead in the Water and Play with Fire among the early titles. Liam Campbell belongs to the same fictional world.

How many Kate Shugak books are there?

Kate Shugak has 24 books, released between 1992 and 2023.

Kate Shugak Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Kate Shugak 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 A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow, book 1 of the Kate Shugak series (1992)
  2. Cover of A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow, book 2 of the Kate Shugak series (1992)
  3. Cover of Dead in the Water by Dana Stabenow, book 3 of the Kate Shugak series (1993)
  4. Cover of A Cold-Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow, book 4 of the Kate Shugak series (1994)
  5. Cover of Play with Fire by Dana Stabenow, book 5 of the Kate Shugak series (1995)
  6. Cover of Blood Will Tell by Dana Stabenow, book 6 of the Kate Shugak series (1996)
  7. Cover of Breakup by Dana Stabenow, book 7 of the Kate Shugak series (1997)
  8. Cover of Killing Grounds by Dana Stabenow, book 8 of the Kate Shugak series (1998)
  9. Cover of Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow, book 9 of the Kate Shugak series (1999)
  10. Cover of Midnight Come Again by Dana Stabenow, book 10 of the Kate Shugak series (2000)
  11. Cover of The Singing of the Dead by Dana Stabenow, book 11 of the Kate Shugak series (2001)
  12. Cover of A Grave Denied by Dana Stabenow, book 14 of the Kate Shugak series (2003)
  13. Cover of A Taint in the Blood by Dana Stabenow, book 15 of the Kate Shugak series (2004)
  14. Cover of A Deeper Sleep by Dana Stabenow, book 18 of the Kate Shugak series (2006)
  15. Cover of Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow, book 20 of the Kate Shugak series (2009)
  16. Cover of A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow, book 21 of the Kate Shugak series (2010)
  17. Cover of Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow, book 22 of the Kate Shugak series (2010)
  18. Cover of Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow, book 25 of the Kate Shugak series (2012)
  19. Cover of Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow, book 26 of the Kate Shugak series (2013)
  20. Cover of No Fixed Line by Dana Stabenow, book 28 of the Kate Shugak series (2019)
  1. 1
    A Cold Day For Murder1992 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992199
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  2. 2
    A Fatal Thaw1992 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992198
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  3. 3
    Dead in the Water1993 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993217
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  4. 4
    A Cold-Blooded Business1994 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994228
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  5. 5
    Play with Fire1995 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995320
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  6. 6
    Blood Will Tell1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996256
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  7. 7
    Breakup1997 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997242
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  8. 8
    Killing Grounds1998 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998273
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  9. 9
    Hunter's Moon1999 · 239 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999239
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  10. 10
    Midnight Come Again2000 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000291
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  11. 11
    The Singing of the Dead2001 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001320
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  12. 12
    Under the Influence2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  13. 13
    A Fine and Bitter Snow2002 · 211 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002211
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  14. 14
    A Grave Denied2003 · 321 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003321
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  15. 15
    A Taint in the Blood2004 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004352
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  16. 18
    A Deeper Sleep2006 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006256
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  17. 20
    Whisper to the Blood2009 · 354 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009354
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  18. 21
    A Night Too Dark2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  19. 22
    Though Not Dead2010 · 446 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010446
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  20. 25
    Restless in the Grave2012 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012371
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  21. 26
    Bad Blood2013 · 276 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013276
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  22. 27
    Less than a Treason2017 · 309 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017309
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  23. 28
    No Fixed Line2019 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019336
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  24. 29
    Not the Ones Dead2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Is there a chronological order for Kate Shugak?

No separate chronological order is on record for Kate Shugak, 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 Kate Shugak books in order?

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

Where to start with Kate Shugak

Start with A Cold Day For Murder (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kate Shugak book?

Not the Ones Dead (2023) is the newest Kate Shugak book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Shugak book coming?

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

Kate Shugak at a glance

Paused
No new Kate Shugak title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Kate Shugak books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,015 pages across the 21 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kate Shugak books, 9 of 24, were published in the 1990s.

What the Kate Shugak books are about

22 of the 24 Kate Shugak 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 14 of 22. 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.

Characters in the Kate Shugak books

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