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Nils Shapiro Books in Order

Nils Shapiro by Matt Goldman contains 5 books, published between 2017 and 2025. The first book is Gone to Dust (2017) and the newest is Dark Humor (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
2017–2025
Pages on record
1,294 in 4 of 5 books
Reading time
22–32 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,294 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 5 titles with a page count on record.

See all 5 books in order Printable Nils Shapiro checklist

Nils Shapiro is a private-investigator mystery series by Matt Goldman, set in Minnesota. Gone to Dust (2017) opens the run, followed by Broken Ice and The Shallows in 2019, Dead West in 2020 and Dark Humor in 2025. Murder investigation, missing persons and hockey recur across the five books, and the series is ongoing.

How many Nils Shapiro books are there?

Nils Shapiro has 5 books, released between 2017 and 2025.

Nils Shapiro Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Nils Shapiro 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 Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman, book 1 of the Nils Shapiro series (2017)
  2. Cover of The Shallows by Matt Goldman, book 3 of the Nils Shapiro series (2019)
  3. Cover of Dead West by Matt Goldman, book 4 of the Nils Shapiro series (2020)
  1. 1
    Gone to Dust2017 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017320
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  2. 2
    Broken Ice2019 · 334 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019334
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    The Shallows2019 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Dead West2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Dark Humor2025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Is there a chronological order for Nils Shapiro?

No separate chronological order is on record for Nils Shapiro, 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 Nils Shapiro books in order?

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

Where to start with Nils Shapiro

Start with Gone to Dust (2017), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Nils Shapiro book?

Dark Humor (2025) is the newest Nils Shapiro book released so far.

Is there a new Nils Shapiro book coming?

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

Nils Shapiro at a glance

Still running
Nils Shapiro is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Nils Shapiro books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,294 pages across the 4 of 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Nils Shapiro books, 3 of 5, were published in the 2010s.

What the Nils Shapiro books are about

4 of the 5 Nils Shapiro books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Matt Goldman

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