Quinn Colson Books in Order

Quinn Colson by Ace Atkins contains 12 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is The Ranger (2011) and the newest is Kudzu (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2011–2025
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
3,914 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
65–98 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,914 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

Quinn Colson is the character at the head of Ace Atkins's Mississippi crime series, where army service, commando training, sheriffs and murder investigation supply the material. The titles keep a fixed shape: The Ranger (2011), The Lost Ones (2012), The Broken Places (2013), The Forsaken (2014) and The Revelators (2020), through to Kudzu in 2025. Twelve books stand in the series, which continues.

How many Quinn Colson books are there?

Quinn Colson has 12 books, released between 2011 and 2025.

Quinn Colson Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Quinn Colson 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. 1
    The Ranger2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011
  2. 2
    The Lost Ones2012 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012384
  3. 3
    The Broken Places2013 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013358
  4. 4
    The Forsaken2014 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014368
  5. 5
    The Redeemers2015 · 370 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015370
  6. 6
    The Innocents2016 · 367 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016367
  7. 7
    The Fallen2017 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017358
  8. 8
    The Sinners2018 · 365 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018365
  9. 9
    The Shameless2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019384
  10. 10
    The Revelators2020 · 544 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020544
  11. 11
    The Heathens2021 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021416
  12. 12
    Kudzu2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Is there a chronological order for Quinn Colson?

No separate chronological order is on record for Quinn Colson, 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 Quinn Colson books in order?

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

Where to start with Quinn Colson

Start with The Ranger (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Quinn Colson book?

Kudzu (2025) is the newest Quinn Colson book released so far.

Is there a new Quinn Colson book coming?

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

Quinn Colson at a glance

Still running
Quinn Colson is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Quinn Colson books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,914 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 369 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Quinn Colson books, 9 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Quinn Colson books are about

10 of the 12 Quinn Colson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: commando troops is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Ace Atkins

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