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Sharon McCone Books in Order

Sharon McCone by Marcia Muller contains 41 books, published between 1977 and 2024. The first book is Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) and the newest is Circle in the Water (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
41
Published
1977–2024
Confirmed
41 of 41 titles
Pages on record
9,382 in 34 of 41 books
Reading time
156–235 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,382 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 41 titles with a page count on record.

See all 41 books in order Printable Sharon McCone checklist

Sharon McCone is a private investigator series by Marcia Muller, set mainly in San Francisco and elsewhere in California. McCone works cases as a woman private eye across 41 catalogued books, from Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977) to Circle in the Water (2024). The run mixes novels with story collections such as The McCone Files (1995) and McCone and Friends (1999), and sits in the hard-boiled and women-sleuths corners of detective fiction.

How many Sharon McCone books are there?

Sharon McCone has 41 books, released between 1977 and 2024.

Sharon McCone Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 41 Sharon McCone 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 Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller, book 1 of the Sharon McCone series (1977)
  2. Cover of The McCone Files by Marcia Muller, book 1 of the Sharon McCone series (1995)
  3. Cover of Ask the Cards a Question by Marcia Muller, book 2 of the Sharon McCone series (1982)
  4. Cover of McCone and Friends by Marcia Muller, book 2 of the Sharon McCone series (1999)
  5. Cover of The Cheshire Cat's Eye by Marcia Muller, book 3 of the Sharon McCone series (1983)
  6. Cover of Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller, book 4 of the Sharon McCone series (1984)
  7. Cover of Leave a Message for Willie by Marcia Muller, book 5 of the Sharon McCone series (1984)
  8. Cover of Eye of the Storm by Marcia Muller, book 8 of the Sharon McCone series (1988)
  9. Cover of The Shape of Dread by Marcia Muller, book 9 of the Sharon McCone series (1989)
  10. Cover of There's Something in a Sunday by Marcia Muller, book 10 of the Sharon McCone series (1990)
  11. Cover of Trophies and Dead Things by Marcia Muller, book 11 of the Sharon McCone series (1990)
  12. Cover of Where Echoes Live by Marcia Muller, book 12 of the Sharon McCone series (1991)
  13. Cover of Pennies On a Dead Woman's Eyes by Marcia Muller, book 13 of the Sharon McCone series (1992)
  14. Cover of Till the Butchers Cut Him Down by Marcia Muller, book 15 of the Sharon McCone series (1994)
  15. Cover of A Wild and Lonely Place by Marcia Muller, book 16 of the Sharon McCone series (1995)
  16. Cover of The Broken Promise Land by Marcia Muller, book 17 of the Sharon McCone series (1996)
  17. Cover of Both Ends of the Night by Marcia Muller, book 18 of the Sharon McCone series (1997)
  18. Cover of While Other People Sleep by Marcia Muller, book 19 of the Sharon McCone series (1998)
  19. Cover of A Walk Through the Fire by Marcia Muller, book 20 of the Sharon McCone series (1999)
  20. Cover of Listen to the Silence by Marcia Muller, book 21 of the Sharon McCone series (2000)
  21. Cover of Dead Midnight by Marcia Muller, book 22 of the Sharon McCone series (2002)
  22. Cover of The Dangerous Hour by Marcia Muller, book 23 of the Sharon McCone series (2004)
  23. Cover of Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller, book 24 of the Sharon McCone series (2006)
  24. Cover of The Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller, book 25 of the Sharon McCone series (2007)
  1. 1
    Edwin of the Iron Shoes1977 · 215 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1977215
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  2. 1
    The McCone Files1995 · 247 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995247
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  3. 2
    Ask the Cards a Question1982 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1982224
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  4. 2
    McCone and Friends1999 · 202 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999202
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  5. 3
    The Cheshire Cat's Eye1983 · 149 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1983149
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  6. 4
    Games to Keep the Dark Away1984 · 215 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984215
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  7. 5
    Leave a Message for Willie1984 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984224
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  8. 7
    There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of1985 · 200 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1985200
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  9. 8
    Eye of the Storm1988 · 132 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988132
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  10. 9
    The Shape of Dread1989 · 282 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989282
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  11. 10
    There's Something in a Sunday1990 · 210 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990210
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  12. 11
    Trophies and Dead Things1990 · 266 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990266
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  13. 12
    Where Echoes Live1991 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991358
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  14. 13
    Double1984 · confirmed 3/4
    1984–
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  15. 13
    Pennies On a Dead Woman's Eyes1992 · 297 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992297
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  16. 14
    Wolf in the Shadows1993 · confirmed 3/4
    1993–
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  17. 15
    Till the Butchers Cut Him Down1994 · confirmed 3/4
    1994–
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  18. 16
    A Wild and Lonely Place1995 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995336
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  19. 17
    The Broken Promise Land1996 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996400
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  20. 18
    Both Ends of the Night1997 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997384
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  21. 19
    While Other People Sleep1998 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998304
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  22. 20
    A Walk Through the Fire1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999352
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  23. 21
    Listen to the Silence2000 · 289 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000289
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  24. 22
    Dead Midnight2002 · 317 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002317
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  25. 23
    The Dangerous Hour2004 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004324
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  26. 24
    Vanishing Point2006 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006323
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  27. 25
    The Ever-Running Man2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007320
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  28. 26
    Burn Out2008 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008309
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  29. 27
    Locked In2009 · 281 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009281
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  30. 28
    Coming Back2010 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010292
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Is there a chronological order for Sharon McCone?

No separate chronological order is on record for Sharon McCone, 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 Sharon McCone books in order?

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

Where to start with Sharon McCone

Start with Edwin of the Iron Shoes (1977), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sharon McCone book?

Circle in the Water (2024) is the newest Sharon McCone book released so far.

Is there a new Sharon McCone book coming?

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

Awards Sharon McCone has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Sharon McCone. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Sharon McCone at a glance

Still running
Sharon McCone is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Sharon McCone books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
9,382 pages across the 34 of 41 books with a recorded length, a median of 286 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sharon McCone books, 13 of 41, were published in the 1990s.

What the Sharon McCone books are about

37 of the 41 Sharon McCone books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: women private investigators is tagged on 28 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Marcia Muller

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

Characters in the Sharon McCone books

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