Tres Navarre Books in Order
Tres Navarre by Rick Riordan contains 7 books, published between 1997 and 2007. The first book is Big Red Tequila (1997) and the newest is Rebel Island (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 1997–2007
- Confirmed
- 7 of 7 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,230 in 6 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 37–56 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,230 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Tres Navarre is a private investigator and English teacher working San Antonio, Texas, across seven Rick Riordan mysteries. Big Red Tequila (1997) opens the run and Rebel Island (2007) closes it, through The Widower's Two-Step (1998), The Last King of Texas (2000), The Devil Went Down to Austin (2001), Southtown (2004) and Mission Road (2005).
How many Tres Navarre books are there?
Tres Navarre has 7 books, released between 1997 and 2007.
Tres Navarre Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Tres Navarre 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.
- 1Big Red Tequila1997 · 372 pages · confirmed 4/419973724/4
- 2The Widower's Two-Step1998 · 416 pages · confirmed 4/419984164/4
- 3The Last King of Texas2000 · 400 pages · confirmed 4/420004004/4
- 4The Devil Went Down to Austin2001 · 351 pages · confirmed 4/420013514/4
- 5Southtown2004 · confirmed 4/42004–4/4
- 6Mission Road2005 · 352 pages · confirmed 4/420053524/4
- 7Rebel Island2007 · 339 pages · confirmed 4/420073394/4
Is there a chronological order for Tres Navarre?
No separate chronological order is on record for Tres Navarre, 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 Tres Navarre books in order?
You should read the Tres Navarre books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Tres Navarre book also stands alone.
Where to start with Tres Navarre
Start with Big Red Tequila (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tres Navarre book?
Rebel Island (2007) is the newest Tres Navarre book released so far.
Is there a new Tres Navarre book coming?
No next Tres Navarre 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 Tres Navarre has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Tres Navarre. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original1998Wonfor Big Red Tequila
- Shamus Award1998Wonfor Big Red Tequila
Tres Navarre at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Tres Navarre title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Tres Navarre books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,230 pages across the 6 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 362 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tres Navarre books, 5 of 7, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 7 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Tres Navarre books are about
All 7 Tres Navarre 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 6 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Private investigators 6 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 7 books
- English teachers 4 of 7 books
- Fugitives from justice 2 of 7 books
- Navarre, tres (fictitious character) 2 of 7 books
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