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Randall Silvis

7 Series • 30 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Edgar Allan Poe Books
Start with: On Night's Shore (2001)
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Publication Order of Ryan DeMarco Mystery Books
Start with: Two Days Gone (2017)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Luckiest Man in the World (1984)

ⓘ About Randall Silvis

Randall Silvis is internationally bestselling author of plays, historical mystery and thriller books best known for Edgar Allan Poe and Ryan DeMarco Mystery series. Silvis is also a prolific essayist, prize-winning playwright and a screenwriter and his numerous articles, essays, short stories, and poems have been featured in Discovery Channel Magazines, Manoa, The Writer, Short Story International, Prism International, and many prints and online magazines. Silvis became a published author in 1988 when he released his short story collection titled The Luckiest Man in the World. In 2001 he published On Night’s Shore, the first book in Edgar Allan Poe series and a sequel Disquiet Heart in 2002.

All Book Series by Randall Silvis

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On Night's Shore book cover

On Night's Shore

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2001

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2001
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Disquiet Heart book cover

Disquiet Heart

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2002

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2002
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Two Days Gone

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2017

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2017
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Walking the Bones

Book 2 of 5 · published 2018

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2018
3
A Long Way Down, book cover

A Long Way Down,

Book 3 of 5 · published 2019

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2019
4
No Woods So Dark as These book cover

No Woods So Dark as These

Book 4 of 5 · published 2020

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2020
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When All Light Fails book cover

When All Light Fails

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2021

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2021
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Luckiest Man in the World book cover

Luckiest Man in the World

Series opener · book 1 of 14 · published 1984

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1984
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Excelsior

Book 2 of 14 · published 1988

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1988
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An Occasional Hell book cover

An Occasional Hell

Book 3 of 14 · published 1993

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1993
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Under the Rainbow book cover

Under the Rainbow

Book 4 of 14 · published 1993

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1993
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Dead Man Falling

Book 5 of 14 · published 1996

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1996
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Mysticus

Book 6 of 14 · published 1999

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1999
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Doubly Dead

Book 7 of 14 · published 2004

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2004
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In a Town Called Mundomuerto

Book 8 of 14 · published 2007

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2007
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Hangtime

Book 9 of 14 · published 2009

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2009
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The Boy Who Shoots Crows book cover

The Boy Who Shoots Crows

Book 10 of 14 · published 2011

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2011
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Blood & Ink

Book 11 of 14 · published 2015

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2015
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Only the Rain

Book 12 of 14 · published 2017

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2017
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First the Thunder

Book 13 of 14 · published 2018

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2018
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The Deepest Black

Latest in the series · book 14 of 14 · published 2022

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2022
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Flying Fish book cover

Flying Fish

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2012

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2012
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The Indian

Book 2 of 3 · published 2013

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2013
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Snap

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2014

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2014
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Incident on Ten-Right Road

Single-title series · published 2019

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2019
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The 50 Greatest Dads of All Time book cover

The 50 Greatest Dads of All Time

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1998

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1998
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Heart So Hungry book cover

Heart So Hungry

Book 2 of 4 · published 2004

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2004
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North of Unknown

Book 3 of 4 · published 2005

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2005
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From the Mirror: Reflections on Living, Writing, and Dying Well book cover

From the Mirror: Reflections on Living, Writing, and Dying Well

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2021

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2021
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Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1985 book cover

Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1985

Single-title series · published 1985

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1985

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Randall Silvis?

Randall Silvis is internationally bestselling author of plays, historical mystery and thriller books best known for Edgar Allan Poe and Ryan DeMarco Mystery series. Silvis is also a prolific essayist, prize-winning playwright and a screenwriter and his numerous articles, essays, short stories, and poems have been featured in Discovery Channel Magazines, Manoa, The Writer, Short Story International, Prism International, and many prints and online magazines. Silvis became a published author in 1988 when he released his short story collection titled The Luckiest Man in the World.

Which Randall Silvis series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Ryan DeMarco Mystery series, the earliest of Randall Silvis's multi-book series: it opens with Two Days Gone (2017) and runs to 5 books across 2017–2021, ending with When All Light Fails (2021).

How many books has Randall Silvis written?

Randall Silvis has 30 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1984 and 2022. 7 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Ryan DeMarco Mystery series with 5 books — and 23 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Randall Silvis's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Randall Silvis's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Edgar Allan Poe (2001–2002, 2 books) and Ryan DeMarco Mystery (2017–2021, 5 books).

How are Randall Silvis's books organised into series?

This guide splits Randall Silvis's 30 books into 2 named series and 23 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Ryan DeMarco Mystery (5 books, 2017–2021); Edgar Allan Poe (2 books, 2001–2002).