Order of Sam Mccain Books

Order of Sam McCain Books


Sam McCain is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by American novelist Ed Gorman. This mystery series is set in the small town of Black River Falls, Iowa in the 1950s. Sam McCain is described as a “small town hero with a big heart.”

Ed Gorman began his Sam McCain series in 1998 with his novel The Day the Music Died. The series lasted 10 novels, concluding in 2014 with Riders on the Storm. Below is a list of Ed Gorman’s Sam McCain books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Sam McCain Books

The Day The Music Died

(1998)

Wake Up Little Susie

(1999)

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

(2000)

Save the Last Dance for Me

(2002)

Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool

(2003)

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

(2004)

Fools Rush In

(2007)

Ticket to Ride

(2009)

Bad Moon Rising

(2011)

Riders on the Storm

(2014)