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Alex Kershaw Books in Order

Alex Kershaw has written 13 books, published between 1997 and 2024. The first book is Jack London (1997) and the newest is Patton's Prayer (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1997–2024
Pages on record
3,388 in 10 of 13 books
Reading time
56–85 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,388 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Alex Kershaw, born 1966, is an English journalist, public speaker and author of narrative history. The Second World War supplies most of the catalogue: The Bedford Boys (2004), The Longest Winter (2004), The Few (2006), Escape from the Deep (2008), The Liberator (2012) and Avenue of Spies (2015). Kershaw also writes biography, starting at Jack London (1997) and continuing to Patton's Prayer (2024). Thirteen Kershaw titles are catalogued, with American soldiers, campaigns and regimental history as the recurring subjects.

How many Alex Kershaw books are there?

Alex Kershaw has 13 books, released between 1997 and 2024.

Alex Kershaw Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Alex Kershaw 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 Jack London by Alex Kershaw (1997)
  2. Cover of The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw (2004)
  3. Cover of The Bedford Boys by Alex Kershaw (2004)
  4. Cover of Blood and Champagne by Alex Kershaw (2004)
  5. Cover of The Few by Alex Kershaw (2006)
  6. Cover of The Envoy / To Save a People by Alex Kershaw (2009)
  7. Cover of The Liberator by Alex Kershaw (2012)
  8. Cover of The First Wave by Alex Kershaw (2019)
  9. Cover of Against All Odds by Alex Kershaw (2022)
  10. Cover of Patton's Prayer by Alex Kershaw (2024)
  1. 1
    Jack London1997 · 334 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997334
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  2. 2
    The Longest Winter2004 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004326
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  3. 3
    The Bedford Boys2004 · 279 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004279
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  4. 4
    Blood and Champagne2004 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004298
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  5. 5
    The Few2006 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006305
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  6. 6
    Escape from the Deep2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Envoy / To Save a People2009 · 326 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009326
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Liberator2012 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012448
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  9. 9
    Avenue of Spies2015 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015320
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  10. 10
    The General2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  11. 11
    The First Wave2019 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019384
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    Against All Odds2022 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022368
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  13. 13
    Patton's Prayer2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Alex Kershaw books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

13 books

13 Alex Kershaw titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Alex Kershaw books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 13 Alex Kershaw books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Alex Kershaw

Start with Jack London (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Alex Kershaw book?

Patton's Prayer (2024) is the newest Alex Kershaw book released so far.

Is there a new Alex Kershaw book coming?

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

Alex Kershaw at a glance

Still publishing
Alex Kershaw published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Alex Kershaw books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,388 pages across the 10 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Alex Kershaw books, 6 of 13, were published in the 2000s.

What the Alex Kershaw books are about

12 of the 13 Alex Kershaw books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 8 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.