Ben Coes Books in Order

Ben Coes has written 12 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is Power Down (2010) and the newest is Hijack (2026). Publication order is the reading order below. 10 of the 12 books listed here are in the Dewey Andreas series, which has its own page: Dewey Andreas books in order.

Books
12
Published
2010–2026
Confirmed
12 of 12 titles
Pages on record
4,016 in 9 of 12 books
Reading time
67–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,016 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

Dewey Andreas is the recurring lead in Ben Coes's political thrillers. Power Down (2010) starts a catalogue of 12 books that reaches Hijack (2026), with a Rob Tacoma series and Dewey Andreas novellas beside it. Special forces, intelligence officers, terrorism and coups d'etat fill the subject tags, in settings from Colombia to Pakistan. Coes continues to publish.

How many Ben Coes books are there?

Ben Coes has 12 books, released between 2010 and 2026. They include 2 separate series.

Ben Coes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Ben Coes books in the order they were released, 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. 1
    Power DownDewey Andreas #12010 · 449 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010449
  2. 2
    Coup d'EtatDewey Andreas #22011 · 466 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011466
  3. 3
    The Last RefugeDewey Andreas #32012 · 407 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012407
  4. 4
    Eye for an EyeDewey Andreas #42013 · 422 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013422
  5. 5
    Independence Day / A Day To KillDewey Andreas #52015 · 502 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015502
  6. 6
    First StrikeDewey Andreas #62016 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016480
  7. 7
    Trap the DevilDewey Andreas #72017 · 482 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017482
  8. 9
    Bloody SundayDewey Andreas #82018 · 392 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018392
  9. 10
    The RussianRob Tacoma #12020 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020416
  10. 11
    The IslandDewey Andreas #92021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021
  11. 12
    HijackDewey Andreas #102026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026

Ben Coes series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Ben Coes books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Dewey Andreas books in order

10 books by Ben Coes
  1. 1. Power Down
  2. 2. Coup d'Etat
  3. 3. The Last Refuge
  4. 4. Eye for an Eye
  5. 5. Independence Day / A Day To Kill
  6. 6. First Strike
  7. 7. Trap the Devil
  8. 8. Bloody Sunday
  9. 9. The Island
  10. 10. Hijack

Dewey Andreas Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Ben Coes Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Ben Coes books run from Power Down (2010) to Hijack (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Ben Coes in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Ben Coes books in order?

You only need to read Ben Coes books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Ben Coes

Start with the first book of the Ben Coes series you want to read: Rob Tacoma starts with The Russian (2020) and Dewey Andreas starts with Power Down (2010). The earliest catalogued title overall is Power Down (2010).

What is the newest Ben Coes book?

Hijack (2026) is the newest Ben Coes book released so far.

Is there a new Ben Coes book coming?

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

Ben Coes at a glance

Still publishing
Ben Coes published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ben Coes books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,016 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 449 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ben Coes books, 9 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ben Coes books are about

10 of the 12 Ben Coes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: suspense is tagged on 5 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.