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Charles Whiting Books in Order

152 books are credited to Charles Whiting, published between 1954 and 2026; 19 of them appeared after Charles Whiting's death in 2007. The first book is The Frat Wagon (1954) and the newest is Target Eisenhower (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Charles Whiting also publishes as Duncan Harding, Duncan Stirling, Ian Harding, John Kerrigan, K.N. Kostov, Klaus Konrad, Leo Kessler books in order.

Books
152
Published
1954–2026
Pages on record
26,417 in 118 of 152 books
Reading time
440–660 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 26,417 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 118 of 152 titles with a page count on record.

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Charles Whiting (18 December 1926 to 24 July 2007) was a British writer and military historian credited with some 350 fiction and non-fiction books. Besides the Whiting name, the pseudonyms used include Duncan Harding, Ian Harding, John Kerrigan, Leo Kessler, Klaus Konrad, K.N. Kostov and Duncan Stirling. Subjects include the Second World War, the Battle of the Ardennes, military campaigns, biography and the secret service. The catalogue holds 152 books under the Whiting name, starting with The Frat Wagon (1954), and includes Decision at St. Vith, Patton, Bradley and Skorzeny. Series include T-Force, Assault Troop, Stuka Squadron, Special Boat Squadron and Spymaster.

How many Charles Whiting books are there?

Charles Whiting has 152 books, released between 1954 and 2026. 19 of them were published after Charles Whiting's death in 2007. They include 12 series and 86 titles listed outside any series.

Charles Whiting Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 152 Charles Whiting 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 The Frat Wagon by Charles Whiting (1954)
  2. Cover of Decision at St.Vith by Charles Whiting, book 1 of the Spellmount Siegfried Line series (1969)
  3. Cover of 48 Hours to Hammelburg: Patton's Secret Mission by Charles Whiting (1970)
  4. Cover of Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket April 1945 by Charles Whiting (1971)
  5. Cover of Hitler's Werewolves: The story of the Nazi resistance movement, 1944-1945 by Charles Whiting (1972)
  6. Cover of Gehlen: Germany's Master Spy by Charles Whiting (1972)
  7. Cover of The Hunt for Martin Bormann: The Truth by Charles Whiting (1972)
  8. Cover of Operation Fox Hunt by Charles Whiting, book 1 of the Destroyers series (1974)
  9. Cover of Operation Stalag by Charles Whiting, book 2 of the Destroyers series (1974)
  10. Cover of Hunters from the Sky: The German Parachute Corps, 1940-1945 by Charles Whiting (1974)
  11. Cover of A Bridge at Arnhem by Charles Whiting (1974)
  12. Cover of The Battle For Twelveland: An Account Of Anglo American Intelligence Operations Within Nazi Germany, 1939 1945 by…
  13. Cover of Wolf Hunt by Charles Whiting, book 1 of the Spymaster series (1976)
  14. Cover of Highway Through Hell by Charles Whiting, book 3 of the T-Force series (1976)
  15. Cover of Bloody Aachen by Charles Whiting (1976)
  16. Cover of Double Cross by Charles Whiting, book 2 of the Spymaster series (1977)
  17. Cover of Iron Fist (As: Leo Kessler) by Charles Whiting (1977)
  18. Cover of Breakthrough (As: Leo Kessler) by Charles Whiting (1979)
  19. Cover of First Blood by Charles Whiting, book 1 of the Russian series (1980)
  20. Cover of Death of a Division by Charles Whiting (1981)
  21. Cover of Siegfried: The Nazis' Last Stand by Charles Whiting (1982)
  22. Cover of The Home Front:Germany by Charles Whiting, book 35 of the World War II series (1982)
  23. Cover of Tank-busters! by Charles Whiting, book 3 of the Stuka Squadron series (1984)
  24. Cover of '44 : In Combat from Normandy to the Ardennes by Charles Whiting (1984)
  1. 1
    The Frat Wagon1954 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1954253
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  2. 2
    Decision at St.VithSpellmount Siegfried Line #11969 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969261
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  3. 3
    Patton1970 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970160
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  4. 4
    48 Hours to Hammelburg: Patton's Secret Mission1970 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970208
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  5. 5
    Bradley1971 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971160
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  6. 6
    Battle of the Ruhr PocketBallantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle #111971 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971160
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  7. 7
    Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket April 1945Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle #121971 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1971224
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  8. 8
    Skorzeny1972 · 145 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972145
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  9. 9
    Hitler's Werewolves: The story of the Nazi resistance movement, 1944-19451972 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972208
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  10. 10
    Gehlen: Germany's Master Spy1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  11. 11
    The Hunt for Martin Bormann: The Truth1972 · 222 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1972222
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  12. 12
    Finale at Flensburg1973 · confirmed 1/4
    1973–
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  13. 13
    Operation Fox HuntDestroyers #11974 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974266
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  14. 14
    Kill Patton1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  15. 15
    Operation StalagDestroyers #21974 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974292
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  16. 16
    Hunters from the Sky: The German Parachute Corps, 1940-19451974 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974240
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  17. 17
    A Bridge at Arnhem1974 · 366 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1974366
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  18. 18
    Operation AfrikaDestroyers #31975 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975272
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  19. 19
    Guns at CassinoSS Wotan #41975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  20. 20
    Operation WerewolfDestroyers #41975 · 140 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975140
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  21. 21
    Operation Caucasian FoxDestroyers #51975 · 156 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975156
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  22. 22
    Operation Kill IkeDestroyers #61975 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975157
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  23. 23
    The Battle For Twelveland: An Account Of Anglo American Intelligence Operations Within Nazi Germany, 1939 19451975 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975240
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  24. 24
    Big BreakoutT-Force #11976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  25. 25
    Wolf HuntSpymaster #11976 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976272
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  26. 26
    Massacre at MetzT-Force #21976 · 157 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976157
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  27. 27
    Highway Through HellT-Force #31976 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976272
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  28. 28
    Tug of War (As: Duncan Harding)1976 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976190
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  29. 29
    Torpedo Boat (As: Duncan Harding)1976 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976192
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  30. 30
    Bloody Aachen1976 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976168
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Charles Whiting series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Charles Whiting 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.

Common Smith VC Adventures in order

7 books
  1. 1. The Baltic Run
  2. 2. In Turkish Waters
  3. 3. Passage to Petrograd
  4. 4. Death on the Rhine
  5. 5. The Japanese Princess
  6. 6. Death Trap
  7. 7. Hell's Angels

Punishment Battalion Thriller in order

5 books
  1. 1. Baptism of Blood
  2. 2. Cossack Attack
  3. 3. The Steppe Wolves
  4. 4. The Gulag Rats
  5. 5. Blood on the Baltic

Third Reich’s Shadow Forces in order

5 books
  1. 1. SS Kommando
  2. 2. Hitler’s Werewolves
  3. 3. Hunters From the Sky
  4. 4. The March on London
  5. 5. Target Eisenhower

SS Wotan in order

5 books
  1. 4. Guns at Cassino
  2. 16. Schirmer's Headhunters
  3. 22. The Outcasts
  4. 35. Death's Eagles
  5. 45. Some Desperate Glory

T-Force in order

4 books
  1. 1. Big Breakout
  2. 2. Massacre at Metz
  3. 3. Highway Through Hell
  4. 4. The Last Mission

Assault Troop in order

4 books
  1. 1. Blood Beach
  2. 2. Death In The Forest
  3. 3. Clash on the Rhine
  4. 4. End Run

Russian in order

3 books
  1. 1. First Blood
  2. 2. March On Moscow
  3. 3. Front Swine

Stuka Squadron in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Black Knights
  2. 3. Tank-busters!
  3. 4. Blood Mission

Special Boat Squadron in order

3 books
  1. 1. Operation Stormwind
  2. 2. The Finland Mission
  3. 3. The Normandie Mission

Spellmount Siegfried Line in order

2 books
  1. 1. Decision at St.Vith
  2. 2. The Battle of Hurtgen Forest

Spymaster in order

2 books
  1. 1. Wolf Hunt
  2. 2. Double Cross

Stormtroop Edelweiss in order

2 books
  1. 1. Storm Troop
  2. 3. Valley of the Assassins

X-craft in order

2 books
  1. 1. Slaughter in Singapore
  2. 2. Hell on the Rhine

Destroyer in order

2 books
  1. 1. Flotilla Attack
  2. 2. Operation Chariot

Otto Stahl in order

2 books
  1. 3. Otto and the Reds
  2. 5. Otto and the S.S.

Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Battle in order

2 books
  1. 11. Battle of the Ruhr Pocket
  2. 12. Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket April 1945

Submarine in order

1 book
  1. 2. Operation Deathwatch

Secret War in order

1 book
  1. 3. The War in the Shadows

World War II in order

1 book
  1. 35. The Home Front:Germany

Standalone books

86 books

86 Charles Whiting titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Charles Whiting books in order?

You only need to read Charles Whiting books in order within each series: the books listed here span 12 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Charles Whiting

Start with Operation Fox Hunt (1974), the first Destroyers book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Frat Wagon (1954).

What is the newest Charles Whiting book?

Target Eisenhower (2026) is the newest Charles Whiting book released so far.

Is there a new Charles Whiting book coming?

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

Charles Whiting at a glance

Died
Charles Whiting died in 2007, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Charles Whiting are still being published after Charles Whiting's death in 2007; the newest appeared in 2026.
Release pace
Charles Whiting books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
26,417 pages across the 118 of 152 books with a recorded length, a median of 220 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charles Whiting books, 37 of 152, were published in the 1990s.

What the Charles Whiting books are about

101 of the 152 Charles Whiting books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: world war, 1939-1945 is tagged on 66 of 101. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.