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Chuck Hogan Books in Order

Chuck Hogan has written 15 books, published between 1995 and 2024. The first book is The Standoff (1995) and the newest is Encounter (2024). One more title is announced: The Boy in the Iron Box (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15 + 1 announced
Published
1995–2024
Pages on record
2,556 in 7 of 16 books
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Photo of Chuck Hogan, author

Chuck Hogan, born Charles Patrick Hogan, is an American novelist, screenwriter and television producer. Hogan's Prince of Thieves (2004), catalogued as Prince of Thieves / The Town, won the 2005 Hammett Prize. With Guillermo del Toro, Hogan co-wrote The Strain trilogy of vampire novels and created The Strain television series (2014 to 2017). Crime novels include The Standoff (1995), The Blood Artists (1998) and The Killing Moon, and Hogan wrote the screenplay for 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). The Boy in the Iron Box is due in 2027.

How many Chuck Hogan books are there?

Chuck Hogan has 15 published books, released between 1995 and 2024. They include 3 series and 7 titles listed outside any series. One more, The Boy in the Iron Box (2027), is announced.

Chuck Hogan Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Chuck Hogan 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 Standoff by Chuck Hogan (1995)
  2. Cover of The Blood Artists by Chuck Hogan (1998)
  3. Cover of Prince of Thieves / The Town by Chuck Hogan (2004)
  4. Cover of The Killing Moon by Chuck Hogan (2006)
  5. Cover of Devils in Exile by Chuck Hogan (2010)
  6. Cover of The Hollow Ones by Chuck Hogan, book 7 of the Blackwood Tapes series (2020)
  7. Cover of Gangland by Chuck Hogan (2022)
  1. 1
    The Standoff1995 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995336
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  2. 2
    The Blood Artists1998 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998384
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  3. 3
    Prince of Thieves / The Town2004 · 364 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004364
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  4. 4
    The Killing Moon2006 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006384
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  5. 5
    The StrainStrain Trilogy #12009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  6. 6
    The FallStrain Trilogy #22010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Devils in Exile2010 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010400
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  8. 8
    The Hollow OnesBlackwood Tapes #72020 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020336
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Gangland2022 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022352
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  10. 10
    Falling DownBoy in the Iron Box #12024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  11. 11
    The Pit and the BoxBoy in the Iron Box #22024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  12. 12
    The HuntedBoy in the Iron Box #32024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    RisenBoy in the Iron Box #42024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  14. 14
    SiegeBoy in the Iron Box #52024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  15. 15
    EncounterBoy in the Iron Box #62024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  16. 16
    The Boy in the Iron Box2027 · confirmed 2/4
    2027–
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Chuck Hogan characters in order

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

Chuck Hogan 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.

Boy in the Iron Box in order

6 books
  1. 1. Falling Down
  2. 2. The Pit and the Box
  3. 3. The Hunted
  4. 4. Risen
  5. 5. Siege
  6. 6. Encounter

Strain Trilogy in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Strain
  2. 2. The Fall

Blackwood Tapes in order

1 book
  1. 7. The Hollow Ones

Standalone books

7 books

7 Chuck Hogan titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Chuck Hogan books in order?

You only need to read Chuck Hogan books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Chuck Hogan

Start with The Strain (2009), the first Strain book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Standoff (1995).

What is the newest Chuck Hogan book?

Encounter (2024) is the newest Chuck Hogan book released so far.

Is there a new Chuck Hogan book coming?

Yes. The Boy in the Iron Box (2027) is the next Chuck Hogan book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Awards Chuck Hogan has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Chuck Hogan. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Hammett Prize2004Won

Chuck Hogan at a glance

Still publishing
Chuck Hogan is still publishing. The Boy in the Iron Box is announced for 2027.
Release pace
Chuck Hogan books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,556 pages across the 7 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 364 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Chuck Hogan books, 8 of 16, were published in the 2020s.

What the Chuck Hogan books are about

9 of the 16 Chuck Hogan books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 4 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.