Daniel James Brown Books in Order
Daniel James Brown has written 4 books, published between 2006 and 2021. The first book is Under a Flaming Sky (2006) and the newest is Facing the Mountain (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2006–2021
- Total pages
- 1,585 across 4 books
- Reading time
- 26–40 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,585 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.
Daniel James Brown is an American author of narrative nonfiction. Four books are catalogued between 2006 and 2021: Under a Flaming Sky (2006), The Indifferent Stars Above (2009), The Boys in the Boat (2013) and Facing the Mountain (2021). The recorded subjects tie the work to a Minnesota forest fire, the Donner Party, overland journeys to the Pacific, the University of Washington and the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Nothing later than 2021 is catalogued.
How many Daniel James Brown books are there?
Daniel James Brown has 4 books, released between 2006 and 2021.
Daniel James Brown Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 4 Daniel James Brown 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.
- 1Under a Flaming Sky2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420063041/4
- 2The Indifferent Stars Above2009 · 337 pages · confirmed 1/420093371/4
- 3The Boys in the Boat2013 · 404 pages · confirmed 1/420134041/4
- 4Facing the Mountain2021 · 540 pages · confirmed 1/420215401/4
Daniel James Brown 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
4 books4 Daniel James Brown titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Daniel James Brown books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 4 Daniel James Brown books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Daniel James Brown
Start with Under a Flaming Sky (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Daniel James Brown book?
Facing the Mountain (2021) is the newest Daniel James Brown book released so far.
Is there a new Daniel James Brown book coming?
No next Daniel James Brown book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Daniel James Brown at a glance
- Paused
- No new Daniel James Brown title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Daniel James Brown books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 1,585 pages across all 4 books with a recorded length, a median of 370 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Daniel James Brown books, 2 of 4, were published in the 2000s.
What the Daniel James Brown books are about
All 4 Daniel James Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 3 of 4 books
- Biography 2 of 4 books
- Nonfiction 2 of 4 books
- American Participation 1 of 4 books
- Army 1 of 4 books
- Brides 1 of 4 books
- Travel 1 of 4 books
- Donner Party 1 of 4 books
- Forest fires 1 of 4 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 1 of 4 books
- Japanese American Soldiers 1 of 4 books
- Military campaigns 1 of 4 books