Dave Grossman Books in Order

Dave Grossman has written 13 books, published between 1995 and 2023. The first book is On Killing (1995) and the newest is On Hunting (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1995–2023
Pages on record
659 in 2 of 13 books
Photo of Dave Grossman, author

Dave Grossman, born 23 August 1956, is an American author and trainer who runs seminars on the psychology of lethal force. Grossman retired from the United States Army as a lieutenant colonel. Catalogued titles include On Killing (1995), Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill (1999), On Combat (2004), Assassination Generation (2016), On Spiritual Combat (2020) and On Killing Remotely (2021). On Hunting (2023) is the newest. Subject tags include combat, military psychology and post-traumatic stress disorder.

How many Dave Grossman books are there?

Dave Grossman has 13 books, released between 1995 and 2023.

Dave Grossman Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Dave Grossman 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. 1
    On Killing1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995
  2. 2
    Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999
  3. 3
    Mission to the Moon2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000
  4. 42000
  5. 5
    On Combat2004 · 395 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004395
  6. 6
    The Guns of Two SpaceTwo-Space War #22007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007
  7. 7
    Evolution of Weaponry2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  8. 82013
  9. 92016264
  10. 10
    On Spiritual Combat2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020
  11. 11
    On Killing Remotely2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  12. 12
    Warrior Mindset2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  13. 13
    On Hunting2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Dave Grossman 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.

Two-Space War in order

1 book
  1. 2. The Guns of Two Space

Standalone books

12 books

12 Dave Grossman titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dave Grossman books in order?

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

Where to start with Dave Grossman

Start with On Killing (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dave Grossman book?

On Hunting (2023) is the newest Dave Grossman book released so far.

Is there a new Dave Grossman book coming?

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

Dave Grossman at a glance

Paused
No new Dave Grossman title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Dave Grossman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
659 pages across the 2 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 330 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dave Grossman books, 4 of 13, were published in the 2020s.

What the Dave Grossman books are about

5 of the 13 Dave Grossman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Allergy 1 of 5 books
  • Alphabet 1 of 5 books
  • Children and violence 1 of 5 books
  • Combat 1 of 5 books
  • Combat Disorders 1 of 5 books
  • Fishes 1 of 5 books
  • Heroes 1 of 5 books
  • Humor 1 of 5 books
  • Mass media and children 1 of 5 books
  • Military Psychology 1 of 5 books
  • Murder 1 of 5 books
  • Mystery & detective 1 of 5 books