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Graham Salisbury Books in Order

Graham Salisbury has written 20 books, published between 1992 and 2019. The first book is Blue Skin of the Sea (1992) and the newest is Banjo (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1992–2019
Pages on record
2,334 in 10 of 20 books
Reading time
39–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,334 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Graham Salisbury, born in 1944, is an American writer of children's fiction. The catalogue holds 20 books published between 1992 and 2019, opening with Blue Skin of the Sea (1992) and closing with Banjo (2019). Salisbury is most identified with Under the Blood-Red Sun (1994), a historical novel about a Japanese American boy and his family during the Second World War. Catalogue subjects record Hawaii, fishing, school stories, and fathers and sons. Calvin Coconut and Prisoners of the Empire are the series recorded under this name. Salisbury also made pop records in the late 1960s as Sandy Salisbury.

How many Graham Salisbury books are there?

Graham Salisbury has 20 books, released between 1992 and 2019. They include 2 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Graham Salisbury Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Graham Salisbury 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 Blue Skin of the Sea by Graham Salisbury (1992)
  2. Cover of Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury, book 1 of the Prisoners of the Empire series (1994)
  3. Cover of Shark Bait by Graham Salisbury (1997)
  4. Cover of Jungle Dogs by Graham Salisbury (1998)
  5. Cover of Island Boyz by Graham Salisbury (2002)
  6. Cover of Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury, book 2 of the Prisoners of the Empire series (2005)
  7. Cover of House of the Red Fish by Graham Salisbury, book 3 of the Prisoners of the Empire series (2006)
  8. Cover of Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury (2007)
  9. Cover of Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury, book 1 of the Calvin Coconut series (2009)
  10. Cover of The Zippy Fix by Graham Salisbury, book 2 of the Calvin Coconut series (2009)
  11. Cover of Zoo Breath by Graham Salisbury, book 4 of the Calvin Coconut series (2010)
  12. Cover of Hero of Hawaii by Graham Salisbury, book 5 of the Calvin Coconut series (2011)
  13. Cover of Kung Fooey by Graham Salisbury, book 6 of the Calvin Coconut series (2011)
  14. Cover of Man Trip by Graham Salisbury, book 7 of the Calvin Coconut series (2012)
  15. Cover of Rocket Ride by Graham Salisbury, book 8 of the Calvin Coconut series (2012)
  16. Cover of Extra Famous by Graham Salisbury, book 9 of the Calvin Coconut series (2013)
  17. Cover of Hunt for the Bamboo Rat by Graham Salisbury, book 4 of the Prisoners of the Empire series (2014)
  1. 1
    Blue Skin of the Sea1992 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992224
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  2. 2
    Under the Blood-Red SunPrisoners of the Empire #11994 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994246
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  3. 3
    Shark Bait1997 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997151
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  4. 4
    Jungle Dogs1998 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998183
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  5. 5
    Lord of the Deep2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  6. 6
    Island Boyz2002 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002260
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  7. 7
    Eyes of the EmperorPrisoners of the Empire #22005 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005256
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  8. 8
    House of the Red FishPrisoners of the Empire #32006 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006320
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  9. 9
    Night of the Howling Dogs2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  10. 10
    Trouble MagnetCalvin Coconut #12009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  11. 11
    The Zippy FixCalvin Coconut #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  12. 12
    Dog HeavenCalvin Coconut #32010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  13. 13
    Zoo BreathCalvin Coconut #42010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  14. 14
    Hero of HawaiiCalvin Coconut #52011 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011147
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  15. 15
    Kung FooeyCalvin Coconut #62011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  16. 16
    Man TripCalvin Coconut #72012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    Rocket RideCalvin Coconut #82012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  18. 18
    Extra FamousCalvin Coconut #92013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  19. 19
    Hunt for the Bamboo RatPrisoners of the Empire #42014 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014323
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  20. 20
    Banjo2019 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019224
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Graham Salisbury series in order

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

Graham Salisbury 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.

Prisoners of the Empire in order

4 books
  1. 1. Under the Blood-Red Sun
  2. 2. Eyes of the Emperor
  3. 3. House of the Red Fish
  4. 4. Hunt for the Bamboo Rat

Standalone books

7 books

7 Graham Salisbury titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Graham Salisbury books in order?

You only need to read Graham Salisbury 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 Graham Salisbury

Start with Trouble Magnet (2009), the first Calvin Coconut book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Blue Skin of the Sea (1992).

What is the newest Graham Salisbury book?

Banjo (2019) is the newest Graham Salisbury book released so far.

Is there a new Graham Salisbury book coming?

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

Graham Salisbury at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Graham Salisbury title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Graham Salisbury books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,334 pages across the 10 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 235 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Graham Salisbury books, 9 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Graham Salisbury books are about

19 of the 20 Graham Salisbury books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 14 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.