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Howie Carr Books in Order

Howie Carr has written 13 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is The Brothers Bulger (2006) and the newest is Mass Corruption (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2006–2025
Pages on record
2,630 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
44–66 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,630 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Howie Carr, author of the Kennedy Babylon series

Howie Carr is an American radio host, reporter and author with 13 catalogued books. The Brothers Bulger (2006) opens the run, followed by Hitman (2011), Hard Knocks (2012), Ratman (2013), Rifleman (2013), Plug Uglies (2014), Killers (2015) and What Really Happened (2018), reaching Mass Corruption in 2025. Two volumes of Kennedy Babylon appeared in 2018 and 2020. Organised crime in Boston, gangsters, murderers, political corruption and Massachusetts politicians run through the subjects. Carr hosts The Howie Carr Show from Wellesley, Massachusetts, broadcast weekdays on WRKO in Boston, and writes three columns a week for the Boston Herald.

How many Howie Carr books are there?

Howie Carr has 13 books, released between 2006 and 2025. 2 of them belong to the Kennedy Babylon series.

Howie Carr Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Howie Carr 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 Brothers Bulger by Howie Carr (2006)
  2. Cover of Hitman by Howie Carr (2011)
  3. Cover of Hard Knocks by Howie Carr (2012)
  4. Cover of Rifleman by Howie Carr (2013)
  5. Cover of Ratman by Howie Carr (2013)
  6. Cover of Plug Uglies by Howie Carr (2014)
  7. Cover of Killers by Howie Carr (2015)
  8. Cover of Kennedy Babylon, Vol. 2 by Howie Carr, book 1 of the Kennedy Babylon series (2018)
  9. Cover of Kennedy Babylon, Vol. 1 by Howie Carr, book 2 of the Kennedy Babylon series (2020)
  1. 1
    The Brothers Bulger2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  2. 2
    Hitman2011 · 560 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011560
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  3. 3
    Hard Knocks2012 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Rifleman2013 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Ratman2013 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013264
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Plug Uglies2014 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014255
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Killers2015 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015400
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Kennedy Babylon, Vol. 2Kennedy Babylon #12018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    What Really Happened2018 · 215 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018215
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Kennedy Babylon, Vol. 1Kennedy Babylon #22020 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020280
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  11. 11
    Paper Boy2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    You Understand American?2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    Mass Corruption2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Howie Carr 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.

Kennedy Babylon in order

2 books
  1. 1. Kennedy Babylon, Vol. 2
  2. 2. Kennedy Babylon, Vol. 1

Standalone books

11 books

11 Howie Carr titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Howie Carr books in order?

You only need to read Howie Carr books in order within the Kennedy Babylon series, which holds 2 of the 13 Howie Carr books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Howie Carr

Start with The Brothers Bulger (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Howie Carr book?

Mass Corruption (2025) is the newest Howie Carr book released so far.

Is there a new Howie Carr book coming?

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

Awards Howie Carr has won

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

  • National Magazine Award1985Won

Howie Carr at a glance

Still publishing
Howie Carr published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Howie Carr books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,630 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Howie Carr books, 8 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Howie Carr books are about

9 of the 13 Howie Carr books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 5 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.