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Jocko Willink Books in Order

Jocko Willink has written 13 books, published between 2015 and 2024. The first book is Extreme Ownership (2015) and the newest is Letters from Uncle Jake (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2015–2024
Confirmed
1 of 13 titles
Pages on record
2,516 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
42–63 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,516 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Jocko Willink, author

Extreme Ownership (2015) is the earliest of 13 catalogued books by Jocko Willink, an American author, podcaster and retired United States Navy SEAL officer born September 8, 1971. In the Iraq War, Willink commanded Task Unit Bruiser of SEAL Team 3 in the fighting at Ramadi, receiving the Silver Star and the Bronze Star Medal and reaching lieutenant commander. Willink also sits on the board of San Diego FC. Other titles include Discipline Equals Freedom (2017), The Dichotomy of Leadership (2018) and Leadership Strategy and Tactics (2020), and Way of the Warrior Kid (2018) and Marc's Mission (2018) also appear, with children's fiction and leadership among the subjects. Letters from Uncle Jake (2024) is the newest.

How many Jocko Willink books are there?

Jocko Willink has 13 books, released between 2015 and 2024. They include 2 series and 6 titles listed outside any series.

Jocko Willink Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Jocko Willink 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 Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink, book 1 of the Extreme Ownership series (2015)
  2. Cover of Mikey and the Dragons by Jocko Willink (2018)
  3. Cover of Way of the Warrior Kid by Jocko Willink, book 1 of the Way Of The Warrior Kid series (2018)
  4. Cover of Marc's Mission by Jocko Willink, book 2 of the Way Of The Warrior Kid series (2018)
  5. Cover of Where There's a Will... by Jocko Willink, book 3 of the Way Of The Warrior Kid series (2019)
  6. Cover of Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink (2020)
  7. Cover of The Code. the Evaluation. the Protocols by Jocko Willink (2020)
  8. Cover of Field Manual - Teaching Kids to be Their Best! by Jocko Willink, book 4 of the Way Of The Warrior Kid series (2020)
  9. Cover of Letters from Uncle Jake by Jocko Willink, book 5 of the Way Of The Warrior Kid series (2024)
  1. 1
    Extreme OwnershipExtreme Ownership #12015 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015384
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  2. 2
    Discipline Equals Freedom2017 · 199 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017199
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  3. 3
    Mikey and the Dragons2018 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201848
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Way of the Warrior KidWay Of The Warrior Kid #12018 · 208 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018208
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  5. 5
    Marc's MissionWay Of The Warrior Kid #22018 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018204
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  6. 6
    The Dichotomy of LeadershipExtreme Ownership #22018 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018300
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  7. 7
    Where There's a Will...Way Of The Warrior Kid #32019 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019224
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  8. 8
    Leadership Strategy and Tactics2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320
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  9. 9
    The Code. the Evaluation. the Protocols2020 · 93 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202093
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  10. 10
    Field Manual - Teaching Kids to be Their Best!Way Of The Warrior Kid #42020 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020224
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  11. 11
    Final Spin2021 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2021224
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  12. 12
    The Official Extreme Ownership Companion Workbook - Win at Work. At Home. In Life.2021 · 88 pages · confirmed 2/4
    202188
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  13. 13
    Letters from Uncle JakeWay Of The Warrior Kid #52024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Jocko Willink series in order

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

Jocko Willink 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.

Extreme Ownership in order

2 books
  1. 1. Extreme Ownership
  2. 2. The Dichotomy of Leadership

Standalone books

6 books

6 Jocko Willink titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jocko Willink books in order?

You only need to read Jocko Willink 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 Jocko Willink

Start with Way of the Warrior Kid (2018), the first Way Of The Warrior Kid book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Extreme Ownership (2015).

What is the newest Jocko Willink book?

Letters from Uncle Jake (2024) is the newest Jocko Willink book released so far.

Is there a new Jocko Willink book coming?

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

Jocko Willink at a glance

Still publishing
Jocko Willink published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Jocko Willink books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,516 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 216 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jocko Willink books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jocko Willink books are about

11 of the 13 Jocko Willink 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 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.