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Joe Buff Books in Order

Joe Buff has written 6 books, published between 2000 and 2006. The first book is Deep Sound Channel (2000) and the newest is Seas of Crisis (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
6
Published
2000–2006
Pages on record
1,431 in 3 of 6 books
Reading time
24–36 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,431 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 3 of 6 titles with a page count on record.

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Joe Buff writes naval techno-thrillers, and Jeffrey Fuller is the recurring character across all six catalogued books. Deep Sound Channel (2000) opens the series and Seas of Crisis (2006) closes it, with Thunder in the Deep, Crush Depth, Tidal Rip, the bestseller of the run, and Straits of Power between them. Nuclear submarines, submarine warfare and Navy SEALs supply the material. Buff spent 20 years as an actuary before writing full time from 1997.

How many Joe Buff books are there?

Joe Buff has 6 books, released between 2000 and 2006.

Joe Buff Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 6 Joe Buff 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 Thunder in the Deep by Joe Buff, book 2 of the Jeffrey Fuller series (2001)
  2. Cover of Tidal Rip by Joe Buff, book 4 of the Jeffrey Fuller series (2003)
  3. Cover of Straits of Power by Joe Buff, book 5 of the Jeffrey Fuller series (2004)
  1. 1
    Deep Sound ChannelJeffrey Fuller #12000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  2. 2
    Thunder in the DeepJeffrey Fuller #22001 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001480
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  3. 3
    Crush DepthJeffrey Fuller #32002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  4. 4
    Tidal RipJeffrey Fuller #42003 · 538 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003538
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  5. 5
    Straits of PowerJeffrey Fuller #52004 · 413 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004413
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  6. 6
    Seas of CrisisJeffrey Fuller #62006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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Joe Buff 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.

Jeffrey Fuller in order

6 books
  1. 1. Deep Sound Channel
  2. 2. Thunder in the Deep
  3. 3. Crush Depth
  4. 4. Tidal Rip
  5. 5. Straits of Power
  6. 6. Seas of Crisis

Do you have to read Joe Buff books in order?

You only need to read Joe Buff books in order within the Jeffrey Fuller series, which holds 6 of the 6 Joe Buff books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Joe Buff

Start with Deep Sound Channel (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joe Buff book?

Seas of Crisis (2006) is the newest Joe Buff book released so far.

Is there a new Joe Buff book coming?

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

Joe Buff at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Joe Buff title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Joe Buff books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,431 pages across the 3 of 6 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joe Buff books, 6 of 6, were published in the 2000s.

What the Joe Buff books are about

All 6 Joe Buff books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: nuclear warfare is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.