Joe Giorello Books in Order

Joe Giorello has written 12 books, published between 2014 and 2025. The first book is Bunker Hill to WWI (2014) and the newest is Epic Sea Battles (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 12 books listed here are in the Great Battles for Boys series, which has its own page: Great Battles for Boys books in order.

Books
12
Published
2014–2025
Confirmed
5 of 12 titles
Pages on record
1,340 in 8 of 12 books
Reading time
22–34 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,340 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

Joe Giorello writes military history for readers in grades 3 to 5. Great Battles for Boys is Giorello's catalogued series, and 12 books are listed from Bunker Hill to WWI (2014) to Epic Sea Battles (2025). Volumes cover WW2 Europe and WW2 Pacific (both 2014), The American Revolution and Civil War (2017), World War I (2017), Ancients to Middle Ages (2018) and The Korean War (2021). Recorded subjects are military art and science, and United States history.

How many Joe Giorello books are there?

Joe Giorello has 12 books, released between 2014 and 2025. 8 of them belong to the Great Battles for Boys series.

Joe Giorello Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Joe Giorello 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
    Bunker Hill to WWIGreat Battles for Boys #12014 · 118 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014118
  2. 2
    WW2 EuropeGreat Battles for Boys #22014 · 186 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014186
  3. 3
    WW2 PacificGreat Battles for Boys #32014 · 172 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014172
  4. 4
    The American Revolution2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017
  5. 5
    Civil WarGreat Battles for Boys #52017 · 273 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017273
  6. 6
    Bunker Hill to WWI2017 · 117 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017117
  7. 7
    World War IGreat Battles for Boys #72017 · 190 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017190
  8. 8
    Ancients to Middle AgesGreat Battles for Boys #62018 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018120
  9. 9
    The Korean War2021 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021164
  10. 102022
  11. 11
    The Vietnam War2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  12. 122025

Joe Giorello series in order

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

Joe Giorello 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.

Standalone books

4 books

4 Joe Giorello titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Joe Giorello books in order?

You only need to read Joe Giorello books in order within the Great Battles for Boys series, which holds 8 of the 12 Joe Giorello books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Joe Giorello

Start with Bunker Hill to WWI (2014), the first Great Battles for Boys book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Joe Giorello book?

Epic Sea Battles (2025) is the newest Joe Giorello book released so far.

Is there a new Joe Giorello book coming?

No next Joe Giorello 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 Giorello at a glance

Still publishing
Joe Giorello published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Joe Giorello books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,340 pages across the 8 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 168 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joe Giorello books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Joe Giorello books are about

1 of the 12 Joe Giorello 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.