John Wingate Books in Order
27 books are credited to John Wingate, published between 1959 and 2019; 2 of them appeared after John Wingate's death in 2008. The first book is Submariner Sinclair (1959) and the newest is Souls Speak (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1959–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,148 in 14 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 52–79 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,148 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
John Wingate (1920-2008) was a naval officer in the United Kingdom who wrote mostly on naval matters. The catalogue holds 27 books opening with Submariner Sinclair (1959) and running through Jimmy-the-One (1960), Sinclair in Command (1961), Nuclear Captain (1962), Torpedo Strike (1964) and The Fighting Tenth (1971). Recorded subjects include the Royal Navy's 10th Submarine Flotilla, British naval operations, Malta, the Mediterranean, the Second World War and Great Britain. Submariner Sinclair, WWII Action Thriller and Cold War Naval Thriller are the series recorded under Wingate's name.
How many John Wingate books are there?
John Wingate has 27 books, released between 1959 and 2019. 2 of them were published after John Wingate's death in 2008. They include 3 series and 12 titles listed outside any series.
John Wingate Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 John Wingate 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.
- 11959–1/4
- 21960–1/4
- 31961–1/4
- 41962–1/4
- 51963–1/4
- 61964–1/4
- 71966–1/4
- 81967–1/4
- 919713841/4
- 101971–1/4
- 111973–1/4
- 12Below The Horizon1974 · 190 pages · confirmed 1/419741901/4
- 131975–1/4
- 14Oil Strike1976 · confirmed 1/41976–1/4
- 15Black Tide1977 · 171 pages · confirmed 1/419771711/4
- 16Avalanche1978 · 153 pages · confirmed 1/419781531/4
- 17Red Mutiny1978 · 167 pages · confirmed 1/419781671/4
- 18Target Risk1979 · 158 pages · confirmed 1/419791581/4
- 19Seawaymen1979 · 161 pages · confirmed 1/419791611/4
- 20William the Conqueror1983 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/419833351/4
- 21Go Deep1985 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/419851911/4
- 2219882151/4
- 2319881911/4
- 2419882121/4
- 25The Windship Race1988 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/419884001/4
- 26The Pulpit of the American Revolution2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 27Souls Speak2019 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/420192201/4
John Wingate series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
John Wingate 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.
WWII Action Thriller in order
3 booksSubmarine Warfare in World War Two in order
1 bookStandalone books
12 books12 John Wingate titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Wingate books in order?
You only need to read John Wingate books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with John Wingate
Start with Submariner Sinclair (1959), the first Submariner Sinclair book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest John Wingate book?
Souls Speak (2019) is the newest John Wingate book released so far.
Is there a new John Wingate book coming?
No next John Wingate book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Wingate at a glance
- Died
- John Wingate died in 2008, according to Wikidata.
- After death
- Books credited to John Wingate are still being published after John Wingate's death in 2008; the newest appeared in 2019.
- Release pace
- John Wingate books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,148 pages across the 14 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 191 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Wingate books, 11 of 27, were published in the 1970s.
What the John Wingate books are about
11 of the 27 John Wingate books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 4 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fiction in English 4 of 11 books
- History 2 of 11 books