Joseph Badal Books in Order
Joseph Badal has written 19 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is The Pythagorean Solution (2003) and the newest is Soulless (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Pages on record
- 5,741 in 15 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 96–144 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,741 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Suspense thrillers are the output of Joseph Badal, an American novelist and financier born on November 17, 1944. Badal was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and served as a captain during the Vietnam War, receiving commendations. Badal lives in New Mexico and sat on the New Mexico Small Business Council from 2011 to 2022. The catalogue records 19 books between The Pythagorean Solution (2003) and Soulless (2025), with the Bob Danforth, Lassiter and Martinez, and Curtis Chronicles series. Terrorism, the CIA and missing persons are among the subjects.
How many Joseph Badal books are there?
Joseph Badal has 19 books, released between 2003 and 2025. They include 3 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.
Joseph Badal Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Joseph Badal 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.
- 1The Pythagorean Solution2003 · 362 pages · confirmed 2/420033622/4
- 220043642/4
- 320114762/4
- 420114402/4
- 5Shell Game2012 · 436 pages · confirmed 2/420124362/4
- 620133862/4
- 7Ultimate Betrayal2014 · confirmed 2/42014–2/4
- 820153062/4
- 920153922/4
- 1020164032/4
- 1120173442/4
- 1220174142/4
- 1320183742/4
- 1420193722/4
- 1520193442/4
- 16Payback2020 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/420203282/4
- 172021–2/4
- 182022–2/4
- 192025–2/4
Joseph Badal 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.
Bob Danforth in order
7 booksLassiter and Martinez in order
4 booksCurtis Chronicles in order
4 books- 1. The Motive
- 2. Obsessed
- 3. Justice
- 4. Soulless
Standalone books
4 books4 Joseph Badal titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Joseph Badal books in order?
You only need to read Joseph Badal 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 Joseph Badal
Start with The Pythagorean Solution (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Joseph Badal book?
Soulless (2025) is the newest Joseph Badal book released so far.
Is there a new Joseph Badal book coming?
No next Joseph Badal book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Joseph Badal at a glance
- Still publishing
- Joseph Badal published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Joseph Badal books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,741 pages across the 15 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 374 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Joseph Badal books, 13 of 19, were published in the 2010s.
What the Joseph Badal books are about
4 of the 19 Joseph Badal books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: americans is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Americans 2 of 4 books
- United States 2 of 4 books
- Fantasy, paranormal 1 of 4 books
- Marriage 1 of 4 books
- Missing persons 1 of 4 books
- Olympic Games (28th : 2004 : Athens, Greece) 1 of 4 books
- Olympic Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01408249 1 of 4 books
- Terrorism 1 of 4 books
- Thrillers 1 of 4 books
- Treasure troves 1 of 4 books
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency 1 of 4 books