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Olen Steinhauer Books in Order

Olen Steinhauer has written 16 books, published between 2003 and 2020. The first book is The Bridge of Sighs (2003) and the newest is The Last Tourist (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
2003–2020
Confirmed
16 of 16 titles
Pages on record
3,645 in 10 of 16 books
Reading time
61–91 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,645 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Espionage is Olen Steinhauer's subject, first in Eastern Europe and then at the CIA. The Ruthenia Quintet runs from The Bridge of Sighs (2003) through The Confession, 36 Yalta Boulevard, Liberation Movements and Victory Square, following police work in a fictional communist state. Milo Weaver takes over with The Tourist (2009) and The Nearest Exit, reaching The Last Tourist in 2020. Sixteen titles make up the catalogue.

How many Olen Steinhauer books are there?

Olen Steinhauer has 16 books, released between 2003 and 2020. They include 3 separate series.

Olen Steinhauer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Olen Steinhauer 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 The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer, book 1 of the Ruthenia Quintet (2003)
  2. Cover of The Confession by Olen Steinhauer, book 2 of the Ruthenia Quintet (2004)
  3. Cover of 36 Yalta Boulevard / The Vienna Assignment by Olen Steinhauer, book 3 of the Ruthenia Quintet (2005)
  4. Cover of Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer, book 4 of the Ruthenia Quintet (2006)
  5. Cover of Victory Square by Olen Steinhauer, book 5 of the Ruthenia Quintet (2007)
  6. Cover of The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer, book 1 of the Milo Weaver series (2009)
  7. Cover of The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer, book 2 of the Milo Weaver series (2010)
  8. Cover of An American Spy by Olen Steinhauer, book 3 of the Milo Weaver series (2012)
  9. Cover of The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer, book 1 of the Olen Steinhauer Standalone Novels series (2014)
  10. Cover of All the Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer, book 2 of the Olen Steinhauer Standalone Novels series (2015)
  11. Cover of The Last Tourist by Olen Steinhauer, book 4 of the Milo Weaver series (2020)
  1. 1
    The Bridge of SighsRuthenia Quintet #12003 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003288
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  2. 2
    The ConfessionRuthenia Quintet #22004 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004336
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  3. 3
    36 Yalta Boulevard / The Vienna AssignmentRuthenia Quintet #32005 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005320
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  4. 4
    Liberation MovementsRuthenia Quintet #42006 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006304
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  5. 5
    Victory SquareRuthenia Quintet #52007 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007368
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  6. 6
    The TouristMilo Weaver #12009 · 432 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009432
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  7. 7
    The Nearest ExitMilo Weaver #22010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    You Know What's Going OnOlen Steinhauer Short Stories/Novellas #12011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  9. 9
    An American SpyMilo Weaver #32012 · 398 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012398
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  10. 10
    The Cairo AffairOlen Steinhauer Standalone Novels #12014 · 545 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014545
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  11. 11
    On the Lisbon DisasterOlen Steinhauer Short Stories/Novellas #22014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  12. 12
    All the Old KnivesOlen Steinhauer Standalone Novels #22015 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015294
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  13. 13
    Start-UpOlen Steinhauer Short Stories/Novellas #32016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  14. 14
    VandalsMiddleman #12018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  15. 15
    The MiddlemanMiddleman #22018 · 360 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018360
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  16. 16
    The Last TouristMilo Weaver #42020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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Olen Steinhauer series in order

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

Olen Steinhauer 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.

Ruthenia Quintet in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Bridge of Sighs
  2. 2. The Confession
  3. 3. 36 Yalta Boulevard / The Vienna Assignment
  4. 4. Liberation Movements
  5. 5. Victory Square

Olen Steinhauer Short Stories/Novellas

3 books

3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Olen Steinhauer Standalone Novels

2 books

2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Middleman in order

2 books
  1. 1. Vandals
  2. 2. The Middleman

Olen Steinhauer Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Olen Steinhauer books run from The Bridge of Sighs (2003) to The Last Tourist (2020), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Olen Steinhauer in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Olen Steinhauer books in order?

You only need to read Olen Steinhauer 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 Olen Steinhauer

Start with The Tourist (2009), the first Milo Weaver book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Bridge of Sighs (2003).

What is the newest Olen Steinhauer book?

The Last Tourist (2020) is the newest Olen Steinhauer book released so far.

Is there a new Olen Steinhauer book coming?

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

Awards Olen Steinhauer has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Olen Steinhauer. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Hammett Prize2010Won

Olen Steinhauer at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Olen Steinhauer title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Olen Steinhauer books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,645 pages across the 10 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 348 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Olen Steinhauer books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2010s.

What the Olen Steinhauer books are about

12 of the 16 Olen Steinhauer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.