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Oliver North Books in Order

Oliver North has written 19 books, published between 1987 and 2022. The first book is Taking the Stand (1987) and the newest is Tragic Consequences (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
1987–2022
Pages on record
5,657 in 14 of 19 books
Reading time
94–141 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,657 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

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Oliver North is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, Vietnam veteran, political commentator and television host who writes on war and politics. North served on the National Security Council during the Iran-Contra affair and wrote about it in Taking the Stand (1987) and Under Fire (1991). The War Stories and American Heroes books cover Iraq, the Pacific and the Second World War; the Peter Newman and Jake Kruse novels are fiction. Nineteen titles end at Tragic Consequences (2022).

How many Oliver North books are there?

Oliver North has 19 books, released between 1987 and 2022. They include 2 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Oliver North Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Oliver North 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 Taking the Stand by Oliver North (1987)
  2. Cover of Mission Compromised by Oliver North, book 1 of the Peter Newman series (2002)
  3. Cover of War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom by Oliver North, book 1 of the War Stories Non-Fiction series (2003)
  4. Cover of The Jericho Sanction by Oliver North, book 2 of the Peter Newman series (2003)
  5. Cover of War Stories II: Heroism in the Pacific by Oliver North, book 2 of the War Stories Non-Fiction series (2004)
  6. Cover of True Freedom by Oliver North (2004)
  7. Cover of The Assassins by Oliver North, book 3 of the Peter Newman series (2005)
  8. Cover of War Stories III: The Heroes Who Defeated Hitler by Oliver North, book 3 of the War Stories Non-Fiction series (2005)
  9. Cover of In the Fight Against Radical Islam by Oliver North, book 1 of the American Heroes Non-Fiction series (2008)
  10. Cover of In Special Operations by Oliver North, book 2 of the American Heroes Non-Fiction series (2010)
  11. Cover of On the Homefront by Oliver North, book 3 of the American Heroes Non-Fiction series (2013)
  12. Cover of Counterfeit Lies by Oliver North (2014)
  1. 1
    Taking the Stand1987 · 753 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987753
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  2. 2
    Under Fire1991 · confirmed 2/4
    1991–
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  3. 3
    One More Mission: Oliver North Returns to Vietnam1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  4. 4
    Mission CompromisedPeter Newman #12002 · 656 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002656
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  5. 5
    War Stories: Operation Iraqi FreedomWar Stories Non-Fiction #12003 · 332 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003332
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  6. 6
    The Jericho SanctionPeter Newman #22003 · 553 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003553
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  7. 7
    War Stories II: Heroism in the PacificWar Stories Non-Fiction #22004 · 471 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004471
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  8. 8
    True Freedom2004 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200496
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  9. 9
    The AssassinsPeter Newman #32005 · 560 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005560
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  10. 10
    War Stories III: The Heroes Who Defeated HitlerWar Stories Non-Fiction #32005 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005342
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  11. 11
    In the Fight Against Radical IslamAmerican Heroes Non-Fiction #12008 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008304
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  12. 12
    After JihadPeter Newman #42009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  13. 13
    In Special OperationsAmerican Heroes Non-Fiction #22010 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010300
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  14. 14
    Heroes ProvedPeter Newman #52012 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012416
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  15. 15
    On the HomefrontAmerican Heroes Non-Fiction #32013 · 254 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013254
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  16. 16
    Counterfeit Lies2014 · 324 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014324
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  17. 17
    The Rifleman2019 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019296
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  18. 18
    The Giant AwakesJake Kruse #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  19. 19
    Tragic Consequences2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Oliver North 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.

Peter Newman in order

5 books
  1. 1. Mission Compromised
  2. 2. The Jericho Sanction
  3. 3. The Assassins
  4. 4. After Jihad
  5. 5. Heroes Proved

War Stories Non-Fiction

3 books

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

American Heroes Non-Fiction

3 books

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

Jake Kruse in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Giant Awakes

Standalone books

7 books

7 Oliver North titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Oliver North Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Oliver North books run from Taking the Stand (1987) to Tragic Consequences (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Oliver North in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Oliver North books in order?

You only need to read Oliver North books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Oliver North

Start with Taking the Stand (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Oliver North book?

Tragic Consequences (2022) is the newest Oliver North book released so far.

Is there a new Oliver North book coming?

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

Oliver North at a glance

Paused
No new Oliver North title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Oliver North books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,657 pages across the 14 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 337 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Oliver North books, 9 of 19, were published in the 2000s.

What the Oliver North books are about

16 of the 19 Oliver North books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: united states is tagged on 5 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • United States 5 of 16 books
  • Political fiction 3 of 16 books
  • War & military 3 of 16 books
  • American Personal narratives 2 of 16 books
  • Campaigns 2 of 16 books
  • Iran-contra affair, 1985-1990 2 of 16 books
  • Iraq War (2003-2011) fast (OCoLC)fst01802311 2 of 16 books
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011 2 of 16 books
  • North, oliver, 1943- 2 of 16 books
  • Terrorism 2 of 16 books
  • Thrillers 2 of 16 books
  • United States. Marine Corps 2 of 16 books