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Paul Watkins Books in Order

Paul Watkins has written 20 books, published between 1988 and 2019. The first book is Night Over Day Over Night (1988) and the newest is The Elegant Lie (As: Sam Eastland) (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
1988–2019
Pages on record
5,320 in 17 of 20 books
Reading time
89–133 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,320 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

See all 20 books in order Printable Paul Watkins checklist

Paul Watkins, born in 1964, is an American novelist who wrote Night Over Day Over Night (1988) at the age of 16. Educated at the Dragon School, Eton and Yale, Watkins teaches and is writer-in-residence at The Peddie School, and lives in Hightstown, New Jersey. Stand Before Your God recalls the Dragon School and Eton years. The 20-book list includes The Promise of Light and Archangel, plus the Inspector Pekkala series, and The Elegant Lie (2019) carries the name Sam Eastland.

How many Paul Watkins books are there?

Paul Watkins has 20 books, released between 1988 and 2019. 7 of them belong to the Inspector Pekkala series.

Paul Watkins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Paul Watkins 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 Night Over Day Over Night by Paul Watkins (1988)
  2. Cover of Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn by Paul Watkins (1989)
  3. Cover of In the Blue Light of African Dreams by Paul Watkins (1990)
  4. Cover of The Promise of Light by Paul Watkins (1992)
  5. Cover of Stand Before Your God by Paul Watkins (1994)
  6. Cover of Archangel by Paul Watkins (1995)
  7. Cover of The Story of My Disappearance by Paul Watkins (1997)
  8. Cover of The Forger by Paul Watkins (2000)
  9. Cover of The Fellowship of Ghosts by Paul Watkins (2004)
  10. Cover of Thunder God by Paul Watkins (2004)
  11. Cover of The Ice Soldier by Paul Watkins (2006)
  12. Cover of Eye of the Red Tsar by Paul Watkins, book 1 of the Inspector Pekkala series (2010)
  13. Cover of The Red Coffin / Shadow Pass by Paul Watkins, book 2 of the Inspector Pekkala series (2011)
  14. Cover of Archive 17 / Siberian Red by Paul Watkins, book 3 of the Inspector Pekkala series (2012)
  15. Cover of The Red Moth by Paul Watkins, book 4 of the Inspector Pekkala series (2013)
  16. Cover of The Beast in the Red Forest by Paul Watkins, book 5 of the Inspector Pekkala series (2013)
  1. 1
    Night Over Day Over Night1988 · 294 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988294
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  2. 2
    Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn1989 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1989288
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  3. 3
    In the Blue Light of African Dreams1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  4. 4
    The Promise of Light1992 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992288
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  5. 5
    Stand Before Your God1994 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994240
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  6. 6
    Archangel1995 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995336
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  7. 7
    The Story of My Disappearance1997 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997224
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  8. 8
    The Forger2000 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000322
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  9. 9
    The Fellowship of Ghosts2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004256
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  10. 10
    Thunder God2004 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004336
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  11. 11
    The Ice Soldier2006 · 341 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006341
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  12. 12
    Eye of the Red TsarInspector Pekkala #12010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  13. 13
    The Red Coffin / Shadow PassInspector Pekkala #22011 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011320
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  14. 14
    Archive 17 / Siberian RedInspector Pekkala #32012 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012262
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  15. 15
    Midget Submarine Commander: The Life of Godfrey Place VC2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  16. 16
    The Red MothInspector Pekkala #42013 · 380 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013380
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  17. 17
    The Beast in the Red ForestInspector Pekkala #52013 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013313
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  18. 18
    Red IconInspector Pekkala #62015 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015368
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  19. 19
    Berlin RedInspector Pekkala #72016 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016400
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  20. 20
    The Elegant Lie (As: Sam Eastland)2019 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019352
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Paul Watkins 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.

Inspector Pekkala in order

7 books
  1. 1. Eye of the Red Tsar
  2. 2. The Red Coffin / Shadow Pass
  3. 3. Archive 17 / Siberian Red
  4. 4. The Red Moth
  5. 5. The Beast in the Red Forest
  6. 6. Red Icon
  7. 7. Berlin Red

Standalone books

13 books

13 Paul Watkins titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Paul Watkins books in order?

You only need to read Paul Watkins books in order within the Inspector Pekkala series, which holds 7 of the 20 Paul Watkins books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Paul Watkins

Start with Night Over Day Over Night (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Paul Watkins book?

The Elegant Lie (As: Sam Eastland) (2019) is the newest Paul Watkins book released so far.

Is there a new Paul Watkins book coming?

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

Paul Watkins at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Paul Watkins title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Paul Watkins books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
5,320 pages across the 17 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Paul Watkins books, 9 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Paul Watkins books are about

19 of the 20 Paul Watkins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 6 of 19. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.