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Peter Watt Books in Order

Peter Watt has written 24 books, published between 2000 and 2024. The first book is Cry of the Curlew (2000) and the newest is The Ghosts of August (2024). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 24 books listed here are in the Frontier series, which has its own page: Frontier books in order.

Books
24
Published
2000–2024
Pages on record
6,851 in 16 of 24 books
Reading time
114–171 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,851 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 24 titles with a page count on record.

See all 24 books in order Printable Peter Watt checklist

Peter Watt writes Australian historical fiction built around frontier and pioneer life, family and war. Cry of the Curlew (2000) is the first of 24 books, followed by Shadow of the Osprey the same year and Flight of the Eagle (2002). The Colonial and Papua Trilogy series sit in the catalogue, and both World Wars appear in the subjects. Watt has kept a pace of about one novel a year, at a median of 392 pages, and The Ghosts of August (2024) is the latest. Peter Watt's books are also linked to the Frontier listing.

How many Peter Watt books are there?

Peter Watt has 24 books, released between 2000 and 2024. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Peter Watt Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 24 Peter Watt 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 Cry of the Curlew by Peter Watt, book 1 of the Frontier series (2000)
  2. Cover of Shadow of the Osprey by Peter Watt, book 2 of the Frontier series (2000)
  3. Cover of Flight of the Eagle by Peter Watt, book 3 of the Frontier series (2002)
  4. Cover of To Chase The Storm by Peter Watt, book 4 of the Frontier series (2004)
  5. Cover of Eden by Peter Watt, book 2 of the Papua Trilogy (2005)
  6. Cover of The Silent Frontier by Peter Watt (2006)
  7. Cover of The Stone Dragon by Peter Watt (2008)
  8. Cover of The Frozen Circle by Peter Watt (2008)
  9. Cover of The Pacific by Peter Watt, book 3 of the Papua Trilogy (2011)
  10. Cover of Beyond the Horizon by Peter Watt, book 7 of the Frontier series (2012)
  11. Cover of War Clouds Gather by Peter Watt, book 8 of the Frontier series (2013)
  12. Cover of And Fire Falls by Peter Watt, book 9 of the Frontier series (2014)
  13. Cover of Beneath a Rising Sun by Peter Watt, book 10 of the Frontier series (2015)
  14. Cover of While the Moon Burns by Peter Watt, book 11 of the Frontier series (2016)
  15. Cover of The Queen's Colonial by Peter Watt, book 1 of the Colonial series (2019)
  16. Cover of The Queen's Tiger by Peter Watt, book 2 of the Colonial series (2019)
  17. Cover of The Queen's Captain by Peter Watt, book 3 of the Colonial series (2020)
  18. Cover of Call of Empire by Peter Watt, book 5 of the Colonial series (2022)
  1. 1
    Cry of the CurlewFrontier #12000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  2. 2
    Shadow of the OspreyFrontier #22000 · 669 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000669
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  3. 3
    PapuaPapua Trilogy #12002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  4. 4
    Flight of the EagleFrontier #32002 · 672 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002672
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  5. 5
    To Chase The StormFrontier #42004 · 529 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004529
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  6. 6
    EdenPapua Trilogy #22005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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  7. 7
    The Silent Frontier2006 · 369 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006369
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  8. 8
    The Stone Dragon2008 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008400
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  9. 9
    The Frozen Circle2008 · 420 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008420
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  10. 10
    To Touch The CloudsFrontier #52009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    To Ride The WindFrontier #62010 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010416
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  12. 12
    The PacificPapua Trilogy #32011 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011336
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  13. 13
    Beyond the HorizonFrontier #72012 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012416
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  14. 14
    War Clouds GatherFrontier #82013 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013384
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  15. 15
    And Fire FallsFrontier #92014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  16. 16
    Beneath a Rising SunFrontier #102015 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015368
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  17. 17
    While the Moon BurnsFrontier #112016 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016384
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  18. 18
    From the Stars AboveFrontier #122018 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018336
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  19. 19
    The Queen's ColonialColonial #12019 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019416
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  20. 20
    The Queen's TigerColonial #22019 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019368
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  21. 21
    The Queen's CaptainColonial #32020 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020368
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  22. 22
    The Colonial's SonColonial #42021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  23. 23
    Call of EmpireColonial #52022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  24. 24
    The Ghosts of AugustColonial #62024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Peter Watt series in order

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

Peter Watt 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.

Colonial in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Queen's Colonial
  2. 2. The Queen's Tiger
  3. 3. The Queen's Captain
  4. 4. The Colonial's Son
  5. 5. Call of Empire
  6. 6. The Ghosts of August

Papua Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. Papua
  2. 2. Eden
  3. 3. The Pacific

Standalone books

3 books

3 Peter Watt titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Peter Watt Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Peter Watt books run from Cry of the Curlew (2000) to The Ghosts of August (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Peter Watt in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Peter Watt books in order?

You only need to read Peter Watt 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 Peter Watt

Start with Cry of the Curlew (2000), the first Frontier book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Peter Watt book?

The Ghosts of August (2024) is the newest Peter Watt book released so far.

Is there a new Peter Watt book coming?

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

Peter Watt at a glance

Still publishing
Peter Watt published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Peter Watt books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,851 pages across the 16 of 24 books with a recorded length, a median of 392 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Peter Watt books, 10 of 24, were published in the 2010s.

What the Peter Watt books are about

17 of the 24 Peter Watt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: australia is tagged on 4 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.