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Raymond Obstfeld Books in Order

Raymond Obstfeld has written 22 books, published between 1979 and 2019. The first book is The Goulden Fleece (1979) and the newest is Diamondback (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1979–2019
Pages on record
4,892 in 15 of 22 books
Reading time
82–122 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,892 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Raymond Obstfeld, born January 22, 1952 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, writes poetry, non-fiction, fiction and screenplays, and teaches as a professor of English at Orange Coast College. Obstfeld's parents, immigrants from Germany, ran a Jewish delicatessen that was attacked repeatedly during his youth, and those events fed his later political activism and his writing. The catalogue lists 22 titles from The Goulden Fleece (1979) to Diamondback (2019), with Harry Gould Thriller, Cliff Remington and Diamondback the recorded series. Suspense, thrillers, mystery and detective fiction and creative-writing technique head the subject headings.

How many Raymond Obstfeld books are there?

Raymond Obstfeld has 22 books, released between 1979 and 2019. They include 3 series and 14 titles listed outside any series.

Raymond Obstfeld Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Raymond Obstfeld 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 Dead-End Option by Raymond Obstfeld, book 2 of the Harry Gould Thriller series (1980)
  2. Cover of The Remington Factor by Raymond Obstfeld, book 1 of the Cliff Remington series (1985)
  3. Cover of Masked Dog by Raymond Obstfeld (1986)
  4. Cover of Reincarnation by Raymond Obstfeld (1988)
  5. Cover of Wicked Women (As: Laramie Dunaway) by Raymond Obstfeld (1991)
  6. Cover of The Joker and the Thief by Raymond Obstfeld (1993)
  7. Cover of Lessons in Survival (As: Laramie Dunaway) by Raymond Obstfeld (1994)
  8. Cover of Women On Top (As: Laramie Dunaway) by Raymond Obstfeld (1994)
  9. Cover of Earth Angel (As: Laramie Dunaway) by Raymond Obstfeld (1995)
  10. Cover of Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes by Raymond Obstfeld (2000)
  11. Cover of Fiction First Aid by Raymond Obstfeld (2001)
  12. Cover of Careers for Your Characters by Raymond Obstfeld (2002)
  13. Cover of The Renaissance by Raymond Obstfeld, book 5 of the History Firsthand series (2002)
  1. 1
    The Goulden FleeceHarry Gould Thriller #11979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  2. 2
    The Dead-End OptionHarry Gould Thriller #21980 · 249 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980249
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  3. 3
    Dead HeatHarry Gould Thriller #31981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  4. 4
    Dead BoltHarry Gould Thriller #41982 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982224
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  5. 5
    The Remington FactorCliff Remington #11985 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985272
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  6. 6
    Masked Dog1986 · confirmed 1/4
    1986–
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  7. 7
    Brain Wave1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  8. 8
    The Remington ContractCliff Remington #21988 · 380 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988380
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  9. 9
    Reincarnation1988 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988320
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  10. 10
    Hungry Women (As: Laramie Dunaway)1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  11. 11
    Wicked Women (As: Laramie Dunaway)1991 · 518 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991518
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  12. 12
    Borrowed Lives (As: Laramie Dunaway)1991 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991464
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  13. 13
    The Joker and the Thief1993 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993230
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  14. 14
    Lessons in Survival (As: Laramie Dunaway)1994 · 424 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994424
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  15. 15
    Women On Top (As: Laramie Dunaway)1994 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994384
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  16. 16
    Earth Angel (As: Laramie Dunaway)1995 · 376 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995376
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  17. 17
    Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes2000 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000218
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  18. 18
    Fiction First Aid2001 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001290
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  19. 19
    Careers for Your Characters2002 · 323 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002323
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  20. 20
    The RenaissanceHistory Firsthand #52002 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002220
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  21. 21
    Anatomy Lesson2008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  22. 22
    DiamondbackDiamondback #12019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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Raymond Obstfeld 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.

Harry Gould Thriller in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Goulden Fleece
  2. 2. The Dead-End Option
  3. 3. Dead Heat
  4. 4. Dead Bolt

Cliff Remington in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Remington Factor
  2. 2. The Remington Contract

Diamondback in order

1 book
  1. 1. Diamondback

History Firsthand in order

1 book
  1. 5. The Renaissance

Standalone books

14 books

14 Raymond Obstfeld titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Raymond Obstfeld books in order?

You only need to read Raymond Obstfeld 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 Raymond Obstfeld

Start with The Goulden Fleece (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Raymond Obstfeld book?

Diamondback (2019) is the newest Raymond Obstfeld book released so far.

Is there a new Raymond Obstfeld book coming?

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

Raymond Obstfeld at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Raymond Obstfeld title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Raymond Obstfeld books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,892 pages across the 15 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Raymond Obstfeld books, 8 of 22, were published in the 1980s.

What the Raymond Obstfeld books are about

15 of the 22 Raymond Obstfeld books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: california is tagged on 2 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.