Stephen Coonts Books in Order
Stephen Coonts has written 38 books, published between 1986 and 2019. The first book is Flight of the Intruder (1986) and the newest is Dragon's Jaw (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 1986–2019
- Confirmed
- 38 of 38 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,517 in 34 of 38 books
- Reading time
- 225–338 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,517 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 34 of 38 titles with a page count on record.
Naval aviation and espionage define Stephen Coonts's thrillers. Jake Grafton leads the series that opens with Flight of the Intruder (1986), Tommy Carmellini heads a later one, and the Saucer books and Deep Black sit alongside. Terrorism, conspiracies, undercover operations and the Vietnam War are recurring subjects. Thirty-eight books run to Dragon's Jaw in 2019, and nothing new has appeared since.
In the series, Jake Grafton evolves from a Navy pilot flying combat missions into intelligence work, with the books following that transition alongside naval operations.
How many Stephen Coonts books are there?
Stephen Coonts has 38 books, released between 1986 and 2019. They include 4 separate series.
Stephen Coonts Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Stephen Coonts books in the order they were released, 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.
- 119864643/4
- 219883893/4
- 319895763/4
- 419905444/4
- 519923523/4
- 619934063/4
- 719943443/4
- 819963313/4
- 919983763/4
- 1019994614/4
- 1120003503/4
- 1220014533/4
- 1320023403/4
- 142003–3/4
- 1520035303/4
- 1620043833/4
- 1720045363/4
- 182004–3/4
- 192004–3/4
- 2020053523/4
- 2120054693/4
- 2220063543/4
- 2320074383/4
- 2420083413/4
- 2520084163/4
- 2620093543/4
- 2720094353/4
- 2820104873/4
- 2920113903/4
- 3020122533/4
- 3120133103/4
- 3220143363/4
- 3320163373/4
- 3420165113/4
- 3520172563/4
- 362018–3/4
- 3720183233/4
- 3820193203/4
Stephen Coonts series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Tommy Carmellini books in order 9 books
- Jake Grafton books in order 19 books
Stephen Coonts books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Jake Grafton books in order
10 books by Stephen Coonts- 1. Flight of the Intruder
- 2. Final Flight
- 3. The Minotaur
- 4. Under Siege
- 5. The Red Horseman
- 6. The Intruders
- 7. Cuba
- 8. Hong Kong
- 9. America
- 10. Liberty
Deep Black in order
9 books- 1. Deep Black
- 2. Biowar
- 3. Dark Zone
- 4. Payback
- 5. Jihad
- 6. Conspiracy
- 7. Arctic Gold
- 8. Sea of Terror
- 9. Death Wave
Stephen Coonts Non-Fiction
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Stephen Coonts Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Saucer in order
3 books- 1. Saucer
- 2. The Conquest
- 3. Savage Planet
Stephen Coonts Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Stephen Coonts books run from Flight of the Intruder (1986) to Dragon's Jaw (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Stephen Coonts in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Stephen Coonts books in order?
You only need to read Stephen Coonts books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Stephen Coonts books in?
Read Stephen Coonts one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Tommy Carmellini starts with Liars & Thieves / Wages Of Sin (2004) and Jake Grafton starts with Flight of the Intruder (1986). The earliest catalogued title overall is Flight of the Intruder (1986).
What is the newest Stephen Coonts book?
Dragon's Jaw (2019) is the newest Stephen Coonts book released so far.
Is there a new Stephen Coonts book coming?
No next Stephen Coonts book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Stephen Coonts at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Stephen Coonts title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Stephen Coonts books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,517 pages across the 34 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 380 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stephen Coonts books, 17 of 38, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 2 of the 38 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Stephen Coonts books are about
37 of the 38 Stephen Coonts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: jake grafton (fictitious character) is tagged on 11 of 37. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Jake Grafton (Fictitious character) 11 of 37 books
- Grafton, jake (fictitious character) 8 of 37 books
- Intelligence officers 8 of 37 books
- Conspiracies 7 of 37 books
- Suspense 7 of 37 books
- Undercover operations 7 of 37 books
- Terrorism 6 of 37 books
- Action & adventure 5 of 37 books
- Tommy Carmellini (Fictitious character) 5 of 37 books
- Espionage 4 of 37 books
- United States 4 of 37 books
- Cyberterrorism 3 of 37 books
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