Stephen Puleo Books in Order
Stephen Puleo has written 8 books, published between 2003 and 2024. The first book is Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003) and the newest is The Great Abolitionist (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2003–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,024 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 34–51 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,024 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Stephen Puleo writes American history. Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003) opens a catalogue of eight books that reaches The Great Abolitionist (2024). Subjects record the history of Boston, social conditions, politics and government, biography, floods, industrial accidents and the molasses industry, along with the ship Eagle 56. Later titles include A City So Grand, The Caning, American Treasures and Voyage of Mercy. Puleo is credited on every catalogued book and continues to publish.
How many Stephen Puleo books are there?
Stephen Puleo has 8 books, released between 2003 and 2024.
Stephen Puleo Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Stephen Puleo 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.
- 1Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 19192003 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/420032731/4
- 2Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 562005 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/420053211/4
- 3The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day2007 · 344 pages · confirmed 1/420073441/4
- 4A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-19002010 · 297 pages · confirmed 1/420102971/4
- 5The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil War2012 · 374 pages · confirmed 1/420123741/4
- 6American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address2016 · 415 pages · confirmed 1/420164151/4
- 7Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 8The Great Abolitionist2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Stephen Puleo 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.
Standalone books
8 books8 Stephen Puleo titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Stephen Puleo books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Stephen Puleo books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Stephen Puleo
Start with Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Stephen Puleo book?
The Great Abolitionist (2024) is the newest Stephen Puleo book released so far.
Is there a new Stephen Puleo book coming?
No next Stephen Puleo 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 Puleo at a glance
- Still publishing
- Stephen Puleo published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Stephen Puleo books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 2,024 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 332 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Stephen Puleo books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Stephen Puleo books are about
7 of the 8 Stephen Puleo 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 5 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 5 of 7 books
- Biography 2 of 7 books
- Boston (mass.), history 2 of 7 books
- Politics and government 2 of 7 books
- Social conditions 2 of 7 books