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Steve Coll Books in Order

Steve Coll has written 8 books, published between 1986 and 2024. The first book is The Deal of the Century (1986) and the newest is The Achilles Trap (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1986–2024
Pages on record
3,269 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
54–82 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,269 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Steve Coll, born October 8, 1958, is an American journalist, historian, academic and executive. Coll was dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and its Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism until 2022, writes for The New Yorker, and ran the New America think tank as president and chief executive from 2007 to 2012. Two Pulitzer Prizes sit among the awards, alongside two Overseas Press Club Awards, two Arthur Ross Book Awards and the Lionel Gelber Prize. Eight catalogued books of history and reporting run from The Deal of the Century (1986) to The Achilles Trap (2024), taking in Ghost Wars (2004), The Bin Ladens (2008), Private Empire (2012) and Directorate S (2018), at a median of 688 pages.

How many Steve Coll books are there?

Steve Coll has 8 books, released between 1986 and 2024.

Steve Coll Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Steve Coll 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 Deal of the Century by Steve Coll (1986)
  2. Cover of On the Grand Trunk Road by Steve Coll (1993)
  3. Cover of Ghost Wars by Steve Coll (2004)
  4. Cover of The Bin Ladens by Steve Coll (2008)
  5. Cover of Private Empire by Steve Coll (2012)
  6. Cover of Directorate S by Steve Coll (2018)
  7. Cover of The Achilles Trap by Steve Coll (2024)
  1. 1
    The Deal of the Century1986 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986400
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  2. 2
    On the Grand Trunk Road1993 · confirmed 1/4
    1993–
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  3. 3
    Ghost Wars2004 · 712 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004712
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    The Bin Ladens2008 · 688 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008688
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Private Empire2012 · 685 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012685
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Taking of Getty Oil2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Directorate S2018 · 784 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018784
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Achilles Trap2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Steve Coll 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 books

8 Steve Coll titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Steve Coll books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 8 Steve Coll books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Steve Coll

Start with The Deal of the Century (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steve Coll book?

The Achilles Trap (2024) is the newest Steve Coll book released so far.

Is there a new Steve Coll book coming?

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

Awards Steve Coll has won

Wikidata records 3 awards for Steve Coll. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction2018Wonfor Directorate S
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction2005Wonfor Ghost Wars
  • Lionel Gelber Prize2004Won

Steve Coll at a glance

Still publishing
Steve Coll published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Steve Coll books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
3,269 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 688 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steve Coll books, 3 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Steve Coll books are about

7 of the 8 Steve Coll 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 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.