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Steve Watkins Books in Order

Steve Watkins has written 14 books, published between 1997 and 2023. The first book is The Black O: Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire (1997) and the newest is Stolen by Night (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1997–2023
Pages on record
2,354 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
39–59 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,354 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

See all 14 books in order Printable Steve Watkins checklist

Steve Watkins is the author of the Ghosts Of War series and of 14 catalogued books dated 1997 to 2023. The first is The Black O: Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire (1997); Stolen by Night (2023) is the latest. Subject tags pair race discrimination in employment with children's fiction, ghosts, soldiers, the Second World War and the Vietnam War. Down Sand Mountain, Juvie, The Secret of Midway, Lost at Khe Sanh and AWOL in North Africa are among the titles.

How many Steve Watkins books are there?

Steve Watkins has 14 books, released between 1997 and 2023. 4 of them belong to the Ghosts Of War series.

Steve Watkins Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Steve Watkins 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 Black O: Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire by Steve Watkins (1997)
  2. Cover of My Chaos Theory by Steve Watkins (2006)
  3. Cover of What Comes After by Steve Watkins (2011)
  4. Cover of Juvie by Steve Watkins (2013)
  5. Cover of The Secret of Midway by Steve Watkins, book 1 of the Ghosts Of War series (2014)
  6. Cover of Lost at Khe Sanh by Steve Watkins, book 2 of the Ghosts Of War series (2015)
  7. Cover of AWOL in North Africa by Steve Watkins, book 3 of the Ghosts Of War series (2016)
  8. Cover of Fallen in Fredericksburg by Steve Watkins, book 4 of the Ghosts Of War series (2016)
  9. Cover of Sink or Swim by Steve Watkins (2017)
  1. 1
    The Black O: Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire1997 · 300 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997300
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  2. 2
    My Chaos Theory2006 · 195 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006195
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Down Sand Mountain2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    What Comes After2011 · 330 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011330
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Juvie2013 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013310
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    The Secret of MidwayGhosts Of War #12014 · 195 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014195
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Lost at Khe SanhGhosts Of War #22015 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015208
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  8. 8
    AWOL in North AfricaGhosts Of War #32016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Fallen in FredericksburgGhosts Of War #42016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    Great Falls2016 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016256
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Sink or Swim2017 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017272
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  12. 12
    On Blood RoadVietnam War #12018 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  13. 13
    Classic Bengals The 50 Greatest Games in Cincinnati Bengals History2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  14. 14
    Stolen by Night2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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Steve Watkins 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.

Ghosts Of War in order

4 books
  1. 1. The Secret of Midway
  2. 2. Lost at Khe Sanh
  3. 3. AWOL in North Africa
  4. 4. Fallen in Fredericksburg

Vietnam War in order

1 book
  1. 1. On Blood Road

Standalone books

9 books

9 Steve Watkins titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Steve Watkins books in order?

You only need to read Steve Watkins books in order within the Ghosts Of War series, which holds 4 of the 14 Steve Watkins books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Steve Watkins

Start with The Black O: Racism and Redemption in an American Corporate Empire (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steve Watkins book?

Stolen by Night (2023) is the newest Steve Watkins book released so far.

Is there a new Steve Watkins book coming?

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

Steve Watkins at a glance

Paused
No new Steve Watkins title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Steve Watkins books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,354 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steve Watkins books, 10 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Steve Watkins books are about

11 of the 14 Steve Watkins books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.