Stuart Woods Books in Order

How many Stuart Woods books are there?

Stuart Woods has 104 books, released between 1977 and 2025. 6 of them were published after Stuart Woods's death in 2022. They include 7 separate series.

Stuart Woods Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 104 Stuart Woods 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.

Stuart Woods series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

• Stone Barrington books in order 68 books
• Teddy Fay books in order 8 books
• Will Lee books in order 7 books
• Ed Eagle books in order 4 books
• Holly Barker books in order 6 books

Stuart Woods 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.

Stuart Woods Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Stuart Woods books run from Blue Water, Green Skipper (1977) to Finders Keepers (2025), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Stuart Woods in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Stuart Woods books in order?

You only need to read Stuart Woods books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

What order should you read Stuart Woods books in?

Read Stuart Woods one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Stone Barrington starts with New York Dead (1991), Teddy Fay starts with Smooth Operator (2016) and Will Lee starts with Chiefs (1981). The earliest catalogued title overall is Blue Water, Green Skipper (1977).

What is the newest Stuart Woods book?

Finders Keepers (2025) is the newest Stuart Woods book released so far.

Is there a new Stuart Woods book coming?

No next Stuart Woods 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 Stuart Woods has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Stuart Woods. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

• Grand Prix de Littérature Policière1997Wonfor Imperfect Strangers
• Edgar Awards1982Won

Printable Stuart Woods Books in Order Checklist

A printable checklist of all 104 books in publication order is on the Stuart Woods reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.

Stuart Woods at a glance

Died

Stuart Woods died in 2022, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to Stuart Woods are still being published after Stuart Woods's death in 2022; the newest appeared in 2025.

Release pace

Stuart Woods books have appeared more than one a year on average.

Length

26,362 pages across the 78 of 104 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most Stuart Woods books, 39 of 104, were published in the 2010s.

Corroboration

44 of the 104 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Stuart Woods books are about

89 of the 104 Stuart Woods books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 48 of 89. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Private investigators 48 of 89 books
• Barrington, stone (fictitious character) 39 of 89 books
• Stone Barrington (Fictitious character) 32 of 89 books
• Thrillers 29 of 89 books
• Mystery & detective 24 of 89 books
• Action & adventure 17 of 89 books
• Suspense 11 of 89 books
• New York (N.Y.) 7 of 89 books