Tom Young Books in Order
Tom Young has written 12 books, published between 2003 and 2025. The first book is Trash-Hauler's Ball (2003) and the newest is The Mapmaker of World War II (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2003–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,994 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 33–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,994 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Tom Young writes military thrillers in the Parson & Gold series and has a second series list headed Thomas (Tom) W. Young Non-Fiction. The catalogue records 12 books from Trash-Hauler's Ball (2003) to The Mapmaker of World War II (2025). The Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan appeared in 2008. The Mullah's Storm, Silent Enemy, The Renegades, Sand and Fire and Silver Wings, Iron Cross are among the titles. Subject tags name Michael Parson and Sophia Gold as fictitious characters and cover Afghanistan, the Taliban and terrorism.
How many Tom Young books are there?
Tom Young has 12 books, released between 2003 and 2025. 7 of them belong to the Parson & Gold series.
Tom Young Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Tom Young 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.
- 1Trash-Hauler's Ball2003 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/420032802/4
- 2The Speed of Heat: An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and AfghanistanThomas (Tom) W. Young Non-Fiction #12008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 320102782/4
- 42011–2/4
- 520123222/4
- 620133262/4
- 72014–2/4
- 82014–2/4
- 920153402/4
- 10Silver Wings, Iron Cross2020 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/420204482/4
- 11Red Burning Sky2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 12The Mapmaker of World War II2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
Tom Young 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.
Parson & Gold in order
7 booksThomas (Tom) W. Young Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Standalone books
4 books4 Tom Young titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tom Young books in order?
You only need to read Tom Young books in order within the Parson & Gold series, which holds 7 of the 12 Tom Young books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Tom Young
Start with Trash-Hauler's Ball (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tom Young book?
The Mapmaker of World War II (2025) is the newest Tom Young book released so far.
Is there a new Tom Young book coming?
No next Tom Young book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tom Young at a glance
- Still publishing
- Tom Young published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Tom Young books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,994 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 324 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tom Young books, 7 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tom Young books are about
8 of the 12 Tom Young books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: soldiers is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Soldiers 4 of 8 books
- Afghan War, 2001- 3 of 8 books
- Michael Parson (Fictitious character) 3 of 8 books
- Sophia Gold (Fictitious character) 3 of 8 books
- Taliban 3 of 8 books
- Thrillers 3 of 8 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 8 books
- Afghanistan 2 of 8 books
- Disaster relief 2 of 8 books
- Terrorism 2 of 8 books
- War & military 2 of 8 books