Wes Moore Books in Order
Wes Moore has written 8 books, published between 2010 and 2021. The first book is The Maker (2010) and the newest is Collapse (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2010–2021
- Pages on record
- 1,048 in 4 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 17–26 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,048 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Wes Moore, born on 15 October 1978, is an American author, businessman and former U.S. Army officer, and has served as governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore wrote The Other Wes Moore (2010) and The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters (2014); the source record credits him with five books published between 2010 and 2015, one of them a young-adult novel. Discovering Wes Moore (2012) and This Way Home (2015) also carry the name. Recorded subjects include African American men, prisoners, criminals, violence, soldiers and social conditions. The listing mixes in further titles that fall outside that account.
How many Wes Moore books are there?
Wes Moore has 8 books, released between 2010 and 2021. 2 of them belong to the Maker series.
Wes Moore Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Wes Moore 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.
- 12010–1/4
- 2The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates2010 · 233 pages · confirmed 1/420102331/4
- 3Discovering Wes Moore2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 4The Work: My Search for a Life That Matters2014 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/420142481/4
- 5This Way Home2015 · 247 pages · confirmed 1/420152471/4
- 62020–1/4
- 7Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420203201/4
- 8Collapse2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
Wes Moore 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.
Maker in order
2 booksStandalone books
6 books6 Wes Moore titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Wes Moore books in order?
You only need to read Wes Moore books in order within the Maker series, which holds 2 of the 8 Wes Moore books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Wes Moore
Start with The Maker (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Wes Moore book?
Collapse (2021) is the newest Wes Moore book released so far.
Is there a new Wes Moore book coming?
No next Wes Moore book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Wes Moore at a glance
- Paused
- No new Wes Moore title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Wes Moore books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,048 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 248 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Wes Moore books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Wes Moore books are about
6 of the 8 Wes Moore books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: conduct of life is tagged on 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Conduct of life 3 of 6 books
- African American men 2 of 6 books
- African Americans 2 of 6 books
- Youth 2 of 6 books