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Will Weaver Books in Order

Will Weaver has written 17 books, published between 1986 and 2023. The first book is Red Earth, White Earth (1986) and the newest is Power & Light (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1986–2023
Pages on record
2,725 in 13 of 17 books
Reading time
45–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,725 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Will Weaver, born William Weller in Park Rapids, Minnesota in 1950, is an American writer. The catalogue lists 17 books published between 1986 and 2023, opening with Red Earth, White Earth (1986) and closing at Power & Light (2023). Farm life, the Midwest, wilderness survival, schools and automobile racing run through the subject headings, with Minnesota named directly. Three series carry the Weaver credit: Motor, Billy Baggs and Memory Boy. Doug Ohman shares the credit on Barns of Minnesota (2005).

How many Will Weaver books are there?

Will Weaver has 17 books, released between 1986 and 2023. They include 3 series and 9 titles listed outside any series.

Will Weaver Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Will Weaver 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 Red Earth, White Earth by Will Weaver (1986)
  2. Cover of A Gravestone Made of Wheat by Will Weaver (1989)
  3. Cover of Farm Team by Will Weaver, book 2 of the Billy Baggs series (1995)
  4. Cover of Hard Ball by Will Weaver, book 3 of the Billy Baggs series (1998)
  5. Cover of Memory Boy by Will Weaver, book 1 of the Memory Boy series (2001)
  6. Cover of Claws by Will Weaver (2003)
  7. Cover of Barns of Minnesota, book 1 of the Minnesota Byways series (2005)
  8. Cover of Full Service by Will Weaver (2005)
  9. Cover of Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories by Will Weaver (2006)
  10. Cover of Defect by Will Weaver (2007)
  11. Cover of Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver, book 1 of the Motor series (2008)
  12. Cover of Super Stock Rookie by Will Weaver, book 2 of the Motor series (2009)
  13. Cover of Checkered Flag Cheater by Will Weaver, book 3 of the Motor series (2010)
  1. 1
    Red Earth, White Earth1986 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986352
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  2. 2
    A Gravestone Made of Wheat1989 · 205 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989205
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  3. 3
    Snares1992 · 53 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199253
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  4. 4
    Farm TeamBilly Baggs #21995 · 279 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995279
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  5. 5
    Hard BallBilly Baggs #31998 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998230
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  6. 6
    Memory BoyMemory Boy #12001 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001230
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  7. 7
    Claws2003 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003240
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  8. 8
    Barns of MinnesotaMinnesota Byways #12005 · 127 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005127
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  9. 9
    Full Service2005 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005240
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  10. 10
    Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories2006 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006208
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  11. 11
    Defect2007 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007208
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  12. 12
    Saturday Night DirtMotor #12008 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008176
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  13. 13
    Super Stock RookieMotor #22009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  14. 14
    The Last Hunter: An American Family Album2010 · 177 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010177
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  15. 15
    Checkered Flag CheaterMotor #32010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  16. 16
    The SurvivorsMemory Boy #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  17. 17
    Power & Light2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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Will Weaver 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.

Billy Baggs in order

2 books
  1. 2. Farm Team
  2. 3. Hard Ball

Motor in order

3 books
  1. 1. Saturday Night Dirt
  2. 2. Super Stock Rookie
  3. 3. Checkered Flag Cheater

Memory Boy in order

2 books
  1. 1. Memory Boy
  2. 2. The Survivors

Minnesota Byways in order

1 book
  1. 1. Barns of Minnesota

Standalone books

9 books

9 Will Weaver titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Will Weaver books in order?

You only need to read Will Weaver books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Will Weaver

Start with Red Earth, White Earth (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Will Weaver book?

Power & Light (2023) is the newest Will Weaver book released so far.

Is there a new Will Weaver book coming?

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

Will Weaver at a glance

Paused
No new Will Weaver title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Will Weaver books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,725 pages across the 13 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Will Weaver books, 8 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the Will Weaver books are about

16 of the 17 Will Weaver 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 5 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.