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William S. Cohen Books in Order

William S. Cohen has written 16 books, published between 1978 and 2018. The first book is Of Sons and Seasons (1978) and the newest is Final Strike (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1978–2018
Pages on record
4,282 in 14 of 16 books
Reading time
71–107 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,282 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 16 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of William S. Cohen, author of the Sean Falcone series

William S. Cohen, born August 28, 1940, is an American attorney, author and Republican politician. Cohen sat in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979 and in the Senate from 1979 to 1997, then served as secretary of defense under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. The catalogue runs from Of Sons and Seasons (1978) to Final Strike (2018), taking in Roll Call (1981), The Double Man (1985), Men of Zeal (1988) and Murder in the Senate (1992). The Sean Falcone series is listed under the name.

How many William S. Cohen books are there?

William S. Cohen has 16 books, released between 1978 and 2018. 3 of them belong to the Sean Falcone series.

William S. Cohen Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 William S. Cohen 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 Roll Call by William S. Cohen (1981)
  2. Cover of Getting the Most out of Washington by William S. Cohen (1982)
  3. Cover of The Double Man by William S. Cohen (1985)
  4. Cover of One Eyed Kings by William S. Cohen (1991)
  5. Cover of Murder in the Senate by William S. Cohen (1992)
  6. Cover of Report Of The Quadrennial Defense Review by William S. Cohen (1997)
  7. Cover of Dragon Fire by William S. Cohen (2006)
  8. Cover of Love in Black and White by William S. Cohen (2006)
  9. Cover of Blink of an Eye by William S. Cohen, book 1 of the Sean Falcone series (2011)
  10. Cover of Collision by William S. Cohen, book 2 of the Sean Falcone series (2015)
  1. 1
    Of Sons and Seasons1978 · 138 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1978138
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  2. 2
    Roll Call1981 · 344 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981344
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  3. 3
    Getting the Most out of Washington1982 · 220 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982220
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  4. 4
    The Double Man1985 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1985348
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  5. 5
    A Baker's Nickel1986 · 153 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1986153
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  6. 6
    U. S. Strategic Airlift Choices1986 · 18 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198618
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  7. 7
    Men of Zeal1988 · 350 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988350
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  8. 8
    One Eyed Kings1991 · 466 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991466
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  9. 9
    Murder in the Senate1992 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992306
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  10. 10
    Report Of The Quadrennial Defense Review1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  11. 11
    Dragon Fire2006 · 383 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006383
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  12. 12
    Love in Black and White2006 · 373 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006373
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  13. 13
    Race and Reconciliation in America2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  14. 15
    CollisionSean Falcone #22015 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015352
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  15. 16
    Final StrikeSean Falcone #32018 · 463 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018463
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William S. Cohen 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.

Sean Falcone in order

3 books
  1. 1. Blink of an Eye
  2. 2. Collision
  3. 3. Final Strike

Standalone books

13 books

13 William S. Cohen titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read William S. Cohen books in order?

You only need to read William S. Cohen books in order within the Sean Falcone series, which holds 3 of the 16 William S. Cohen books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with William S. Cohen

Start with Of Sons and Seasons (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William S. Cohen book?

Final Strike (2018) is the newest William S. Cohen book released so far.

Is there a new William S. Cohen book coming?

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

William S. Cohen at a glance

No recent titles
The newest William S. Cohen title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
William S. Cohen books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,282 pages across the 14 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 349 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William S. Cohen books, 6 of 16, were published in the 1980s.

What the William S. Cohen books are about

14 of the 16 William S. Cohen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: united states is tagged on 5 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.