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Badge of Honor Books in Order

W.E.B. Griffin has written 13 Badge of Honor books, published between 1988 and 2016. The first book is Men in Blue (1988) and the newest is Broken Trust (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1988–2016
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
3,673 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
61–92 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,673 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

See all 13 books in order Printable Badge of Honor checklist

Badge of Honor is a police procedural run by W.E.B. Griffin, catalogued at 13 books between 1988 and 2016. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appears in the subject records, which also name Matt Payne and Peter Wohl as fictitious characters. Murder, investigation and the Mafia appear among the listed subjects. Men in Blue (1988) is the earliest title, followed by Special Operations (1989), and Broken Trust (2016) is the most recent.

How many Badge of Honor books are there?

Badge of Honor has 13 books, released between 1988 and 2016.

Badge of Honor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Badge of Honor 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 Men in Blue by W.E.B. Griffin, book 1 of the Badge Of Honor series (1988)
  2. Cover of Special Operations by W.E.B. Griffin, book 2 of the Badge Of Honor series (1989)
  3. Cover of The Witness by W.E.B. Griffin, book 4 of the Badge Of Honor series (1992)
  4. Cover of The Assassin by W.E.B. Griffin, book 5 of the Badge Of Honor series (1993)
  5. Cover of The Murderers by W.E.B. Griffin, book 6 of the Badge Of Honor series (1994)
  6. Cover of The Investigators by W.E.B. Griffin, book 7 of the Badge Of Honor series (1998)
  7. Cover of The Vigilantes by W.E.B. Griffin, book 10 of the Badge Of Honor series (2010)
  8. Cover of The Last Witness by W.E.B. Griffin, book 11 of the Badge Of Honor series (2013)
  9. Cover of Deadly Assets by W.E.B. Griffin, book 12 of the Badge Of Honor series (2015)
  10. Cover of Broken Trust by W.E.B. Griffin, book 13 of the Badge Of Honor series (2016)
  1. 1
    Men in BlueBadge Of Honor #11988 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988340
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  2. 2
    Special OperationsBadge Of Honor #21989 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1989356
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  3. 3
    The VictimBadge Of Honor #31991 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991352
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  4. 4
    The WitnessBadge Of Honor #41992 · 426 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992426
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  5. 5
    The AssassinBadge Of Honor #51993 · 453 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993453
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  6. 6
    The MurderersBadge Of Honor #61994 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994528
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  7. 7
    The InvestigatorsBadge Of Honor #71998 · confirmed 3/4
    1998–
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  8. 8
    Final JusticeBadge Of Honor #82002 · 518 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002518
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  9. 9
    The TraffickersBadge Of Honor #92009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  10. 10
    The VigilantesBadge Of Honor #102010 · 342 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010342
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  11. 11
    The Last WitnessBadge Of Honor #112013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    Deadly AssetsBadge Of Honor #122015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  13. 13
    Broken TrustBadge Of Honor #132016 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016358
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Do you have to read Badge of Honor books in order?

You should read the Badge of Honor books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Badge of Honor book also stands alone.

Where to start with Badge of Honor

Start with Men in Blue (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Badge of Honor book?

Broken Trust (2016) is the newest Badge of Honor book released so far.

Is there a new Badge of Honor book coming?

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

Badge of Honor at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Badge of Honor title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Badge of Honor books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,673 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 358 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Badge of Honor books, 5 of 13, were published in the 1990s.

What the Badge of Honor books are about

12 of the 13 Badge of Honor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by W.E.B. Griffin

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.