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Southern Victory Books in Order

Harry Turtledove has written 11 Southern Victory books, published between 1997 and 2007. The first book is How Few Remain (1997) and the newest is In at the Death (2007). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1997–2007
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Pages on record
6,190 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
103–155 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,190 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Southern Victory is Harry Turtledove's alternative history sequence, catalogued as Southern Victory / Timeline-191. The 11 books carry subjects including alternative histories, imaginary wars and battles, the United States Civil War, the First World War and the Second World War. How Few Remain (1997) begins the run and In at the Death (2007) is the newest, with American Front (1998) and The Center Cannot Hold (2002) in between. The median book runs to 627 pages.

How many Southern Victory books are there?

Southern Victory has 11 books, released between 1997 and 2007.

Southern Victory Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Southern Victory 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 How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove, book 1 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (1997)
  2. Cover of American Front by Harry Turtledove, book 2 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (1998)
  3. Cover of Walk in Hell by Harry Turtledove, book 3 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (1999)
  4. Cover of Breakthroughs by Harry Turtledove, book 4 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (2000)
  5. Cover of Blood & Iron by Harry Turtledove, book 5 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (2001)
  6. Cover of The Center Cannot Hold by Harry Turtledove, book 6 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (2002)
  7. Cover of The Victorious Opposition by Harry Turtledove, book 7 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (2003)
  8. Cover of Return Engagement by Harry Turtledove, book 8 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (2004)
  9. Cover of Drive to the East by Harry Turtledove, book 9 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (2005)
  10. Cover of The Grapple by Harry Turtledove, book 10 of the Southern Victory / Timeline-191 series (2006)
  1. 1
    How Few RemainSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #11997 · confirmed 3/4
    1997–
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    American FrontSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #21998 · 562 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998562
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  3. 3
    Walk in HellSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #31999 · 606 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999606
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  4. 4
    BreakthroughsSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #42000 · 624 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000624
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  5. 5
    Blood & IronSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #52001 · 630 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001630
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  6. 6
    The Center Cannot HoldSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #62002 · 640 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002640
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  7. 7
    The Victorious OppositionSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #72003 · 640 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003640
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  8. 8
    Return EngagementSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #82004 · 623 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004623
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  9. 9
    Drive to the EastSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #92005 · 594 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005594
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  10. 10
    The GrappleSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #102006 · 640 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006640
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  11. 11
    In at the DeathSouthern Victory / Timeline-191 #112007 · 631 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007631
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Do you have to read Southern Victory books in order?

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

Where to start with Southern Victory

Start with How Few Remain (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Southern Victory book?

In at the Death (2007) is the newest Southern Victory book released so far.

Is there a new Southern Victory book coming?

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

Awards Southern Victory has won

Wikidata records 1 award and 1 nomination for Southern Victory. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Southern Victory at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Southern Victory title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Southern Victory books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,190 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 627 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Southern Victory books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Southern Victory books are about

All 11 Southern Victory books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Harry Turtledove

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