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The Corps Books in Order

W.E.B. Griffin has written 10 The Corps books, published between 1986 and 2003. The first book is Semper Fi (1986) and the newest is Retreat, Hell! (2003). Publication order is the reading order below.

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Books
10
Published
1986–2003
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
3,955 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
66–99 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,955 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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The Corps is W.E.B. Griffin's ten-book sequence about the United States Marine Corps, following it through the Second World War and into the Korean War. Semper Fi (1986) opens the run and Retreat, Hell! (2003) closes it, by way of Call to Arms (1987), Counterattack (1990), Battleground (1991), Line of Fire (1992), Close Combat (1993), Behind the Lines (1996), In Danger's Path (1999) and Under Fire (2002). Ken McCoy is among the recurring characters.

How many The Corps books are there?

The Corps has 10 books, released between 1986 and 2003.

The Corps Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 The Corps 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 Semper Fi by W.E.B. Griffin, book 1 of the Corps series (1986)
  2. Cover of Call to Arms by W.E.B. Griffin, book 2 of the Corps series (1987)
  3. Cover of Counterattack by W.E.B. Griffin, book 3 of the Corps series (1990)
  4. Cover of Battleground by W.E.B. Griffin, book 4 of the Corps series (1991)
  5. Cover of Line of Fire by W.E.B. Griffin, book 5 of the Corps series (1992)
  6. Cover of Close Combat by W.E.B. Griffin, book 6 of the Corps series (1993)
  7. Cover of In Danger's Path by W.E.B. Griffin, book 8 of the Corps series (1999)
  8. Cover of Under Fire by W.E.B. Griffin, book 9 of the Corps series (2002)
  9. Cover of Retreat, Hell! by W.E.B. Griffin, book 10 of the Corps series (2003)
  1. 1
    Semper FiCorps #11986 · confirmed 3/4
    1986–
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  2. 2
    Call to ArmsCorps #21987 · 356 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1987356
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  3. 3
    CounterattackCorps #31990 · confirmed 3/4
    1990–
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  4. 4
    BattlegroundCorps #41991 · 487 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991487
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  5. 5
    Line of FireCorps #51992 · 467 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992467
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  6. 6
    Close CombatCorps #61993 · confirmed 3/4
    1993–
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  7. 7
    Behind the LinesCorps #71996 · 559 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996559
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  8. 8
    In Danger's PathCorps #81999 · 723 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999723
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  9. 9
    Under FireCorps #92002 · 723 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002723
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  10. 10
    Retreat, Hell!Corps #102003 · 640 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003640
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Do you have to read The Corps books in order?

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

Where to start with The Corps

Start with Semper Fi (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest The Corps book?

Retreat, Hell! (2003) is the newest The Corps book released so far.

Is there a new The Corps book coming?

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

The Corps at a glance

No recent titles
The newest The Corps title on record dates from 2003, 23 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
The Corps books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,955 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 559 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most The Corps books, 6 of 10, were published in the 1990s.

What the The Corps books are about

All 10 The Corps 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 9 of 10. 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.