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Neal Carey Books in Order

Neal Carey by Don Winslow contains 5 books, published between 1991 and 1996. The first book is A Cool Breeze on the Underground (1991) and the newest is While Drowning in the Desert (1996). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
5
Published
1991–1996
Confirmed
5 of 5 titles
Total pages
1,496 across 5 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,496 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

See all 5 books in order Printable Neal Carey checklist

Neal Carey is a Don Winslow mystery series following a private investigator of that name. Five books run from A Cool Breeze on the Underground (1991) to While Drowning in the Desert (1996), by way of The Trail to Buddha's Mirror (1992), Way Down on the High Lonely (1993) and A Long Walk Up the Water Slide (1994). Settings reach from China to Nevada and Las Vegas, with bodyguards, punk culture and comedians among the subjects.

How many Neal Carey books are there?

Neal Carey has 5 books, released between 1991 and 1996.

Neal Carey Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 5 Neal Carey 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 A Cool Breeze on the Underground by Don Winslow, book 1 of the Neal Carey series (1991)
  2. Cover of The Trail to Buddha's Mirror by Don Winslow, book 2 of the Neal Carey series (1992)
  3. Cover of Way Down on the High Lonely by Don Winslow, book 3 of the Neal Carey series (1993)
  4. Cover of A Long Walk Up the Water Slide by Don Winslow, book 4 of the Neal Carey series (1994)
  5. Cover of While Drowning in the Desert by Don Winslow, book 5 of the Neal Carey series (1996)
  1. 1
    A Cool Breeze on the Underground1991 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991323
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  2. 2
    The Trail to Buddha's Mirror1992 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992384
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  3. 3
    Way Down on the High Lonely1993 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993288
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  4. 4
    A Long Walk Up the Water Slide1994 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994277
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  5. 5
    While Drowning in the Desert1996 · 224 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996224
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Is there a chronological order for Neal Carey?

No separate chronological order is on record for Neal Carey, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Neal Carey books in order?

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

Where to start with Neal Carey

Start with A Cool Breeze on the Underground (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Neal Carey book?

While Drowning in the Desert (1996) is the newest Neal Carey book released so far.

Is there a new Neal Carey book coming?

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

Neal Carey at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Neal Carey title on record dates from 1996, 30 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Neal Carey books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,496 pages across all 5 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Neal Carey books, 5 of 5, were published in the 1990s.

What the Neal Carey books are about

All 5 Neal Carey books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: carey, neal (fictitious character) is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Don Winslow

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