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Presidential Agent Books in Order

Presidential Agent contains 10 books, published between 2004 and 2025. The first book is By Order of the President (2004) and the newest is Direct Action (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2004–2025
Confirmed
10 of 10 titles
Pages on record
4,178 in 8 of 10 books
Reading time
70–104 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,178 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Presidential Agent is a thriller series that opens with By Order of the President (2004). The catalogue lists 10 books up to Direct Action (2025), and the series is still running. W.E.B. Griffin is credited on 8 of them, while Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson are each credited on 1 and one title carries no credit. Subject records cite Delta Force, undercover operations, government investigators, Argentina and aircraft hijacking. The Hostage (2006), The Hunters (2007) and Rogue Asset (2021) are among the titles.

How many Presidential Agent books are there?

Presidential Agent has 10 books, released between 2004 and 2025.

Presidential Agent Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Presidential Agent 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 By Order of the President by W.E.B. Griffin, book 1 of the Presidential Agent series (2004)
  2. Cover of The Hostage by W.E.B. Griffin, book 2 of the Presidential Agent series (2006)
  3. Cover of The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin, book 3 of the Presidential Agent series (2007)
  4. Cover of The Shooters by W.E.B. Griffin, book 4 of the Presidential Agent series (2008)
  5. Cover of Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin, book 5 of the Presidential Agent series (2008)
  6. Cover of Covert Warriors by W.E.B. Griffin, book 7 of the Presidential Agent series (2011)
  7. Cover of Hazardous Duty by W.E.B. Griffin, book 8 of the Presidential Agent series (2013)
  8. Cover of Rogue Asset, book 9 of the Presidential Agent series (2021)
  1. 1
    By Order of the President2004 · 528 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004528
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  2. 2
    The Hostage2006 · 750 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006750
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  3. 3
    The Hunters2007 · 515 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007515
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  4. 4
    The Shooters2008 · 422 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008422
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  5. 5
    Black Ops2008 · 453 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008453
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  6. 6
    The Outlaws2010 · 672 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010672
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  7. 7
    Covert Warriors2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  8. 8
    Hazardous Duty2013 · 406 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013406
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  9. 9
    Rogue Asset2021 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2021432
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  10. 10
    Direct Action2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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Do you have to read Presidential Agent books in order?

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

Where to start with Presidential Agent

Start with By Order of the President (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Presidential Agent book?

Direct Action (2025) is the newest Presidential Agent book released so far.

Is there a new Presidential Agent book coming?

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

Presidential Agent at a glance

Still running
Presidential Agent is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Presidential Agent books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,178 pages across the 8 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 484 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Presidential Agent books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
Corroboration
1 of the 10 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
Attribution
Of the 10 titles, 8 are credited to W.E.B. Griffin, 1 to Brian Andrews and 1 to Jeffrey Wilson. One title carries no credit.

What the Presidential Agent books are about

8 of the 10 Presidential Agent 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 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other series by W.E.B. Griffin

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.