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Vietnam War Books in Order

Vietnam War contains 8 books, published between 2015 and 2024. The first book is Melody Hill (2015) and the newest is Specter of Betrayal, The Ghost II (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2015–2024
Pages on record
1,926 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
32–48 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,926 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

See all 8 books in order Printable Vietnam War checklist

Vietnam War is the heading this listing gives to eight books about the 1961-1975 conflict. Rick DeStefanis is credited on seven, from Melody Hill and Raeford's MVP (2015) through Valley of the Purple Hearts (2017), The Gomorrah Principle and The Birdhouse Man (2020), The Ghost (2022) and Specter of Betrayal, The Ghost II (2024). On Blood Road (2018) is credited to Steve Watkins. Subject headings cover survival, historical and war and military writing, and children's fiction. The median book runs to 396 pages.

How many Vietnam War books are there?

Vietnam War has 8 books, released between 2015 and 2024.

Vietnam War Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Vietnam War 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 Raeford's MVP by Rick DeStefanis, book 2 of the Vietnam War series (2015)
  2. Cover of Valley of the Purple Hearts by Rick DeStefanis, book 3 of the Vietnam War series (2017)
  1. 1
    Melody Hill2015 · 364 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015364
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  2. 1
    On Blood Road2018 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018288
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  3. 2
    Raeford's MVP2015 · 452 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015452
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  4. 3
    Valley of the Purple Hearts2017 · 426 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017426
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  5. 4
    The Gomorrah Principle2020 · 396 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020396
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  6. 5
    The Birdhouse Man2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  7. 6
    The Ghost2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  8. 7
    Specter of Betrayal, The Ghost II2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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Do you have to read Vietnam War books in order?

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

Where to start with Vietnam War

Start with Melody Hill (2015), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Vietnam War book?

Specter of Betrayal, The Ghost II (2024) is the newest Vietnam War book released so far.

Is there a new Vietnam War book coming?

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

Vietnam War at a glance

Still running
Vietnam War is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Vietnam War books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,926 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 396 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Vietnam War books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
Attribution
Of the 8 titles, 7 are credited to Rick DeStefanis and 1 to Steve Watkins.

What the Vietnam War books are about

2 of the 8 Vietnam War books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.