Will Lee Books in Order
Will Lee by Stuart Woods contains 7 books, published between 1981 and 2008. The first book is Chiefs (1981) and the newest is Mounting Fears (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 7
- Published
- 1981–2008
- Confirmed
- 7 of 7 titles
- Pages on record
- 2,074 in 5 of 7 books
- Reading time
- 35–52 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,074 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.
Will Lee is a series of political suspense novels by Stuart Woods, named for its recurring character. Seven books were published between 1981 and 2008: Chiefs (1981), Run Before the Wind (1983), Deep Lie (1986), Grass Roots (1989), The Run (1995), Capital Crimes (2003) and Mounting Fears (2008). Elections, presidents, police chiefs and Georgia are the recurring subjects, and no eighth book is catalogued.
How many Will Lee books are there?
Will Lee has 7 books, released between 1981 and 2008.
Will Lee Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 7 Will Lee 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.
- 1Chiefs1981 · 432 pages · confirmed 4/419814324/4
- 2Run Before the Wind1983 · 384 pages · confirmed 4/419833844/4
- 3Deep Lie1986 · 410 pages · confirmed 4/419864104/4
- 4Grass Roots1989 · 459 pages · confirmed 4/419894594/4
- 5The Run1995 · 389 pages · confirmed 4/419953894/4
- 6Capital Crimes2003 · confirmed 4/42003–4/4
- 7Mounting Fears2008 · confirmed 4/42008–4/4
Is there a chronological order for Will Lee?
No separate chronological order is on record for Will Lee, 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 Will Lee books in order?
You should read the Will Lee books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Will Lee book also stands alone.
Where to start with Will Lee
Start with Chiefs (1981), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Will Lee book?
Mounting Fears (2008) is the newest Will Lee book released so far.
Is there a new Will Lee book coming?
No next Will Lee book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Will Lee at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Will Lee title on record dates from 2008, 18 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Will Lee books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
- Length
- 2,074 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 410 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Will Lee books, 4 of 7, were published in the 1980s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 7 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Will Lee books are about
All 7 Will Lee books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lee, will (fictitious character) is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Lee, will (fictitious character) 4 of 7 books
- Political fiction 3 of 7 books
- Presidents 3 of 7 books
- Crimes against 2 of 7 books
- Election 2 of 7 books
- Georgia 2 of 7 books
- Suspense 2 of 7 books
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The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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