Stuart Woods Reading Order

91 books (1981–2023)

Start with Chiefs, the first of 91 books in the Barrington Universe series.

#	Title
1	Chiefs 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	Run Before the Wind 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	Deep Lie 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	White Cargo 1988Buy 🇺🇸
5	Grass Roots 1989Buy 🇺🇸
6	New York Dead 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	Santa Fe Rules 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Choke 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Run 1995Buy 🇺🇸
10	Dirt 1996Buy 🇺🇸
11	Dead in the Water 1997Buy 🇺🇸
12	Orchid Beach 1998Buy 🇺🇸
13	Swimming to Catalina 1998Buy 🇺🇸
14	Worst Fears Realized 1999Buy 🇺🇸
15	L.A. Dead 2000Buy 🇺🇸
16	Cold Paradise 2001Buy 🇺🇸
17	Orchid Blues 2001Buy 🇺🇸
18	Blood Orchid 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Short Forever 2002Buy 🇺🇸
20	Capital Crimes 2003Buy 🇺🇸
21	Dirty Work 2003Buy 🇺🇸
22	Reckless Abandon 2004Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Prince of Beverly Hills 2004Buy 🇺🇸
24	Two Dollar Bill 2004Buy 🇺🇸
25	Iron Orchid 2005Buy 🇺🇸
26	Dark Harbor 2006Buy 🇺🇸
27	Short Straw 2006Buy 🇺🇸
28	Fresh Disasters 2007Buy 🇺🇸
29	Shoot Him If He Runs 2007Buy 🇺🇸
30	Beverly Hills Dead 2008Buy 🇺🇸
31	Hot Mahogany 2008Buy 🇺🇸
32	Mounting Fears 2008Buy 🇺🇸
33	Santa Fe Dead 2008Buy 🇺🇸
34	Hothouse Orchid 2009Buy 🇺🇸
35	Kisser 2009Buy 🇺🇸
36	Loitering with Intent 2009Buy 🇺🇸
37	Lucid Intervals 2010Buy 🇺🇸
38	Santa Fe Edge 2010Buy 🇺🇸
39	Strategic Moves 2010Buy 🇺🇸
40	Bel-Air Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸
41	D.C. Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸
42	Son of Stone 2011Buy 🇺🇸
43	Collateral Damage 2012Buy 🇺🇸
44	Severe Clear 2012Buy 🇺🇸
45	Unnatural Acts 2012Buy 🇺🇸
46	Doing Hard Time 2013Buy 🇺🇸
47	Unintended Consequences 2013Buy 🇺🇸
48	Carnal Curiosity 2014Buy 🇺🇸
49	Cut and Thrust 2014Buy 🇺🇸
50	Paris Match 2014Buy 🇺🇸
51	Standup Guy 2014Buy 🇺🇸
52	Foreign Affairs 2015Buy 🇺🇸
53	Hot Pursuit 2015Buy 🇺🇸
54	Insatiable Appetites 2015Buy 🇺🇸
55	Naked Greed 2015Buy 🇺🇸
56	Dishonorable Intentions 2016Buy 🇺🇸
57	Family Jewels 2016Buy 🇺🇸
58	Scandalous Behavior 2016Buy 🇺🇸
59	Sex, Lies & Serious Money 2016Buy 🇺🇸
60	Smooth Operator(With: Parnell Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
61	Barely Legal(With: Parnell Hall) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
62	Below the Belt 2017Buy 🇺🇸
63	Fast and Loose 2017Buy 🇺🇸
64	Indecent Exposure 2017Buy 🇺🇸
65	Quick & Dirty 2017Buy 🇺🇸
66	A Delicate Touch 2018Buy 🇺🇸
67	Desperate Measures 2018Buy 🇺🇸
68	Shoot First 2018Buy 🇺🇸
69	The Money Shot(With: Parnell Hall) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
70	Turbulence 2018Buy 🇺🇸
71	Unbound 2018Buy 🇺🇸
72	Contraband 2019Buy 🇺🇸
73	Skin Game(With: Parnell Hall) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
74	Stealth 2019Buy 🇺🇸
75	Wild Card 2019Buy 🇺🇸
76	Bombshell(With: Parnell Hall) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
77	Choppy Water 2020Buy 🇺🇸
78	Hit List 2020Buy 🇺🇸
79	Hush-Hush 2020Buy 🇺🇸
80	Shakeup 2020Buy 🇺🇸
81	Treason 2020Buy 🇺🇸
82	Class Act 2021Buy 🇺🇸
83	Criminal Mischief 2021Buy 🇺🇸
84	Double Jeopardy 2021Buy 🇺🇸
85	Foul Play 2021Buy 🇺🇸
86	Jackpot(With: Bryon Quertermous) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
87	A Safe House 2022Buy 🇺🇸
88	Black Dog 2022Buy 🇺🇸
89	Distant Thunder 2022Buy 🇺🇸
90	Near Miss(With: Brett Battles) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
91	Obsession(With: Brett Battles) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (1992–2010)

Start with Santa Fe Rules, the first of 4 books in the Ed Eagle series.

#	Title
1	Santa Fe Rules 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Short Straw 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Santa Fe Dead 2008Buy 🇺🇸
4	Santa Fe Edge 2010Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2017–2017)

#	Title
1	Barely Legal(With: Parnell Hall) 2017Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1998–2009)

Start with Orchid Beach, the first of 6 books in the Holly Barker series.

#	Title
1	Orchid Beach 1998Buy 🇺🇸
2	Orchid Blues 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Blood Orchid 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	Reckless Abandon 2004Buy 🇺🇸
5	Iron Orchid 2005Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hothouse Orchid 2009Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1977–2022)

Start with Blue Water, Green Skipper and read in order.

#	Title
1	Blue Water, Green Skipper 1977Buy 🇺🇸
2	A romantic's guide to the country inns of Britain and Ireland 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	An Extravagant Life 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2004–2008)

Start with The Prince of Beverly Hills and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Prince of Beverly Hills 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	Beverly Hills Dead 2008Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1986–1995)

Start with Under the Lake, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Under the Lake 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	White Cargo 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Palindrome 1990Buy 🇺🇸
4	L.A. Times 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dead Eyes 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	Heat 1994Buy 🇺🇸
7	Choke 1995Buy 🇺🇸
8	Imperfect Strangers 1995Buy 🇺🇸

68 books (1991–2026)

Start with New York Dead, the first of 68 books in the Stone Barrington series.

#	Title
1	New York Dead 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dirt 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dead in the Water 1997Buy 🇺🇸
4	Swimming to Catalina 1998Buy 🇺🇸
5	Worst Fears Realized 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	L.A. Dead 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cold Paradise 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Short Forever 2002Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dirty Work 2003Buy 🇺🇸
10	Reckless Abandon 2004Buy 🇺🇸
11	Two Dollar Bill 2004Buy 🇺🇸
12	Dark Harbor 2006Buy 🇺🇸
13	Fresh Disasters 2007Buy 🇺🇸
14	Shoot Him If He Runs 2007Buy 🇺🇸
15	Hot Mahogany 2008Buy 🇺🇸
16	Kisser 2009Buy 🇺🇸
17	Loitering with Intent 2009Buy 🇺🇸
18	Lucid Intervals 2010Buy 🇺🇸
19	Strategic Moves 2010Buy 🇺🇸
20	Bel-Air Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸
21	D.C. Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸
22	Son of Stone 2011Buy 🇺🇸
23	Collateral Damage 2012Buy 🇺🇸
24	Severe Clear 2012Buy 🇺🇸
25	Unnatural Acts 2012Buy 🇺🇸
26	Doing Hard Time 2013Buy 🇺🇸
27	Unintended Consequences 2013Buy 🇺🇸
28	Carnal Curiosity 2014Buy 🇺🇸
29	Cut and Thrust 2014Buy 🇺🇸
30	Paris Match 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	Standup Guy 2014Buy 🇺🇸
32	Foreign Affairs 2015Buy 🇺🇸
33	Hot Pursuit 2015Buy 🇺🇸
34	Insatiable Appetites 2015Buy 🇺🇸
35	Naked Greed 2015Buy 🇺🇸
36	Dishonorable Intentions 2016Buy 🇺🇸
37	Family Jewels 2016Buy 🇺🇸
38	Scandalous Behavior 2016Buy 🇺🇸
39	Sex, Lies & Serious Money 2016Buy 🇺🇸
40	Below the Belt 2017Buy 🇺🇸
41	Fast and Loose 2017Buy 🇺🇸
42	Indecent Exposure 2017Buy 🇺🇸
43	Quick & Dirty 2017Buy 🇺🇸
44	A Delicate Touch 2018Buy 🇺🇸
45	Desperate Measures 2018Buy 🇺🇸
46	Shoot First 2018Buy 🇺🇸
47	Turbulence 2018Buy 🇺🇸
48	Unbound 2018Buy 🇺🇸
49	Contraband 2019Buy 🇺🇸
50	Stealth 2019Buy 🇺🇸
51	Wild Card 2019Buy 🇺🇸
52	Choppy Water 2020Buy 🇺🇸
53	Hit List 2020Buy 🇺🇸
54	Hush-Hush 2020Buy 🇺🇸
55	Shakeup 2020Buy 🇺🇸
56	Treason 2020Buy 🇺🇸
57	Class Act 2021Buy 🇺🇸
58	Criminal Mischief 2021Buy 🇺🇸
59	Double Jeopardy 2021Buy 🇺🇸
60	Foul Play 2021Buy 🇺🇸
61	A Safe House 2022Buy 🇺🇸
62	Black Dog 2022Buy 🇺🇸
63	Distant Thunder 2022Buy 🇺🇸
64	Near Miss(With: Brett Battles) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
65	Smolder(With: Brett Battles) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
66	Finders Keepers(With: Brett Battles) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
67	Deep Water(With: Brett Battles) 2026Buy 🇺🇸
68	Hostile Intent(With: Brett Battles) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2016–2025)

Start with Smooth Operator(With: Parnell Hall), the first of 8 books in the Teddy Fay series.

#	Title
1	Smooth Operator(With: Parnell Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Money Shot(With: Parnell Hall) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Skin Game(With: Parnell Hall) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Bombshell(With: Parnell Hall) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
5	Jackpot(With: Bryon Quertermous) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
6	Obsession(With: Brett Battles) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
7	Golden Hour(With: Brett Battles) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
8	Blown Away(By: Brett Battles) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1981–2008)

Start with Chiefs, the first of 7 books in the Will Lee series.

#	Title
1	Chiefs 1981Buy 🇺🇸
2	Run Before the Wind 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	Deep Lie 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	Grass Roots 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Run 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Capital Crimes 2003Buy 🇺🇸
7	Mounting Fears 2008Buy 🇺🇸