William Brinkley Reading Order
1 series · 14 books
William Clark Brinkley was an American novelist and journalist whose satirical and adventure fiction has been adapted for both film and television. He is best known for his 1956 debut novel Don't Go Near the Water, a comedic military satire that became a major motion picture, and The Last Ship, a post-apocalyptic thriller that later became a successful TNT series. Brinkley's career spanned decades of producing standalone novels that blended sharp social commentary with compelling narrative storytelling.
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Standalone Novels Series
14 books
William Brinkley wrote 14 standalone novels published across several decades, beginning with Breakpoint. These independent works should be read in publication order and include titles such as Don't Go Near the Water, Peeper, Quicksand, The Last Ship, The Fun House, and The Ninety and Nine. The series status remains unclear, though the novels span from the 1960s through later decades.
Start with Breakpoint, the first of 14 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Breakpoint |
| 2 | Don't go near the water |
| 3 | Peeper |
| 4 | Quicksand |
| 5 | Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume III - 1966--Summer Selections |
| 6 | Reader's digest condensed books--Volume 4 1978 |
| 7 | The Last Ship |
| 8 | The fun house |
| 9 | The last ship |
| 10 | The ninety and nine |
| 11 | The ninety and nine |
| 12 | The ninety and nine |
| 13 | The ninety and nine |
| 14 | The two Susans |
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