Michael Shaara Books In Order - Books In Order (2024)

Civil War: 1861-1865 Books In Publication Order

  1. The Killer Angels (1974)
  2. Gods and Generals (By:Jeff Shaara) (1996)
  3. The Last Full Measure (By:Jeff Shaara) (1998)

Civil War: 1861-1865 Books In Chronological Order

  1. Gods and Generals (By:Jeff Shaara) (1996)
  2. The Killer Angels (1974)
  3. The Last Full Measure (By:Jeff Shaara) (1998)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Broken Place (1968)
  2. The Herald / The Noah Conspiracy (1981)
  3. For Love of the Game (1991)
  4. The Rebel in Autumn (2013)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. All the Way Back (1952)
  2. Be Fruitful and Multiply (1952)
  3. The Book (1953)
  4. Time Payment (1954)
  5. The Holes (1954)
  6. Wainer (1954)
  7. A Man of Distinction (1956)
  8. Death for a Hunter (1957)
  9. The Lightning (1958)
  10. The Sea is Cruel (1958)
  11. The Wide and Starry Sky (1958)
  12. You’ll Have To Die Now (1958)
  13. The Peeping Tom Patrol (1958)
  14. Doctor in Doubt (1959)
  15. Partisan (1962)
  16. Groomsday (1968)
  17. Two Roads to Petra (1976)
  18. Border Incident (1976)
  19. The Dark Angel (1982)
  20. Starface (1982)
  21. The Billion Dollar Grease Job (2014)
  22. 2066 Election Day (2014)
  23. The Second Odd Man (2014)
  24. Little Joe…The Hard Way (2014)

Short Story Collections In Publication Order

  1. Soldier Boy (1982)

Civil War: 1861-1865 Book Covers

  • The Killer Angels(1974)

  • Gods and Generals (By:Jeff Shaara)(1996)

  • The Last Full Measure (By:Jeff Shaara)(1998)

Civil War: 1861-1865 Book Covers

  • Gods and Generals (By:Jeff Shaara)(1996)

  • The Killer Angels(1974)

  • The Last Full Measure (By:Jeff Shaara)(1998)

Standalone Novels Book Covers

Short Stories/Novellas Book Covers

  • All the Way Back(1952)

  • Be Fruitful and Multiply(1952)

  • The Book(1953)

  • Time Payment(1954)

  • The Holes(1954)

  • Wainer(1954)

  • A Man of Distinction(1956)

  • Death for a Hunter(1957)

  • The Lightning(1958)

  • The Sea is Cruel(1958)

  • The Wide and Starry Sky(1958)

  • You’ll Have To Die Now(1958)

  • The Peeping Tom Patrol(1958)

  • Doctor in Doubt(1959)

  • Partisan(1962)

  • Groomsday(1968)

  • Two Roads to Petra(1976)

  • Border Incident(1976)

  • The Dark Angel(1982)

  • Starface(1982)

  • The Billion Dollar Grease Job(2014)

  • 2066 Election Day(2014)

  • The Second Odd Man(2014)

  • Little Joe…The Hard Way(2014)

Short Story Collections Book Covers

  • Soldier Boy(1982)

Michael Shaara Books Overview

The Killer Angels

After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize winning Civil War classic, The Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was originally published. This handsome new hardcover edition introduces a whole new generation to Shaara s masterpiece and offers readers everywhere a literary keepsake for years to come. July 1863. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia is invading the North. General Robert E. Lee has made this daring and massive move with seventy thousand men in a determined effort to draw out the Union Army of the Potomac and mortally wound it. His right hand is General James Longstreet, a brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues against his plan. Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before what will be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War. In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation s history, two armies fight for two conflicting dreams. One dreams of freedom, the other of a way of life. More than rifles and bullets are carried into battle. The soldiers carry memories. Promises. Love. And more than men fall on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty are also the casualties of war. The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable a dramatic re creation of the battleground for America s destiny.

Gods and Generals (By:Jeff Shaara)

Bring back the pleasure of reading, read Jeff Shaara in Large Print.

All Random House Large Print Editions are published in a 16-point typeface.

The story of Gods and Generals begins with Michael Shaara, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels. A native of New Jersey, Michael Shaara grew to be an adventurous young man: over the years, he found work as a sailor, a paratrooper, a policeman, and an English professor at Florida State University. In 1952, his son Jeff was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Michael’s interest in Gettysburg was prompted by some letters written by his great-grandfather, who had been wounded at the great battle while serving with the 4th Georgia Infantry. In 1966, he took his family on a vacation to the battlefield and found himself moved.

In 1970, Michael Shaara returned to Gettysburg with his son Jeff. The pair crisscrossed the historic site, gathering detailed information for the father’s novel-in-progress. In 1974, the novel was published with the title The Killer Angels. This gripping fictional account of the three bloody days at Gettysburg won Michael Shaara a Pulitzer Prize and a vast, appreciative audience. To date it has sold two million copies.

When Michael Shaara died in 1988, his son Jeff began to manage his literary estate. It was a legacy he knew well, having helped his father create it. When director Ron Maxwell filmed the movie Gettysburg, based on The Killer Angels, he asked Jeff to serve as a consultant. Maxwell encouraged Shaara to continue the story his father began; inspired, Jeff planned an ambitious trilogy, with The Killer Angels as the centerpiece, following the war from its origins to its end.

With Gods and Generals, Jeff Shaara gives fans of The Killer Angels everything they could have asked–an epic, brilliantly written saga that brings the nation’s greatest conflict to life.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Last Full Measure (By:Jeff Shaara)

In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time, an enduring bestseller that has sold more than two million copies. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, Shaara’s son, Jeff, brilliantly sustained his father’s vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, Jeff Shaara brings this legendary father-son trilogy to its stunning conclusion in a novel that brings to life the final two years of the Civil War.

As The Last Full Measure opens, Gettysburg is past and the war advances to its third brutal year. On the Union side, the gulf between the politicians in Washington and the generals in the field yawns ever wider. Never has the cumbersome Union Army so desperately needed a decisive, hard-nosed leader. It is at this critical moment that Lincoln places Ulysses S. Grant in command–and turns the tide of war.

For Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg was an unspeakable disaster–compounded by the shattering loss of the fiery Stonewall Jackson two months before. Lee knows better than anyone that the South cannot survive a war of attrition. But with the total devotion of his generals–Longstreet, Hill, Stuart–and his unswerving faith in God, Lee is determined to fight to the bitter end.

Here too is Joshua Chamberlain, the college professor who emerged as the Union hero of Gettysburg–and who will rise to become one of the greatest figures of the Civil War.

Battle by staggering battle, Shaara dramatizes the escalating confrontation between Lee and Grant–complicated, heroic, deeply troubled men. From the costly Battle of the Wilderness to the agonizing siege of Petersburg to Lee’s epoch-making surrender at Appomattox, Shaara portrays the riveting conclusion of the Civil War through the minds and hearts of the individuals who gave their last full measure.

Full of human passion and the spellbinding truth of history, The Last Full Measure is the fitting capstone to a magnificent literary trilogy.

For Love of the Game

Billy Chapel is a baseball legend, a man who has devoted his life to the game he loves and plays so well. But because of his unsurpassed skill and innocent faith, he has been betrayed. Now it’s the final game of the season, and Billy’s got one last chance to prove who he is and what he can do, a chance to prove what really matters in this life. A taut, compelling story of one man’s coming of age, For Love of the Game is Michael Shaara’s final novel, the classic finish to a brilliantly distinguished literary career.

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In what order should I read the Shaara Civil War books? ›

Civil War: 1861-1865 Books In Chronological Order
  • Gods and Generals (1996)
  • The Killer Angels (By:Michael Shaara) (1974)
  • The Last Full Measure (1998)

Do you have to read Ken Follett books in order? ›

All of the books do work as standalone novels. If you would like to read them in order, as some books are prequels, they can be enjoyed both chronologically, or by publishing date.

Do you have to read John Grisham books in order? ›

With that many books in print, it may be a little difficult to know where to start reading John Grisham's books. Because he tends to write standalone thrillers that can be read out of publication order, so we've created this handy guide with a few entry points into Grisham's impressive backlist.

Is Michael Shaara related to Jeff Shaara? ›

"Jeff" Shaara (born February 21, 1952) is an American novelist and the son of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Shaara.

How many Civil War books are there? ›

The bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war, with more appearing each month.

In what order should the made series be read? ›

SERIES READING ORDER:
  1. The Sweetest Oblivion (Made Book 1)
  2. The Maddest Obsession (Made Book 2)
  3. The Darkest Temptation (Made Book 3)
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What is the best Ken Follett book to start with? ›

The Pillars of the Earth

Deftly sketching out the complex political, religious, and social aspects of the effort, Follett builds plenty of intrigue through the relationships between his characters. If you're looking for a fast-paced historical novel inspired by real events, this is the place to start.

What is the order of Ken Follett's trilogy? ›

Follett's novels, Fall of Giants, Winter of the World and Edge of Eternity, make up the Century Trilogy.

Do you have to read in order? ›

If an author writes a particular series then the best way is to follow the order they are written as there will be fewest things you don't understand, but it isn't essential.

What are considered John Grisham's best books? ›

Here, we pick the 10 best novels from an author who says his goal is always to “satisfy the audience, deliver and entertain”.
  • The Partner (1997)
  • The Guardians (2019) ...
  • The Testament (1999) ...
  • The Client (1993) ...
  • The Pelican Brief (1992) ...
  • The Chamber (1994) ...
  • The Street Lawyer (1998) ...
  • A Time to Kill (1989) ...
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How many of John Grisham's books became movies? ›

Seven of his other novels have also been adapted into films: The Chamber, The Client, A Painted House, The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas.

Are all John Grisham books connected? ›

Most Grisham books are stand-alone; except for his Theodore Boone children's series and the Whistler series, also for kids. Sycamore Row is the sequel to A Time to Kill, his first novel.

Should I read Killer Angels or Gods and Generals first? ›

Oldman Childnapper I think you should start with The Killer Angels then read the other books in chronological order, then after if you want to read them in chronological order I say do it, all of the books are really well written.

Who wrote Gods and Generals? ›

Where does the title Killer Angels come from? ›

At one point, Joshua Chamberlain remembers reciting a speech from Hamlet to his father, in which Hamlet states that man is "in action how like an angel!" Hearing this, Chamberlain's father says that if man is an angel, he's most definitely a "murderin' angel." Chamberlain remembers his father's words and later gives a ...

What order should I read the Palliser novels? ›

  • Can You Forgive Her? ( 1865)
  • Phineas Finn (1869)
  • The Eustace Diamonds (1873)
  • Phineas Redux (1874)
  • The Prime Minister (1876)
  • The Duke's Children (1880)

What order should I read Timothy Zahn Star Wars books? ›

Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy Books In Publication Order
  • Heir to the Empire (1991)
  • Dark Force Rising (1992)
  • The Last Command (1993)

What order do you read the Alan Gratz books? ›

Order of Alan Gratz Books
  1. Something Rotten. (2007) Description / Buy at Amazon.com. ...
  2. The League of Seven. (2014) Description / Buy at Amazon.com. ...
  3. Samurai Shortstop. (2006) ...
  4. Hero of the Five Points. (2014) ...
  5. Captain America: The Ghost Army. (2023) ...
  6. The Delta Anomaly (By: Rick Barba) (2010) ...
  7. Naked Came the Leaf Peeper. (2011)

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