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Brotherhood of war books in order

W. E. B. Griffin

Brotherhood of war is a series of 6 books by W. E. B. Griffin: 2,763 pages, about 51 hours of reading. Shown in the numbered order.

6
books
2,763
pages
51 hours
to read them all
102 days
at 30 minutes a day
1 The Lieutenants 1982 7.4 h 2 The Captains 1982 5.9 h 4 The Colonels 1983 8.6 h 5 The Berets 1985 7.5 h 7 The New Breed 1987 7.2 h 9 Special Ops 2001 14.2 h

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Not listed here yet: books 3, 6 and 8.

The books

  1. 1

    The Lieutenants 1982 7.4 h

    They were the young ones, the bright ones, the ones with the dreams.

  2. 2

    The Captains 1982 5.9 h

    It was more than an incident.

  3. 4

    The Colonels 1983 8.6 h

    They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina.

  4. 5

    The Berets 1985 7.5 h

    They were the chosen ones--and the ones to be the best.

  5. 7

    The New Breed 1987 7.2 h

    From the blistering jungles of Vietnam to the far-flung battlefields of the African Congo, they faced the turmoil of a new era.

  6. 9

    Special Ops 2001 14.2 h

    W.E.B. Griffin returns to the series that launched his phenomenal career-- in an explosive new novel that pits a team of Special Forces warriors against the legendary…

How much is left

After book 1, The Lieutenants about 43 hours left
After book 2, The Captains about 37 hours left
After book 4, The Colonels about 29 hours left
After book 5, The Berets about 21 hours left
After book 7, The New Breed about 14 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 50 hours 39 minutes

All 6 books listed here, 2,763 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

102 days (about 15 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.