Stuart Woods

Stuart Woods

Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia, USA on January 9th, 1938 and passed away at the age of 84 on July 22nd, 2022.

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Stuart Woods Stats: The highest rated book by Stuart Woods on Book Notification is Chiefs, the first novel in the Will Lee series. The second-highest rated book is Mounting Fears (Will Lee #7).

The most read book by Stuart Woods on Book Notification is New York Dead, the first novel in the Stone Barrington series. The second most read book is Swimming to Catalina (Stone Barrington #4).

Below is a complete list of Stuart Woods books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Stuart Woods is the Stone Barrington Series.

List of Stone Barrington Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.4
New York Dead
1991
Go
2
7.4
Dirt
1996
Go
3
7.3
Dead in the Water
1997
Go
4
7.1
Swimming to Catalina
1998
Go
5
7.5
Worst Fears Realized
1999
Go
6
6.9
L.A. Dead
2000
Go
7
6.9
Cold Paradise
2001
Go
8
6.8
The Short Forever
2002
Go
9
7.6
Dirty Work
2003
Go
10
7.9
Reckless Abandon
2004
Go
11
8.1
Two Dollar Bill
2004
Go
12
8.3
Dark Harbor
2006
Go
13
7.5
Fresh Disasters
2007
Go
14
8
Shoot Him If He Runs
2007
Go
15
7.6
Hot Mahogany
2008
Go
16
7.5
Loitering with Intent
2009
Go
17
7.6
Kisser
2009
Go
18
7.5
Lucid Intervals
2010
Go
19
7.1
Strategic Moves
2010
Go
20
7.6
Bel-Air Dead
2011
Go
21
7.5
Son of Stone
2011
Go
22
7.9
D.C. Dead
2011
Go
23
7.9
Unnatural Acts
2012
Go
24
7.3
Severe Clear
2012
Go
25
7.7
Collateral Damage
2012
Go
26
7.4
Unintended Consequences
2013
Go
27
7.6
Doing Hard Time
2013
Go
28
7.8
Standup Guy
2014
Go
29
7.6
Carnal Curiosity
2014
Go
30
8.1
Cut and Thrust
2014
Go
31
7.4
Paris Match
2014
Go
32
7.5
Insatiable Appetites
2015
Go
33
7.4
Hot Pursuit
2015
Go
34
7.7
Naked Greed
2015
Go
35
7.7
Foreign Affairs
2015
Go
36
7.9
Scandalous Behavior
2016
Go
37
7.6
Family Jewels
2016
Go
38
7.5
Dishonorable Intentions
2016
Go
39
7.3
Sex, Lies & Serious Money
2016
Go
40
8.2
Below the Belt
2017
Go
41
7.8
Fast and Loose
2017
Go
42
8.1
Indecent Exposure
2017
Go
43
7.5
Quick & Dirty
2017
Go
44
7.2
Unbound
2018
Go
45
7.8
Shoot First
2018
Go
46
7.5
Turbulence
2018
Go
47
7.7
Desperate Measures
2018
Go
48
7.9
A Delicate Touch
2018
Go
49
7.9
Wild Card
2019
Go
50
8.1
Contraband
2019
Go
51
7.9
Stealth
2019
Go
52
7.7
Treason
2020
Go
53
7.8
Hit List
2020
Go
54
7.5
Choppy Water
2020
Go
55
7.2
Shakeup
2020
Go
56
7.3
Hush-Hush
2020
Go
57
7.3
Double Jeopardy
2021
Go
58
6.9
Class Act
2021
Go
59
8.3
Foul Play
2021
Go
60
7.6
Criminal Mischief
2021
Go
61
7.8
A Safe House
2022
Go
62
8.6
Black Dog
2022
Go
63
7.8
Distant Thunder
2022
Go
64
8.2
Near Miss (With: Brett Battles)
2023
Go
65
7.7
Smolder (With: Brett Battles)
2024
Go
66
Finders Keepers (With: Brett Battles)
2025
Go

List of Holly Barker Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.3
Orchid Beach
1998
Go
2
8.6
Orchid Blues
2001
Go
3
8.4
Blood Orchid
2002
Go
4
7.9
Reckless Abandon
2004
Go
5
7.8
Iron Orchid
2005
Go
6
8.5
Hothouse Orchid
2009
Go

List of Ed Eagle Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.5
Santa Fe Rules
1992
Go
2
7.7
Short Straw
2006
Go
3
7.6
Santa Fe Dead
2008
Go
4
7.9
Santa Fe Edge
2010
Go

List of Herbie Fisher Books in Publication Order (with Parnell Hall)

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.7
Barely Legal (With: Parnell Hall)
2017
Go

List of Rick Barron Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
The Prince of Beverly Hills
2004
Go
2
7.4
Beverly Hills Dead
2008
Go

List of Teddy Fay Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.6
Smooth Operator (With: Parnell Hall)
2016
Go
2
7.7
The Money Shot (With: Parnell Hall)
2018
Go
3
8.3
Skin Game (With: Parnell Hall)
2019
Go
4
7.9
Bombshell (With: Parnell Hall)
2020
Go
5
6.5
Jackpot (With: Bryon Quertermous)
2021
Go
6
8.7
Obsession (With: Brett Battles)
2023
Go
7
8.8
Golden Hour (With: Brett Battles)
2024
Go

List of Will Lee Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Chiefs
1981
Go
2
7
Run Before the Wind
1983
Go
3
7.4
Deep Lie
1986
Go
4
7
Grass Roots
1989
Go
5
8
The Run
1995
Go
6
7.8
Capital Crimes
2003
Go
7
8.8
Mounting Fears
2008
Go

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7.8
Under the Lake
1986
Go
2
8.4
White Cargo
1988
Go
3
8.2
Palindrome
1990
Go
4
6.9
L.A. Times
1993
Go
5
7.9
Heat
1994
Go
6
8.6
Dead Eyes
1994
Go
7
7.8
Imperfect Strangers
1995
Go
8
8.6
Choke
1995
Go

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Blue Water, Green Skipper
1977
Go
2
A romantic's guide to the country inns of Britain and Ireland
1979
Go
3
An Extravagant Life
2022
Go

List of Barrington Universe Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Chiefs
1981
Go
2
7
Run Before the Wind
1983
Go
3
7.4
Deep Lie
1986
Go
4
8.4
White Cargo
1988
Go
5
7
Grass Roots
1989
Go
6
7.4
New York Dead
1991
Go
7
8.5
Santa Fe Rules
1992
Go
8
8.6
Choke
1995
Go
9
8
The Run
1995
Go
10
7.4
Dirt
1996
Go
11
7.3
Dead in the Water
1997
Go
12
7.1
Swimming to Catalina
1998
Go
13
8.3
Orchid Beach
1998
Go
14
7.5
Worst Fears Realized
1999
Go
15
6.9
L.A. Dead
2000
Go
16
6.9
Cold Paradise
2001
Go
17
8.6
Orchid Blues
2001
Go
18
6.8
The Short Forever
2002
Go
19
8.4
Blood Orchid
2002
Go
20
7.8
Capital Crimes
2003
Go
21
7.6
Dirty Work
2003
Go
22
7.9
Reckless Abandon
2004
Go
23
8.1
Two Dollar Bill
2004
Go
24
7
The Prince of Beverly Hills
2004
Go
25
7.8
Iron Orchid
2005
Go
26
7.7
Short Straw
2006
Go
27
8.3
Dark Harbor
2006
Go
28
7.5
Fresh Disasters
2007
Go
29
8
Shoot Him If He Runs
2007
Go
30
7.4
Beverly Hills Dead
2008
Go
31
7.6
Santa Fe Dead
2008
Go
32
7.6
Hot Mahogany
2008
Go
33
8.8
Mounting Fears
2008
Go
34
7.5
Loitering with Intent
2009
Go
35
8.5
Hothouse Orchid
2009
Go
36
7.6
Kisser
2009
Go
37
7.5
Lucid Intervals
2010
Go
38
7.9
Santa Fe Edge
2010
Go
39
7.1
Strategic Moves
2010
Go
40
7.6
Bel-Air Dead
2011
Go
41
7.5
Son of Stone
2011
Go
42
7.9
D.C. Dead
2011
Go
43
7.9
Unnatural Acts
2012
Go
44
7.3
Severe Clear
2012
Go
45
7.7
Collateral Damage
2012
Go
46
7.4
Unintended Consequences
2013
Go
47
7.6
Doing Hard Time
2013
Go
48
7.8
Standup Guy
2014
Go
49
7.6
Carnal Curiosity
2014
Go
50
8.1
Cut and Thrust
2014
Go
51
7.4
Paris Match
2014
Go
52
7.5
Insatiable Appetites
2015
Go
53
7.4
Hot Pursuit
2015
Go
54
7.7
Naked Greed
2015
Go
55
7.7
Foreign Affairs
2015
Go
56
7.9
Scandalous Behavior
2016
Go
57
7.6
Family Jewels
2016
Go
58
7.5
Dishonorable Intentions
2016
Go
59
8.6
Smooth Operator (With: Parnell Hall)
2016
Go
60
7.3
Sex, Lies & Serious Money
2016
Go
61
8.2
Below the Belt
2017
Go
62
7.8
Fast and Loose
2017
Go
63
8.1
Indecent Exposure
2017
Go
64
8.7
Barely Legal (With: Parnell Hall)
2017
Go
65
7.5
Quick & Dirty
2017
Go
66
7.2
Unbound
2018
Go
67
7.7
The Money Shot (With: Parnell Hall)
2018
Go
68
7.8
Shoot First
2018
Go
69
7.5
Turbulence
2018
Go
70
7.7
Desperate Measures
2018
Go
71
7.9
A Delicate Touch
2018
Go
72
7.9
Wild Card
2019
Go
73
8.3
Skin Game (With: Parnell Hall)
2019
Go
74
8.1
Contraband
2019
Go
75
7.9
Stealth
2019
Go
76
7.7
Treason
2020
Go
77
7.8
Hit List
2020
Go
78
7.9
Bombshell (With: Parnell Hall)
2020
Go
79
7.5
Choppy Water
2020
Go
80
7.2
Shakeup
2020
Go
81
7.3
Hush-Hush
2020
Go
82
7.3
Double Jeopardy
2021
Go
83
6.5
Jackpot (With: Bryon Quertermous)
2021
Go
84
6.9
Class Act
2021
Go
85
8.3
Foul Play
2021
Go
86
7.6
Criminal Mischief
2021
Go
87
7.8
A Safe House
2022
Go
88
8.6
Black Dog
2022
Go
89
7.8
Distant Thunder
2022
Go
90
8.2
Near Miss (With: Brett Battles)
2023
Go
91
8.7
Obsession (With: Brett Battles)
2023
Go

A complete listing of any Stuart Woods novels that take place within the same universe. The publication and chronological order of this appears to be the same, except for the Rick Barron novels The Prince of Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills Dead which take place in the 1930s and 1940s, respectively.

Stuart Woods

Stuart Woods was born on January 9th, 1938. Stuart passed away July 22nd, 2022 at 84 years old. Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia, USA. Woods attended University of Georgia where he received a B.A. Sociology.

Stuart Woods was the author of the Barrington Universe series which consists of 91 novels. The Barrington Universe series started in 1981 with the novel Chiefs. The most recently released novel in the Barrington Universe series was Obsession which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Barrington Universe series.

Stuart Woods also wrote the Stone Barrington series which has 66 books including New York Dead and Dirt.

Stuart Woods has had one book make the Kono Mystery ga Sugoi international list in Japan. In 1995, his novel Grass Roots was ranked #8.

Stuart Woods: Awards & Accolades

Woods' book, Chiefs won the Edgar Award, Best First Novel, in 1982.

Stuart Woods: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Carnal Curiosity was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2014.
  • Scandalous Behavior was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2016.

Stuart Woods: TV/Movies Based on Books

The Edgar award-winning novel Chiefs, the first novel in the Will Lee series, was made into a TV mini-series in 1983. It is over 3 hours long and stars Charlton Heston.

The fourth novel in the Will Lee series, Grass Roots, was made into a TV movie in 1992. It starred Corbin Bernsen as Will Lee. Donzaleigh Abernathy also starred in it.

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Stuart Woods are:

  1. David Baldacci, author of the Amos Decker Series.
  2. Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch Series.
  3. Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher Series.
  4. James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross Series.
  5. Harlan Coben, author of the Myron Bolitar Series.

Stuart Woods: F.A.Q

When was Stuart Woods Born?

Stuart Woods was born on January 9th, 1938.

When did Stuart Woods die?

Stuart Woods died on July 22nd, 2022 at 84 years old.

Where was Stuart Woods Born?

Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia, USA.

What book awards has Stuart Woods won?

Woods' book, Chiefs won the award Edgar Award, Best First Novel, in 1982.

What was the first book Stuart Woods wrote?

The first book written by Stuart Woods was Blue Water, Green Skipper, published in 1977.

What was the most recent book Stuart Woods wrote?

His most recently released work was Golden Hour on December 3rd, 2024.

How many books has Stuart Woods written?

Stuart Woods has written 103 books across 10 series.
  • 66 books in the Stone Barrington Series
  • 6 books in the Holly Barker Series
  • 4 books in the Ed Eagle Series
  • 1 book in the Herbie Fisher Series
  • 2 books in the Rick Barron Series
  • 7 books in the Teddy Fay Series
  • 7 books in the Will Lee Series
  • 8 Standalone Novels
  • 3 Non-Fiction Books
  • 91 books in the Barrington Universe Series

Will the Stone Barrington series be continued following the death of Stuart Woods?

Yes. Following the sad passing of Stuart Woods, the author Brett Battles is going to be writing some novels in various Stuart Woods series.

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