Olen Steinhauer

Olen Steinhauer

5 Series • 16 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Ruthenia Quintet Books
Start with: The Bridge of Sighs (2003)
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Publication Order of Milo Weaver Books
Start with: The Tourist (2009)
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Publication Order of Middleman Books
Start with: Vandals (2018)

ⓘ About Olen Steinhauer

Olen Steinhauer is a New York Times bestselling author from America. He writes mostly in the spy fiction and mystery genres and is famous for his series’, ‘The Tourist’, and the ‘Yalta Boulevard Sequence’. Olen was born on June 21, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. He spent most of his youth in Virginia and studied at a university in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He later graduated from The University of Texas, Austin. Olen has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Emerson College in Boston. He has traveled to a lot of places other than Virginia such as Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California and New York in U.S. He has also lived in Croatia, Italy and Czech Republic.

All Book Series by Olen Steinhauer

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The Bridge of Sighs

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2003

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2003
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The Confession

Book 2 of 5 · published 2004

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2004
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36 Yalta Boulevard / The Vienna Assignment

Book 3 of 5 · published 2005

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2005
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Liberation Movements

Book 4 of 5 · published 2006

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2006
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Victory Square

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2007

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2007
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The Tourist

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2009

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2009
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The Nearest Exit

Book 2 of 4 · published 2010

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2010
3
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An American Spy

Book 3 of 4 · published 2012

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2012
4
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The Last Tourist

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
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Vandals

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2018

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2018
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The Middleman

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018

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2018
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The Cairo Affair

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014

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2014
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All the Old Knives

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2015

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2015
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You Know What's Going On

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2011

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2011
2
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On the Lisbon Disaster

Book 2 of 3 · published 2014

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2014
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Start-Up

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2016

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2016

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Olen Steinhauer?

Olen Steinhauer is a New York Times bestselling author from America. He writes mostly in the spy fiction and mystery genres and is famous for his series', 'The Tourist', and the 'Yalta Boulevard Sequence'. Olen was born on June 21, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Which Olen Steinhauer series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Ruthenia Quintet series, the earliest of Olen Steinhauer's multi-book series: it opens with The Bridge of Sighs (2003) and runs to 5 books across 2003–2007, ending with Victory Square (2007). Olen Steinhauer's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Olen Steinhauer written?

Olen Steinhauer has 16 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2020. 11 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Ruthenia Quintet series with 5 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Olen Steinhauer's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Olen Steinhauer's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Ruthenia Quintet (2003–2007, 5 books), Milo Weaver (2009–2020, 4 books) and Middleman (2018, 2 books).

How are Olen Steinhauer's books organised into series?

This guide splits Olen Steinhauer's 16 books into 3 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Ruthenia Quintet (5 books, 2003–2007); Milo Weaver (4 books, 2009–2020); Middleman (2 books, 2018).