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Start with People's Republic and continue through all 8 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with People's Republic
Book 1 by Kurt Schlichter • Published 2016
People's Republic launches the Kelly Turnbull series in a United States that has split along political lines. Sent into the decaying blue stronghold of Los Angeles, Turnbull must infiltrate a surveillance state to com...
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Kelly Turnbull reading order
Ends with Overlord
- 1
Book 1:People's Republic
Kurt Schlichter • 2016
People's Republic launches the Kelly Turnbull series in a United States that has split along political lines. Sent into the decaying blue stronghold of Los Angeles, Turnbull must infiltrate a surveillance state to com...
- 2
Book 2:Indian Country
Kurt Schlichter • 2017
This prequel to People's Republic sends Kelly Turnbull back into the blue states to help trapped citizens resist a tightening, politically correct police state. Training ordinary people into a fighting force, he clash...
- 3
Book 3:Wildfire
Kurt Schlichter • 2018
Blue America is on the brink of chaos when retired operator Kelly Turnbull is pulled back in for a supposedly simple job in Siberia that turns out to be a setup. To stop a massive jihadi plot, he infiltrates the Peopl...
- 4
Book 4:Collapse
Kurt Schlichter • 2019 • 3 recommendations
As the socialist People's Republic starts to fall apart under shortages and unrest, Collapse sends Turnbull and an elite team deep into blue territory to help end the war. Chinese meddling, internal purges, and a clim...
- 5
Book 5:Crisis
Kurt Schlichter • 2020
Set just before the final split, Crisis brings Kelly Turnbull back from overseas to work with a small task force trying to stop the slide toward open civil war. He hunts a hard left terrorist leader behind attacks on...
- 6
Book 6:The Split
Kurt Schlichter • 2021
In the sixth Kelly Turnbull novel, America has fully broken into a constitutional red republic and an authoritarian blue People's Republic. Turnbull must smuggle out an unstable math genius whose election software cou...
- 7
Book 7:Inferno
Dan Brown
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- 8
Book 8:Overlord
Max Hastings
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What is the best order to read the Kelly Turnbull series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with People's Republic.
How many books are in the Kelly Turnbull series?
There are 8 books currently listed in the Kelly Turnbull series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Kelly Turnbull series?
New readers should start with People's Republic, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Kelly Turnbull series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2016 to 2021.