Books in Order: Discover the Complete Series by Kevin Powers

Kevin Powers served in the U.S. Army from 2004 to 2005, including a posting as a machine gunner in Iraq — experience that directly shaped his fiction and poetry. He later earned his MFA at the University of Texas at Austin as a Michener Fellow in Poetry.

His debut novel, The Yellow Birds, appeared in 2012 and was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, marking him as a New York Times bestselling author early. This guide runs all three of his novels, from that debut through 2023's A Line in the Sand.