Ken Fite Books in Order
Browse Ken Fite books in order, from Blake Jordan thrillers to nonfiction, with short summaries, series background, and clear where-to-start tips.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
19 books
American Ebola
by Ken Fite
2014
Written in the shadow of the 2014 Ebola scare, this book looks at how vulnerable the United States might be in a real outbreak. Fite asks hard questions about preparedness, response, and the cost of waiting too long.
Coffee Hacker
by Ken Fite
2014
A compact guide to making better coffee at home. Fite walks through beans, grinding, brewing methods, and simple tweaks that can turn an ordinary morning cup into something much better.
Inbox Hero
by Ken Fite
2014
Buried in email? Fite offers a practical reset for overloaded inboxes, with simple systems and habits to help you process messages faster, cut the stress, and spend less of your day living in your email.
The Poverty of Attention
by Ken Fite
2014
A short guide to concentration in a distracted world. Fite covers routines, time blocking, habit cues, and other practical ways to protect your attention and stay focused on work that actually matters.
The Turnaround
by Ken Fite
2014
This short workplace guide argues that small habits shape big results. Fite focuses on practical changes that can improve focus, consistency, and the way an ordinary workday adds up over time.
Remember to Remember
by Ken Fite
2015
Fite breaks memory into skills you can practice. He shares techniques for remembering names, numbers, and what you read, while also looking at sleep, exercise, and other habits that support better recall.
The 4-Minute Morning
by Ken Fite
2015
Built around Fite's own early-rising experiment, this book shows how a few minutes of change can lead to hours of reclaimed time. It blends habit advice, personal experience, and a push to make space for meaningful work.
Credible Threat
by Ken Fite
2016
After being fired, Blake heads to Washington for President-elect Keller's inauguration and stumbles into a plot to kill him. To stop it, he has to build an off-the-books team and move before the attack is already in motion.
The Dash
by Ken Fite
2016
Drawn from weekly reflections, this book turns everyday moments into lessons about faith, purpose, and personal growth. It's part journal, part encouragement, and part invitation to pay closer attention to the life you're living.
The Senator
by Ken Fite
2016
On the night Senator Jim Keller is set to accept his party's presidential nomination, he disappears under Blake Jordan's watch. Grieving, angry, and under pressure, Blake and partner Jami Davis race across Chicago to bring him back.
In Plain Sight
by Ken Fite
2017
A warning of a New Year's Eve attack sends Blake into a race to stop terrorists before a major American city is hit. The closer he gets, the clearer it becomes that the threat has been hiding in plain sight.
Rules of Engagement
by Ken Fite
2017
A dying man's warning points Blake toward Russian terrorists and a devastating cyberattack. When someone he loves is used as leverage, he must pull his old team back together and make a choice with no clean outcome.
The Homeland
by Ken Fite
2018
After faking his death and disappearing, Blake is pulled back when a deadly mass shooting hits close to home. The hunt for the killer reveals accomplices, old secrets, and a trail leading straight into Blake's past.
The Shield
by Ken Fite
2019
When terrorists seize weaponized military drones, Blake is forced to work with people he never wanted to trust again. He has to find the hijackers fast, before the drones are turned loose on Washington.
Thin Blue Line
by Ken Fite
2020
A bombing in New York pulls Blake into a tense hunt with the NYPD. The case gets stranger by the minute, because the person they're chasing seems not to exist, and more explosions may be coming.
Person of Interest
by Ken Fite
2021
Just as Blake and Jami begin married life, she is kidnapped to blackmail him during a high-stakes U.S.-Russia peace visit. To save her, Blake must obey impossible demands while trying to stop the larger plot behind them.
Abuse of Power
by Ken Fite
2022
Blake thinks life has settled down after saving the president, until a friend's death suggests the attack is not over. As he digs deeper, he finds fresh danger aimed straight at the people closest to him.
Chain of Command
by Ken Fite
2023
On election night, Blake is sent back to Chicago after intelligence picks up a terror plot. What starts as a security mission turns into a race to stop attacks on both the president and the vice president.
Prime Suspect
by Ken Fite
2025
A kidnapped congresswoman leads Blake into a conspiracy involving a supposedly dead intelligence director, a cover-up, and a plan to reshape a presidency. Teaming with FBI agent Allie Hunt, he has to untangle lies before they turn lethal.
Where should I start?
If you want the series from the beginning: The Senator → Credible Threat → In Plain Sight → Rules of Engagement
If you want the strongest middle stretch: The Homeland → The Shield → Thin Blue Line
If you want the most connected recent books: Person of Interest → Abuse of Power → Chain of Command → Prime Suspect
If you want his practical nonfiction first: Coffee Hacker → The Poverty of Attention → The 4-Minute Morning → The Dash
Author bio
Ken Fite grew up in Orlando, Florida, and if you had asked him early on what he wanted to do, he would not have said write books. He wanted radio. As a kid he dreamed of working at his hometown rock station, and after years of working on the air in cities across Florida, he got there.
For a long time, that was the plan.
Fite spent about a decade in radio, including overnight shifts that ran from midnight to 6:00 a.m., a schedule that fit his night-owl habits a little too well. Then he lost the job he had wanted since he was eight, and the forced reset pushed him into a season of figuring out what came next.
Next came coffee. After a friend showed him how to roast beans, he went all in, reading everything he could, starting a coffee roasting business, and building a blog to help people make better coffee at home. That stretch led to Coffee Hacker, and it also taught him that he liked taking what he learned and turning it into something useful for other people. When coffee prices rose and the business had to close, he was reset again.
Writing snuck up on him.
Trying to find a new direction, he began reading about habits and noticed how often successful people protected quiet morning hours. So he challenged himself to wake up at 5:00 a.m., use part of the time for prayer, exercise, and reading, and spend the rest making something. He expected slow progress. Instead, he finished his first book during that first month and was hooked from the moment someone bought it.
That early nonfiction run included The Turnaround, Inbox Hero, American Ebola, The Poverty of Attention, Remember to Remember, The 4-Minute Morning, and The Dash. The books are short, practical, and built around everyday problems, better coffee, better focus, a cleaner inbox, a stronger memory, more intentional mornings. They read like they came from someone testing ideas in real life, not just collecting them from other people.
In 2016 he shifted into fiction with The Senator, the first Blake Jordan novel, and found a lane that suited his background in pace and communication. The series grew through books like Credible Threat, In Plain Sight, The Homeland, Thin Blue Line, Chain of Command, and Prime Suspect. Readers come for the political intrigue, kidnappings, bomb threats, assassins, and ticking-clock setups, but they also stick around for Blake, Jami Davis, and the team around them. By 2026, Fite said those novels had reached more than 700,000 readers.
Across the Blake Jordan books, Fite tends to write about duty, loyalty, grief, faith, and the cost of protecting people in a broken system. His stories move through places like Chicago, Washington, and New York, and they often put very public danger next to private loss. The tone is clean, quick, and direct. He likes momentum.
He still lives in Central Florida with his wife, Missy, and their sons, and he continues to write around work and family life. In recent years he has said much of his writing happens on weekends now, but the habit is still there. Show up. Do the work. Repeat.
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