M*A*S*H Books in Order
Part ofW.E.B. Griffin Books in OrderA quick guide to the M*A*S*H books by W.E.B. Griffin, in order, with short summaries, background on the series, and a solid place to begin.
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Publication Order
13 books
M*A*S*H Goes to Texas
by W.E.B. Griffin
1977
Texas is bigger, louder, and more complicated than the M*A*S*H crew bargained for. Their visit turns into a string of clashes and capers, with medicine and mischief riding side by side until they finally find a way out.
M*A*S*H Goes to Moscow
by W.E.B. Griffin
1977
Moscow is not the place for casual mistakes, especially for Americans with a history of stirring things up. The M*A*S*H crew navigates a tense setting where curiosity and compassion can both be dangerous, and one wrong move has serious consequences.
M*A*S*H Goes to Montreal
by W.E.B. Griffin
1977
A trip to Montreal looks like a harmless change of pace, but the M*A*S*H gang cannot keep things quiet. New friends, old habits, and a few risky choices add up to another adventure that tests their patience and their friendship.
M*A*S*H Goes to Vienna
by W.E.B. Griffin
1976
In Vienna, the M*A*S*H crowd runs into a city with elegant manners and sharp edges. A trip with professional stakes turns sideways, and their mix of compassion and troublemaking puts them in the middle of complications they did not expect.
M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco
by W.E.B. Griffin
1976
San Francisco should be an easy stop, but the M*A*S*H crew brings their own weather. Between medical favors and personal entanglements, they find themselves juggling promises, tempers, and one situation that quickly spirals beyond control.
M*A*S*H Goes to Morocco
by W.E.B. Griffin
1976
A swing through Morocco becomes another offbeat adventure for the M*A*S*H doctors and friends. Sun, scams, and culture clash collide with their medical instincts, and they learn that you can take the team out of trouble, but not the other way around.
M*A*S*H Goes to Miami
by W.E.B. Griffin
1976
Miami gives the M*A*S*H veterans sun, speed, and too many distractions. A seemingly casual trip becomes a run of comic crises, as their loyalty to each other keeps pulling them into trouble they would rather avoid.
M*A*S*H Goes to Las Vegas
by W.E.B. Griffin
1976
Las Vegas promises easy fun, but the M*A*S*H gang cannot help turning it into a case study in bad decisions. Gambling, showbiz, and old rivalries create a whirlwind where someone always needs rescuing, usually from themselves.
M*A*S*H Goes to Hollywood
by W.E.B. Griffin
1976
Hollywood attracts the M*A*S*H crew with bright lights and questionable opportunities. As they brush up against fame, egos, and behind-the-scenes deals, their knack for honest chaos threatens to expose more than one fragile secret.
M*A*S*H Goes to Paris
by W.E.B. Griffin
1975
Paris sounds like a vacation until the M*A*S*H veterans arrive and nothing stays simple. Between late nights, professional obligations, and their talent for making enemies, the group stumbles into a mess that demands quick thinking.
M*A*S*H Goes to New Orleans
by W.E.B. Griffin
1975
A trip to New Orleans pulls the M*A*S*H gang into a stew of music, medicine, and trouble they did not plan for. What starts as a change of scenery becomes a string of misunderstandings and fast improvisation.
M*A*S*H Goes to London
by W.E.B. Griffin
1975
In London, the M*A*S*H crew finds that wartime habits die hard. A seemingly straightforward visit turns into a tangle of social expectations, professional favors, and near disasters, as their sense of humor keeps landing them in the wrong situations.
M*A*S*H Goes to Maine
by W.E.B. Griffin
1972
After Korea, the M*A*S*H crew tries to settle into civilian life, but a quiet corner of Maine is not ready for their personalities or their methods. Medicine, mischief, and old loyalties turn a fresh start into chaos.
Series background & context
The MAS*H books written by W.E.B. Griffin take the familiar idea of an Army surgical unit and push it into a different kind of story. Instead of focusing on the Korean War front, these novels play like a run of postwar misadventures, with the doctors and nurses trying to figure out what “normal life” looks like when you have spent years improvising under pressure.
The opening setup is simple: the crew scatters after the war, but they cannot quite let go of each other or of the chaos that made them feel useful. A new job, a new town, or a new scheme pulls them back together, usually before anyone has had time to think it through.
Peace is harder than war for this bunch.
Each title is built around a destination. A trip to Maine turns into a collision between small-town expectations and big personalities. Later books send the cast to places like New Orleans, Paris, London, Morocco, Las Vegas, and Moscow. Sometimes the trip is work, sometimes it is a favor, and sometimes it is just a bad idea that sounded fun at the time. Wherever they land, they bring the same blend of medical know-how, stubborn loyalty, and troublemaking energy.
These books are more comedy than combat. The stakes tend to come from misunderstandings, culture clash, and the way a group of smart people can still act like kids when they are together. There is plenty of fast dialogue, lots of teasing, and a sense that the story is happiest when it has two plans running at once, both of them half-baked.
Even with the lighter tone, the series keeps a thread of what the characters carry with them. They are good at crisis, and they have a hard time sitting still. That gives the novels a rhythm that feels like a reunion: jokes on the surface, a bit of restlessness underneath, and the constant belief that if someone is in trouble, you show up. For readers who know MAS*H from elsewhere, these novels lean into that same “found family” feel, just with a different set of problems.
You can read most of the MASH titles as standalones, since each trip has its own beginning and end. But starting with MASH Goes to Maine helps, because it establishes the postwar baseline and the running relationships that make later adventures funnier. If you want a series that is quick, conversational, and built around travel-sized chaos, this is the Griffin shelf to try.
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