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Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes Books in Order

by Skyler RamirezScience Fiction & Fantasy

9 books from The Worst Ship in the Fleet (2023) to The Worst Admiral in the Star Cluster (2026). Rated 4.6 across 972 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Worst Ship in the Fleet

    Book 1 2023 4.2 (171)

    Brad Mendoza is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else. A promising naval career down the drain just, because he accidentally killed 504 civilians....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. The Worst Spies in the Sector

    Book 2 2023 4.5 (72)

    Former Captain Brad Mendoza and former Commander Jessica Lin would be two of the most wanted people in the galaxy, except everyone thinks they're dead....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  3. The Worst Pirate Hunters in the Fringe

    Book 3 2024 4.7 (51)

    Hunting pirates is hard…especially when your only assets are an unarmed ship, two ex-naval officers, a makeup artist, and a couple of pistols.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  4. The Worst Rescuers in the Republic

    Book 4 2024 4.5 (142)

    Being tortured isn’t fun at all…especially when it’s your ex-flame attaching the battery cables to you. For Captain Brad Mendoza, his month has gone from bad to worse, and now all anyone seems interested in is the galaxy-changing secret…

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  5. The Worst Detectives in the Federation

    Book 5 2024 4.6 (112)

    When a battleship and its escorts mysteriously disappear near a contested area of space, they leave no clues behind, and their own Navy is preparing for war and can’t spare the resources to find them.

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  6. The Worst Traitors in the Confederacy

    Book 6 2024 4.7 (99)

    When Brad Mendoza and Jessica Lin discover a traitor among their closest friends, they’re devastated. But they’re also on a mission to rescue a duke’s little sister, so they don’t have time to deal with it right now.

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  7. The Worst Fugitives in the Star Nation

    Book 7 2025 4.7 (111)

    Jessica Lin is missing! And Brad Mendoza has no idea where she is. But he has other problems, like the people trying to extort him into capturing a man he was probably going to kill anyway!

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  8. The Worst Mercenaries in the Border Systems

    Book 8 2026 4.6 (70)

    When Brad Mendoza comes face to face with crack mercenary Billy Firebrand, his supposedly fictional boyhood hero, the results are nearly disastrous.

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  9. The Worst Admiral in the Star Cluster

    Book 9 2026 4.8 (144)

    Brad Mendoza always wanted to be an admiral, but now that he’s been promoted, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it’s downright stressful.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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