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David Morrell Complete Bibliography

Browse books by David Morrell in publication order, including standalone books, complete series lists, reading order, and publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 100 books / 14 series

Canadian author best known for the Rambo series, beginning with *First Blood*. His thrillers have sold over 18 million copies worldwide and earned critical acclaim. This page provides the David Morrell books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

Books by David Morrell in Publication Order

1972 First Blood POoRFBB / 1 Buy
1975 Testament POoSN / 1 Buy
1976 John Barth POoNB / 1 Buy
1977 Last Reveille POoSN / 2 Buy
1979 The Totem POoSN / 3 Buy
1982 Blood Oath POoSN / 4 Buy
1983 The Hundred-Year Christmas POoSS / 1 Buy
1983 The Brotherhood of the Rose POoMB / 1 Buy
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II POoRFBB / 2 Buy
1985 The Fraternity Of The Stone POoMB / 2 Buy
1987 Dead Image POoSS / 2 Buy
1987 The League of Night and Fog POoMB / 3 Buy
1988 Fireflies POoNB / 2 Buy
1988 Rambo III POoRFBB / 3 Buy
1988 Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity POoSS / 3 Buy
1990 The Fifth Profession POoSN / 5 Buy
1991 The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves POoSS / 4 Buy
1991 The Covenant of the Flame POoSN / 6 Buy
1992 Nothing Will Hurt You POoSS / 5 Buy
1992 The Shrine POoSS / 6 Buy
1993 Assumed Identity POoSN / 7 Buy
1994 Desperate Measures POoSN / 8 Buy
1996 Extreme Denial POoSN / 9 Buy
1998 Double Image POoSN / 10 Buy
1999 Black Evening POoSSC / 1 Buy
2000 Burnt Sienna POoSN / 11 Buy
2002 Lessons From A Lifetime Of Writing POoNB / 3 Buy
2002 Long Lost POoSN / 12 Buy
2003 The Protector POoCB / 1 Buy
2004 Nightscape POoSSC / 2 Buy
2005 Creepers POoFBB / 1 Buy
2006 The Abelard Sanction POoMB / 4 Buy
2007 Scavenger POoFBB / 2 Buy
2008 The Chosen POoCAGN / 1 Buy
2008 The Successful Novelist POoNB / 4 Buy
2008 The Spy Who Came for Christmas POoSN / 13 Buy
2009 The Hundred Year Christmas POoPB / 1 Buy
2009 The Shimmer POoSN / 14 Buy
2010 The Naked Edge POoCB / 2 Buy
2010 Thrillers: 100 Must Reads(With: Hank Wagner) POoNB / 5 Buy
2011 They POoSS / 7 Buy
2011 My Name is Legion POoSS / 8 Buy
2012 John Wayne: The Westerns POoCNB / 1 Buy
2012 Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy POoCNB / 2 Buy
2012 Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story POoCNB / 3 Buy
2012 The Attitude Adjuster POoCB / 3 Buy
2012 The Architecture of Snow POoSS / 9 Buy
2012 The Interrogator POoSS / 10 Buy
2013 Murder as a Fine Art POoTDQB / 1 Buy
2013 Frank Sinatra: The Artist and His Music POoCNB / 4 Buy
2013 Nelson Riddle: The Man behind the Music POoCNB / 5 Buy
2015 The Opium-Eater POoTDQB / 2 Buy
2015 Inspector of the Dead POoTDQB / 3 Buy
2016 Ruler of the Night POoTDQB / 4 Buy
2017 Honor & ...(By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown) POoTMCB / 1 Buy
2017 Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson) POoTMCB / 2 Buy
2017 Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille) POoTMCB / 3 Buy
2018 Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian) POoTMCB / 4 Buy
2019 Before I Wake POoSSC / 3 Buy
2019 Short Story(By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta) POoTMCB / 5 Buy
2019 Past Prologue(By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry) POoTMCB / 6 Buy
2019 Faking a Murderer(By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs) POoTMCB / 7 Buy
2019 Dig Here(By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross) POoTMCB / 8 Buy
2019 Taking the Veil(By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader) POoTMCB / 9 Buy
2019 Rambo on Their Minds(With: Gayle Lynds) POoTMCB / 10 Buy
2019 Footloose(By: Val McDermid,Peter James) POoTMCB / 11 Buy
2022 Rambo POoMPB / 1 Buy
2022 Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais) POoMPB / 2 Buy
2022 Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen) POoMPB / 3 Buy
2022 Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child) POoMPB / 4 Buy
2022 Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly) POoMPB / 5 Buy
2022 Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And Music POoNB / 6 Buy
2022 Hieronymus Bosch(By: Michael Connelly) POoMPB / 6 Buy
2022 Lincoln Rhyme(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoMPB / 7 Buy
2022 Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman) POoMPB / 8 Buy
2022 Tess Monaghan(By: Laura Lippman) POoMPB / 9 Buy
2022 Charlie Resnick(By: John Harvey) POoMPB / 10 Buy
2022 Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus(By: Faye Kellerman) POoMPB / 11 Buy
2022 Inspector Morse(By: Colin Dexter) POoMPB / 12 Buy
2022 Dismas Hardy(By: John Lescroart) POoMPB / 13 Buy
2022 Bob Lee Swagger(By: Stephen Hunter) POoMPB / 14 Buy
2022 Aloysius X. L. Pendergast(By: Douglas Preston) POoMPB / 15 Buy
2022 Lou Boldt(By: Ridley Pearson) POoMPB / 16 Buy
2022 Spenser(By: Robert B. Parker) POoMPB / 17 Buy
2022 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt(By: Anne Perry) POoMPB / 18 Buy
2022 John Rebus(By: Ian Rankin) POoMPB / 19 Buy
2022 Mallory(By: Carol O'Connell) POoMPB / 20 Buy
2022 Jane Whitefield(By: Thomas Perry) POoMPB / 21 Buy
2022 Ian Rutledge(By: Charles Todd) POoMPB / 22 Buy
2022 Amos Walker(By: Loren D. Estleman) POoMPB / 23 Buy
2022 Precious Ramotswe(By: Alexander McCall Smith) POoMPB / 24 Buy
2022 Maisie Dobbs(By: Jacqueline Winspear) POoMPB / 25 Buy
2022 The Lincoln Lawyer(By: Michael Connelly) POoMPB / 26 Buy
2023 Condor(By: James Grady) POoMPB / 27 Buy
2023 Ben Kincaid(By: William Bernhardt) POoMPB / 28 Buy
2023 Repairman Jack(By: F. Paul Wilson) POoMPB / 29 Buy
2024 Joe Pickett(By: C.J. Box) POoMPB / 30 Buy
2024 Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey) POoMPB / 31 Buy
2024 Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins) POoMPB / 32 Buy
2025 Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz) POoMPB / 33 Buy

Complete David Morrell Series Reading Order / browse all ->

01 John Wayne: The Westerns 2012 Buy
02 Marilyn Monroe: Legend and Tragedy 2012 Buy
03 Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story 2012 Buy
04 Frank Sinatra: The Artist and His Music 2013 Buy
05 Nelson Riddle: The Man behind the Music 2013 Buy
Rambo: First Blood Reading Order 3 books / 1972-1988
01 First Blood 1972 Buy
02 Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 Buy
03 Rambo III 1988 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 6 books / 1976-2022
01 John Barth 1976 Buy
02 Fireflies 1988 Buy
03 Lessons From A Lifetime Of Writing 2002 Buy
04 The Successful Novelist 2008 Buy
05 Thrillers: 100 Must Reads(With: Hank Wagner) 2010 Buy
06 Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And Music 2022 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 14 books / 1975-2009
01 Testament 1975 Buy
02 Last Reveille 1977 Buy
03 The Totem 1979 Buy
04 Blood Oath 1982 Buy
05 The Fifth Profession 1990 Buy
06 The Covenant of the Flame 1991 Buy
07 Assumed Identity 1993 Buy
08 Desperate Measures 1994 Buy
09 Extreme Denial 1996 Buy
10 Double Image 1998 Buy
11 Burnt Sienna 2000 Buy
12 Long Lost 2002 Buy
13 The Spy Who Came for Christmas 2008 Buy
14 The Shimmer 2009 Buy
Frank Balenger Reading Order 2 books / 2005-2007
01 Creepers 2005 Buy
02 Scavenger 2007 Buy
Thomas De Quincey Reading Order 4 books / 2013-2016
01 Murder as a Fine Art 2013 Buy
02 The Opium-Eater 2015 Buy
03 Inspector of the Dead 2015 Buy
04 Ruler of the Night 2016 Buy
01 Black Evening 1999 Buy
02 Nightscape 2004 Buy
03 Before I Wake 2019 Buy
01 Honor & ...(By: C.J. Box,Sandra Brown) 2017 Buy
02 Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson) 2017 Buy
03 Getaway(By: Lisa Scottoline,Nelson DeMille) 2017 Buy
04 Midnight Flame(By: Christopher Rice,Lara Adrian) 2018 Buy
05 Short Story(By: Karin Slaughter,Michael Koryta) 2019 Buy
06 Past Prologue(By: Diana Gabaldon,Steve Berry) 2019 Buy
07 Faking a Murderer(By: Lee Child,Kathy Reichs) 2019 Buy
08 Dig Here(By: Charlaine Harris,Andrew Gross) 2019 Buy
09 Taking the Veil(By: J.A. Jance,Eric Van Lustbader) 2019 Buy
10 Rambo on Their Minds(With: Gayle Lynds) 2019 Buy
11 Footloose(By: Val McDermid,Peter James) 2019 Buy
Cavanaugh Reading Order 3 books / 2003-2012
01 The Protector 2003 Buy
02 The Naked Edge 2010 Buy
03 The Attitude Adjuster 2012 Buy
Mysterious Profiles Reading Order 33 books / 2022-2025
01 Rambo 2022 Buy
02 Elvis Cole and Joe Pike(By: Robert Crais) 2022 Buy
03 Jack Taylor(By: Ken Bruen) 2022 Buy
04 Jack Reacher(By: Lee Child) 2022 Buy
05 Charlie Parker(By: John Connolly) 2022 Buy
06 Hieronymus Bosch(By: Michael Connelly) 2022 Buy
07 Lincoln Rhyme(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2022 Buy
08 Alex Delaware(By: Jonathan Kellerman) 2022 Buy
09 Tess Monaghan(By: Laura Lippman) 2022 Buy
10 Charlie Resnick(By: John Harvey) 2022 Buy
11 Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus(By: Faye Kellerman) 2022 Buy
12 Inspector Morse(By: Colin Dexter) 2022 Buy
13 Dismas Hardy(By: John Lescroart) 2022 Buy
14 Bob Lee Swagger(By: Stephen Hunter) 2022 Buy
15 Aloysius X. L. Pendergast(By: Douglas Preston) 2022 Buy
16 Lou Boldt(By: Ridley Pearson) 2022 Buy
17 Spenser(By: Robert B. Parker) 2022 Buy
18 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt(By: Anne Perry) 2022 Buy
19 John Rebus(By: Ian Rankin) 2022 Buy
20 Mallory(By: Carol O'Connell) 2022 Buy
21 Jane Whitefield(By: Thomas Perry) 2022 Buy
22 Ian Rutledge(By: Charles Todd) 2022 Buy
23 Amos Walker(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2022 Buy
24 Precious Ramotswe(By: Alexander McCall Smith) 2022 Buy
25 Maisie Dobbs(By: Jacqueline Winspear) 2022 Buy
26 The Lincoln Lawyer(By: Michael Connelly) 2022 Buy
27 Condor(By: James Grady) 2023 Buy
28 Ben Kincaid(By: William Bernhardt) 2023 Buy
29 Repairman Jack(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2023 Buy
30 Joe Pickett(By: C.J. Box) 2024 Buy
31 Peter Diamond(By: Peter Lovesey) 2024 Buy
32 Nathan Heller(By: Max Allan Collins) 2024 Buy
33 Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz) 2025 Buy
01 The Chosen 2008 Buy
Mortalis Reading Order 4 books / 1983-2006
01 The Brotherhood of the Rose 1983 Buy
02 The Fraternity Of The Stone 1985 Buy
03 The League of Night and Fog 1987 Buy
04 The Abelard Sanction 2006 Buy
01 The Hundred-Year Christmas 1983 Buy
02 Dead Image 1987 Buy
03 Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity 1988 Buy
04 The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves 1991 Buy
05 Nothing Will Hurt You 1992 Buy
06 The Shrine 1992 Buy
07 They 2011 Buy
08 My Name is Legion 2011 Buy
09 The Architecture of Snow 2012 Buy
10 The Interrogator 2012 Buy
Picture Reading Order 1 book / 2009
01 The Hundred Year Christmas 2009 Buy

Where to start with David Morrell

What is the best order to read David Morrell books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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