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Stephen Hunter Complete Bibliography

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

Updated 2026-07-11 / 107 books / 10 series

American author Stephen Hunter is best known for his Bob Lee Swagger sniper thriller series. A Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, his novels have sold millions worldwide. This page provides the Stephen Hunter books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

Books by Stephen Hunter in Publication Order

1980 The Master Sniper POoSN / 1 Buy
1982 The Second Saladin POoSN / 2 Buy
1985 The Spanish Gambit / Tapestry of Spies POoSN / 3 Buy
1985 Target POoSN / 4 Buy
1989 The Day Before Midnight POoSN / 5 Buy
1993 Point of Impact POoSB / 2 Buy
1994 Dirty White Boys POoSN / 6 Buy
1995 Violent Screen POoNB / 1 Buy
1996 Black Light POoSB / 4 Buy
1998 Time to Hunt POoBLSB / 3 Buy
2000 Hot Springs POoESB / 1 Buy
2001 Pale Horse Coming POoSB / 7 Buy
2003 Havana POoESB / 3 Buy
2005 Now Playing at the Valencia POoNB / 2 Buy
2005 American Gunfight(With: John Bainbridge Jr.) POoNB / 3 Buy
2007 The 47th Samurai POoBLSB / 4 Buy
2008 Night of Thunder POoBLSB / 5 Buy
2009 I, Sniper POoSB / 11 Buy
2010 Dead Zero POoSB / 12 Buy
2011 Soft Target POoRCB / 2 Buy
2012 The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) POoBB / 1 Buy
2012 Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) POoBB / 2 Buy
2012 The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) POoBB / 3 Buy
2012 The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) POoBB / 4 Buy
2012 An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) POoBB / 5 Buy
2012 Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) POoBB / 6 Buy
2013 The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) POoBB / 7 Buy
2013 Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) POoBB / 8 Buy
2013 The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) POoBB / 9 Buy
2013 The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) POoBB / 10 Buy
2013 The Third Bullet POoSB / 14 Buy
2014 Stephen Longacre's Greatest Match POoSS / 1 Buy
2014 Sniper's Honor POoBLSB / 9 Buy
2014 The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) POoBB / 11 Buy
2014 What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) POoBB / 12 Buy
2014 Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) POoBB / 13 Buy
2014 The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) POoBB / 14 Buy
2014 The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) POoBB / 15 Buy
2014 Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) POoBB / 16 Buy
2014 The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) POoBB / 17 Buy
2014 It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) POoBB / 18 Buy
2014 The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) POoBB / 19 Buy
2015 I, Ripper POoSN / 7 Buy
2015 The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) POoBB / 20 Buy
2015 The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) POoBB / 21 Buy
2015 Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) POoBB / 22 Buy
2015 Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) POoBB / 23 Buy
2015 Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) POoBB / 24 Buy
2015 From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) POoBB / 25 Buy
2016 Citadel POoSS / 2 Buy
2016 The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) POoBB / 26 Buy
2016 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) POoBB / 28 Buy
2016 Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) POoBB / 29 Buy
2016 The Haze(By: James W. Hall) POoBB / 30 Buy
2017 G-Man POoSB / 16 Buy
2017 Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) POoBB / 31 Buy
2018 The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) POoBB / 32 Buy
2018 Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) POoBB / 33 Buy
2018 The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) POoBB / 34 Buy
2018 The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) POoBB / 35 Buy
2018 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) POoBB / 36 Buy
2019 Game of Snipers POoSB / 17 Buy
2020 The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) POoBB / 37 Buy
2021 Basil's War POoSN / 8 Buy
2022 Rambo(By: David Morrell) 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 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 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 Targeted POoSB / 18 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
2022 The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) POoBB / 38 Buy
2022 The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) POoBB / 39 Buy
2022 The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) POoBB / 40 Buy
2023 The Bullet Garden POoESB / 4 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 Front Sight POoSC / 1 Buy
2024 City of Meat POoSB / 20 Buy
2024 Five Dolls for the Gut Hook POoSB / 21 Buy
2024 Johnny Tuesday POoSB / 22 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 The Gun Man Jackson Swagger POoSB / 23 Buy
2025 Orphan X(By: Gregg Hurwitz) POoMPB / 33 Buy

Complete Stephen Hunter Series Reading Order / browse all ->

Mysterious Profiles Reading Order 33 books / 2022-2025
01 Rambo(By: David Morrell) 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 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 Stephen Longacre's Greatest Match 2014 Buy
02 Citadel 2016 Buy
Bibliomysteries Reading Order 39 books / 2012-2022
01 The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012 Buy
02 Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012 Buy
03 The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012 Buy
04 The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012 Buy
05 An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012 Buy
06 Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012 Buy
07 The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013 Buy
08 Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013 Buy
09 The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013 Buy
10 The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013 Buy
11 The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014 Buy
12 What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014 Buy
13 Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014 Buy
14 The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014 Buy
15 The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014 Buy
16 Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014 Buy
17 The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014 Buy
18 It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014 Buy
19 The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014 Buy
20 The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015 Buy
21 The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015 Buy
22 Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015 Buy
23 Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015 Buy
24 Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015 Buy
25 From the Queen(By: Carolyn Hart) 2015 Buy
26 The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016 Buy
28 Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016 Buy
29 Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016 Buy
30 The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016 Buy
31 Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017 Buy
32 The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018 Buy
33 Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018 Buy
34 The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018 Buy
35 The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018 Buy
36 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018 Buy
37 The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020 Buy
38 The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022 Buy
39 The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022 Buy
40 The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022 Buy
Standalone Reading Order 8 books / 1980-2021
01 The Master Sniper 1980 Buy
02 The Second Saladin 1982 Buy
03 The Spanish Gambit / Tapestry of Spies 1985 Buy
04 Target 1985 Buy
05 The Day Before Midnight 1989 Buy
06 Dirty White Boys 1994 Buy
07 I, Ripper 2015 Buy
08 Basil's War 2021 Buy
Earl Swagger Reading Order 3 books / 2000-2023
01 Hot Springs 2000 Buy
03 Havana 2003 Buy
04 The Bullet Garden 2023 Buy
01 Front Sight 2024 Buy
Bob Lee Swagger Reading Order 4 books / 1998-2014
03 Time to Hunt 1998 Buy
04 The 47th Samurai 2007 Buy
05 Night of Thunder 2008 Buy
09 Sniper's Honor 2014 Buy
Non-Fiction Reading Order 3 books / 1995-2005
01 Violent Screen 1995 Buy
02 Now Playing at the Valencia 2005 Buy
03 American Gunfight(With: John Bainbridge Jr.) 2005 Buy
Ray Cruz Reading Order 1 book / 2011
02 Soft Target 2011 Buy
Swaggerverse Reading Order 13 books / 1993-2025
02 Point of Impact 1993 Buy
04 Black Light 1996 Buy
07 Pale Horse Coming 2001 Buy
11 I, Sniper 2009 Buy
12 Dead Zero 2010 Buy
14 The Third Bullet 2013 Buy
16 G-Man 2017 Buy
17 Game of Snipers 2019 Buy
18 Targeted 2022 Buy
20 City of Meat 2024 Buy
21 Five Dolls for the Gut Hook 2024 Buy
22 Johnny Tuesday 2024 Buy
23 The Gun Man Jackson Swagger 2025 Buy

Where to start with Stephen Hunter

What is the best order to read Stephen Hunter 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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