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Reading order

Nick Carter: Killmaster Books in Order

This page lists the complete Nick Carter: Killmaster reading order by David Hagberg, with book numbers, publication years, and a publication-order view for readers who want to start at the beginning.

Updated 2026-06-22 / 262 books / 1964-1990

Nick Carter: Killmaster Reading Order

01 Run, Spy, Run 1964 Buy
02 The China Doll 1964 Buy
03 Checkmate in Rio 1964 Buy
04 Safari for Spies 1964 Buy
05 Fraulein Spy 1964 Buy
06 Saigon 1964 Buy
07 A Bullet for Fidel 1965 Buy
08 The 13th Spy 1965 Buy
09 Eyes of the Tiger 1965 Buy
10 Istanbul 1965 Buy
11 Web of Spies 1966 Buy
12 Spy Castle 1966 Buy
13 Terrible Ones 1966 Buy
14 Dragon Flame 1966 Buy
15 Hanoi 1966 Buy
16 Danger Key 1966 Buy
17 Operation Starvation 1966 Buy
18 Mind Poisoners 1966 Buy
19 The Weapon Of Night 1967 Buy
20 Golden Serpent 1967 Buy
21 Mission to Venice 1967 Buy
22 Double Identity 1967 Buy
23 The Devil's Cockpit 1967 Buy
24 The Chinese Paymaster 1967 Buy
25 Seven Against Greece 1967 Buy
26 A Korean Tiger 1967 Buy
27 Assignment Israel 1967 Buy
28 Red Guard 1967 Buy
29 The Filthy Five 1967 Buy
30 The Bright Blue Death 1967 Buy
31 Macao 1968 Buy
32 Operation Moon Rocket 1968 Buy
33 The Judas Spy 1968 Buy
34 Hood of Death 1968 Buy
35 Amsterdam 1968 Buy
36 Temple of Fear 1968 Buy
37 Fourteen Seconds to Hell 1968 Buy
38 The Defector 1969 Buy
39 Carnival for Killing 1969 Buy
40 Rhodesia 1969 Buy
41 The Red Rays 1969 Buy
42 Peking: The Tulip affair 1969 Buy
43 The Amazon 1969 Buy
44 The Sea Trap 1969 Buy
45 Berlin 1969 Buy
46 Human Time Bomb 1969 Buy
47 The Cobra Kill 1969 Buy
48 Living Death 1969 Buy
49 Operation Che Guevara 1969 Buy
50 The Doomsday Formula 1969 Buy
51 Operation Snake 1969 Buy
52 The Casbah Killers 1969 Buy
53 The Red Rebellion 1970 Buy
54 The Executioners 1970 Buy
55 Black Death 1970 Buy
56 The Mind Killers 1970 Buy
57 Time Clock of Death 1970 Buy
58 Cambodia 1970 Buy
59 The Death Strain 1970 Buy
60 Jewel of Doom 1970 Buy
61 Moscow 1970 Buy
62 The Arab Plague / Slavemaster 1970 Buy
63 Ice Bomb Zero 1971 Buy
64 Mark of Cosa Nostra 1972 Buy
65 The Cairo Mafia / Cairo 1972 Buy
66 The Inca Death Squad 1972 Buy
67 Assault on England 1973 Buy
68 The Omega Terror 1973 Buy
69 Code Name: Werewolf 1973 Buy
70 Strike Force Terror 1973 Buy
71 Agent Counter-agent 1973 Buy
72 Hour of the Wolf 1973 Buy
73 Our Agent in Rome Is Missing 1973 Buy
74 Kremlin File 1973 Buy
75 Spanish Connection 1973 Buy
76 The Death's Head Conspiracy 1973 Buy
77 The Peking Dossier 1973 Buy
78 The Devil's Dozen 1973 Buy
79 Target: Doomsday Island 1974 Buy
80 Night of the Avenger 1974 Buy
81 Butcher of Belgrade 1974 Buy
82 Assassination Brigade 1974 Buy
83 The Liquidator 1974 Buy
84 Ice-Trap Terror 1974 Buy
85 Assassin Code Name Vulture 1974 Buy
86 The Stolen Pay Train 1974 Buy
87 Massacre in Milan 1974 Buy
88 Vatican Vendetta 1974 Buy
89 Sign of the Cobra 1974 Buy
90 Man Who Sold Death 1974 Buy
91 The N3 Conspiracy 1974 Buy
92 Beirut Incident 1974 Buy
93 Death of the Falcon 1974 Buy
94 The Aztec Avenger 1974 Buy
95 The Code 1975 Buy
96 The Jerusalem File 1975 Buy
97 Counterfeit Agent 1975 Buy
98 Six Bloody Summer Days 1975 Buy
99 The Katmandu Contract 1975 Buy
100 The Z Document 1975 Buy
101 Dr. Death 1975 Buy
102 Ultimate Code 1975 Buy
103 Assignment Intercept 1976 Buy
104 Green Wolf Connection 1976 Buy
105 The Fanatics of Al Asad 1976 Buy
106 The Snake Flag Conspiracy 1976 Buy
107 The Turncoat 1976 Buy
108 The Sign of the Prayer Shawl 1976 Buy
109 Vulcan Disaster 1976 Buy
110 A High Yield In Death 1976 Buy
111 The Nichovev Plot 1976 Buy
112 Triple Cross 1976 Buy
113 The Gallagher Plot 1976 Buy
114 Plot for the Fourth Reich 1977 Buy
115 Death Message 1978 Buy
116 The List 1978 Buy
117 Under the Wall 1978 Buy
118 The Ebony Cross 1978 Buy
119 Deadly Doubles 1978 Buy
120 Race of Death 1978 Buy
121 Trouble in Paradise 1978 Buy
122 The Pamplona Affair 1978 Buy
123 The Doomsday Spore 1978 Buy
124 Revenge of the Generals 1979 Buy
125 The Asian Mantrap 1979 Buy
126 Thunderstrike In Syria 1979 Buy
127 The Redolmo Affair 1979 Buy
128 The Jamaican Exchange 1979 Buy
129 Tropical Deathpact 1979 Buy
130 The Pemex Chart 1979 Buy
131 Hawaii 1979 Buy
132 The Satan Trap 1979 Buy
133 Reich Four 1979 Buy
134 The Nowhere Weapon 1979 Buy
135 Strike of the Hawk 1980 Buy
136 Day of the Dingo 1980 Buy
137 Tarantula Strike 1980 Buy
138 Ten Times Dynamite 1980 Buy
139 Eighth Card Stud 1980 Buy
140 The Suicide Seat 1980 Buy
141 Death Mission: Havana 1980 Buy
142 War From The Clouds 1980 Buy
143 The Coyote Connection 1981 Buy
144 The Q Man 1981 Buy
145 The Society of Nine 1981 Buy
146 The Ouster Conspiracy 1981 Buy
147 The Golden Bull 1981 Buy
148 The Dubrovnik Massacre 1981 Buy
149 The Solar Menace 1981 Buy
150 The Strontium Code 1981 Buy
151 Pleasure Island 1981 Buy
152 Cauldron of Hell 1981 Buy
153 The Parisian Affair 1981 Buy
154 Turkish Bloodbath 1982 Buy
155 Chessmaster 1982 Buy
156 The Last Samurai 1982 Buy
157 The Puppet Master 1982 Buy
158 The Dominican Affair 1982 Buy
159 The Damocles Threat 1982 Buy
160 Earth Shaker 1982 Buy
161 The Treason Game 1982 Buy
162 Deathlight 1982 Buy
163 The Israeli Connection 1982 Buy
164 Norwegian Typhoon 1982 Buy
165 The Hunter 1982 Buy
166 Operation McMurdo Sound 1982 Buy
167 Appointment in Haiphong 1982 Buy
168 Retreat for Death 1982 Buy
169 The Mendoza Manuscript 1982 Buy
170 The Death Star Affair 1982 Buy
171 Doctor DNA 1982 Buy
172 Typhoon Ray 1982 Buy
173 The Christmas Kill 1982 Buy
174 The Greek Summit 1982 Buy
175 Hide and Go Die 1983 Buy
176 The Kali Death Cult 1983 Buy
177 Operation Vendetta 1983 Buy
178 The Yukon Target 1983 Buy
179 The Death Dealer 1983 Buy
180 The Istanbul Decision 1983 Buy
181 The Decoy Hit 1983 Buy
182 The Outback Ghosts 1983 Buy
183 Earthfire North 1983 Buy
184 The Budapest Run 1983 Buy
185 Caribbean Coup 1984 Buy
186 The Algarve Affair 1984 Buy
187 Zero-Hour Strike Force 1984 Buy
188 Operation Sharkbite 1984 Buy
189 Death Island 1984 Buy
190 Night of the Warheads 1984 Buy
191 Day of the Mahdi 1984 Buy
192 Assignment: Rio 1984 Buy
193 Death Hand Play 1984 Buy
194 The Kremlin Kill 1984 Buy
195 The Mayan Connection 1984 Buy
196 San Juan Inferno 1984 Buy
197 Circle of Scorpions 1985 Buy
198 The Blue Ice Affair 1985 Buy
199 The Macao Massacre 1985 Buy
200 Pursuit of the Eagle 1985 Buy
201 The Vengeance Game 1985 Buy
202 Last Flight to Moscow 1985 Buy
203 The Normandy Code 1985 Buy
204 White Death 1985 Buy
205 The Assassin Convention 1985 Buy
206 Blood of the Scimitar 1985 Buy
207 The Execution Exchange 1985 Buy
208 The Tarlov Cipher 1985 Buy
209 Target Red Star 1986 Buy
210 The Killing Ground 1986 Buy
211 The Berlin Target 1986 Buy
212 Mercenary Mountain 1986 Buy
213 Blood Ultimatum 1986 Buy
214 The Cyclops Conspiracy 1986 Buy
215 Tunnel for Traitors 1986 Buy
216 The Samurai Kill 1986 Buy
217 Terror Times Two 1986 Buy
218 Death Orbit 1986 Buy
219 Slaughter Day 1986 Buy
220 The Master Assassin 1986 Buy
221 Operation Petrograd 1986 Buy
222 Crossfire Red 1987 Buy
223 Blood of the Falcon 1987 Buy
224 Death Squad 1987 Buy
225 The Terror Code 1987 Buy
226 Holy War 1987 Buy
227 Blood Raid 1987 Buy
228 East of Hell 1987 Buy
229 Killing Games 1987 Buy
230 Terms of Vengeance 1987 Buy
231 Pressure Point 1987 Buy
232 Night of the Condor 1987 Buy
233 The Poseidon Target 1987 Buy
234 The Andropov File 1988 Buy
235 Dragonfire 1988 Buy
236 Bloodtrail to Mecca 1988 Buy
237 Deathstrike 1988 Buy
238 Lethal Prey 1988 Buy
239 Spykiller 1988 Buy
240 Bolivian Heat 1988 Buy
241 The Rangoon Man 1988 Buy
242 Code Name Cobra 1988 Buy
243 Afghan Intercept 1988 Buy
244 Countdown to Armageddon 1988 Buy
245 Black Sea Bloodbath 1988 Buy
246 The Deadly Diva 1989 Buy
247 Invitation to Death 1989 Buy
248 Day of the Assassin 1989 Buy
249 The Korean Kill 1989 Buy
250 Middle East Massacre 1989 Buy
251 Sanction to Slaughter 1989 Buy
252 Holiday in Hell 1989 Buy
253 Law of the Lion 1989 Buy
254 Hong Kong Hit 1989 Buy
255 Deep Sea Death 1989 Buy
256 Arms of Vengeance 1989 Buy
257 Hell-Bound Express 1989 Buy
258 Isle of Blood 1989 Buy
259 Singapore Sling 1990 Buy
260 Ruby Red Death 1990 Buy
261 Arctic Abduction 1990 Buy
262 Dragon Slay 1990 Buy

Nick Carter: Killmaster Books by Publication Order

1964 Run, Spy, Run #1
1964 The China Doll #2
1964 Checkmate in Rio #3
1964 Safari for Spies #4
1964 Fraulein Spy #5
1964 Saigon #6
1965 A Bullet for Fidel #7
1965 The 13th Spy #8
1965 Eyes of the Tiger #9
1965 Istanbul #10
1966 Web of Spies #11
1966 Spy Castle #12
1966 Terrible Ones #13
1966 Dragon Flame #14
1966 Hanoi #15
1966 Danger Key #16
1966 Operation Starvation #17
1966 Mind Poisoners #18
1967 The Weapon Of Night #19
1967 Golden Serpent #20
1967 Mission to Venice #21
1967 Double Identity #22
1967 The Devil's Cockpit #23
1967 The Chinese Paymaster #24
1967 Seven Against Greece #25
1967 A Korean Tiger #26
1967 Assignment Israel #27
1967 Red Guard #28
1967 The Filthy Five #29
1967 The Bright Blue Death #30
1968 Macao #31
1968 Operation Moon Rocket #32
1968 The Judas Spy #33
1968 Hood of Death #34
1968 Amsterdam #35
1968 Temple of Fear #36
1968 Fourteen Seconds to Hell #37
1969 The Defector #38
1969 Carnival for Killing #39
1969 Rhodesia #40
1969 The Red Rays #41
1969 Peking: The Tulip affair #42
1969 The Amazon #43
1969 The Sea Trap #44
1969 Berlin #45
1969 Human Time Bomb #46
1969 The Cobra Kill #47
1969 Living Death #48
1969 Operation Che Guevara #49
1969 The Doomsday Formula #50
1969 Operation Snake #51
1969 The Casbah Killers #52
1970 The Red Rebellion #53
1970 The Executioners #54
1970 Black Death #55
1970 The Mind Killers #56
1970 Time Clock of Death #57
1970 Cambodia #58
1970 The Death Strain #59
1970 Jewel of Doom #60
1970 Moscow #61
1970 The Arab Plague / Slavemaster #62
1971 Ice Bomb Zero #63
1972 Mark of Cosa Nostra #64
1972 The Cairo Mafia / Cairo #65
1972 The Inca Death Squad #66
1973 Assault on England #67
1973 The Omega Terror #68
1973 Code Name: Werewolf #69
1973 Strike Force Terror #70
1973 Agent Counter-agent #71
1973 Hour of the Wolf #72
1973 Our Agent in Rome Is Missing #73
1973 Kremlin File #74
1973 Spanish Connection #75
1973 The Death's Head Conspiracy #76
1973 The Peking Dossier #77
1973 The Devil's Dozen #78
1974 Target: Doomsday Island #79
1974 Night of the Avenger #80
1974 Butcher of Belgrade #81
1974 Assassination Brigade #82
1974 The Liquidator #83
1974 Ice-Trap Terror #84
1974 Assassin Code Name Vulture #85
1974 The Stolen Pay Train #86
1974 Massacre in Milan #87
1974 Vatican Vendetta #88
1974 Sign of the Cobra #89
1974 Man Who Sold Death #90
1974 The N3 Conspiracy #91
1974 Beirut Incident #92
1974 Death of the Falcon #93
1974 The Aztec Avenger #94
1975 The Code #95
1975 The Jerusalem File #96
1975 Counterfeit Agent #97
1975 Six Bloody Summer Days #98
1975 The Katmandu Contract #99
1975 The Z Document #100
1975 Dr. Death #101
1975 Ultimate Code #102
1976 Assignment Intercept #103
1976 Green Wolf Connection #104
1976 The Fanatics of Al Asad #105
1976 The Snake Flag Conspiracy #106
1976 The Turncoat #107
1976 The Sign of the Prayer Shawl #108
1976 Vulcan Disaster #109
1976 A High Yield In Death #110
1976 The Nichovev Plot #111
1976 Triple Cross #112
1976 The Gallagher Plot #113
1977 Plot for the Fourth Reich #114
1978 Death Message #115
1978 The List #116
1978 Under the Wall #117
1978 The Ebony Cross #118
1978 Deadly Doubles #119
1978 Race of Death #120
1978 Trouble in Paradise #121
1978 The Pamplona Affair #122
1978 The Doomsday Spore #123
1979 Revenge of the Generals #124
1979 The Asian Mantrap #125
1979 Thunderstrike In Syria #126
1979 The Redolmo Affair #127
1979 The Jamaican Exchange #128
1979 Tropical Deathpact #129
1979 The Pemex Chart #130
1979 Hawaii #131
1979 The Satan Trap #132
1979 Reich Four #133
1979 The Nowhere Weapon #134
1980 Strike of the Hawk #135
1980 Day of the Dingo #136
1980 Tarantula Strike #137
1980 Ten Times Dynamite #138
1980 Eighth Card Stud #139
1980 The Suicide Seat #140
1980 Death Mission: Havana #141
1980 War From The Clouds #142
1981 The Coyote Connection #143
1981 The Q Man #144
1981 The Society of Nine #145
1981 The Ouster Conspiracy #146
1981 The Golden Bull #147
1981 The Dubrovnik Massacre #148
1981 The Solar Menace #149
1981 The Strontium Code #150
1981 Pleasure Island #151
1981 Cauldron of Hell #152
1981 The Parisian Affair #153
1982 Turkish Bloodbath #154
1982 Chessmaster #155
1982 The Last Samurai #156
1982 The Puppet Master #157
1982 The Dominican Affair #158
1982 The Damocles Threat #159
1982 Earth Shaker #160
1982 The Treason Game #161
1982 Deathlight #162
1982 The Israeli Connection #163
1982 Norwegian Typhoon #164
1982 The Hunter #165
1982 Operation McMurdo Sound #166
1982 Appointment in Haiphong #167
1982 Retreat for Death #168
1982 The Mendoza Manuscript #169
1982 The Death Star Affair #170
1982 Doctor DNA #171
1982 Typhoon Ray #172
1982 The Christmas Kill #173
1982 The Greek Summit #174
1983 Hide and Go Die #175
1983 The Kali Death Cult #176
1983 Operation Vendetta #177
1983 The Yukon Target #178
1983 The Death Dealer #179
1983 The Istanbul Decision #180
1983 The Decoy Hit #181
1983 The Outback Ghosts #182
1983 Earthfire North #183
1983 The Budapest Run #184
1984 Caribbean Coup #185
1984 The Algarve Affair #186
1984 Zero-Hour Strike Force #187
1984 Operation Sharkbite #188
1984 Death Island #189
1984 Night of the Warheads #190
1984 Day of the Mahdi #191
1984 Assignment: Rio #192
1984 Death Hand Play #193
1984 The Kremlin Kill #194
1984 The Mayan Connection #195
1984 San Juan Inferno #196
1985 Circle of Scorpions #197
1985 The Blue Ice Affair #198
1985 The Macao Massacre #199
1985 Pursuit of the Eagle #200
1985 The Vengeance Game #201
1985 Last Flight to Moscow #202
1985 The Normandy Code #203
1985 White Death #204
1985 The Assassin Convention #205
1985 Blood of the Scimitar #206
1985 The Execution Exchange #207
1985 The Tarlov Cipher #208
1986 Target Red Star #209
1986 The Killing Ground #210
1986 The Berlin Target #211
1986 Mercenary Mountain #212
1986 Blood Ultimatum #213
1986 The Cyclops Conspiracy #214
1986 Tunnel for Traitors #215
1986 The Samurai Kill #216
1986 Terror Times Two #217
1986 Death Orbit #218
1986 Slaughter Day #219
1986 The Master Assassin #220
1986 Operation Petrograd #221
1987 Crossfire Red #222
1987 Blood of the Falcon #223
1987 Death Squad #224
1987 The Terror Code #225
1987 Holy War #226
1987 Blood Raid #227
1987 East of Hell #228
1987 Killing Games #229
1987 Terms of Vengeance #230
1987 Pressure Point #231
1987 Night of the Condor #232
1987 The Poseidon Target #233
1988 The Andropov File #234
1988 Dragonfire #235
1988 Bloodtrail to Mecca #236
1988 Deathstrike #237
1988 Lethal Prey #238
1988 Spykiller #239
1988 Bolivian Heat #240
1988 The Rangoon Man #241
1988 Code Name Cobra #242
1988 Afghan Intercept #243
1988 Countdown to Armageddon #244
1988 Black Sea Bloodbath #245
1989 The Deadly Diva #246
1989 Invitation to Death #247
1989 Day of the Assassin #248
1989 The Korean Kill #249
1989 Middle East Massacre #250
1989 Sanction to Slaughter #251
1989 Holiday in Hell #252
1989 Law of the Lion #253
1989 Hong Kong Hit #254
1989 Deep Sea Death #255
1989 Arms of Vengeance #256
1989 Hell-Bound Express #257
1989 Isle of Blood #258
1990 Singapore Sling #259
1990 Ruby Red Death #260
1990 Arctic Abduction #261
1990 Dragon Slay #262

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