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A Jack Ryan Novel (chronological order) Books in Order

by Tom ClancyLiterature & Fiction

27 books from Patriot Games (1975) to Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement (2026). Rated 4.6 across 180,096 listener reviews.

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  1. Patriot Games

    Book 1 1975 4.7 (13.5k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! Tom Clancy reveals Jack Ryan’s origins in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling thriller that pits the former Marine turned family man against a vicious group of…

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  2. Red Rabbit

    Book 2 1998 4.4 (8.3k)

    It is very early in Jack Ryan’s career—so early that he has not yet even become an analyst for the CIA. But a series of nasty encounters with an IRA splinter group has brought Ryan to the attention of the CIA’s Deputy Director and his…

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  3. The Hunt for Red October

    Book 3 2018 4.8 (13.5k)

    Somewhere under the freezing Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back....

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  4. Tom Clancy Red Winter

    Book 4 2022 by Marc Cameron 4.6 (2.4k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! In this previously untold adventure, a young Jack Ryan goes behind the Iron Curtain to seek the truth about a potential Soviet defector in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's…

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  5. The Cardinal of the Kremlin

    Book 5 1988 4.6 (8.4k)

    Two men possess vital information on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. One of them is Cardinal -- America's highest agent in the Kremlin -- and he's about to be terminated by the KGB.

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  6. Clear and Present Danger

    Book 6 1989 4.7 (6.6k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from Tom Clancy, Jack Ryan gets caught in a war between the United States and a Colombian drug cartel and uncovers a shocking…

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  7. The Sum of All Fears

    Book 7 1991 4.7 (8.3k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! The search for a stolen nuclear weapon on American soil sends Jack Ryan on a dangerous mission with global consequences in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.

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  8. Debt of Honor

    Book 8 1994 4.5 (7.6k)

    Clancy plunges hero Jack Ryan into nonstop high adventure, as two seemingly unrelated occurrences being a chain of events that will stun the world...

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  9. Executive Orders

    Book 9 1996 4.7 (8.5k)

    Debt of Honor ends as Jack Ryan is confirmed vice president minutes before a mammoth act of terrorism kills the President, most of his cabinet, all but a few members of Congress, the entire Supreme Court and all of the Joint Chiefs of…

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  10. The Bear and the Dragon

    Book 10 2000 4.6 (6.9k)

    Newly elected, Jack Ryan has found that being President is not easy: domestic pitfalls await him at every turn; there's a revolution in Liberia; the Asian economy is going down the tubes; and now, in Moscow, someone may have tried to…

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  11. Dead or Alive

    Book 11 2010 4.3 (12.6k)

    Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski! Tom Clancy delivers a #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan novel that will remind readers why he is the acknowledged master of international intrigue and…

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  12. Locked On

    Book 12 2011 4.4 (10.6k)

    Jack Ryan Jr.--along with the covert warriors of the Campus--continues to uphold his legendary father’s legacy of courage and honor in this thriller from number one New York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy.

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  13. Threat Vector

    Book 13 2012 by Mark Greaney 4.6 (12.3k)

    For President Jack Ryan, his son Jack Ryan, Jr., and the covert organization known as The Campus, the fight against America’s enemies is never over.

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  14. Command Authority

    Book 14 2013 4.6 (8.6k)

    The #1 New York Times-bestselling author and master of the technothriller returns with his All-Star team. There’s a new strong man in Russia but his rise to power is based on a dark secret hidden decades in the past.

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  15. Full Force and Effect

    Book 15 2014 by Mark Greaney 4.6 (9.5k)

    A North Korean ICBM crashes into the Sea of Japan. A veteran CIA officer is murdered in Ho Chi Minh City, and a package of forged documents goes missing. The pieces are there, but assembling the puzzle will cost Jack Ryan, Jr.

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  16. Tom Clancy Commander-in-Chief

    Book 16 2015 by Mark Greaney 4.6 (7.8k)

    This electrifying thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series has President Jack Ryan and his allies facing a treacherous foe threatening to unleash chaos around the globe...

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  17. Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance

    Book 17 2016 by Mark Greaney 4.7 (8.9k)

    The #1 New York Times–bestselling series is back with the most shocking revelation of all. After years of facing international threats, President Jack Ryan learns that the greatest dangers always come from within...

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  18. Tom Clancy: Power and Empire

    Book 18 2017 by Marc Cameron 4.6 (5.7k)

    A newly belligerent Chinese government leaves US President Jack Ryan with only a few desperate options in this continuation of the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy series.

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  19. Tom Clancy Oath of Office

    Book 19 2018 by Marc Cameron 4.6 (4.5k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States.

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  20. Tom Clancy Code of Honor

    Book 20 2019 by Marc Cameron 4.7 (3.6k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! As President of the United States, Jack Ryan has faced many challenges, but none have been as personal as this and never has he been this helpless in the face of evil in the…

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  21. Tom Clancy Shadow of the Dragon

    Book 21 2020 by Marc Cameron 4.6 (4.1k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! A missing Chinese scientist, unexplained noises emanating from under the Arctic ice, and a possible mole in American intelligence are just some of the problems that plague…

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  22. Tom Clancy Chain of Command

    Book 22 2021 by Marc Cameron 4.7 (3.2k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! The United States has stared down many threats with President Jack Ryan at the helm, but what if he’s not there when we need him? That’s the question facing a nation in the most…

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  23. Tom Clancy Command and Control

    Book 23 2023 by Marc Cameron 4.7 (1k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! A Russian plot to seize the Panama Canal plunges President Jack Ryan into a desperate fight for his life in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

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  24. Tom Clancy Act of Defiance

    Book 24 2024 by Brian Andrews 4.7 (1.7k)

    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War is out now on Prime Video! A rogue nuclear Russian submarine is steaming toward the East Coast of the United States.

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  25. Tom Clancy Defense Protocol

    Book 25 2024 by Brian Andrews 4.8 (1.2k)

    The stakes are sky-high when a power-mad Chinese president threatens Taiwan in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan series. For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government.

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  26. Tom Clancy Executive Power

    Book 26 2025 by Brian Andrews 4.7 (816)

    An international incident may fracture the Ryan family in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. Luanda, Angola An American intelligence team on a routine mission is wiped out.

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  27. Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement

    Book 27 2026 by Ward Larsen 4.8 (5)

    The brand-new, nail-biting Jack Ryan thriller __________ When a member of his Cabinet is killed in a plane President Jack Ryan suspects that the "accident" is anything but in this latest shocking entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling…

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for A Jack Ryan Novel (chronological order) 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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