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Jason Bourne Books in Order

by Eric Van LustbaderLiterature & Fiction

22 books from The Bourne Identity (1980) to Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Revenge (2026). Rated 4.2 across 18,149 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. The Bourne Identity

    Book 1 1980 by Robert Ludlum 4.2 (4.3k)

    Jason Bourne. He has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues.

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  2. The Bourne Supremacy

    Book 2 1986 by Robert Ludlum 4.4 (2.5k)

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An assassin with no face, no identity, and a name the world wanted to forget: Jason Bourne “A killer of a thriller.”—USA Today The basis for the award-winning major motion picture starring Matt Damon! Reenter…

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  3. The Bourne Ultimatum

    Book 3 1990 by Robert Ludlum 4.4 (1.6k)

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The world’s two deadliest spies face off in this thrilling conclusion to the Jason Bourne series.

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  4. The Bourne Legacy

    Book 4 2004 4.2 (1.8k)

    In Robert Ludlum's ground-breaking career, no other character so captured the world's imagination as Jason Bourne. He appeared in three of Robert Ludlum's own #1 bestselling novels, his bestselling works to this day.

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  5. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal

    Book 5 2007 4.0 (1.3k)

    New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader bring another pulse-pounding Jason Bourne thriller as Bourne's last friend in the world goes missing and Bourne will do another to bring him home.

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  6. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Sanction

    Book 6 2008 4.0 (928)

    Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy—but after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a…

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  7. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Deception

    Book 7 2009 by Robert Ludlum 4.0 (611)

    After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed while in Indonesia, he fakes his death to take on a new identity and mission—to find out who is trying to assassinate him.

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  8. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Objective

    Book 8 2010 3.8 (532)

    Secret agent Jason Bourne spars off against a deadly agent in this action-packed thriller from a New York Times bestselling author.

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  9. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Dominion

    Book 9 2011 by Robert Ludlum 3.9 (551)

    Secret agent Jason Bourne faces off against his loyal friend who has proven to be his ultimate betrayer, from a New York Times bestselling author.

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  10. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Imperative

    Book 10 2012 4.1 (435)

    From a New York Times bestselling author, secret agent Jason Bourne can't help but feel connected to a man who also has amnesia—and the truth behind his identity could save Bourne's life.

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  11. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Retribution

    Book 11 2013 4.2 (316)

    Jason Bourne has been pursued by powerful governments—and escaped, hunted by the most skilled assassins in the world—and outsmarted them, and targeted by terrorists—and defeated them. Now, Bourne wants only one thing: retribution.

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  12. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Ascendancy

    Book 12 2014 4.1 (399)

    Jason Bourne faces an impossible choice in this non-stop suspense thriller, written by a New York Times bestselling author.

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  13. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Enigma

    Book 13 2016 3.9 (595)

    Jason Bourne is back in this exhilarating adventure as a riddle leaves Bourne with less than four days to prevent a cataclysmic international war.

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  14. Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Initiative

    Book 14 2017 4.2 (268)

    Jason Bourne returns in this stunning new thriller from Eric Van Lustbader, continuing Robert Ludlum's classic series. General Boris Karpov, head of the feared Russian FSB, is dead.

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  15. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Evolution

    Book 15 2020 by Brian Freeman 4.6 (587)

    America's most enduring hero, Jason Bourne, returns in a propulsive, fresh story for the Bourne canon that tests old skills--and uncovers new ones.

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  16. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Treachery

    Book 16 2021 by Brian Freeman 4.4 (675)

    The world’s most ruthlessly efficient assassin, Jason Bourne, is facing the one force he can’t defeat—his own past—in the latest thrilling entry in Robert Ludlum’s New York Times bestselling series.

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  17. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sacrifice

    Book 17 2022 by Brian Freeman 4.6 (330)

    Jason Bourne tackles a global media conspiracy in the latest electrifying entry in Robert Ludlum’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.

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  18. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Defiance

    Book 18 2023 by Brian Freeman 4.6 (193)

    Someone's killing Treadstone agents and Jason Bourne may be next on the list in this latest electrifying entry in Robert Ludlum’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.

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  19. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Shadow

    Book 19 2024 by Brian Freeman 4.5 (80)

    Jason Bourne must face the violence and betrayal of his forgotten past in this latest gripping entry in Robert Ludlum’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. Like most spies, Jason Bourne lives in the shadows.

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  20. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Vendetta

    Book 20 2025 by Brian Freeman 4.5 (111)

    The hunt for a trove of secret information forces Bourne to decide who lives – and who dies – in this latest installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

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  21. Robert Ludlum's™ The Bourne Escape

    Book 21 2025 by Brian Freeman

    Bloomsbury presents Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Escape by Brian Freeman, read by Scott Brick When his lover is murdered, Jason Bourne plunges into a maelstrom of violence and deceit.

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  22. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Revenge

    Book 22 2026 by Brian Freeman 4.6 (61)

    The identity of a deadly Chinese spy lies hidden in Jason Bourne’s lost memory in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Jason Bourne 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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