Alan Furst Books in Order
Alan Furst has written 22 books, published between 1976 and 2019. The first book is Your Day in the Barrel (1976) and the newest is Under Occupation (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 1976–2019
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,190 in 12 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 53–80 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,190 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Alan Furst wrote espionage novels set in Europe before and during the Second World War, among resistance movements and intelligence services. The catalogue opens with earlier crime writing, Your Day in the Barrel (1976), The Paris Drop (1980), The Caribbean Account (1981) and Shadow Trade (1984), then turns to the Night Soldiers books with Night Soldiers (1988) and Dark Star (1991). 22 titles are catalogued in all, closing with Under Occupation in 2019.
How many Alan Furst books are there?
Alan Furst has 22 books, released between 1976 and 2019. They include 4 separate series.
Alan Furst Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Alan Furst books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 11976–3/4
- 219802273/4
- 31981–3/4
- 41984–3/4
- 51988–3/4
- 61991–3/4
- 71995–3/4
- 819962683/4
- 919992663/4
- 102000–3/4
- 1120022723/4
- 1220042883/4
- 1320062883/4
- 1420082883/4
- 1520103043/4
- 1620122553/4
- 172014–3/4
- 182014–3/4
- 1920142723/4
- 2020162563/4
- 212019–3/4
- 2220192063/4
Alan Furst books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Night Soldiers in order
15 books- 1. Night Soldiers
- 2. Dark Star
- 3. The Polish Officer
- 4. The World at Night
- 5. Red Gold
- 6. Kingdom of Shadows
- 7. Blood of Victory
- 8. Dark Voyage
- 9. The Foreign Correspondent
- 10. The Spies of Warsaw
- 11. Spies of the Balkans
- 12. Mission to Paris
- and 3 more in the table above
Roger Levin in order
3 booksT.J & Blake in order
2 books- 1. The Big Tip
- 2. Kofi's Plot
Alan Furst Standalone Novels
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Alan Furst Childrens in order
1 bookAlan Furst Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Alan Furst books run from Your Day in the Barrel (1976) to Under Occupation (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Alan Furst in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Alan Furst books in order?
You only need to read Alan Furst books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Alan Furst
Start with Your Day in the Barrel (1976), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Alan Furst book?
Under Occupation (2019) is the newest Alan Furst book released so far.
Is there a new Alan Furst book coming?
No next Alan Furst book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Alan Furst has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 1 nomination for Alan Furst. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Helmerich Award2011Won
- Hammett Prize2001Wonfor Kingdom of Shadows
- German Crime Fiction Award1985Won
- Hammett Prize2001Shortlistedfor Kingdom of Shadows
Alan Furst at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Alan Furst title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Alan Furst books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,190 pages across the 12 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 270 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alan Furst books, 8 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
What the Alan Furst books are about
15 of the 22 Alan Furst books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: world war, 1939-1945 is tagged on 12 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- World War, 1939-1945 12 of 15 books
- History 11 of 15 books
- Underground movements 8 of 15 books
- Thrillers 5 of 15 books
- Intelligence service 4 of 15 books
- Espionage 4 of 15 books
- Europe 3 of 15 books
- War Underground movements 3 of 15 books
- Historical fiction 2 of 15 books
- Journalists 2 of 15 books
- Motion picture producers and directors 2 of 15 books