Anthony Price Books in Order
Anthony Price has written 20 books, published between 1970 and 1989. The first book is The Labyrinth Makers (1970) and the newest is The Memory Trap (1989). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1970–1989
- Pages on record
- 1,936 in 7 of 20 books
Anthony Price (1928-2019) was an English writer of espionage thrillers. Dr David Audley, an intelligence analyst, and Colonel Jack Butler carry the whole of his fiction, from The Labyrinth Makers (1970) through The Alamut Ambush, Colonel Butler's Wolf, October Men, Other Paths to Glory and Our Man in Camelot. Twenty books close with The Memory Trap (1989), the series complete.
How many Anthony Price books are there?
Anthony Price has 20 books, released between 1970 and 1989. 19 of them belong to the Dr David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler series.
Anthony Price Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 Anthony Price books in the order they were published, 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.
- 119701902/4
- 21971–2/4
- 31972–2/4
- 41973–2/4
- 519742562/4
- 61975–2/4
- 71976–2/4
- 81978–2/4
- 91979–2/4
- 10Eyes of the Fleet1980 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/419803042/4
- 1119803082/4
- 121981–2/4
- 1319822882/4
- 141983–2/4
- 151984–2/4
- 161985–2/4
- 171986–2/4
- 181987–2/4
- 1919883342/4
- 2019892562/4
Anthony Price characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Dr David Audley books in order 19 books
Anthony Price 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.
Dr David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler in order
19 books- 1. The Labyrinth Makers
- 2. The Alamut Ambush
- 3. Colonel Butler's Wolf
- 4. October Men
- 5. Other Paths to Glory
- 6. Our Man in Camelot
- 7. War Game
- 8. The '44 Vintage
- 9. Tomorrow's Ghost
- 10. The Hour Of The Donkey
- 11. Soldier No More
- 12. The Old Vengeful
- and 7 more in the table above
Standalone books
1 book1 Anthony Price title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Anthony Price books in order?
You only need to read Anthony Price books in order within the Dr David Audley & Colonel Jack Butler series, which holds 19 of the 20 Anthony Price books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Anthony Price
Start with The Labyrinth Makers (1970), the first Dr David Audley book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Anthony Price book?
The Memory Trap (1989) is the newest Anthony Price book released so far.
Is there a new Anthony Price book coming?
No next Anthony Price book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Anthony Price at a glance
- Died
- Anthony Price died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Anthony Price on record dates from 1989.
- Release pace
- Anthony Price books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,936 pages across the 7 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Anthony Price books, 11 of 20, were published in the 1980s.
What the Anthony Price books are about
18 of the 20 Anthony Price books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 17 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Espionage 17 of 18 books
- Audley, david (fictitious character) 16 of 18 books
- Intelligence service 12 of 18 books
- Fiction in English 5 of 18 books
- Thrillers 2 of 18 books