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Ben Macintyre Books in Order

Ben Macintyre has written 17 books, published between 1992 and 2026. The first book is Forgotten Fatherland (1992) and the newest is Redwood (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
17
Published
1992–2026
Confirmed
14 of 17 titles
Pages on record
3,997 in 11 of 17 books
Reading time
67–100 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,997 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 17 titles with a page count on record.

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Ben Macintyre writes narrative history and biography, much of it about spies and the two world wars. 17 catalogued titles run from Forgotten Fatherland (1992) through The Napoleon of Crime (1997), A Foreign Field (2001), The Englishman's Daughter (2001) and Agent Zigzag (2007). Prisoners of war, missing soldiers and wartime deception recur across the work, which reaches Redwood in 2026.

How many Ben Macintyre books are there?

Ben Macintyre has 17 books, released between 1992 and 2026.

Ben Macintyre Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 17 Ben Macintyre 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.

  1. Cover of Forgotten Fatherland by Ben Macintyre (1992)
  2. Cover of The Napoleon of Crime by Ben Macintyre (1997)
  3. Cover of A Foreign Field by Ben Macintyre (2001)
  4. Cover of The Englishman's Daughter by Ben Macintyre (2001)
  5. Cover of The Man Who Would Be King by Ben Macintyre (2004)
  6. Cover of Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre (2007)
  7. Cover of Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre (2010)
  8. Cover of Double Cross by Ben Macintyre (2012)
  9. Cover of A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre (2014)
  10. Cover of Rogue Heroes by Ben Macintyre (2016)
  11. Cover of Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre (2020)
  12. Cover of Prisoners of the Castle / Colditz by Ben Macintyre (2022)
  1. 1
    Forgotten Fatherland1992 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992256
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  2. 2
    The Napoleon of Crime1997 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997384
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  3. 3
    A Foreign Field2001 · confirmed 3/4
    2001–
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  4. 4
    The Englishman's Daughter2001 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001272
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  5. 5
    The Man Who Would Be King2004 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004368
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  6. 6
    Agent Zigzag2007 · 364 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007364
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  7. 7
    For Your Eyes Only2008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  8. 8
    The Last Word2009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    Operation Mincemeat2010 · 412 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010412
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  10. 10
    Double Cross2012 · 399 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012399
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Spy Among Friends2014 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014384
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  12. 12
    Rogue Heroes2016 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016400
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  13. 13
    The Spy and the Traitor2018 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018358
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  14. 14
    Agent Sonya2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020400
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  15. 15
    Prisoners of the Castle / Colditz2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  16. 16
    The Siege2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  17. 17
    Redwood2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Ben Macintyre 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.

Standalone books

17 books

17 Ben Macintyre titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Ben Macintyre books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 17 Ben Macintyre books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Ben Macintyre

Start with Forgotten Fatherland (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ben Macintyre book?

Redwood (2026) is the newest Ben Macintyre book released so far.

Is there a new Ben Macintyre book coming?

No next Ben Macintyre book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Ben Macintyre at a glance

Still publishing
Ben Macintyre published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Ben Macintyre books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,997 pages across the 11 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 384 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ben Macintyre books, 6 of 17, were published in the 2000s.

What the Ben Macintyre books are about

15 of the 17 Ben Macintyre books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • History 9 of 15 books
  • Biography 7 of 15 books
  • Spies 5 of 15 books
  • World War, 1939-1945 3 of 15 books
  • Cold War 2 of 15 books
  • Deception 2 of 15 books
  • Espionage 2 of 15 books
  • Espionage, russian 2 of 15 books
  • German Prisoners and prisons 2 of 15 books
  • Military 2 of 15 books
  • Missing in action 2 of 15 books
  • Nonfiction 2 of 15 books