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Charles Cumming Books in Order

Charles Cumming has written 13 books, published between 2001 and 2026. The first book is A Spy by Nature (2001) and the newest is Icarus 17 (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2001–2026
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
3,011 in 8 of 13 books
Reading time
50–75 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,011 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Charles Cumming writes espionage fiction. Three series carry it, Alec Milius, Thomas Kell and Box 88, with standalone novels including The Trinity Six (2011) beside them. Undercover operations, intelligence officers and journalists recur as subjects. The catalogue opens with A Spy by Nature (2001), reaches 13 books, and the newest title is Icarus 17 in 2026.

The Box 88 series centers on a covert spy agency and follows its protagonist across two timelines, alternating between past and present as hidden information comes to light.

How many Charles Cumming books are there?

Charles Cumming has 13 books, released between 2001 and 2026. They include 3 separate series.

Charles Cumming Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Charles Cumming 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 A Spy by Nature by Charles Cumming, book 1 of the Alec Milius series (2001)
  2. Cover of The Hidden Man by Charles Cumming, book 1 of the Charles Cumming Standalone Novels series (2003)
  3. Cover of The Spanish Game by Charles Cumming, book 2 of the Alec Milius series (2006)
  4. Cover of Typhoon by Charles Cumming, book 2 of the Charles Cumming Standalone Novels series (2008)
  5. Cover of A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming, book 1 of the Thomas Kell series (2012)
  6. Cover of A Colder War by Charles Cumming, book 2 of the Thomas Kell series (2014)
  7. Cover of The Moroccan Girl / The Man Between by Charles Cumming, book 4 of the Charles Cumming Standalone Novels series
  8. Cover of Judas 62 by Charles Cumming, book 2 of the Box 88 series (2022)
  1. 1
    A Spy by NatureAlec Milius #12001 · 355 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001355
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  2. 2
    The Hidden ManCharles Cumming Standalone Novels #12003 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003416
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  3. 3
    The Spanish GameAlec Milius #22006 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006352
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  4. 4
    TyphoonCharles Cumming Standalone Novels #22008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  5. 5
    The Trinity SixCharles Cumming Standalone Novels #32011 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011368
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  6. 6
    A Foreign CountryThomas Kell #12012 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012368
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  7. 7
    A Colder WarThomas Kell #22014 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014400
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  8. 8
    A Divided SpyThomas Kell #32018 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018384
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  9. 9
    The Moroccan Girl / The Man BetweenCharles Cumming Standalone Novels #42019 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019368
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  10. 10
    Box 88Box 88 #12020 · confirmed 4/4
    2020–
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  11. 11
    Judas 62Box 88 #22022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  12. 12
    Kennedy 35Box 88 #32023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  13. 13
    Icarus 17Box 88 #42026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Charles Cumming series in order

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Charles Cumming 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.

Charles Cumming Standalone Novels

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Alec Milius in order

2 books
  1. 1. A Spy by Nature
  2. 2. The Spanish Game

Do you have to read Charles Cumming books in order?

You only need to read Charles Cumming books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Charles Cumming

Start with the first book of the Charles Cumming series you want to read: Box 88 starts with Box 88 (2020) and Thomas Kell starts with A Foreign Country (2012). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Spy by Nature (2001).

What is the newest Charles Cumming book?

Icarus 17 (2026) is the newest Charles Cumming book released so far.

Is there a new Charles Cumming book coming?

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

Charles Cumming at a glance

Still publishing
Charles Cumming published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Charles Cumming books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,011 pages across the 8 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 368 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Charles Cumming books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
Corroboration
1 of the 13 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.

What the Charles Cumming books are about

11 of the 13 Charles Cumming 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 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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