Charles McCarry Books in Order
Charles McCarry has written 21 books, published between 1972 and 2015. The first book is Citizen Nader (1972) and the newest is The Mulberry Bush (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1972–2015
- Confirmed
- 20 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,807 in 17 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 97–145 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,807 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Charles McCarry wrote espionage fiction around Paul Christopher, an American intelligence officer. The Miernik Dossier (1973) opens that sequence, followed by The Tears of Autumn, The Secret Lovers, The Better Angels and The Last Supper. Twenty-one catalogued books, non-fiction included, run to The Mulberry Bush in 2015.
How many Charles McCarry books are there?
Charles McCarry has 21 books, released between 1972 and 2015. 10 of them belong to the Paul Christopher Universe series.
Charles McCarry Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Charles McCarry 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.
- 119723353/4
- 2197313/4
- 319742764/4
- 419773203/4
- 519792783/4
- 619793523/4
- 719802063/4
- 819834004/4
- 919884824/4
- 1019891924/4
- 1119914804/4
- 121992–1/4
- 131992–3/4
- 1419955763/4
- 1519974443/4
- 1619983853/4
- 1720044804/4
- 182006–4/4
- 192011–3/4
- 2020132923/4
- 2120153083/4
Charles McCarry characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Paul Christopher books in order 10 books
Charles McCarry 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.
Paul Christopher Universe in order
10 booksCharles McCarry Non-Fiction
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Charles McCarry Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Charles McCarry Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Charles McCarry books in order?
You only need to read Charles McCarry books in order within the Paul Christopher Universe series, which holds 10 of the 21 Charles McCarry books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Charles McCarry
Start with The Miernik Dossier (1973), the first Paul Christopher book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Citizen Nader (1972).
What is the newest Charles McCarry book?
The Mulberry Bush (2015) is the newest Charles McCarry book released so far.
Is there a new Charles McCarry book coming?
No next Charles McCarry 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 McCarry at a glance
- Died
- Charles McCarry died in 2019, according to Wikidata.
- Last book
- The newest book credited to Charles McCarry on record dates from 2015.
- Release pace
- Charles McCarry books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,807 pages across the 17 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 335 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Charles McCarry books, 6 of 21, were published in the 1990s.
- Corroboration
- 7 of the 21 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 20 in at least three.
What the Charles McCarry books are about
18 of the 21 Charles McCarry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: paul christopher (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Paul Christopher (Fictitious character) 9 of 18 books
- Intelligence officers 7 of 18 books
- Espionage 6 of 18 books
- Intelligence service 6 of 18 books
- Christopher, paul (fictitious character) 5 of 18 books
- Fiction in English 4 of 18 books
- Thrillers 4 of 18 books
- Americans 3 of 18 books
- Biography 2 of 18 books
- Presidential candidates 2 of 18 books
- Presidents 2 of 18 books
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