Dale Brown Books in Order
Dale Brown has written 52 books, published between 1987 and 2024. The first book is Flight of the Old Dog (1987) and the newest is Devil's Fortress (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 52
- Published
- 1987–2024
- Confirmed
- 52 of 52 titles
- Pages on record
- 17,181 in 38 of 52 books
- Reading time
- 286–430 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 17,181 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 38 of 52 titles with a page count on record.
Military aviation drives Dale Brown's technological thrillers. Patrick McLanahan and Brad McLanahan are the recurring characters across a catalogue of 52 books that opens with Flight of the Old Dog (1987) and reaches Devil's Fortress (2024). Dreamland, Puppet Master, Nick Flynn and the Jason Richter books are the named series. The United States Air Force, weapons systems, espionage and terrorism fill the subject tags.
Brown is a former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot, and that background informs the aerial combat and military technology depicted in his novels.
How many Dale Brown books are there?
Dale Brown has 52 books, released between 1987 and 2024. They include 6 separate series.
Dale Brown Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 52 Dale Brown 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.
- 119874164/4
- 219883494/4
- 31989–4/4
- 419905424/4
- 519915104/4
- 619925544/4
- 719936034/4
- 819944944/4
- 919963844/4
- 1019974484/4
- 1119984484/4
- 1219995764/4
- 132001–4/4
- 1420014734/4
- 1520023724/4
- 162002–4/4
- 1720024804/4
- 1820033774/4
- 1920034364/4
- 2020034264/4
- 2120043274/4
- 2220044274/4
- 2320054194/4
- 2420054054/4
- 2520064374/4
- 2620064204/4
- 2720074204/4
- 2820074104/4
- 2920084694/4
- 3020083554/4
- 3120094714/4
- 3220093214/4
- 332010–4/4
- 342010–4/4
- 3520114894/4
- 362011–4/4
- 372012–4/4
- 382012–4/4
- 392014–4/4
- 4020145174/4
- 412015–4/4
- 4220155024/4
- 4320166084/4
- 4420174404/4
- 4520184164/4
- 4620184484/4
- 4720195924/4
- 482020–4/4
- 4920214004/4
- 502022–4/4
- 512023–4/4
- 522024–4/4
Dale Brown series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Nick Flynn books in order 4 books
- Patrick McLanahan books in order 24 books
Dale Brown books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Patrick McLanahan books in order
21 books by Dale Brown- 1. Flight of the Old Dog
- 1. Starfire
- 2. Day of the Cheetah
- 2. Iron Wolf
- 3. Sky Masters
- 3. Price of Duty
- 4. Night of the Hawk
- 5. Shadows of Steel
- 6. Fatal Terrain
- 7. The Tin Man
- 8. Battle Born
- 9. Warrior Class
- and 9 more in the table above
Dreamland in order
16 books- 1. Dreamland
- 2. Nerve Center
- 3. Razor's Edge
- 4. Piranha
- 5. Strike Zone
- 6. Armegeddon
- 7. Satan's Tail
- 8. End Game
- 9. Retribution
- 10. Revolution
- 11. Whiplash
- 12. Black Wolf
- and 4 more in the table above
Independent in order
4 booksBrad McLanahan in order
3 booksAct Of War/Jason Richter in order
2 books- 1. Act of War
- 2. Edge of Battle
Puppet Master in order
2 booksDale Brown Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Dale Brown books run from Flight of the Old Dog (1987) to Devil's Fortress (2024), the sequence in the table above. The Patrick McLanahan series also has a separate in-universe order on record: Patrick McLanahan books in chronological order. No other Dale Brown story order is on record.
Do you have to read Dale Brown books in order?
You only need to read Dale Brown books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Dale Brown books in?
Read Dale Brown one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Nick Flynn starts with Arctic Storm Rising (2021) and Patrick McLanahan starts with Flight of the Old Dog (1987). The earliest catalogued title overall is Flight of the Old Dog (1987).
What is the newest Dale Brown book?
Devil's Fortress (2024) is the newest Dale Brown book released so far.
Is there a new Dale Brown book coming?
No next Dale Brown book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dale Brown at a glance
- Still publishing
- Dale Brown published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Dale Brown books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 17,181 pages across the 38 of 52 books with a recorded length, a median of 438 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dale Brown books, 20 of 52, were published in the 2000s.
- Corroboration
- 52 of the 52 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Dale Brown books are about
49 of the 52 Dale Brown books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: united states is tagged on 19 of 49. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- United States 19 of 49 books
- Thrillers 18 of 49 books
- Military Air pilots 17 of 49 books
- Action & adventure 15 of 49 books
- United States. Air Force 14 of 49 books
- War & military 14 of 49 books
- Weapons systems 14 of 49 books
- Terrorism 12 of 49 books
- Patrick McLanahan (Fictitious character) 11 of 49 books
- Espionage 8 of 49 books
- Technological 8 of 49 books