Dan Ames Books in Order: 130 books + 5 announced (2011

How many Dan Ames books are there?

Dan Ames has 130 published books, released between 2011 and 2026. They include 23 series and 4 titles listed outside any series. 5 more are announced, starting with Body Count (2027).

Dan Ames Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 135 Dan Ames 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.

Cover of To Find a Mountain (As: Dani Amore) by Dan Ames (2011)

Cover of Death by Sarcasm by Dan Ames, book 1 of the Mary Cooper Mystery series (2014)

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Dan Ames 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.

Jack Reacher Cases in order

30 books

1. A Hard Man to Forget
2. The Right Man for Revenge
3. A Man Made For Killing
4. The Last Man to Murder
5. The Man with No Mercy
6. A Man Out For Blood
7. A Man Beyond The Law
8. The Man Who Walks Away
9. The Man Who Strikes Fear
10. The Man Who Stands Tall
11. The Man Who Works Alone
12. A Man Built For Justice
and 18 more in the table above

Jack Reacher's Special Investigators in order

18 books

1. Dead Men Walking
2. Game Over
3. Lights Out
4. Never Forgive Never Forget
5. Hit Them Fast Hit Them Hard
6. Finish The Fight
7. The Way Out
8. Easy To Kill
9. First Bullet Fired
10. Extreme Impact
11. Rapid Fire
12. Shadow Action
and 6 more in the table above

Joe Reacher Thrillers in order

10 books

1. The Needle
2. The Ghosts
3. The Original
4. Dark Money
5. Cold Target
6. Cash Mountain
7. Final Account
8. Paid In Bullets
9. Dead Broke
10. Dirty Business

John Rockne in order

9 books

1. Dead Wood
2. Hard Rock
3. Cold Jade
4. Long Shot
5. Easy Prey
6. Body Blow
7. Deep Lies
8. Full Smoke
9. Fast Burn

August High Thrillers in order

6 books

1. High Crimes
2. High Velocity
3. High Caliber
4. High Stakes
5. High Wire
6. High Octane

Jack Reacher's Special Investigators: Neagley in order

6 books

1. Sight Line
2. Hard Target
3. Kill Zone
4. Blow Back
5. Dead Center
6. Body Count

Stolen Time Mysteries in order

5 books

1. The Lost Laco
2. Bringing Back The Blancpain
3. Tracking Down The Trainmaster
4. Diving Deep For The Stolen Doxa
5. In Pursuit of the Pequignet

Lauren Pauling Thrillers in order

5 books

1. Run Down The Devil
2. Let The Dead Speak
3. Blood On The Bones
4. Night Of The Savage
5. They Should Have Run

Garbage Collector in order

4 books

1. The Garbage Collector
2. Bullet River
3. School Girl Blues
4. Shotgun Suite

Wallace Mack in order

4 books

1. The Killing League
2. The Murder Store
3. Finders Killers
4. Blood Thirsty

Pin-Up Mystery in order

4 books

1. Miss January
2. Miss February
3. Miss March
4. Miss May

Wade Carver Thrillers in order

4 books

1. Molly
2. Sugar
3. Angel
4. Crystal

Reaper Thrillers in order

4 books

1. Shot in the Dark
2. Back In Black
3. Midnight Massacre
4. A Bullet to Bite On

Dani Amore Short Stories/Novellas

3 books

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

Mary Cooper Mystery in order

3 books

1. Death by Sarcasm
2. Murder With Sarcastic Intent
3. Gross Sarcastic Homicide

Angel in order

3 books

1. Angel To Fear
2. Angel of Truth
3. Angel of Justice

Circuit Rider in order

2 books

1. The Circuit Rider
2. Killer's Draw

Ellen Rockne in order

2 books

1. Murder Lake
2. Savage Lake

Karla Dixon Thrillers in order

2 books

1. Killer Trade
2. Toxic Asset

Bird Hitchcock Westerns in order

2 books

3. Valley of the Dead
4. One Bullet Too Many

Cooper & Rockne in order

1 book

1. Killer Groove

Murder at Yellow Creek/Butch & Sundance in order

1 book

1. Murder at Yellow Creek

Clint Shockey Thrillers in order

1 book

1. Python

Ruby Kane Thrillers in order

1 book

1. F*** Marry Kill

Blood Sisterhood in order

1 book

1. Hunt Them Down

Standalone books

4 books

4 Dan Ames titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Dan Ames books in order?

You only need to read Dan Ames books in order within each series: the books listed here span 23 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Dan Ames

Start with Dead Wood (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dan Ames book?

The Man Who Chose Wrong (2026) is the newest Dan Ames book released so far.

Is there a new Dan Ames book coming?

Yes. Body Count (2027) is the next Dan Ames book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.

Dan Ames at a glance

Still publishing: Dan Ames is still publishing. Body Count is announced for 2027.
Release pace: Dan Ames books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 4,868 pages across the 25 of 135 books with a recorded length, a median of 168 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Dan Ames books, 82 of 135, were published in the 2020s.

What the Dan Ames books are about

5 of the 135 Dan Ames books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: conspiracies -- fiction is tagged on 2 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Conspiracies -- Fiction 2 of 5 books
Conspiration -- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 5 books
Détectives -- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 5 books
Militaires retraités -- Romans, nouvelles 2 of 5 books
Private investigators -- Fiction 2 of 5 books
Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character) 2 of 5 books
Retired military personnel -- Fiction 2 of 5 books
Westerns 2 of 5 books
Action & adventure 1 of 5 books
American literature 1 of 5 books
Crime 1 of 5 books
Family life 1 of 5 books