David Gilman Books in Order
David Gilman has written 20 books, published between 2000 and 2026. The first book is Ghost in the Machine (2000) and the newest is The Knife Maker of Venice (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 2000–2026
- Confirmed
- 20 of 20 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,610 in 8 of 20 books
David Gilman is an English novelist and television screenwriter who went full-time as a writer in 1986, after work as a fire-fighter, a professional photographer, a soldier in the Parachute Regiment's Reconnaissance Platoon and a marketing manager for a South African publisher. The catalogue holds 20 books from Ghost in the Machine (2000) to The Knife Maker of Venice (2026), among them The Devil's Breath (2007), Ice Claw (2008), Master of War (2013) and The Last Horseman (2016). Master of War, Englishman, standalone novels and plays are the listings recorded. Subjects cover the Hundred Years' War, Great Britain, adventure, war and military writing, the South African War of 1899-1902 and children's fiction. Gilman's Danger Zone series has been published in 15 countries, and The Last Horseman was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure awards in 2017.
How many David Gilman books are there?
David Gilman has 20 books, released between 2000 and 2026. They include 4 separate series.
David Gilman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 David Gilman 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.
- 12000–3/4
- 22007–3/4
- 320084483/4
- 42009–3/4
- 520134963/4
- 620142343/4
- 720154963/4
- 82015–3/4
- 92016–3/4
- 102017–3/4
- 112018–3/4
- 1220194963/4
- 1320204803/4
- 1420204803/4
- 152021–3/4
- 1620224803/4
- 172023–3/4
- 182024–3/4
- 192025–3/4
- 202026–3/4
David Gilman series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Master of War books in order 9 books
David Gilman 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.
David Gilman Standalone Novels
4 books4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Danger Zone in order
3 books- 1. The Devil's Breath
- 2. Ice Claw
- 3. Blood Sun
Englishman in order
3 books- 1. The Englishman
- 2. Betrayal
- 3. Resurrection
David Gilman Plays in order
1 bookDavid Gilman Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the David Gilman books run from Ghost in the Machine (2000) to The Knife Maker of Venice (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for David Gilman in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read David Gilman books in order?
You only need to read David Gilman books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with David Gilman
Start with Master of War (2013), the first Master of War book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Ghost in the Machine (2000).
What is the newest David Gilman book?
The Knife Maker of Venice (2026) is the newest David Gilman book released so far.
Is there a new David Gilman book coming?
No next David Gilman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
David Gilman at a glance
- Still publishing
- David Gilman published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- David Gilman books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,610 pages across the 8 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 480 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Gilman books, 8 of 20, were published in the 2020s.
What the David Gilman books are about
12 of the 20 David Gilman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 6 of 12 books
- Great Britain 4 of 12 books
- Hundred years' war, 1339-1453 4 of 12 books
- English literature 3 of 12 books
- History 3 of 12 books
- Children's fiction 2 of 12 books
- War & military 2 of 12 books