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David Gordon Books in Order

David Gordon has written 11 books, published between 2010 and 2025. The first book is The Serialist (2010) and the newest is Behind Sunset (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2010–2025
Pages on record
2,207 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
37–55 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,207 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable David Gordon checklist

David Gordon is an American novelist born in 1967, catalogued under action and thriller fiction. The Serialist (2010) is the first of 11 listed books, and Behind Sunset (2025) is the newest. Joe the Bouncer is the series recorded for Gordon, and Mystery Girl, The Bouncer, The Hard Stuff and The Pigeon are other titles. Subjects include serial murders, investigation, authors and books and reading.

In the Joe the Bouncer series, Joe Brody is a former special-operations soldier working as a bouncer in New York City. He becomes involved in criminal underworld activity, using his military background to navigate dangerous situations.

How many David Gordon books are there?

David Gordon has 11 books, released between 2010 and 2025. 5 of them belong to the Joe the Bouncer series.

David Gordon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 David Gordon 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 The Serialist by David Gordon (2010)
  2. Cover of Mystery Girl by David Gordon (2013)
  3. Cover of White Tiger on Snow Mountain by David Gordon (2014)
  4. Cover of The Hard Stuff by David Gordon, book 2 of the Joe the Bouncer series (2019)
  5. Cover of Against the Law by David Gordon, book 3 of the Joe the Bouncer series (2021)
  6. Cover of The Wild Life by David Gordon, book 4 of the Joe the Bouncer series (2022)
  1. 1
    The Serialist2010 · 335 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010335
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  2. 2
    Mystery Girl2013 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013304
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  3. 3
    The Amateur2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  4. 4
    White Tiger on Snow Mountain2014 · 285 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014285
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Spring2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  6. 6
    The BouncerJoe the Bouncer #12018 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018259
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  7. 7
    The Hard StuffJoe the Bouncer #22019 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019288
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  8. 8
    Against the LawJoe the Bouncer #32021 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021336
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  9. 9
    The Wild LifeJoe the Bouncer #42022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  10. 10
    The PigeonJoe the Bouncer #52023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  11. 11
    Behind Sunset2025 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2025400
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David Gordon 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.

Joe the Bouncer in order

5 books
  1. 1. The Bouncer
  2. 2. The Hard Stuff
  3. 3. Against the Law
  4. 4. The Wild Life
  5. 5. The Pigeon

Standalone books

6 books

6 David Gordon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read David Gordon books in order?

You only need to read David Gordon books in order within the Joe the Bouncer series, which holds 5 of the 11 David Gordon books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with David Gordon

Start with The Serialist (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Gordon book?

Behind Sunset (2025) is the newest David Gordon book released so far.

Is there a new David Gordon book coming?

No next David Gordon 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 Gordon at a glance

Still publishing
David Gordon published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
David Gordon books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,207 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Gordon books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the David Gordon books are about

9 of the 11 David Gordon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other Action / Thriller authors

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