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David Ignatius Books in Order

David Ignatius has written 13 books, published between 1987 and 2024. The first book is Agents of Innocence (1987) and the newest is Phantom Orbit (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1987–2024
Pages on record
4,110 in 11 of 13 books
Reading time
69–103 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,110 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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David Ignatius writes espionage thrillers built on the Central Intelligence Agency and the Middle East. Agents of Innocence (1987) opens the catalogue, followed by Siro (1991), The Bank of Fear (1994), Body of Lies (2007), The Increment (2009), Bloodmoney (2011) and The Director (2014). Thirteen books run to Phantom Orbit in 2024, at 352 pages on median.

How many David Ignatius books are there?

David Ignatius has 13 books, released between 1987 and 2024.

David Ignatius Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 David Ignatius 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 Agents of Innocence by David Ignatius (1987)
  2. Cover of Siro by David Ignatius (1991)
  3. Cover of The Sun King by David Ignatius (1999)
  4. Cover of Body of Lies / House of Lies by David Ignatius (2007)
  5. Cover of Body of Lies / House of Lies by David Ignatius (2008)
  6. Cover of The Director by David Ignatius (2014)
  7. Cover of The Quantum Spy by David Ignatius (2017)
  8. Cover of The Paladin by David Ignatius (2020)
  1. 1
    Agents of Innocence1987 · 444 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1987444
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  2. 2
    Siro1991 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1991464
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  3. 3
    The Bank of Fear1994 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994352
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  4. 4
    A Firing Offense1997 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997352
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  5. 5
    The Sun King1999 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999320
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  6. 6
    Body of Lies / House of Lies2007 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007352
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  7. 7
    Body of Lies / House of Lies2008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  8. 8
    The Increment2009 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009400
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  9. 9
    Bloodmoney2011 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011384
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  10. 10
    The Director2014 · 386 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014386
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  11. 11
    The Quantum Spy2017 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017336
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  12. 12
    The Paladin2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020320
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  13. 13
    Phantom Orbit2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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David Ignatius 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.

Standalone books

13 books

13 David Ignatius titles here are not listed as part of any series.

David Ignatius Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the David Ignatius books run from Agents of Innocence (1987) to Phantom Orbit (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for David Ignatius in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read David Ignatius books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 13 David Ignatius books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with David Ignatius

Start with Agents of Innocence (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest David Ignatius book?

Phantom Orbit (2024) is the newest David Ignatius book released so far.

Is there a new David Ignatius book coming?

No next David Ignatius 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 Ignatius at a glance

Still publishing
David Ignatius published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
David Ignatius books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
4,110 pages across the 11 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most David Ignatius books, 4 of 13, were published in the 1990s.

What the David Ignatius books are about

11 of the 13 David Ignatius books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: espionage is tagged on 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.