David Morrell Books in Order
David Morrell has written 56 books, published between 1972 and 2022. The first book is First Blood (1972) and the newest is Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And Music (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 56
- Published
- 1972–2022
- Confirmed
- 52 of 56 titles
- Pages on record
- 11,322 in 33 of 56 books
- Reading time
- 189–283 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,322 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 56 titles with a page count on record.
David Morrell, born April 24, 1943, is a Canadian-American author whose 1972 debut First Blood became the 1982 film and launched the Rambo franchise with Sylvester Stallone. Morrell has written 28 novels, translated into 30 languages, and the 2007 to 2008 Captain America miniseries The Chosen. The catalogue lists 56 books, including The Brotherhood of the Rose (1983) and non-fiction. Series include Cavanaugh, Frank Balenger and Thomas De Quincey. The newest title is Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And Music (2022).
How many David Morrell books are there?
David Morrell has 56 books, released between 1972 and 2022. They include 6 separate series.
David Morrell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 56 David Morrell 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.
- 119722843/4
- 219753203/4
- 319761943/4
- 419771003/4
- 519793653/4
- 619822303/4
- 719834163/4
- 81983713/4
- 919852413/4
- 1019854483/4
- 111987–1/4
- 1219874483/4
- 1319882433/4
- 14Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity (Short Story)David Morrell Short Stories/Novellas #31988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 1519882443/4
- 1619904983/4
- 17The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves (Short Story)David Morrell Short Stories/Novellas #41991 · confirmed 1/41991–1/4
- 1819914673/4
- 191992–1/4
- 201992–3/4
- 211993–3/4
- 2219945033/4
- 2319964663/4
- 2419985163/4
- 251999–3/4
- 2620004163/4
- 2720022563/4
- 2820023103/4
- 2920034013/4
- 3020044163/4
- 3120053883/4
- 322006–3/4
- 3320073493/4
- 342008–3/4
- 3520082563/4
- 3620082393/4
- 3720094233/4
- 3820103963/4
- 392010–3/4
- 402011–3/4
- 412011–3/4
- 422012–3/4
- 432012–3/4
- 442012–3/4
- 452012–3/4
- 462012–3/4
- 472012–3/4
- 4820133583/4
- 492013–3/4
- 502013–3/4
- 512015–3/4
- 5220153423/4
- 5320163423/4
- 5420193763/4
- 552022–3/4
- 56Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And MusicDavid Morrell Non-Fiction #62022 · confirmed 3/42022–3/4
David Morrell 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 Morrell Standalone Novels
14 books14 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
David Morrell Short Stories/Novellas
10 books10 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
David Morrell Non-Fiction
6 books6 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cultural-Icon Non-Fiction
5 books5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Mortalis in order
4 booksThomas De Quincey in order
4 booksRambo: First Blood in order
3 booksDavid Morrell Short Story
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cavanaugh in order
3 booksFrank Balenger in order
2 booksCaptain America Graphic Novels in order
1 book- 1. The Chosen
Mysterious Profiles in order
1 book- 1. Rambo
David Morrell Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the David Morrell books run from First Blood (1972) to Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And Music (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for David Morrell in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read David Morrell books in order?
You only need to read David Morrell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with David Morrell
Start with First Blood (1972), the earliest published title.
What is the newest David Morrell book?
Stars In My Eyes: My Love Affair With Books, Movies, And Music (2022) is the newest David Morrell book released so far.
Is there a new David Morrell book coming?
No next David Morrell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards David Morrell has won
Wikidata records 3 awards and 2 nominations for David Morrell. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Macavity Awards2014Won
- Inkpot Award2007Won
- Bram Stoker Award for Novel2005Wonfor Creepers
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novella1986Shortlistedfor Dead Image
- World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1984Shortlistedfor The Hundred-Year Christmas
David Morrell at a glance
- Paused
- No new David Morrell title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- David Morrell books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 11,322 pages across the 33 of 56 books with a recorded length, a median of 358 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most David Morrell books, 17 of 56, were published in the 2010s.
What the David Morrell books are about
34 of the 56 David Morrell 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 34. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Espionage 7 of 34 books
- Thrillers 6 of 34 books
- Suspense 4 of 34 books
- Adventure stories 3 of 34 books
- Fathers and daughters 3 of 34 books
- Horror 3 of 34 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 34 books
- Social life and customs 3 of 34 books
- Action & adventure 2 of 34 books
- Authorship 2 of 34 books