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Don Pendleton Books in Order

Don Pendleton has written 867 books, published between 1967 and 2021. The first book is The Insatiables (1967) and the newest is I Grok, You Grok, We Grok, The Art of Writing Fiction (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 179 of the 867 books listed here are in the Executioner series, which has its own page: Executioner books in order.

Books
867
Published
1967–2021
Confirmed
170 of 867 titles
Pages on record
172,402 in 665 of 867 books
Reading time
2,873–4,310 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 172,402 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 665 of 867 titles with a page count on record.

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Donald Eugene Pendleton (December 12, 1927 to October 23, 1995) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction who created Mack Bolan, a character with hundreds of millions of copies sold since a 1969 debut. From 1980, other authors wrote the Bolan books under the Pendleton name, at first with Pendleton's editorial guidance. Pendleton also wrote six Joe Copp, Private Eye novels and six Ashton Ford, Psychic Detective novels. Early titles include The Insatiables (1967), War Against the Mafia (1969) and Miami Massacre (1970).

How many Don Pendleton books are there?

Don Pendleton has 867 books, released between 1967 and 2021. They include 8 series and 22 titles listed outside any series.

Don Pendleton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 867 Don Pendleton 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.

There are 867 recorded titles, more than one list usefully holds. The 300 earliest are below; the series linked further down carry the rest, each in its own order.

  1. Cover of War Against the Mafia by Don Pendleton, book 1 of the Executioner series (1969)
  2. Cover of Miami Massacre by Don Pendleton, book 4 of the Executioner series (1970)
  3. Cover of Civil War II by Don Pendleton (1971)
  4. Cover of Continental Contract by Don Pendleton, book 5 of the Executioner series (1971)
  5. Cover of Assault on Soho by Don Pendleton, book 6 of the Executioner series (1971)
  6. Cover of Chicago Wipe-Out by Don Pendleton, book 8 of the Executioner series (1971)
  7. Cover of Washington I.O.U. by Don Pendleton (1972)
  8. Cover of San Diego Siege by Don Pendleton (1972)
  9. Cover of Panic in Philly by Don Pendleton, book 13 of the Executioner series (1973)
  10. Cover of Sicilian Slaughter by Don Pendleton, book 14 of the Executioner series (1973)
  11. Cover of Washington I.O.U. by Don Pendleton, book 15 of the Executioner series (1973)
  12. Cover of San Diego Siege by Don Pendleton, book 16 of the Executioner series (1973)
  13. Cover of Population Doomsday by Don Pendleton (1974)
  14. Cover of Jersey Guns by Don Pendleton, book 17 of the Executioner series (1974)
  15. Cover of Texas Storm by Don Pendleton, book 18 of the Executioner series (1974)
  16. Cover of Detroit Deathwatch by Don Pendleton, book 19 of the Executioner series (1974)
  17. Cover of New Orleans Knockout by Don Pendleton, book 20 of the Executioner series (1974)
  18. Cover of St. Louis Showdown by Don Pendleton, book 23 of the Executioner series (1975)
  19. Cover of Canadian Crisis by Don Pendleton, book 24 of the Executioner series (1975)
  20. Cover of Colorado Kill-Zone by Don Pendleton, book 25 of the Executioner series (1976)
  21. Cover of Acapulco Rampage by Don Pendleton, book 26 of the Executioner series (1976)
  22. Cover of Dixie Convoy by Don Pendleton, book 27 of the Executioner series (1976)
  23. Cover of Savage Fire by Don Pendleton, book 28 of the Executioner series (1977)
  24. Cover of Cleveland Pipeline by Don Pendleton, book 30 of the Executioner series (1977)
  1. 1
    The InsatiablesStewart Mann #11967 · confirmed 2/4
    1967–
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  2. 2
    Revolt!1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  3. 3
    War Against the MafiaExecutioner #11969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  4. 4
    Cataclysm: The Day the World Ended1969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  5. 5
    Death SquadExecutioner #21969 · confirmed 2/4
    1969–
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  6. 6
    Battle MaskExecutioner #31970 · confirmed 2/4
    1970–
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  7. 7
    The Guns of Terra 101970 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1970190
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  8. 8
    Miami MassacreExecutioner #41970 · confirmed 2/4
    1970–
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  9. 9
    Civil War II1971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  10. 10
    Continental ContractExecutioner #51971 · confirmed 2/4
    1971–
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  11. 11
    Assault on SohoExecutioner #61971 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971187
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  12. 12
    Nightmare in New YorkExecutioner #71971 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19711
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  13. 13
    Chicago Wipe-OutExecutioner #81971 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1971187
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  14. 14
    Vegas VendettaExecutioner #91972 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19721
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  15. 15
    Caribbean KillExecutioner #101972 · 1 pages · confirmed 3/4
    19721
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  16. 16
    California HitExecutioner #111972 · 1 pages · confirmed 2/4
    19721
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  17. 17
    Boston BlitzExecutioner #121972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  18. 18
    Washington I.O.U.1972 · confirmed 1/4
    1972–
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  19. 19
    San Diego Siege1972 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19721
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  20. 20
    Panic in PhillyExecutioner #131973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  21. 21
    Sicilian SlaughterExecutioner #141973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  22. 22
    Washington I.O.U.Executioner #151973 · 187 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973187
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  23. 23
    San Diego SiegeExecutioner #161973 · 185 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1973185
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  24. 24
    Population Doomsday1974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  25. 25
    The Godmakers1974 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974184
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  26. 26
    Jersey GunsExecutioner #171974 · 188 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974188
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  27. 27
    Texas StormExecutioner #181974 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974192
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  28. 28
    Detroit DeathwatchExecutioner #191974 · confirmed 2/4
    1974–
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  29. 29
    New Orleans KnockoutExecutioner #201974 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1974192
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  30. 30
    Firebase SeattleExecutioner #211975 · confirmed 2/4
    1975–
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Don Pendleton series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Don Pendleton books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Executioner books in order

179 books by Don Pendleton
  1. 1. War Against the Mafia
  2. 2. Death Squad
  3. 3. Battle Mask
  4. 4. Miami Massacre
  5. 5. Continental Contract
  6. 6. Assault on Soho
  7. 7. Nightmare in New York
  8. 8. Chicago Wipe-Out
  9. 9. Vegas Vendetta
  10. 10. Caribbean Kill
  11. 11. California Hit
  12. 12. Boston Blitz
  13. and 167 more in the table above

Stony Man books in order

13 books by Don Pendleton
  1. 2. Stony Man II
  2. 3. Stony Man III
  3. 4. Stony Man IV
  4. 5. Stony Man V
  5. 6. Stony Man VI
  6. 7. Stony Man VII
  7. 8. Stony Man VIII
  8. 9. Strikepoint
  9. 10. Secret Arsenal
  10. 11. Target America
  11. 12. Blind Eagle
  12. 13. Warhead
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Able Team in order

34 books
  1. 2. The Hostaged Island
  2. 4. Warlord of Azatlan
  3. 5. Amazon Slaughter
  4. 6. Cairo Countdown
  5. 7. Justice By Fire
  6. 8. Army of Devils
  7. 11. Into the Maze
  8. 12. Scorched Earth
  9. 13. Five Rings of Fire
  10. 14. Deathbites
  11. 15. They Came to Kill
  12. 17. Shot to Hell
  13. and 22 more in the table above

Ashton Ford in order

6 books
  1. 1. Ashes to Ashes
  2. 2. Life to Life
  3. 3. Time to Time
  4. 4. Mind to Mind
  5. 5. Heart to Heart
  6. 6. Eye To Eye

Joe Copp in order

6 books
  1. 1. Copp For Hire
  2. 2. Copp On Fire
  3. 3. Copp in Deep
  4. 4. Copp in the Dark
  5. 5. Copp On Ice
  6. 6. Copp in Shock

Phoenix Force in order

5 books
  1. 1. Guerrilla Games
  2. 2. Argentine Deadline
  3. 3. Atlantic Scramble
  4. 4. Tigers of Justice
  5. 40. Ninja Blood

Mack Bolan the Executioner in order

1 book
  1. 1. Brothers in Blood

Stewart Mann in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Insatiables

Standalone books

22 books

22 Don Pendleton titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Don Pendleton books in order?

You only need to read Don Pendleton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 8 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Don Pendleton

Start with the first book of the Don Pendleton series you want to read: Mack Bolan starts with Stony Man Doctrine (1983), Executioner starts with War Against the Mafia (1969) and Stony Man starts with Stony Man Doctrine (1983). The earliest catalogued title overall is The Insatiables (1967).

What is the newest Don Pendleton book?

I Grok, You Grok, We Grok, The Art of Writing Fiction (2021) is the newest Don Pendleton book released so far.

Is there a new Don Pendleton book coming?

No next Don Pendleton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Don Pendleton at a glance

Paused
No new Don Pendleton title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Don Pendleton books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
172,402 pages across the 665 of 867 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Don Pendleton books, 252 of 867, were published in the 2000s.

What the Don Pendleton books are about

735 of the 867 Don Pendleton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: men's adventure is tagged on 419 of 735. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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