Eric Van Lustbader Books in Order
Eric Van Lustbader has written 55 books, published between 1977 and 2025. The first book is The Sunset Warrior (1977) and the newest is White Wolf (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 55
- Published
- 1977–2025
- Confirmed
- 55 of 55 titles
- Pages on record
- 13,972 in 32 of 55 books
- Reading time
- 233–349 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 13,972 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 32 of 55 titles with a page count on record.
Eric Van Lustbader, born on 24 December 1946, is an American writer of thrillers and fantasy who has also published as Eric Lustbader and Eric V. Lustbader. Lustbader graduated from Stuyvesant High School and from Columbia College with a sociology degree, holds a second-level Reiki degree, and is married to the author and editor Victoria Lustbader. The catalogue lists 55 books, from The Sunset Warrior (1977) to White Wolf (2025). Series include the Sunset Warrior Cycle, Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle, China Maroc, Pearl Saga, Jack McClure/Alli Carson, Evan Ryder and Bravo Shaw. Subjects include espionage, intelligence officers and Japan.
How many Eric Van Lustbader books are there?
Eric Van Lustbader has 55 books, released between 1977 and 2025. They include 7 separate series.
Eric Van Lustbader Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 55 Eric Van Lustbader 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.
- 119772563/4
- 219782723/4
- 319782563/4
- 419805123/4
- 519802723/4
- 619815743/4
- 719837043/4
- 819845603/4
- 919855423/4
- 1019865243/4
- 1119884483/4
- 121988–3/4
- 131990–3/4
- 1419915203/4
- 1519925183/4
- 161993–3/4
- 171994–3/4
- 1819954543/4
- 191996–3/4
- 2019974003/4
- 211999–3/4
- 221999873/4
- 2320015763/4
- 2420026723/4
- 2520037363/4
- 2620034533/4
- 2720064803/4
- 2820072883/4
- 292007–3/4
- 3020084003/4
- 312008–3/4
- 322009–3/4
- 3320104143/4
- 342010–3/4
- 352011–3/4
- 362011–3/4
- 372012–3/4
- 382012–3/4
- 3920133643/4
- 4020134213/4
- 412014–3/4
- 422014–3/4
- 432016–3/4
- 4420163673/4
- 452016–3/4
- 462017–3/4
- 4720173833/4
- 4820184483/4
- 4920183673/4
- 502019–3/4
- 5120203523/4
- 5220213523/4
- 532022–3/4
- 542023–3/4
- 552025–3/4
Eric Van Lustbader characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Ninja Cycle books in order 8 books
Eric Van Lustbader 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.
Jason Bourne in order
11 booksEric Van Lustbader Standalone Novels
10 books10 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle in order
8 booksSunset Warrior Cycle in order
5 booksJack McClure/Alli Carson in order
5 books- 1. First Daughter
- 2. Last Snow
- 3. Blood Trust
- 4. Father Night
- 5. Beloved Enemy
Evan Ryder in order
5 booksBravo Shaw in order
4 booksPearl Saga in order
3 booksChina Maroc in order
2 booksEric Van Lustbader Short Stories/Novellas
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Batman: Vampire in order
1 bookDo you have to read Eric Van Lustbader books in order?
You only need to read Eric Van Lustbader books in order within each series: the books listed here span 7 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Eric Van Lustbader
Start with The Ninja (1980), the first Ninja Cycle book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Sunset Warrior (1977).
What is the newest Eric Van Lustbader book?
White Wolf (2025) is the newest Eric Van Lustbader book released so far.
Is there a new Eric Van Lustbader book coming?
No next Eric Van Lustbader book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Eric Van Lustbader at a glance
- Still publishing
- Eric Van Lustbader published a book as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Eric Van Lustbader books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 13,972 pages across the 32 of 55 books with a recorded length, a median of 434 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Eric Van Lustbader books, 18 of 55, were published in the 2010s.
What the Eric Van Lustbader books are about
36 of the 55 Eric Van Lustbader 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 13 of 36. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Espionage 13 of 36 books
- Action & adventure 7 of 36 books
- Fantasy 6 of 36 books
- Linnear, nicholas (fictitious character) 5 of 36 books
- Thrillers 5 of 36 books
- United States 5 of 36 books
- Nicholas Linnear (Fictitious character) 4 of 36 books
- Intelligence officers 3 of 36 books
- Japan 3 of 36 books
- Secret societies 3 of 36 books
- Sunset warrior (fictitious character) 3 of 36 books