Gayle Lynds Books in Order
Gayle Lynds has written 21 books, published between 1989 and 2019. The first book is Reel Trouble (1989) and the newest is Rambo on Their Minds (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 21
- Published
- 1989–2019
- Confirmed
- 20 of 21 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,181 in 16 of 21 books
- Reading time
- 103–155 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,181 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 21 titles with a page count on record.
Gayle Lynds, born 1945, is an American author, former journalist and editor, called the Queen of Espionage Fiction for spy thrillers. Lynds co-founded International Thriller Writers. The Liz Sansborough and Judd Ryder & Eva Blake series appear in the catalogue with standalone novels, and Masquerade (1996), Mosaic (1998) and The Coil (2000) are among the titles. Women spies, assassins, conspiracies and intelligence services appear in the subjects.
How many Gayle Lynds books are there?
Gayle Lynds has 21 books, released between 1989 and 2019. They include 4 separate series.
Gayle Lynds Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 21 Gayle Lynds 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.
- 119891443/4
- 219891403/4
- 319893493/4
- 419893463/4
- 519901403/4
- 61995–3/4
- 719964803/4
- 819985443/4
- 920005763/4
- 1020005013/4
- 1120014543/4
- 1220026243/4
- 132003–3/4
- 1420064163/4
- 1520073903/4
- 1620083153/4
- 172011–2/4
- 1820154023/4
- 1920153603/4
- 202017–3/4
- 212019–3/4
Gayle Lynds 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.
Three Investigators Crimebuster in order
3 books- 1. Reel Trouble
- 2. Rough Stuff
- 3. Fatal Error
Liz Sansborough in order
3 booksGayle Lynds Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Covert-One in order
3 booksMack Bolan in order
3 books- 14. Moving Target
- 17. Blood Fever
- 123. Havana Five
Judd Ryder & Eva Blake in order
2 booksGayle Lynds Audiobooks in order
1 bookX-Files in order
1 book- 2. Hunter
X-Files Anthology
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
MatchUp Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Do you have to read Gayle Lynds books in order?
You only need to read Gayle Lynds books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Gayle Lynds
Start with Reel Trouble (1989), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Gayle Lynds book?
Rambo on Their Minds (2019) is the newest Gayle Lynds book released so far.
Is there a new Gayle Lynds book coming?
No next Gayle Lynds book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gayle Lynds at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Gayle Lynds title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Gayle Lynds books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 6,181 pages across the 16 of 21 books with a recorded length, a median of 396 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gayle Lynds books, 8 of 21, were published in the 2000s.
What the Gayle Lynds books are about
17 of the 21 Gayle Lynds books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 5 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 5 of 17 books
- Bolan, mack (fictitious character) 3 of 17 books
- Men's adventure 3 of 17 books
- Suspense 3 of 17 books
- Assassins 2 of 17 books
- Conspiracies 2 of 17 books
- Espionage 2 of 17 books
- Intelligence service 2 of 17 books
- Jon Smith (Fictitious character) 2 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 17 books
- United States 2 of 17 books
- Women spies 2 of 17 books