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Jack D. Hunter Books in Order

Jack D. Hunter has written 16 books, published between 1964 and 2008. The first book is The Blue Max (1964) and the newest is The Ace (2008). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1964–2008
Pages on record
1,870 in 6 of 16 books
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Jack Dayton Hunter (4 June 1921 - 13 April 2009) was an American author and artist, best known for the novel The Blue Max (1964), which was filmed under the same title. The catalogue lists 16 books published between 1964 and 2008, among them The Expendable Spy (1968), Spies, Inc (1970), The Blood Order (1979), The Tin Cravat (1981) and Judgment in Blood (1986), with The Ace (2008) the last. Subjects record war and military writing, historical fiction, thrillers, German aerial operations and fighter pilots of both world wars. Blue Max is the one series in the listing.

How many Jack D. Hunter books are there?

Jack D. Hunter has 16 books, released between 1964 and 2008. 3 of them belong to the Blue Max series.

Jack D. Hunter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Jack D. Hunter 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 The Blue Max by Jack D. Hunter, book 1 of the Blue Max series (1964)
  2. Cover of The Expendable Spy by Jack D. Hunter (1968)
  3. Cover of The Terror Alliance by Jack D. Hunter (1980)
  4. Cover of The Tin Cravat by Jack D. Hunter, book 3 of the Blue Max series (1981)
  5. Cover of The Flying Cross by Jack D. Hunter (1987)
  6. Cover of Tailspin by Jack D. Hunter (1990)
  7. Cover of The Cure by Jack D. Hunter (2003)
  1. 1
    The Blue MaxBlue Max #11964 · 280 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1964280
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  2. 2
    The Expendable Spy1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  3. 3
    One of Us Works for Them1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  4. 4
    Spies, Inc1970 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1970242
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  5. 5
    The Blood OrderBlue Max #21979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  6. 6
    The Terror Alliance1980 · confirmed 1/4
    1980–
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  7. 7
    The Tin CravatBlue Max #31981 · confirmed 1/4
    1981–
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  8. 8
    Florida is Closed Today1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  9. 9
    Judgment in Blood1986 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986272
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  10. 10
    The Flying Cross1987 · confirmed 1/4
    1987–
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  11. 11
    Tailspin1990 · 408 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990408
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  12. 12
    The Potsdam Bluff1991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991–
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  13. 13
    Sweeney's Run1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  14. 14
    Slingshot1995 · confirmed 1/4
    1995–
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  15. 15
    The Cure2003 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003368
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  16. 16
    The Ace2008 · 300 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008300
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Jack D. Hunter 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.

Blue Max in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Blue Max
  2. 2. The Blood Order
  3. 3. The Tin Cravat

Standalone books

13 books

13 Jack D. Hunter titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jack D. Hunter books in order?

You only need to read Jack D. Hunter books in order within the Blue Max series, which holds 3 of the 16 Jack D. Hunter books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jack D. Hunter

Start with The Blue Max (1964), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jack D. Hunter book?

The Ace (2008) is the newest Jack D. Hunter book released so far.

Is there a new Jack D. Hunter book coming?

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

Jack D. Hunter at a glance

Died
Jack D. Hunter died in 2009, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Jack D. Hunter on record dates from 2008.
Release pace
Jack D. Hunter books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,870 pages across the 6 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jack D. Hunter books, 5 of 16, were published in the 1980s.

What the Jack D. Hunter books are about

12 of the 16 Jack D. Hunter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 3 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.