Jack Higgins Books in Order

Jack Higgins has written 76 books, published between 1959 and 2016. The first book is Sad Wind from the Sea (As:Harry Patterson) (1959) and the newest is The Midnight Bell (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books: 76
Published: 1959–2016
Confirmed: 76 of 76 titles
Pages on record: 17,010 in 60 of 76 books
Reading time: 284–425 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 17,010 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 60 of 76 titles with a page count on record.

See all 76 books in order Printable Jack Higgins checklist

Espionage, terrorism and the Second World War supply Jack Higgins with his material. Higgins published the earliest of 76 catalogued books as Harry Patterson, among them Sad Wind from the Sea (1959), Cry of the Hunter (1960) and Hell Is Too Crowded (1962). Sean Dillon, Paul Chavasse, Liam Devlin and Martin Fallon head series of their own, alongside standalone thrillers. The Midnight Bell, published in 2016, closes the catalogue.

How many Jack Higgins books are there?

Jack Higgins has 76 books, released between 1959 and 2016. They include 8 separate series.

Jack Higgins series in order

Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Sean Dillon books in order 22 books
Liam Devlin books in order 4 books

Jack Higgins 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.

Jack Higgins Standalone Novels

30 books

30 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Paul Chavasse in order

6 books

1. The Bormann Testament / The Testament of Caspar Schultz
2. Year of the Tiger
3. The Keys of Hell
4. Midnight Never Comes
5. Dark Side of the Street
6. A Fine Night for Dying

Chance Twins/Rich and Jade Series in order

4 books

1. Sure Fire
2. Death Run
3. Sharp Shot
4. First Strike

Nick Miller Series as Harry Patterson in order

3 books

1. The Graveyard Shift
2. Brought in Dead
3. Hell is Always Today

Dougal Munro and Jack Carter in order

3 books

1. Night of the Fox
2. Cold Harbour
3. Flight of Eagles

Martin Fallon in order

2 books

1. Cry of the Hunter (As: Harry Patterson)
2. A Prayer for the Dying

Simon Vaughn Series as Martin Fallon in order

2 books

2. The Savage Day
3. Day of Judgment

Jack Higgins Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Jack Higgins books run from Sad Wind from the Sea (As:Harry Patterson) (1959) to The Midnight Bell (2016), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Jack Higgins in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Jack Higgins books in order?

You only need to read Jack Higgins 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 Jack Higgins

Start with the first book of the Jack Higgins series you want to read: Sean Dillon starts with Eye of the Storm / Midnight Man (1992) and Liam Devlin starts with The Eagle Has Landed (1975). The earliest catalogued title overall is Sad Wind from the Sea (As:Harry Patterson) (1959).

What is the newest Jack Higgins book?

The Midnight Bell (2016) is the newest Jack Higgins book released so far.

Is there a new Jack Higgins book coming?

No next Jack Higgins 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 Higgins at a glance

No recent titles: The newest Jack Higgins title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace: Jack Higgins books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length: 17,010 pages across the 60 of 76 books with a recorded length, a median of 294 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most Jack Higgins books, 23 of 76, were published in the 1960s.

What the Jack Higgins books are about

74 of the 76 Jack Higgins 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 32 of 74. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Thrillers 32 of 74 books
Fiction in English 21 of 74 books
Mystery & detective 16 of 74 books
Espionage 15 of 74 books
World War, 1939-1945 12 of 74 books
Action & adventure 10 of 74 books
Intelligence officers 10 of 74 books
Intelligence service 9 of 74 books
Terrorism 9 of 74 books
Sean Dillon (Fictitious character) 8 of 74 books
Adventure stories 7 of 74 books