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Jason Matthews Books in Order

Jason Matthews has written 3 books, published between 2013 and 2018. The first book is Red Sparrow (2013) and the newest is The Kremlin's Candidate (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2013–2018
Total pages
1,480 across 3 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,480 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Jason Matthews (1951-2021) was an American espionage novelist and a former CIA officer. Matthews wrote three books, forming one trilogy: Red Sparrow (2013), Palace of Treason (2015) and The Kremlin's Candidate (2018). Dominika Egorova and Nathaniel Nash carry the story across all three, which turn on Russian intelligence, women spies, extortion and an American presidential election. The novels are long, near 470 pages each, and the sequence closed in 2018.

How many Jason Matthews books are there?

Jason Matthews has 3 books, released between 2013 and 2018.

Jason Matthews Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Jason Matthews 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 Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews, book 2 of the Dominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash series (2015)
  2. Cover of The Kremlin's Candidate by Jason Matthews, book 3 of the Dominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash series (2018)
  1. 1
    Red SparrowDominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash #12013 · 576 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013576
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  2. 2
    Palace of TreasonDominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash #22015 · 470 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015470
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  3. 3
    The Kremlin's CandidateDominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash #32018 · 434 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018434
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Jason Matthews 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.

Dominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash in order

3 books
  1. 1. Red Sparrow
  2. 2. Palace of Treason
  3. 3. The Kremlin's Candidate

Do you have to read Jason Matthews books in order?

You only need to read Jason Matthews books in order within the Dominika Egorova & Nathaniel Nash series, which holds 3 of the 3 Jason Matthews books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jason Matthews

Start with Red Sparrow (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jason Matthews book?

The Kremlin's Candidate (2018) is the newest Jason Matthews book released so far.

Is there a new Jason Matthews book coming?

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

Awards Jason Matthews has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Jason Matthews. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel2014Wonfor Red Sparrow

Jason Matthews at a glance

Died
Jason Matthews died in 2021, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Jason Matthews on record dates from 2018.
Release pace
Jason Matthews books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,480 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 470 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jason Matthews books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jason Matthews books are about

All 3 Jason Matthews 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 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.