John Nichol Books in Order
John Nichol has written 20 books, published between 1990 and 2023. The first book is Dumbo (1990) and the newest is Eject! Eject! (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 20
- Published
- 1990–2023
- Pages on record
- 5,301 in 14 of 20 books
- Reading time
- 88–133 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,301 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 20 titles with a page count on record.
John Nichol's books cover the Royal Air Force and the Second World War. Subjects attached to the catalogue include aerial operations, fighter pilots, British personal narratives and biography. Tornado Down (1992) and Team Tornado (1994) come early in the run, and The Last Escape (2002) and Tail-End Charlies (2003) follow. Eject! Eject! (2023) is the newest title listed, and nothing has been added since. Across the 14 books measured, the median length is 370 pages.
How many John Nichol books are there?
John Nichol has 20 books, released between 1990 and 2023.
John Nichol Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 20 John Nichol 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.
- 11990–2/4
- 2Tornado Down1992 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/419922911/4
- 3Team Tornado1994 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/419942451/4
- 4Point of Impact1996 · 446 pages · confirmed 1/419964461/4
- 5Vanishing Point1997 · 357 pages · confirmed 1/419973571/4
- 6Exclusion Zone1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 7Stinger1999 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419993521/4
- 8The Last Escape2002 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/420024961/4
- 9Decisive Measures2002 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/420023261/4
- 10Tail-End Charlies2003 · 432 pages · confirmed 1/420034321/4
- 11Home Run: Escape from Nazi Europe2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 12Medic2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 13Arnhem2011 · 340 pages · confirmed 1/420113401/4
- 14The Red Line2013 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420133201/4
- 15After the Flood2015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420153841/4
- 16Return of the Dambusters2015 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/420153841/4
- 17Spitfire: A Very British Love Story2018 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420184641/4
- 18Lancaster: The Making of a Very British Legend2020 · 464 pages · confirmed 1/420204641/4
- 19Tornado2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 20Eject! Eject!2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
John Nichol 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.
Little Golden Books in order
1 book- 187. Dumbo
Standalone books
19 books19 John Nichol titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read John Nichol books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 20 John Nichol books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with John Nichol
Start with Dumbo (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest John Nichol book?
Eject! Eject! (2023) is the newest John Nichol book released so far.
Is there a new John Nichol book coming?
No next John Nichol book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
John Nichol at a glance
- Paused
- No new John Nichol title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- John Nichol books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 5,301 pages across the 14 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 370 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most John Nichol books, 7 of 20, were published in the 1990s.
What the John Nichol books are about
17 of the 20 John Nichol books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: great britain, royal air force is tagged on 8 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Great britain, royal air force 8 of 17 books
- Great Britain 5 of 17 books
- History 3 of 17 books
- World War, 1939-1945 3 of 17 books
- Biography 2 of 17 books
- British Aerial operations 2 of 17 books
- British Personal narratives 2 of 17 books
- Fighter pilots 2 of 17 books
- Military Air pilots 2 of 17 books