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Jonathan Dyer Books in Order

Jonathan Dyer has written 12 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is Dancing with Patience (2000) and the newest is Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2000–2025
Pages on record
673 in 3 of 12 books
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Jonathan Dyer writes espionage thrillers, with war and military also among the recorded subjects, and Nick Temple Files is the series on record. Titles in the catalogue include The Beggar's Prayer (2010), The Holy Lance (2011), Switchback (2012), The Heraklion Gambit (2013), Silent Vector (2014), The Flemish Coil (2017) and The Shadow Chamber (2020).

How many Jonathan Dyer books are there?

Jonathan Dyer has 12 books, released between 2000 and 2025. 6 of them belong to the Nick Temple Files series.

Jonathan Dyer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Jonathan Dyer 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 Dancing with Patience by Jonathan Dyer (2000)
  2. Cover of Let Me Explain by Jonathan Dyer (2011)
  3. Cover of Silent Vector by Jonathan Dyer, book 3 of the Nick Temple Files series (2014)
  1. 1
    Dancing with Patience2000 · 168 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000168
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  2. 2
    The Beggar's Prayer2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    Judging Paradise2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    The Holy Lance2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    Let Me Explain2011 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2011259
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  6. 6
    SwitchbackNick Temple Files #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    The Heraklion GambitNick Temple Files #22013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Silent VectorNick Temple Files #32014 · 246 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014246
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  9. 9
    The Flemish CoilNick Temple Files #42017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  10. 10
    The Shadow ChamberNick Temple Files #52020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  11. 11
    The Heidelberg GapNick Temple Files #62021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  12. 12
    Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Jonathan Dyer 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.

Nick Temple Files in order

6 books
  1. 1. Switchback
  2. 2. The Heraklion Gambit
  3. 3. Silent Vector
  4. 4. The Flemish Coil
  5. 5. The Shadow Chamber
  6. 6. The Heidelberg Gap

Standalone books

6 books

6 Jonathan Dyer titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jonathan Dyer books in order?

You only need to read Jonathan Dyer books in order within the Nick Temple Files series, which holds 6 of the 12 Jonathan Dyer books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Jonathan Dyer

Start with Dancing with Patience (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jonathan Dyer book?

Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil (2025) is the newest Jonathan Dyer book released so far.

Is there a new Jonathan Dyer book coming?

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

Jonathan Dyer at a glance

Still publishing
Jonathan Dyer published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Jonathan Dyer books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
673 pages across the 3 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 246 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jonathan Dyer books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jonathan Dyer books are about

3 of the 12 Jonathan Dyer 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 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.