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Joseph Kanon Books in Order

Joseph Kanon has written 11 books, published between 1997 and 2024. The first book is Los Alamos (1997) and the newest is Shanghai (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1997–2024
Pages on record
3,119 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
52–78 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,119 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

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Joseph Kanon writes espionage novels set in the years around the Second World War and the early Cold War. Los Alamos (1997) opens a catalogue of 11 titles that reaches Shanghai (2024), taking in The Good German (2001), Istanbul Passage (2012), Leaving Berlin (2014) and Defectors (2017). The atomic bomb, New Mexico and Americans abroad appear in the subject tags.

How many Joseph Kanon books are there?

Joseph Kanon has 11 books, released between 1997 and 2024.

Joseph Kanon Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Joseph Kanon 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 Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon (1997)
  2. Cover of The Prodigal Spy by Joseph Kanon (1998)
  3. Cover of The Good German by Joseph Kanon (2001)
  4. Cover of Alibi by Joseph Kanon (2005)
  5. Cover of Stardust by Joseph Kanon (2009)
  6. Cover of Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon (2012)
  7. Cover of Leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon (2014)
  8. Cover of Defectors by Joseph Kanon (2017)
  9. Cover of The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon (2019)
  10. Cover of The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon (2022)
  1. 1
    Los Alamos1997 · 517 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997517
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  2. 2
    The Prodigal Spy1998 · 537 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998537
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  3. 3
    The Good German2001 · 482 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001482
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Alibi2005 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005416
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Stardust2009 · 506 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2009506
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Istanbul Passage2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Leaving Berlin2014 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014371
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  8. 8
    Defectors2017 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017290
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Accomplice2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Berlin Exchange2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    Shanghai2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Joseph Kanon 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.

Standalone books

11 books

11 Joseph Kanon titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Joseph Kanon Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Joseph Kanon books run from Los Alamos (1997) to Shanghai (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Joseph Kanon in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Joseph Kanon books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 11 Joseph Kanon books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Joseph Kanon

Start with Los Alamos (1997), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Joseph Kanon book?

Shanghai (2024) is the newest Joseph Kanon book released so far.

Is there a new Joseph Kanon book coming?

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

Joseph Kanon at a glance

Still publishing
Joseph Kanon published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Joseph Kanon books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
3,119 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 482 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Joseph Kanon books, 4 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Joseph Kanon books are about

10 of the 11 Joseph Kanon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: americans is tagged on 4 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.