Jude Hardin Books in Order
Jude Hardin has written 36 books, published between 2011 and 2023. The first book is Pocket-47 (2011) and the newest is A Single Red Alibi (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 36
- Published
- 2011–2023
- Pages on record
- 2,089 in 12 of 36 books
Jude Hardin writes crime fiction, with private investigators, homicide and missing persons among the recorded subjects and Nicholas Colt as the recurring character. The catalogue holds 36 books published between 2011 and 2023, opening with Pocket-47 (2011) and taking in Crosscut (2012), Snuff Tag 9 (2012), Blood Tattoo (2013) and Key Death (2013). Series recorded for Hardin include Rock Wahlman / Reacher Experiment, Jack Reacher Files, Reacher Code, iSEAL, Midnight Creek Investigations and Nicholas Colt & Diana Dawkins. A Single Red Alibi (2023) is the newest entry.
How many Jude Hardin books are there?
Jude Hardin has 36 books, released between 2011 and 2023. They include 8 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Jude Hardin Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 36 Jude Hardin 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.
- 12011–2/4
- 22012–2/4
- 32012–2/4
- 42012–2/4
- 52012–2/4
- 620132682/4
- 720131962/4
- 820132162/4
- 920132242/4
- 102014–2/4
- 112014–2/4
- 122014–2/4
- 1320143822/4
- 142015–2/4
- 152015–2/4
- 16A Thin Ribbon of Smoke2016 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/420161842/4
- 1720161562/4
- 182016–2/4
- 192017862/4
- 202017862/4
- 212017942/4
- 22Rocked2018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 232018–2/4
- 2420181022/4
- 252018–2/4
- 262019–2/4
- 272019952/4
- 282019–2/4
- 292020–2/4
- 302020–2/4
- 312020–2/4
- 322020–2/4
- 33Au Revoir from a Bridge to Nowhere2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 342023–2/4
- 352023–2/4
- 362023–2/4
Jude Hardin series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
Jude Hardin books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Nicholas Colt books in order
8 books by Jude Hardin- 1. Pocket-47
- 2. Crosscut
- 3. Snuff Tag 9
- 4. Rattled
- 5. Colt
- 6. Key Death
- 7. Blood Tattoo
- 8. The Blood Notebooks
Jack Reacher Files in order
4 booksiSEAL in order
3 booksReacher Code in order
3 booksStranded in the Old West in order
2 booksMidnight Creek Investigations in order
2 booksNicholas Colt & Diana Dawkins in order
1 bookDead Man in order
1 book- 8. Fire and Ice
Standalone books
3 books3 Jude Hardin titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Jude Hardin books in order?
You only need to read Jude Hardin 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 Jude Hardin
Start with the first book of the Jude Hardin series you want to read: Rock Wahlman / Reacher Experiment starts with Dead Ringer (2016) and Nicholas Colt starts with Pocket-47 (2011). The earliest catalogued title overall is Pocket-47 (2011).
What is the newest Jude Hardin book?
A Single Red Alibi (2023) is the newest Jude Hardin book released so far.
Is there a new Jude Hardin book coming?
No next Jude Hardin book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Jude Hardin at a glance
- Paused
- No new Jude Hardin title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Jude Hardin books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,089 pages across the 12 of 36 books with a recorded length, a median of 170 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Jude Hardin books, 28 of 36, were published in the 2010s.
What the Jude Hardin books are about
5 of the 36 Jude Hardin books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 4 of 5 books
- Private investigators 4 of 5 books
- Crime 2 of 5 books
- Criminals 2 of 5 books
- Detectives 2 of 5 books
- Investigation 2 of 5 books
- Missing persons 2 of 5 books
- Accountants 1 of 5 books
- Assassination attempts 1 of 5 books
- Billionaires 1 of 5 books
- Brittney Ryan (Fictitious character) 1 of 5 books




