Ken Blake Books in Order
Ken Blake has written 12 books, published between 1978 and 1982. The first book is Where The Jungle Ends (1978) and the newest is The Untouchables (1982). Publication order is the reading order below. All 12 books listed here are in the Professionals series, which has its own page: Professionals books in order.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1978–1982
- Pages on record
- 1,380 in 9 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 23–35 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,380 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Ken Blake is one of the pen names used by the British writer Henry Kenneth Bulmer, whose own output ran mostly to science fiction. The Ken Blake listing holds 12 books dated between 1978 and 1982, a tight run that opens with four 1978 titles, Where The Jungle Ends, Hunter Hunted, Long Shot and Stake Out, and closes with The Untouchables (1982). Assassination is the only subject recorded for the catalogue. Other titles include Blind Run (1979), Dead Reckoning (1980), Cry Wolf (1981) and Spy Probe (1981).
How many Ken Blake books are there?
Ken Blake has 12 books, released between 1978 and 1982.
Ken Blake Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Ken Blake 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.
- 119781591/4
- 219781601/4
- 31978–1/4
- 41978–1/4
- 519791591/4
- 61980–1/4
- 719802561/4
- 819811601/4
- 919811211/4
- 1019821191/4
- 1119821241/4
- 1219821221/4
Ken Blake series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Professionals books in order 15 books
Do you have to read Ken Blake books in order?
You only need to read Ken Blake books in order within the Professionals series, which holds 12 of the 12 Ken Blake books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Ken Blake
Start with Where The Jungle Ends (1978), the first Professionals book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Ken Blake book?
The Untouchables (1982) is the newest Ken Blake book released so far.
Is there a new Ken Blake book coming?
No next Ken Blake book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ken Blake at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Ken Blake title on record dates from 1982, 44 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Ken Blake books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,380 pages across the 9 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 159 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ken Blake books, 7 of 12, were published in the 1980s.
What the Ken Blake books are about
5 of the 12 Ken Blake books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fiction in english is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Fiction in English 4 of 5 books
- Assassination 1 of 5 books