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.
- 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).
Source: Open Library
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 November 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 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.
Professionals in order
12 books- 1. Where The Jungle Ends
- 2. Long Shot
- 3. Stake Out
- 4. Hunter Hunted
- 5. Blind Run
- 7. Hiding to Nothing
- 8. Dead Reckoning
- 10. Cry Wolf
- 11. Spy Probe
- 12. Foxhole
- 13. Operation Susie
- 14. The Untouchables
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 earliest published 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.
When Ken Blake books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Ken Blake titles appeared. 1980s was the most productive decade with 7 titles.
12 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
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