Larry Bond Books in Order
Larry Bond has written 25 books, published between 1987 and 2018. The first book is Battles of the Third World War (1987) and the newest is Arctic Gambit (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1987–2018
- Pages on record
- 10,920 in 24 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 182–273 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,920 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 24 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Military and technological thrillers make up Larry Bond's work - submarines, intelligence officers and terrorism. Battles of the Third World War (1987) opens the catalogue, and Red Phoenix (1989), Vortex (1991) and Cauldron (1993) follow. Jerry Mitchell heads one series; Larry Bond's First Team and Red Dragon Rising head others. Twenty-five titles are catalogued, the last of them Arctic Gambit in 2018.
How many Larry Bond books are there?
Larry Bond has 25 books, released between 1987 and 2018. They include 5 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.
Larry Bond Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Larry Bond 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.
- 1Battles of the Third World War1987 · 49 pages · confirmed 2/41987492/4
- 219897132/4
- 3Desert Storm1991 · confirmed 2/41991–2/4
- 4Vortex1991 · 909 pages · confirmed 2/419919092/4
- 5Cauldron1993 · 740 pages · confirmed 2/419937402/4
- 619964832/4
- 719985122/4
- 820044482/4
- 920054492/4
- 1020064402/4
- 1120064502/4
- 12The Mighty Fallen: Our Nation's Greatest War Memorials2007 · 144 pages · confirmed 2/420071442/4
- 1320083102/4
- 1420096582/4
- 1520095442/4
- 1620103802/4
- 17Crash Dive: A Collection of Submarine Stories2010 · 560 pages · confirmed 2/420105602/4
- 1820124122/4
- 1920123502/4
- 2020133152/4
- 2120134322/4
- 22Lash-Up2015 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/420154162/4
- 2320165102/4
- 2420163652/4
- 2520183312/4
Larry Bond 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.
Jerry Mitchell in order
6 booksLarry Bond's First Team in order
4 booksRed Dragon Rising in order
4 booksRed Phoenix in order
2 booksThorn & Gray in order
2 booksStandalone books
7 books7 Larry Bond titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Larry Bond books in order?
You only need to read Larry Bond books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Larry Bond
Start with Battles of the Third World War (1987), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Larry Bond book?
Arctic Gambit (2018) is the newest Larry Bond book released so far.
Is there a new Larry Bond book coming?
No next Larry Bond book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Larry Bond at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Larry Bond title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Larry Bond books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,920 pages across the 24 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 444 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Larry Bond books, 10 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
What the Larry Bond books are about
24 of the 25 Larry Bond books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 7 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 7 of 24 books
- War & military 6 of 24 books
- Submarines (Ships) 5 of 24 books
- Terrorism 5 of 24 books
- Intelligence officers 4 of 24 books
- Military intelligence 4 of 24 books
- Submarine captains 4 of 24 books
- International relations 3 of 24 books
- Nuclear weapons 3 of 24 books
- Sea stories 3 of 24 books
- Suspense 3 of 24 books